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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 2, 2024.Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersThe Dow Jones Industrial Average bounced on Friday to close out a tough week that saw the index plunge 1,100 points in a single day and complete its longest losing streak since the 1970s. Some cooler-than-expected inflation data helped fuel the session’s rebound.The 30-stock Dow gained 498.02 points, or 1.18%, to 42,840.26. The S&P 500 added 1.09% to end at 5,930.85, while the Nasdaq Composite advanced 1.03% and closed at 19,572.60.November’s reading of the personal consumption expenditures price index — the Federal Reserve’s…

British composer Harry Gregson-Williams has said there was “plenty of pressure” following in the footsteps of Hans Zimmer to create the Gladiator II soundtrack, but his former boss was “bursting with pride” on hearing the new music.Gregson-Williams said Oscar-winning composer Zimmer, who wrote the score for the original film, was “one of the first calls” he made after Sir Ridley Scott offered him the Gladiator sequel 18 months ago.“I was really thrilled to be asked by Ridley, but it was not something I ever expected to do – a sequel to a Hans Zimmer score – him being my old…

Developer Michael O’Flynn has called for a radical rethink of how housing is delivered if a new government is to have any hope of addressing the housing deficit.Writing today in the ‘Irish Examiner’, the chairman and CEO of the O’Flynn Group, says certain proposed legislative changes would act as an impediment rather than a stimulus to housing delivery. He says this includes the Land (Zoning Value Sharing) Bill where the State would secure 25% of the uplift in value of land, following its zoning for residential use.The new Bill is “a prime example of policymakers lacking understanding of the impact…

France began withdrawing soldiers from Chad on Friday, Chad’s ministry of the armed forces said, after N’Djamena last month abruptly ended military cooperation with the former colonial power. A contingent of 120 soldiers departed for France from a military airport in the capital, the ministry said in a statement on Facebook, 10 days after French fighter aircraft left the Sahelian country for good. Chad had been a key link in France’s military presence in Africa and its last foothold in the wider Sahel region after the forced withdrawal of its troops from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in the wake…

In profile, he looks a bit like Emmanuel Macron. Same antique straight nose, same height, same look. His official title: “Special envoy for Libya.” Hardly anyone knows his name. Paul Soler, 45, a former special forces soldier, is one of the most secretive advisors at the Elysée, where he is hardly ever present, busy traveling as he is. In truth, he is much more than that: a sort of personal diplomat to the president. His missions stretch from North Africa to the Sahel region of West Africa, but also as far as Ukraine and Russia, Côte d’Ivoire, the Central African…

The constant pilgrimage to the Soria Lottery administrations means queues in front of the counter and, with them, extracts of delicious conversations for Christmas gossips. “I had a feeling!” exclaims one. “Sweet blood sausage is typical from here!” comments another, more concerned with things to eat than things to dream. The line moves forward and the lotteries send out endings, ugly and handsome numbers, the bar or company ticket, the anniversary of I don’t know who, the number of I don’t know how many… So up to the 285.04 euros that are spent per person, on average, in the province…

García Ortiz claims that he complied with a data protection instruction, but prosecutors deny that the rule was designed for cases like this. Read The attorney general deleted his mobile phone in person and without regulatory approval

“No one had this on their radar,” says Tim Röhn. More and more details are becoming known about the alleged perpetrator. However, the 50-year-old from Saudi Arabia’s motives are still largely unclear. Our head of investigations reports on the status of the research.© Axel Springer Germany GmbH. All rights reserved. Attack in Magdeburg: “How can it be that someone publicly announces revenge against Germany?” – Video

This time the defense shield did not catch the incoming missile from Yemen in time. It hits Jaffa. The emergency medical service reports injuries. War in the Middle East: More than a dozen injured in Israel after a “bullet” hits from Yemen

Michael Babalola posed with stacks of cash and watches which helped officers prove he was selling drugs (Picture: Cambridgeshire Police) A drug dealer was caught after he was spotted posing for pictures wearing three Rolex watches. Michael Babalola, from Lewisham, south london, posed with stacks of cash and watches which helped officers prove he was selling drugs. The 24-year-old was arrested in May last year after police raided his brother Olusegen’s home in Peterborough. Officers found more than £7,000 worth of heroin and crack cocaine hidden in a tissue box. They also found weighing scales and mobile phones, including the…