Russia is open to peace with Ukraine but achieving its goals remains a priority, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Sunday, days after U.S. President Donald Trump gave Moscow a 50-day deadline to agree to a ceasefire or face tougher sanctions.

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) – Pope Leo XIV renewed his call on Sunday for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, asking the international community to respect international laws and the obligation to protect civilians. “I once again call for an immediate end to the barbarity of this war and for a peaceful resolution to the conflict.”

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) – Ecuador on Sunday extradited to the United States the leader of a violent Ecuadorian gang who relied on hitmen, bribes and military weapons to do business.

CLEVELAND (AP) – President Donald Trump wants Washington’s football franchise and Cleveland’s baseball team to revert to their former names.

DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israeli troops opened fire Saturday toward crowds of Palestinians seeking food from distribution hubs run by a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group in southern Gaza, killing at least 32 people, according to witnesses and hospital officials.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Moving at the “speed of Trump” is one of the White House’s favorite phrases, meant to convey the administration’s attempts to bring big changes to government at breakneck speed. But when it comes to presidential travel, Donald Trump’s pace in the opening months of his second term is comparable to Joe Biden’s.

SAO PAULO (AP) – U.S. President Donald Trump may have thought that pressuring Brazil with higher tariffs would help his ally, the country’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, but the move apparently backfired.