Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said that isolating or completely ostracizing Russia is "not our job" or the job of the financial industry, he said in a Time interview published Sunday.
Driving the news: JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs exited Russia last week following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The U.S. is providing over $186 million in additional humanitarian assistance to Ukrainians internally displaced or forced to flee abroad by Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday in a statement.
Why it matters: The U.S. has provided nearly $293 million to Ukraine and the region since the start of the invasion in late February, including the new aid. It makes the U.S. the "largest single-country donor of humanitarian assistance to Ukraine," Blinken said.
LGBTQ-identification is higher among Latinos than white or Black American adults, helping drive the soaring rates of self-identification over the last decade.
By the numbers: A record 7% of American adults now identify as LGBTQ, according to a Gallup poll released last month.
The Treasury Department on Tuesday announced sanctions against Belarus strongman Aleksandr Lukashenko, his wife and several Russians "connected to gross violations of human rights."
Two well-known Latino political consultants from dueling political parties are launching a new podcast that will examine Latino voters ahead of the 2022 midterms.
The big picture: Data, surveys and recent primary elections show that Republicans are making inroads with Latinos. At the same time, advocates say Democrats neglect Latinos.
Twenty days into the war, Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S., Oksana Markarova, is asking the world for "anti-air" support, calling Russia’s invasion "a full-scale genocide" of the Ukrainian people.
Why it matters: A day before President Zelensky is scheduled to address members of Congress, Markarova has a dire warning for the U.S. and other democracies: Putin’s war will not stop in Ukraine. She requested support in the form of more weapons, diplomatic pressure and increased sanctions against Russia.
Beijing's tacit support for Putinduring Russia's invasion of Ukraine hasn't been lost on Europeans, who are viewing the Chinese government with growing skepticism.
Why it matters: "What we are witnessing now is a major shift when it comes to China’s relations with central Europe, and with the EU in general," said Jakub Jakóbowski, senior fellow at the China program at the Center for Eastern Studies in Warsaw.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Russia had received "written guarantees" from the U.S. that sanctions imposed over the invasion of Ukraine will not impair its nuclear cooperation with Iran.
Why it matters: Lavrov may be backtracking from a demand he made last week that Russia's trade ties with Iran be exempt from the Ukraine sanctions, and signaling that Moscow won't block a deal from being finalized.
A group of Chinese international students at Cornell University booed and left an event last week in protest after a Uyghur student spoke about her brother's detention amid the Chinese government's genocide in Xinjiang.
The big picture: Uyghurs and other marginalized groups with ties to China can face intimidation, state surveillance and threats to their family members in China when they speak out on U.S. campuses about oppression by the Chinese government.
Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra Kuvshynova, who was working as a consultant for Fox News, were killed Monday while newsgathering outside of Kyiv, the outlet's CEO Suzanne Scott said in an internal memo.
Driving the news: Zakrzewski and Kuvshynova were traveling alongside Fox News journalist Benjamin Hall when their vehicle came under fire, Scott said. Hall remains hospitalized.
The prime ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia will visit Kyiv on Tuesday to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and convey the European Union's "unequivocal support" for Ukraine on day 20 of Russia's invasion.
The latest: The dramatic visit comes as Ukraine still maintains control of Kyiv, though Russian forces continue to bombard targets — including residential and other civilian buildings — in the city.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index dropped more than 5% on Tuesday — on the heels of a 5% drop on Monday — thanks to those COVID-related lockdowns as well as worries about renewed government clampdowns on homegrown tech giants.
The big picture: It's the biggest one-day drop for the index — a gauge of some of corporate China's largest global companies — since 2015. And the index hasn't been this low since early 2016.
After massive commodity producer Russia was exiled from the world economy, a new shock is emerging from China — the world's biggest user of raw materials.
The big picture: Commodities prices turned tail and tumbled yesterday, as China imposed new COVID-related lockdowns in response to soaring infection rates.
An increasing number of journalists are being killed, attacked, or threatened covering the war in Ukraine. Independent journalists are also facing threats trying to cover the conflict factually from Russia.
Why it matters: Journalists covering the invasion are considered civilians under international humanitarian law. Targeting them can be considered a war crime.
The grassroots efforts across Europe to help and house Ukrainians arriving in unfamiliar countries have helped thousands find refuge, but could also be a human trafficker's “dream," refugee advocates are warning.
The big picture: Almost 3 million people — mostly women and children — have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded on Feb. 24, according to the U.N. refugee agency. The vast majority have sought refuge in Poland, which has taken in more than 1.7 million refugees in the last 19 days.
Ukrainian officials said Russian airstrikes on a Kyiv residential area killed at least two people, as large explosions rocked the capital and intense battles were reported across Ukraine on Tuesday, the 20th day of Russia's military invasion.
The big picture: Almost all of Russia's military offensives were stalling and despite launching over 900 missiles Russian forces did not have full air superiority, with Ukraine's airspace remaining contested, a U.S. defense official told AP. But 20 days of bombardment has caused widespread destruction across Ukraine.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine was a "game changer" for international sport and while banning athletes from Russia and Belarus "set precedents," suspensions must remain in place, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Monday, per AP.
Why it matters: International sports organizations have taken unprecedented action against the Kremlin, which has spent large amounts of money to host global events including the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2018 World Cup, as President Vladimir Putin sought to bolster the country's reputation abroad.
Australia and the Netherlands are pursuing legal action against Russia's government over the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine more than seven years ago, officials from both nations announced Monday.
Why it matters: The two countries will allege Russia breached international aviation law in the 2014 crash, according to a statement from Australia's Foreign Ministry.
In an "intense" seven-hour meetingwith China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi on Monday, national security adviser Jake Sullivan warned of "consequences" if Beijing materially supports Russia's war in Ukraine, a senior U.S. official briefed reporters.
The big picture: China is already providing its most powerful partner with tacit support, but U.S. officials are now trying to draw red lines to prevent a full-on superpower proxy war.
Russian interests have the fewest registered American agents in years, as the country's invasion of Ukraine makes Kremlin-aligned political interests toxic in Washington.
Why it matters: With tensions at their highest since the Cold War, there are few people remaining — officially, at least — to plead Russia's case in D.C.
