US Defense Minister released from hospital, Pentagon announces. Lloyd Austin, whose state of health is under scrutiny after several hospitalizations for prostate cancer kept secret, "is recovering well and returned to full duty at 5:00 p.m.
(22:00 GMT)," the Ministry of Health said. The 70-year-old minister was admitted to an intensive care unit on Sunday and underwent a procedure under general anesthesia. According to his doctors, this bladder problem should not influence the prognosis for treatment of his cancer which “remains excellent”