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Pope Francis visited a prison in the center of Rome
Pope Francis decided to maintain his traditional visit to a jail in the afternoon of Holy Thursday and today he briefly went through ‘Regina Coeli’, in the center of Rome, despite being even convalescent for his respiratory problems.
The 88 -year -old Pope arrived shortly before 15.00 local hours (13.00 GMT) aboard a car to the penitentiary, located in the Roman neighborhood of Tretevere, near the Vatican.
It was a quick visit, about 20 minutes, as the pontiff’s car left the prison at 5:25 p.m. local (15:25 GMT).
Donal Trump requested the dismissal of the president of the Federal Reserve
The president of the United States, Donald Trump on Thursday requested the dismissal of the president of the Federal Reserve (Fed) of the country, Jerome Powell and called his reports “complete disaster”, while claiming a cut of interest rates.
«Jerome Powell should have dropped interest rates, such as the ECB, a long time ago, but I should undoubtedly lower them now. Powell’s dismissal can’t wait! ”Trump said in a message on his social network Truth.
“The ECB (European Central Bank) is expected to cut interest rates for the seventh time, and yet Jerome Powell, of the Federal Reserve, who always arrives too late and is wrong, issued a report yesterday that was another, typical and complete disaster,” Trump said.
