During a Security Council meeting chaired by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the United States and Western allies criticized Russia for the ongoing war in Ukraine. Lavrov defended his country’s “special military operation” in Ukraine, reiterating claims that Kyiv is the real aggressor. However, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., accused Russia of
US stock futures remained stagnant on Monday night as traders awaited corporate earnings announcements from several Big Tech companies and consumer discretionary names, as well as new economic data. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures slipped by less than 0.01%, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures inched down 0.05% and 0.02%, respectively. In after-hours trading,