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Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is set to premiere on Prime Video in 2024. Despite the SAG-AFTRA strike, production proceeded smoothly, with filming wrapped up in July, and the series currently in post-production.

Arweave founder Sam Williams has taken to X to allege storage solution company Irys has plans to fork his decentralized information storage firm.

Investing.com — Markets are entering the closing weeks of 2023 after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the historic tightening of monetary policy is likely over and discussion of rate cuts is coming «into view». Investors will get a final update on U.S. inflation for this year, while the Bank of Japan may be inching toward a long-awaited policy pivot. Here’s what you need to know to start your week.

India vs South Africa Live Score Updates, 1st ODI: Ind vs SA, After closing the T20 international series on a strong note, the young Team India is all set to go against South Africa in the ODI format of the game. KL Rahul is leading the Indian cricket team in the absence of senior players like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.

India: KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Yazuvendra Chahal. South Africa: Russie van der Dussen, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klassen, David Miller, Keshav Maharaj.

Netflix unveils its line-up for January in the United States. The streaming giant promises an array of licensed and original content, spanning movies, series, and games.

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Taiwanese law enforcement has initiated an investigation into online influencers and community members involved in promoting a Polymarket contract related to Taiwan’s upcoming election. 

It was the most painful inflation Americans had experienced since 1981, when “The Dukes of Hazzard” and “The Jeffersons” were topping the TV charts

Williams pushed back against the market's rate cut expectations, though the index remained on track for its worst weekly performance in a month. The dollar tumbled broadly after updated interest rate projections of Fed officials released on Wednesday showed an expectation for 75 basis points in cuts in 2024. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell was also interpreted as striking a more dovish tone at the conclusion of the U.S. central bank's two day meeting, when he said that the tightening of monetary policy is likely over, with a discussion of cuts coming «into view.» But Williams said on Friday that «we aren't really talking about rate cuts right now» at the Fed and it's «premature» to speculate about them. «It strikes some of the similar tones that we heard from Powell earlier this week but it kind of reinforces the fact that the Fed is still very much a data dependent bank and not really endorsing what the market's pricing in to a degree,» said Bipan Rai, North American head of FX strategy at CIBC Capital Markets in Toronto. Rai also noted that a large part of the move in the dollar this week has been due to rebalancing positions that were heavily tilted towards the greenback and focused in specific currency pairs, such as against the Japanese yen. «This is a story about the inordinate amount of leverage and skewed positioning in the market that needed to be rebalanced more than any sort of dovish interpretation of what Powell said earlier this week,» he said. Traders are pricing in aggressive expectations for rate cuts, with the first reduction seen likely in March and 145 basis points in cuts seen by December. The dollar index was last up 0.39% on the day at 102.35.

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Mayuresh Joshi, Head, Equity Research-India, William O'Neil, says “as metal demand comes back slowly and steadily as far as China is concerned, the expectations of a soft landing in the US, strong recovery signs that we are seeing in Europe and holding out of macros and the expectations of infra spend in India, is expected to keep volumes afloat as far as Indian companies are concerned. With a sharp recovery in LME prices, the large expectation is that operating leverage should start kicking in from the first of the next financial year. It is a pre-emptive move that we are probably seeing on a lot of these counters.” What do you think is aiding the move in metals and is it sustainable? Two-three factors are clearly aiding the kind of growth that is now coming through for the sector as a whole. One, yesterday, Powell statement which is clearly indicating that at some stage in the second half of the next calendar year rate cuts will be a given, that will give a huge boost to the global economy and commodities in general should see a huge comeback.

Sage Advisory Services, a $23 billion investment manager based in Austin, Texas, has secured an injection of capital to assist its continued exponential growth.

Amid plans by CBC to cut 10 per cent of its workforce, the House of Commons heritage committee on Tuesday said it would be “inappropriate for the CBC to grant bonuses to executive members.”

wrote. “Kate looks quite showbiz and sassy, like she might have a shot at her own show, if she could just sort out a more believable ensemble. George, self-possessed, does not smile while Louis has unwilling participant at the orthodontist energy.

Earthshot Prize, launched by Prince William to support climate and environmental innovators across the world, plunged into disarray after two of its judges were forced to step down amid legal wrangles. Singer Shakira and footballer Dani Alves have quit as judges for the coveted prize, as per media reports.

sturdy South African side in a three-match T20 International starting here on Sunday. With injured skipper Hardik Pandya out till the start of IPL, lead pacer Jasprit Bumrah taking a break and not much clarity over Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma's T20 future ahead of the World Cup in June, one wouldn't be able to read much into either success or failure of the team in South Africa. A clearer picture about India's core for the T20 showpiece would only emerge after a month of cash-rich IPL, with form and fitness at that point being the criteria for selection.

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Duchess of Sussex. In a statement after the sentencing hearing Commander James Harman, who heads the Metropolitan Police's Anti-Corruption and Abuse Command, said "the racist and discriminatory content of these messages is absolutely appalling". "Given the defendants once served as police officers, we recognise that this case may further damage confidence in policing," Harman said, as quoted by Reuters.

Sotheby’s has announced the start of its inaugural Bitcoin Ordinals sale, an online auction showcasing three items from the BitcoinShrooms NFT collection.

Amazon's horror anthology series, Them, has been tight-lipped about its second season. The upcoming season, titled «Them: The Scare,» is now set to premiere on Prime Video in 2024.