Biden sets new target to protect vast US water sources

The Biden administration on Tuesday set a new goal to protect vast U.S. water sources, from rivers to wetlands, as part of a series of announcements marking Earth Week. Read More

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By Alexandra Alter The visit came days after the U.S. threatened new sanctions against Chinese companies if they aided Russia’s war ... for his release. Amid news reports that European ... Read More

1 year after Evan Gershkovich's arrest in Russia, Biden vows to "continue working every day" for his release

Washington — President Biden ... News' Leslie Stahl last week, the reporter's sister Danielle said the family back in the U.S. was still worried, despite Gershkovich's repeated assurances to ... Read More

U.S. Sanctions Russian Entities Accused of Enabling Digital Currency Sanctions Evasion

“Russia is increasingly turning to alternative payment mechanisms to circumvent U.S. sanctions and continue to fund its war against Ukraine,” Treasury Under Secretary Brian E. Nelson. Read More

Russia Abandoned by Allies as US Tightens Sanctions Noose

Russia is being abandoned by its key allies amid tightening U.S. sanctions imposed ... a number of accounts linked to the trading of Russian goods. Four sources told the news agency that UAE's ... Read More

Husband of U.S. journalist detained in Russia: "I'm not going to give up"

Her mother, Alsu Kurmasheva, an American-Russian journalist, is now detained in Russia ... It's funded by U.S. taxpayers but is editorially independent, and reports news in 27 languages and ... Read More

Yellen warns of sanctions against Chinese banks that aid Russia

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned in Beijing on Monday that Chinese banks that facilitate support for Russia amid ... to the risk of U.S. sanctions.” The Biden administration has previously ... Read More

U.S. issues fresh round of Iran-targeted sanctions

Sanctions freeze all assets of the designated entity while barring U.S. persons from doing business with them ... U.S. News // 11 hours ago In Philadelphia, Kennedy family endorses Biden's re ... Read More

Exclusive-U.S. sanctions hamper Russian efforts to repair refineries, sources say

Four other sources ... problems in Russia's energy sector where some oil firms are struggling in the face of Western sanctions to repair their refineries, built with the help of U.S. and European ... Read More

Western Sanctions Delay Payments for Russia’s Oil Exports

Russia is seeing months of delays in ... are now scrutinizing transactions wary of the tighter U.S. sanctions, numerous unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter have told Reuters. Read More

US Sanctions Russia-Linked Fintech Firms Over Crypto Evasion

The US imposed a fresh round of sanctions on 13 fintech firms and two individuals linked ... “Russia is increasingly turning to alternative payment mechanisms to circumvent U.S. sanctions ... Read More

U.S. sanctions Russian entities accused of enabling digital currency sanctions evasion

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Monday imposed sanctions on a collection of fintech firms and people, mostly in Russia, accused of enabling sanctions evasion. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets ... Read More