Pope Leo’s recovery from surgery is progressing as expected and ​he has begun walking in his hospital room and eating normally, the Vatican said on Wednesday, after doctors announced the 71-year-old pontiff was being ‌treated for lung cancer.

A ​container ship and a dry bulk carrier have both sunk near the Strait of Hormuz in the past ‌24 hours after being hit by projectiles in separate incidents, maritime officials said on Wednesday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview on Wednesday ​that it was “painful” when Donald ‌Trump took another side in Ukraine’s ongoing war with Russia, after the US President said ​Zelenskiy should be replaced.

The US has not yet decided whether to abandon the electromagnetic launch system for aircraft carriers, France’s ​navy chief said on Wednesday, two months after President Donald Trump ordered the ‌US Navy to drop the technology that France has chosen for its next carrier.

FBI Director Kash Patel was ​in Virginia for a ‌law enforcement-related event, the US law enforcement agency said ​on Wednesday, denying a ​media report that he had ⁠traveled to Russia.

Former US Vice President Kamala Harris urged governments and technology companies on Wednesday to urgently put safeguards in place for artificial intelligence, warning that the window for containing its gravest risks was ​closing.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on Tuesday six people had ​been confirmed dead in the ‌state from Hurricane Isaias, which made landfall last week.

Around 400 scientists, including AI pioneers Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, on Tuesday called for an international body ​to oversee containment standards and incident reporting for advanced cyber-capable ‌AI systems.

Pope Leo was diagnosed with lung cancer after surgeons removed a part of his right lung on ​Tuesday, the Vatican said in a medical bulletin, marking a significant health setback for the 71-year-old pontiff.

Police fired tear gas and live rounds at supporters of jailed former ​Prime Minister Imran Khan in northwestern Pakistan.

South Korean police said they had detained a man suspected of stabbing eight people on Tuesday at a shopping mall in the ​city of Incheon, and the Yonhap news agency said one of the ‌victims was in a life-threatening condition.

A Democratic victory in one or both chambers of Congress would not stop President Donald Trump’s administration from handing regulatory breaks to Wall ​Street banks, prediction markets and crypto firms, but it would give Democrats powerful tools to probe the industries and their watchdogs.