NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks drifted higher and pulled closer to their record. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% Tuesday, coming off a modest gain that added to its stellar May. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.8%. Treasury yields held relatively steady.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Tensions mounted in Serbia on Saturday ahead of a major rally in support of populist President Aleksandar Vucic as he pledged to regain control following months of massive anti-corruption protests that have shaken his firm grip on power in the Balkan country.

NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump has promised to hike nearly all of his tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum to a punishing 50% on Wednesday, a move that would hammer businesses from automakers to home builders, and likely push up prices for consumers.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Croatia on Thursday protested a spate of expulsions of its citizens from Serbia, where the government of populist President Aleksandar Vucic is faced with massive anti-corruption protests that have shaken his tight grip on power.

Russia took weeks to present to Ukraine with a "memorandum" setting out its conditions for a ceasefire, as well as key guidelines for a comprehensive treaty to end the more than 3-year-old war. To practically no one's surprise, it's a list of the Kremlin's longstanding, maximalist demands that Kyiv and its Western allies see as nonstarters.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Serbian officials denied Sunday that the country’s security forces used a military-grade sonic weapon to disperse and scare protesters at a huge anti-government rally in the capital.

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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - NATO’s secretary general on Monday pledged the military alliance’s "unwavering" support for Bosnia’s territorial integrity after a series of Bosnian Serb separatist moves raised tensions nearly 30 years after the end of a bloody war.