内容摘要：“We prayed like never before — and just thankful for everything God did for us,” Taylor said.

“We prayed like never before — and just thankful for everything God did for us,” Taylor said.

, lower borrowing costs and trio of trade deals with thegive the government room for maneuver.

“It’s only because of the measures we’ve taken that the economy is improving, growth at the highest rate in the G-7, four interest rate cuts, three trade deals because countries want to trade with this country because of the decisions that we’ve made,” Starmer said.TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — A court in Georgia ordered opposition party leader Zurab Japaridze detained Thursday on charges of failing to appear before a parliamentary inquiry as protests continued against the ruling Georgian Dream party.Demonstrators waving Georgian and European Union flags blocked the central thoroughfare in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, demanding new elections and the release of dissidents. Demonstrators have gathered there each night since Nov. 28, when Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze halted the country’s EU integration process.

Ahead of Japaridze’s hearing Thursday at a courthouse in Tbilisi, police surrounded the facility to prevent his supporters from entering. Only a handful of people were allowed into the cramped hearing room, angering his supporters.Two people were arrested, and Japaridze’s lawyers left in protest following a failed motion to move the proceedings to a larger room.

Japaridze, who heads the Girchi - More Freedom party, was detained after refusing to appear before a parliamentary commission investigating alleged wrongdoings by the government of

Opposition politicians have declined to attend the commission hearings, saying they are politically motivated by Georgian Dream to damage the opposition, particularly Saakashvili’s United National Movement party.. Tracing shapes in the air could point to how each beat must come. And one’s free fingers can often signal a shift in dynamics.

Subtle hand signs likewise coordinate the hundreds of pounding drummers in each of the glitzyThe roughly 70,000 spectators filling the bleachers each of the three nights of parades will be eager to see flamboyant costumes, towering floats and jaw-dropping dancers passing by. But for many

, drums are the beating heart of the party. And the maestro’s hand swings, flicks, twists and pointing transform potential cacophony into transcendent synchrony.Percussionists play instruments known the world over — snare and bass drums — but also traditional local instruments like the tamborim hand drum, the cuica friction drum, the double-sided repique, metal shakers known as chocalhos and the agogo, a two-headed cowbell originating in West Africa.