Truong My Lan during her trial in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Thursday.

Manama, the capital city of Bahrain.

Ajay Banga was selected by President Biden to bolster the World Bank’s efforts to combat climate change and inject a new sense of urgency into the institution.

Comments made by France’s finance minister, Bruno LeMaire, about the legality of seizing Russian assets came a day after the U.S. Treasury secretary, Janet Yellen, said that seizing the assets was a possibility.

President Biden with Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen. The administration’s new sanctions were created by the Treasury, State and Commerce Departments.

An image provided by North Korean state media in December showed Kim Jong-un with what was said to be an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Hafize Gaye Erkan was Turkey’s fifth central bank chief in five years.

Demonstrators at a Bank of America branch last year calling on banks to stop financing fossil-fuel projects.

Americans have only slowly spent down the savings they amassed during the early pandemic years, so the money has continued to trickle through the economy like a slow-release booster shot.

Lava from a volcanic eruption destroyed some homes in Grindavik, Iceland. Others were spared.

Investigators examined a crater caused by a Russian missile in Kyiv this month.

Ukrainian forces received a delivery of artillery shells near the Kupiansk front line last month. With current funding nearly exhausted, American officials have said they are scrambling to find ways to provide aid for Ukraine.

Political posters in Argentina, speaking to voter worries about high inflation.

The headquarters of Russia’s central bank in Moscow.

The Bank of England held rates at 5.25 percent, a 15-year high.

Javier Milei, left, and Sergio Massa during a debate in Buenos Aires. Polls suggest Sunday’s race is a dead heat.

The Moscow City financial center, in August.

Israeli soldiers gathered near Urim, Israel, this week. Up to 360,000 Israeli reservists are leaving their jobs and businesses to mobilize for military duty.

Keir Starmer, center, at the Labour Party’s annual conference in northern England. As party leader, he has junked some left-wing positions and built a commanding poll lead.