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The head of the Catholic Church has appeared publicly for the second time since being discharged from hospital after a pneumonia diagnosis.Pope Francis has held an in-person greeting with the faithful in St Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday in yet another positive public sign of his recovery from a life-threatening battle with double pneumonia. On Sunday, the 88-year-old pontiff wished more than 20,000 people a “happy Palm Sunday, happy Holy Week” as he sat in a wheelchair without nasal tubes for supplemental oxygen. The Vatican said it was waiting to announce what role he may play in Holy Week events…

Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren defended her calls for the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate President Donald Trump over accusations of market manipulation and insider trading, saying such an investigation is “entirely appropriate.””That’s what investigations are for. And it’s entirely appropriate to have an investigation to make sure that Donald Trump, Donald Trump’s family, Donald Trump’s inner circle didn’t get advance information and trade on that information,” Warren told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday during an appearance on “State of the Union.” Warren, alongside a handful of other Senate Democrats such as Oregon’s Ron Wyden and New York’s Chuck Schumer,…

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Bitcoin Cash, Solana, and Bitcoin Pepe are making waves in the crypto market, each carving out its own path with distinct strengths.Here is the price performance of these top altcoin and why Bitcoin Pepe’s presale is turning heads.Bitcoin Cash: bulls ride a 15% surgeBitcoin Cash (BCH) is having a moment, climbing 15% in the past week to hit highs of $352 as per CoinGecko data. Its market cap sits at $6.7 billion, ranking BCH among the top gainers.Over the past 24 hours, BCH has gained 10%, outpacing many peers, with trading volume spiking 15% to $239 million. Amid broader gains, the…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.UK government officials are scrambling to secure access to critical coal and iron ore supplies to keep Britain’s last two remaining blast furnaces firing after emergency legislation was passed to keep British Steel afloat.A shipment of coal, needed to fire up the furnaces, is currently docked in the port of Immingham in Lincolnshire, having been ordered but not paid for by British Steel’s Chinese owner, Jingye Group, according to two people briefed on the situation.Officials were on Sunday working closely with British…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.JPMorgan Chase’s chief executive Jamie Dimon warned that the US economy was facing “considerable turbulence” as market tumult boosted the Wall Street bank’s trading business at the start of 2025. Dimon sided with his bank’s economists that the odds of a recession were 50/50. US President Donald Trump earlier this week cited the views of the JPMorgan boss as influencing his thinking around tariffs.“The economy is facing considerable turbulence (including geopolitics), with the potential positives of tax reform and deregulation and the potential…

Mary Fowler has endured a concerning knee injury in Manchester City’s Women’s FA Cup semi-final defeat by neighbours Manchester United.The Matildas star limped out of the derby tie within just the first 20 minutes of City’s 2-0 home defeat after requiring several minutes of treatment on the Joie Stadium pitch after she appeared to wrench her right knee while overstretching for the ball.There was much concern from the City medics before the 22-year-old was able to get back to her feet and, briefly, it appeared as if she felt she might be able to get back into the action.But she…

It’s Holy Week, and President Donald Trump isn’t just leading the country, he is leaning hard into the belief that he’s been chosen to do so. With renewed spiritual fervor and a flair for providential drama, Trump has been weaving his personal faith into the fabric of his presidency, especially after surviving an assassination attempt last year.”I believe that my life was saved that day in Butler for a very good reason,” he declared during his address to a joint session of Congress last month. “I was saved by God to make America great again. I believe that.”It’s a sentiment that’s…

The cast of the iconic 1980’s film “The Breakfast Club” – Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall and Emilio Estevez – reunited for the first time in 40 years during a pop culture event in Chicago. On Saturday, the former cast mates took the stage at C2E2 to reminisce about their experiences making the classic coming-of-age movie, in which five students from different high school cliques bond while serving Saturday detention together. “I feel really very emotional and moved to have us all together,” Ringwald, who played Clarie Standish in the movie, told the crowd, according to The Hollywood…

A fintech startup that raised $40 million based on the premise of its artificial intelligence capabilities was fueled by human labor, allegedly defrauding investors lured by the new technology of millions, federal prosecutors said this week in a statement.Albert Saniger, 35, the former CEO  and founder of nate in 2018, who is from Barcelona, Spain, was indicted in the Southern District of New York for engaging in a scheme to allegedly defraud investors and making false statements about his company’s AI capabilities.Nate, an e-commerce company, launched the nate app that claimed to streamline the online shopping checkout process via a…