• Croatia, Bosnia Sign Pipeline Deal
  • Ukraine Hitting Oil Facilities Deep Inside Russia
  • Croatian Fishermen Feel the Strain of Fuel Prices
  • US to Withdraw 5,000 Troops From Germany
  • Snow and Stormy Winds Cut Power in Balkans
Troop withdrawal announcement adds to friction between Europe and Trump

BERLIN (AP) – Germany’s defense minister on Saturday appeared to take in stride a Pentagon announcement that the United States plans to pull some 5,000 troops out of the country, President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to reduce America’s commitment to European security.

Croatian man sentenced to 50 years for killing 7-year-old student

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) – A Croatia man was sentenced Tuesday to 50 years in prison for fatally stabbing a 7-year-old student in an attack at a school that shocked the European Union country where such violence is rare.

Pope Leo XIV encourages wealthy US Catholics to keep donating

ROME (AP) – Pope Leo XIV on Saturday encouraged some of the wealthiest U.S. Catholics to keep on giving to support his charitable works, in an audience that confirmed how the election of the first U.S.-born pope has invigorated American Catholics and their donations.

Spirit Airlines goes out of business after 34 years, ending operations immediately

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Spirit Airlines, an impish upstart that shook the industry with its irreverent ads and deep discount fares, announced Saturday that it has gone out of business after 34 years. The ultralow cost airline that once operated hundreds of daily flights  said it had “started an orderly wind-down of our operations.

In the PR battle for AI data centers, tech giants got a blue-collar ally

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Building trades unions – long fashioned as the voice of the American worker – are now intertwined with the richest companies in the world as they create America’s artificial intelligence economy.

Crowd shrinks as Berkshire Hathaway's new CEO leads AGM

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – The folksy wisdom and jokes that were a staple of the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting for decades when Warren Buffett led the show was mostly replaced Saturday with detailed business discussions led by new CEO Greg Abel.

Ukraine is hitting oil facilities deep inside Russia. Soaring fuel prices could blunt the impact

Ukrainian drones are flying deep into Russia to strike oil facilities, sending up plumes of smoke that can be seen from space and bringing toxic rain to tourist destinations on the Black Sea. The attacks are aimed at slashing Moscow’s oil exports, a key source of funding for its grinding invasion of Ukraine.

Troop withdrawal announcement adds to friction between Europe and Trump

BERLIN (AP) – Germany’s defense minister on Saturday appeared to take in stride a Pentagon announcement that the United States plans to pull some 5,000 troops out of the country, President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to reduce America’s commitment to European security.

Drone kills 2 in Kherson minibus strike, as Russia claims front-line progress

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Two people were killed after a Russian drone attacked a minibus in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, local officials said Saturday, in the latest barrage of civilian areas, a hallmark of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor.