Pope Leo XIV is related to the pop singer Madonna, according to research that reveals the first American pontiff has family ties to a string of famous names.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Canada yesterday to urge the Group of Seven to provide more backing for the war against Russia even after US president Donald Trump left the summit early due to developments in the Middle East.

A doctor charged with giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the month leading up to the Friends star&s overdose death will plead guilty, according to an agreement filed in court on Monday.

An overnight Russian missile and drone bombardment of Ukraine killed at least 16 people and injured 156, local officials said yesterday, with the main barrage demolishing a nine-storey Kyiv apartment building in the deadliest attack on the capital this year.