WASHINGTON (AP) – The United States on Wednesday lifted sanctions against separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik and his family, turning back financial penalties that were imposed by the Biden administration in 2022.
NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street drifted in mixed trading ahead of this week's economic reports that could drive where interest rates, and thus stock prices, go. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2% Monday, even though more stocks rose than fell within the index. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged down 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.6%.
UB, Serbia (AP) – Nine students from southwestern Serbia who have been trekking across the country for nearly two weeks said Monday they’re tired but determined to walk to the country’s north to keep attention focused on a deadly train disaster a year ago.
NEW YORK (AP) – The Ah Louis Store in San Luis Obispo, California, turns into a winter wonderland every holiday season. Green garlands, giant nutcrackers, baubles and bows go up in early November on the historic downtown building that houses the gift shop. Inside, customers can choose from over 500 different types of ornaments and a variety of holiday gift baskets.
LONDON (AP) – Leaders of six Western Balkan nations are due to meet British and European officials in London on Wednesday for talks on migration, security and economic growth in a volatile region where Russia seeks to wield influence. Delegations from Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia are attending the summit.
President Donald Trump ‘s administration is talking tough about SNAP, saying the government’s biggest food aid program is riddled with fraud that must be stopped. His appointees are looking at Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program from an enforcement perspective, seeing fraud as a major and expensive problem.
SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) – Thousands of people from Bosnia and around the world gathered in Srebrenica to mark the 30th anniversary of a 1995 massacre there of more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim boys and men, which has been acknowledged as Europe’s only genocide after the Holocaust.
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:
NEZUK, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) – Nearly 7,000 people embarked on a three-day peace march Tuesday through the forests of eastern Bosnia in memory of the thousands of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since World War II.
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