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.

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.

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.

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.

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 .

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.

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.

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.

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.

Scientists at Belgium research center Imec have come up with a solution to growing lasers directly on silicon chips.

This discovery could lead to more affordable and scalable photonic devices, potentially transforming applications in data communication, machine learning, and AI .

The nanoridge lasers emit light at 1,020 nanometers, a shorter wavelength than those used in telecommunications.