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US consumer inflation continued to heat up last month, but by less than expected, according to official data published nine days late on Friday due to the ongoing government shutdown.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced hope Friday of soon putting together an international force to police the ceasefire in Gaza and said Israel, which opposes including Turkey, could veto participants.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting in London on Friday that there was more that Western allies could do to bolster Kyiv's long-range missile capability.

US consumer inflation continued to heat up last month, but by less than expected, according to official data published nine days late due to the ongoing government shutdown.

The UN's health agency pleaded Friday for thousands of people in desperate need of medical care to be allowed to leave Gaza, in what it said would be a "game-changer".

Struggling Championship club Sheffield Wednesday on Friday entered administration and were hit with an automatic 12-point penalty by the English Football League.

Liam Delap could make his Chelsea return ahead of schedule in next week's League Cup meeting with Wolves, manager Enzo Maresca said on Friday.

US President Donald Trump on Friday doubled down on his decision to end trade talks with Canada over an anti-tariff advertising campaign, a sudden about-face soon after a cordial White House meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Struggling Championship club Sheffield Wednesday on Friday filed a notice to be placed into administration.

Russia's central bank on Friday cut its benchmark interest rate and said growth had slowed to almost zero as the economy sags under the cost of the Ukraine offensive and Western sanctions.

They were freed in exchange for Israeli hostages held in Gaza, but instead of going home, 154 Palestinian ex-prisoners were exiled to Egypt, where they are confined to a hotel and kept under tight surveillance.

Arne Slot said Friday the "last thing" he is worried about is Mohamed Salah finding his scoring touch again after the Liverpool forward's barren run for the club extended to six games.

China will develop its high-tech sector on a massive scale in the next decade, top officials vowed Friday, a day after meetings on the country's future policy priorities concluded in Beijing.

A swing group in French parliament on Friday said that if a 2026 budget bill was not changed to include a tax on the supremely wealthy, it would vote down the government.

European stock markets dipped Friday following solid gains in Asia as investors reacted to fresh optimism over US-China trade relations and as they awaited US inflation data delayed by a government shutdown.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky met King Charles III at Windsor Castle on Friday before a meeting of Kyiv's key backers, where Britain's prime minister will call on Europe to deliver more long-range missiles.

Pope Leo XIV has authorised a traditional mass to take place this weekend at the Vatican, lifting restrictions that angered conservatives in his latest attempt to heal splits within the Catholic Church.

The EU accused Meta and TikTok on Friday of breaking the bloc's digital content rules, putting the companies at risk of hefty fines.

A French prosecutor Friday urged the maximum sentence for an Algerian woman accused of raping, torturing and murdering a schoolgirl in Paris in 2022.

Families of dozens of Mexicans feared killed and buried in the woods south of the capital on Thursday joined a colossal search operation for their loved ones alongside activists, authorities and forensic experts.

Miguel Tabuena delighted his home fans with a hole-in-one Friday as he moved to second on the Asian Tour's International Series Philippines leaderboard, four behind runaway leader Sarit Suwannarut.

Spaniard Pedro Acosta mastered the moody Malaysian weather to snatch the fastest time ahead of Frenchman Johann Zarco in a chaotic second practice on Friday for the MotoGP at Sepang.

Patrick Reed, once labelled "the most hated man in golf", opened up Friday about the toll taken on his family by allegations of cheating that have dogged his career.

George Clooney plays an actor looking back at his past in Netflix's "Jay Kelly," but in real life, the US star has his eyes on the future.

Muscles bulging, bodybuilder Takuya Usui settles a woman into her wheelchair at a Japanese care home, where jacked Gen Zers are helping to ease labour shortages in a struggling industry.

Most stock markets rallied Friday after the White House confirmed President Donald Trump would meet China's Xi Jinping next week, stoking optimism for a cooling of trade tensions between the economic superpowers.

Beijing and Washington "can totally find ways to resolve each other's concerns", China's commerce minister said Friday, as officials from both sides were set to meet in Malaysia for trade talks.

US President Donald Trump said Thursday he was ending trade talks with Canada over an anti-tariff advertising campaign, a sudden about-face soon after a cordial White House meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Friday she will bring US ties to "new heights" in talks with President Donald Trump, while taking a swipe at China and vowing a stricter stance on foreigners.

Women in Australia's defence forces launched a class action lawsuit Friday alleging widespread and systematic sexual violence, harassment and discrimination.

South Korea's unification minister said Friday he believed there was a "considerable" chance that US President Donald Trump will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a visit to the peninsula next week.

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Friday he would tell US leader Donald Trump in any meeting at a summit in Malaysia starting this weekend that tariffs on his country were a "mistake".