Different output depending of post or custom post type

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I am trying to realise a little script in the header, which should show a different message depending if there is a new post or a new custom post published.

What I have so far:

$args = array( 'numberposts' => '1', 'post_status' => 'publish' );
        $args_talks = array( 'numberposts' => '1', 'post_type' => array('talks', 'post'), 'post_status' => 'publish' );
        $recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts( $args_talks );
        foreach( $recent_posts as $recent ){
        
       	if ( 'rtalks' === get_post_type() ) {
   			echo "Latest Talk from '. get_the_date('d F Y', $recent["ID"]) .':<br/><a href="' . get_permalink($recent["ID"]) . '">'. get_the_title( $recent["ID"] ) .'</a>'";
   		} else {
        	echo 'Latest News from '. get_the_date('d F Y', $recent["ID"]) .':<br/><a href="' . get_permalink($recent["ID"]) . '">'. get_the_title( $recent["ID"] ) .'</a>';
   			 }
        }

I am aware that the last “if else” part is wrong, but it should illustrate what I am trying to achieve. Or maybe I’m doing something fundamentally wrong.

In any case I would be grateful for any help!