NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street's strong start to the year slowed on Wednesday. The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% from its latest all-time high for its first loss in four days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 466 points, or 0.9%, from its own record set the day before, while the Nasdaq composite added 0.2%.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Many leaders saying many things about many topics that matter to them, to their regions, to the world: That’s what the U.N. General Assembly invariably produces each year.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said Wednesday he asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to serve as a mediator to help resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis and ease animosities between the two Koreas. Speaking with reporters traveling with him on the Shanghai leg of his China trip, Lee said he made the request when he met Xi.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) – A severe hail storm ripped trees and roofs in Croatia on Tuesday while hundreds of fires raged in neighboring Serbia following a period of extremely hot weather in parts of the Balkan region.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he plans to meet with Danish officials next week after the Trump administration doubled down on its intention to take over Greenland, the strategic Arctic island that is a self-governing territory of Denmark.

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) – A hugely popular right-wing Croatian singer and hundreds of thousands of his fans performed a pro-Nazi World War II salute at a massive concert in Zagreb, drawing criticism.

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DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) – A sunken 18th-century boat has been discovered by chance near the majestic stone walls of Croatia’s medieval city of Dubrovnik.