Saudi Arabian Airlines hopes U.S. will lift laptop ban by July 19: SPA
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian Airlines, known as Saudia, expects the in-cabin ban on laptops and other large electronics on its direct flights to the United States to be lifted by July 19, state news agency SPA reported on Tuesday.
Too much rain: China’s floods roil hydropower, corn supplies
BEIJING (Reuters) – Severe flooding across southern China has forced the world’s largest power plant to slash capacity on Tuesday, delayed grain on barges and damaged farms along the Yangtze River, as the death toll rose to 56 and economic costs hit al…
Panda diplomacy: Merkel and Xi pushed into awkward embrace before G20
BERLIN (Reuters) – When President Xi Jinping took the stage in Davos in January and painted China as a champion of free markets ready to fill the global leadership role vacated by the United States, German officials couldn’t help but chuckle.
Kremlin: Putin-Trump meeting agreed for July 7 in Hamburg – agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump will take place on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Hamburg on July 7, Russian news agencies quoted Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov as …
Juncker tells near-empty EU parliament: ‘You are ridiculous’
STRASBOURG (Reuters) – EU chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker called European lawmakers “ridiculous” on Tuesday for failing to turn up to an address by Malta’s prime minister, saying they should show more respect for smaller members of the bloc.
Hague arbitration court will hear case on Ukrainian companies vs. Russia
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague said on Tuesday it has jurisdiction and will hear the case of a Ukrainian company seeking to recover damages for property lost when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.
UAE says still awaiting Qatar response to Arab demands
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – United Arab Emirates foreign minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan said on Tuesday that Arab countries boycotting Qatar over its alleged support for terrorism were still awaiting a response to their demands via mediator Ku…
Japan’s Abe vulnerable after party’s dismal Tokyo poll showing
TOKYO (Reuters) – A stunning defeat for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling party at the hands of a novice political group in the capital has revealed the fragility of his support and shown that voters can desert him – if there is a credible al…
‘You destroy, we rebuild’: a builder’s life in war-torn Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – When builder Abu Salem repairs a shell hole in a house in rebel-held southern Syria, he knows it might not be the last job he does on the structure.
Philippine top court upholds martial law in south as fighting drags on
MANILA/MARAWI, Philippines (Reuters) – The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld as constitutional President Rodrigo Duterte’s imposition of 60 days of military rule on a southern island, a ruling that would reinforce unity in the fight against mi…
