Pope Francis’s funeral in Rome brought together world leaders and provided a rare opportunity for cautious optimism about the future of peace talks in Ukraine. But the road ahead promises to be extremely difficult,

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he was still considering whether to attend talks on the war in Ukraine planned for Thursday in Turkey but he does not know whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will go.

The outlet noted that the Trump envoy “faced some criticism over his recent meeting with Putin, but he is very confident that he acted appropriately on President [Donald Trump]’s instructions and is proud of the conversations he has held with all involved parties.

Donald Trump has responded to the overnight statement by Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, in which he proposed direct negotiations with Ukraine. The US president said he would continue working with both sides and called the upcoming week a big one in his post on the social media platform Truth Social.

President Donald Trump said Monday the tariffs against China would "go up substantially higher" than 145% if a longer-term trade deal is not reached before 90 days.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he was "OK" with raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans, as his fellow Republicans consider scaling back the scope of the ambitious tax-cut package they aim to pass this year.

Will President Vladimir Putin go to Istanbul? Why is he avoiding Donald Trump, and why has he started talking about negotiations with Ukraine? Russian opposition political analyst Ivan Preobrazhensky shared his thoughts in a brief interview with RBC-Ukraine.