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Former President Donald Trump had a rather awkward encounter with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday in which he boasted about having a good relationship with the man who is currently invading Zelenskyy's country.

During remarks with reporters, Trump gestured toward Zelenskyy and said that the two men "have a very good relationship" and then added that "I also have a very good relationship, as you know, with President [Vladimir] Putin, and if we win, I really think we're going to get a result very quickly."

Oscar-winning British actor Maggie Smith, a star of stage and screen for more than seven decades, died in hospital in London on Friday, her sons announced.

"It is with great sadness we have to announce the death of Dame Maggie Smith. She passed away peacefully in hospital early this morning, Friday 27th September," Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens said in a statement.

Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell broke with Donald Trump on the centerpiece of his economic policy proposals.

The former president has pledged to impose massive tariffs and influence interest rates if re-elected, which economists say would weaken economic growth and increase inflation for a decade or more, and McConnell said he's "not a fan" of those proposals, reported Semafor.

Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine has called for an apology from the United Nations for the organization's indirect involvement in nuclear tests on its territory in the wake of the Second World War.

The United States detonated 67 nuclear bombs in Marshall Islands between 1946 and 1958, and the health and environmental impacts are still felt today in the Pacific Ocean country, which is home to 42,000 people.

The stain of Catholic child abuse looms over Pope Francis's visit to Belgium this week, but a lesser-known scandal still roils the country: the "forced adoption" of newborns taken from their mothers, with nuns' complicity.

Lieve Soens was adopted by a Belgian couple in 1974, shortly after she was born in Dunkirk, northern France, to a woman who opted to remain anonymous under a system known as giving birth "under X".

From disinformation campaigns to soaring skepticism, plummeting trust and economic slumps, the global media landscape has been hit with blow after blow.

World News Day, taking place on Saturday with the support of hundreds of organizations including AFP, aims to raise awareness about the challenges endangering the hard-pressed industry.

Shigeru Ishiba, who will be Japan's next prime minister after winning his party's leadership vote on Friday, is a seasoned lawmaker known for his in-depth security policy knowledge.

A former defence minister, Ishiba's push to boost the military and call for the creation of an Asian NATO could rile Beijing, but he is careful with his words concerning China.

More than 3,600 people have been killed this year in the "senseless" gang violence ravaging Haiti, the United Nations said on Friday.

The Western Hemisphere's poorest country has plunged into virtual anarchy, with gangs taking over the capital, Port-au-Prince, and the security and health systems collapsing.

Former President Donald Trump shared Thursday what appeared to be a private diplomatic message from the leader of a war-torn foreign nation, shocking viewers in the process.

Trump posted a screenshot on Truth Social of a message that he suggested had come from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by way of Denys Sienik, deputy ambassador of Ukraine.

A growing number of Republicans are doing cruel things to children's dogs then bragging about it in a new trend with ties to the former president, a new political analysis contends.

Kevin Roberts, Heritage Foundation president, joined the elite crew this week when his former New Mexico State University colleagues said he'd boasted of killing his 16-year-old neighbor's dog Loca with a shovel — a story the Project 2025 architect now denies.

French President Emmanuel Macron, fresh from his own political struggles back home, meets Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday in the wake of the Canadian leader's survival of a no-confidence vote.

Macron, who arrived late Wednesday from New York where he had spoken at the United Nations, was received by his host at the Rideau Cottage residence in Ottawa, the Canadian capital, for a working dinner.