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Health
Pope is stable, followed Mass on television as he recovers from respiratory infection, Vatican says

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Pope Francis had breakfast, read the newspapers and followed Mass on television Sunday .
The 88-year-old pontiff was admitted to Rome ’s Gemelli hospital on Friday after a weeklong bout of bronchitis worsened.
It was his fourth hospitalization since his 2013 election and raised questions about his precarious health.
The Canadian Press | Canada's Trusted News Leader
•World
World
South African NGOs worry Trump's aid freeze will cause HIV patients to default on treatment
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Millions of HIV patients in South Africa affected by U.S. President Donald Trump ’s global foreign aid freeze.
President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR , has been suspended.
It contributes more than $400 million a year to South Africa's HIV programs and nongovernmental organizations.
The freeze has hurt various groups that can no longer provide treatment, causing an influx of patients to already overstretched public facilities.
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•Business
Business & Economics
HSBC investors back CEO's investment banking retrenchment

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Investors in HSBC are backing management attempts to shutter parts of its investment bank.
U.S. President Donald Trump 's deregulatory agenda fuels hopes for a boom in capital markets activity.
Pressure is mounting on CEO George Elhedery to shift group capital into Asian economies with healthy regional trading prospects.

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Iraq 's central bank will ban five more local banks from engaging in U.S. dollar transactions.
The move comes after meetings with Treasury and Federal Reserve officials in efforts to combat money laundering, dollar smuggling and other violations, sources say.
Iran views its neighbour and ally Iraq as an economic "lung" and wields considerable military, political and economic influence there.

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Indian court sentences man to life in prison for raping and murdering backpacker.
The body of Danielle McLaughlin was found by a farmer on a beach popular with holidaymakers in Goa .
Vikat Bhagat was found guilty of the crime on Friday .
The crime highlighted persistent violence against women in India despite tougher laws against sexual assault.
ABC News
•US Politics
US Politics
Wisconsin governor floats plan to close 19th-century prison and overhaul corrections system

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Wisconsin governor floats plan to close 19th-century prison and overhaul corrections system.
Gov. Tony Evers presented his plan as the best and only option to address the state’s aging facilities.
Evers cast the proposal as a better option than building a new adult prison.
The roughly $500 million proposal, made public on Sunday , would be subject to approval by the Republican -controlled Legislature .


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•Entertainment
Entertainment
USDA scientists overseeing bird flu response are laid off
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A quarter of the personnel working in nearly 5 dozen U.S. labs have been laid off.
The firings come amid an ongoing runup in the price of eggs during a time when President Trump has vowed to "end inflation" The cuts come at the USDA 's National Animal Health Laboratory Network .
Thousands of other USDA employees were informed that they,too, would lose their jobs.
Reuters
•US Politics
US Politics
Peace not war is the focus now for Russia and United States, Kremlin says
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Kremlin says significance of phone call between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump is that now Russia and U.S. will speak about peace.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov tells state TV Kremlin reporter: "Now we will talk about peace, not war" Peskov says Western sanctions would not prevent Russia -U.S.-Russia talks.
Yahoo Finance
•Business
Business & Economics
Rising dollar pressures earnings as companies from Amazon to McDonald's signal more pain ahead

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Companies ranging from Big Tech behemoths to consumer-facing brands have mentioned foreign exchange headwinds in both their fourth quarter results and forward-looking guidance.
Goldman Sachs analyst David Kostin said the share of S&P 500 companies mentioning FX has risen across 4Q earnings calls.
A strong dollar adversely impacts companies that do most of their business overseas, as it leads to slower revenue and earnings growth.
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•Science
Science
Reliable AI: System assists with making nanoparticle measurements to speed up research
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Automated analysis of nanoparticles can be more efficient and more reliable than other methods.
New program developed by University of Konstanz, Germany , uses AI to count nanoparticles in microscopic images.
Researchers can now analyze nanoparticles under the microscope in a fraction of the time it takes to complete a particle synthesis and make the corresponding measurements.