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The New Safe Confinement seals off the Object Shelter, also known as the Sarcophagus, a temporary structure built in 1986 over the debris of the 4th reactor of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Kyiv Region, northern Ukraine. Future Publishing | Getty Images Ukraine’s nuclear agency on Friday warned radiation at the defunct Chornobyl nuclear power

Natasha Suslenko woke up at 4:30 a.m. Friday morning to the sound of air raid sirens and bombs across her hometown of Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, warning of Russian attack. For the second day, she had to grab her things and move into her building’s basement parking garage for safety. “We just put on our clothes

VTB Bank signs at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre, St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, in St Petersburg, Russia. Sefa Karacan | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images VTB Bank lost their top U.S. lobbyists after President Joe Biden’s latest round of sanctions on the massive Russian financial institution. Sidley Austin, one of the most powerful

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs an annual extended meeting of the Board of the Russian Interior Ministry, in Moscow, Russia, on February 17, 2022. Alexey Nikolsky | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The United States will impose a slate of sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the White House

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a joint news conference with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Moscow, Russia February 18, 2022. Sergey Guneev | Kremlin | Sputnik | via Reuters Countries and markets awoke to the stunning news of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine on multiple fronts Thursday morning, launching a conflict that several

President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. will introduce a new wave of sanctions against Russia in a broad effort to isolate Moscow from the global economy. The president said that the totality of the penalties will target trillions in assets and include specific measures against Russian elites and banks including state-owned VTB Bank.

WASHINGTON – Russian forces launched an attack on Ukraine early Thursday morning local time, marking the devastating culmination of months of a Kremlin military buildup near its former Soviet neighbor’s border. After Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military action in Ukraine, explosions were heard in the country’s capital of Kyiv, according to NBC News. U.S.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks to supporters in New York, Nov. 2, 2021. Craig Ruttle | AP Two of the top prosecutors leading the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation into former President Donald Trump and his business have resigned, a spokeswoman for the DA’s office confirmed to CNBC on Wednesday. The resignations of Carey Dunne

In this article TSLA Joe Biden, left, and Elon Musk Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters; Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk, in an email exchange with CNBC on Tuesday, accused President Joe Biden of ignoring his electric vehicle company in favor of paying more attention to legacy auto makers. But he

A person walks down the sidewalk near the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., February 16, 2022. Jon Cherry | Reuters The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a Christian website designer’s appeal challenging a Colorado law that bars businesses from refusing to serve customers based on their sexual orientation. The court will

EU Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen holds a press conference ahead the G20 and the COP26 (Glasgow Conference) in the Berlaymont, the EU Commission headquarter on October 28, 2021 in Brussels, Belgium. Thierry Monasse | Getty Images News | Getty Images European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has told CNBC that energy sanctions

Civilians attend a military exercise for territorial defense amid the tension on the border with Russia, in Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Ukraine 13 February 2022. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Russia has compiled lists of Ukrainians to target after an invasion, a U.S. official has said, as President Vladimir Putin is set to address his

U.S. president Joe Biden (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet during the U.S.-Russia summit at Villa La Grange on June 16, 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland. Peter Klaunzer | Getty Images President Joe Biden has accepted “in principle” a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in what could represent a last-ditch effort at diplomacy over tensions

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has posed the question that’s kept the world on edge for weeks: will Russia attack Ukraine? Not even those in the Russian government — besides President Vladimir Putin — appear to know the answer, but the fact remains that there has been a steady buildup of Russian troops and military

A militant of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic patrols the damaged building of a local school located near the line of separation from the Ukrainian armed forces in the settlement of Molodizhne (Molodezhnoye) in the Luhansk region, Ukraine February 17, 2022. Alexander Ermochenko | Reuters The Ukrainian government and Russian state-controlled media on Friday exchanged

The Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images An economist under consideration to lead a key office within the Treasury Department had a senior role at the secretive private consulting firm WestExec Advisors, which was co-founded by Secretary of State Antony Blinken. An archived version

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Friday that the United States believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to carry out an attack on Ukraine “in the coming days.” “We have reason to believe the Russian forces are planning and intend to attack Ukraine in the coming week, in the coming days,” Biden said in remarks

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell leaves a meeting in the office of Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., in Hart Building on Wednesday, October 6, 2021. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images There may be plenty of reasons to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominees to the Federal Reserve, but economists say concern that