NEW YORK (AP) — The Treasury Department ordered the nation’s banking industry to start disclosing its holdings of Russian assets on Tuesday, with the goal of eventually seizing those billions of dollars in assets and selling them to aid the devastated Ukrainian economy. The disclosure is required under a new law passed by Congress earlier this year known as the REPO Act, which gives the U.S. government the authority to seize Russian state assets held by U.S. banks, with the goal of eventually selling them and giving those funds to...
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. AP FileUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will become the first official...