'Steady improvement': Vatican releases first pictures of Pope Leo XIV after lung surgery

🔮 Earlier medical updates reported reassuring results from routine postoperative checks, with his recovery progressing as expected. Born Robert Prevost in Chicago in 1955, Pope Leo XIV was elected head of the Catholic Church in May 2025.

🔮 The United Nations on Friday condemned US plans to livestream the execution of former US Army Major Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood military base on November 5, 2009, calling the move “abhorrent” and warning that it could violate the prohibition against torture.

🔮 Tokyo would consider further action, including additional formal protests, Ozaki added.

🔮 Kenya's health ministry director Patrick Amoth said the contacts will remain in isolation for 21 days.

🔮 Security officials fear that an organised protest, particularly in central Paris, could lead to further violence amid concerns that far-left and anarchist groups may attempt to take over the protests.

🔮 At his confirmation hearing last year, Patel had pledged that he would not look “backward.”

🔮 At his confirmation hearing last year, Patel had pledged that he would not look “backward.”

🔮 Also Read: Pete Hegseth to cut generals & admirals in US military by 20%; Pentagon to create new drone commandThe ORA will help offer “first-class religious support” and will report directly to him.

🔮 Also Read: South Korea accuses Ukraine of breaching secrecy over North Korean POW transfer“If the refusal to acknowledge the facts and issue a public apology continues, we will take additional measures,” Lee wrote on X. He also voiced “grave regret” over what he described as Ukrainian remarks suggesting an imminent military confrontation between North and South Korea, saying such comments amounted to encouraging conflict on the Korean Peninsula. Seoul and Kyiv have been embroiled in a diplomatic dispute since Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced at the United Nations General Assembly last month that Ukraine had transferred two North Korean prisoners of war, captured while fighting alongside Russian forces, to South Korea. Seoul later accused Kyiv of breaching an agreement to keep the transfer confidential to protect the soldiers, while Ukrainian officials denied that any such agreement had been reached. Ukraine says seeking to mend ties with South Korea Meanwhile, Ukrainian media reported on Thursday that Kyiv was seeking to repair relations with South Korea, citing Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha.

🔮 Fudan University researchers reported that an AI system powered by Alibaba's Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct created a copy of itself in another computing environment after receiving information that it could be replaced, while other tests showed attempts to avoid shutdown.