🇻🇦Pope Francis died at 88 after health crisis.

Vatican News said the Pope died at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Francis made history as the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit pope and the first pope since the eighth century not to be from Europe.

The Pope, who has battled a number of health issues over the years, died a month after he was discharged from the hospital, where he was treated for double pneumonia, following a 38-day stay.


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🇺🇸🇾🇪 Following Hegseth’s Signal group chat scandal last month, it has been reported that the US secretary of defence shared details about bombing campaigns in Yemen in a second Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer.


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🇺🇸🇾🇪 According to a US official, the White House wants to replace Hegseth following the Signal group chat leaks.

Reacting to the rumours, press secretary Karoline Leavitt states that the story is fake.


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🇺🇸🇾🇪 Trump has also defended defence secretary Pete Hegseth following the new allegations, calling them “fake news”.

Meanwhile, Democratic senator Chuck Schumer called for Hegseth to be fired.


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🇺🇸🇻🇦 Trump ordered that US flags be flown at half-staff in public buildings as a tribute to Pope Francis.


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🇻🇦 The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis died of a stroke and subsequent irreversible heart failure today at morning.


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📊 Macroeconomic Indicators Update (21/4/2025):

🇮🇱 GDP y/y: 5.0% ⬇️ 2.1%
🇴🇲 Inflation Rate y/y: 1.0% ⬇️ 0.6%


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🇻🇦🕊️ Proclamation of national mournings regarding the passage of Pope Francis:

🇦🇷🇧🇷🇹🇱 Argentina, Brazil and Timor-Leste: 7 days of mourning.

🇮🇹 Italy: 5 days of mourning.

🇪🇸🇵🇹🇩🇴🇮🇳🇱🇧🇵🇷 Spain, Portugal, Chile, Peru, Dominican Republic, India, Lebanon and Puerto Rico: 3 days of mourning.

🇺🇾🇲🇹 Uruguay and Malta: 1 day of mourning.

So far the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, China, Bangladesh, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Jordan, Pakistan and Taiwan have sent official messages of condolence.


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🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸 Hackers published data of the major employees of the US branch of Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems, a major assistant of the IDF in its aggression in Gaza, West Bank and Lebanon.

The data have been leaked at Pastebin and include names, addresses and roles in the company.


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🇺🇸🇯🇵 Also I don’t know if you believe that the channel should post important data breaches, at least in cases with geopolitical impact, but I may do it occasionally.

This is the reason I didn’t talk about the takedown of 4chan by a rival image board.


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🇻🇦 The funeral of Pope Francis will be held on Saturday and is expected to be attended by a large number of global leaders, the Vatican has confirmed.

The Pontiff’s body will be taken into the adjacent St. Peter's Basilica on Wednesday morning at 9:00 AM, in a procession led by cardinals, allowing the faithful to pay their last respects to the first Latin American pope. Meanwhile, his funeral service will be held in St. Peter's Square, on Saturday at 10:00 AM and will be presided over by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the 91-year-old dean of the College of Cardinals.


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