U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
The Secretary reiterated President Donald Trump's call for the killing of Ukrainians to stop and the need for Moscow to take meaningful steps toward a durable resolution of the Russia-Ukraine war.
Meanwhile, addressing the General Assembly's 80th session in New York Wednesday, Ukraine's President Zelensky has warned that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin "will keep driving the war forward wider and deeper" beyond Ukraine.
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June 12, 2026 17:14 ET Major central bank action was the focus this week in economic news. The European Central Bank became the first major central bank to move in response to the rising inflationary pressures in the backdrop of the conflict in the Middle East. In North America, the U.S. inflation and trade data as well as Canada’s central bank decision gained attention. The Chinese trade data was the main news in Asia.