1. Rebel leader Ahmad al-Sharaa's Islamist group is deploying police, installing an interim government and meeting foreign envoys.

2. Israelis and Palestinians are signaling new efforts to forge a ceasefire deal.

3. European Central Bank is all but certain to cut interest rates again later today and signal further easing in 2025.

4. Swiss National Bank cut its interest rate by 50 basis points, the biggest reduction in almost 10 years. It reduced its policy rate from 1.0% to 0.5%, the lowest since November 2022.

5. Australia's center-left government planned new rules that would charge big tech firms millions of dollars if they did not pay Australian media companies for news hosted on their platforms.

6. Boeing to invest $1 billion to help increase 787 Dreamliner widebody jets production in South Carolina.

7. Trump transition team is exploring ways to significantly reduce, merge, or even eliminate the top bank regulators in Washington.