After night of chaos, Lisbon airport traffic normalizing
LISBON (Reuters) – Thousands of angry passengers who were stranded in Lisbon’s international airport by a refueling system failure on Wednesday and had to sleep on the floor and luggage belts were finally able to travel on Thursday.
EU and China to hold summit on June 2, focus on climate
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and China will hold a summit in Brussels on June 2, four EU officials said, the first since the election of U.S. President Donald Trump that has united the two economic powers against global warming and trade pro…
U.S. tells Turkey it supports Ankara’s fight against PKK
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis voiced strong support for Turkey’s fight against PKK militants after talks with Turkey’s prime minister on Thursday, as Ankara fumes over a U.S. decision to arm Kurdish fighters in Syria it equates t…
China says has ‘positive’ talks with Vietnam on South China Sea
BEIJING (Reuters) – The leaders of China and Vietnam had “positive” talks about the disputed South China Sea on Thursday with neither side criticizing the other, a senior Chinese diplomat said.
North Korea demands handover of suspects in assassination plot: Xinhua
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea demanded on Thursday the handover of “terror suspects” who plotted to kill leader Kim Jong Un with a biochemical substance, repeating accusations it made last week that U.S. and South Korean spies were behind the plan.
Finland urges conditions on EU funding for states turning away refugees
HELSINKI (Reuters) – The European Union should attach more conditions to development funds earmarked for some member states in its next budget framework, Finland’s finance minister said on Thursday, saying they should do more to share the cost of takin…
Pope to canonize Portuguese shepherd children for Madonna visions
FATIMA, Portugal (Reuters) – Pope Francis will make two Portuguese shepherd children saints this week, crowning a belief that started with reported visions of the Madonna 100 years ago which have turned the Shrine of Fatima into one of the most famous …
Merkel: Germany not ‘first in line’ to boost troops in Afghanistan
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will continue to lead NATO’s military training mission in northern Afghanistan, but is not looking to increase its presence there, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday.
Kremlin says feels ‘cautious optimism’ after Trump meeting with Lavrov
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin feels cautious optimism about the prospects for an improvement in U.S.-Russian relations after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, a Kremlin spokesman said on Thursday.
Macron team to announce candidates for June parliamentary election
PARIS (Reuters) – Emmanuel Macron’s start-up political party was to announce on Thursday the names of several hundred candidates to do battle in a French parliamentary election that will decide how much power the centrist president-elect will enjoy onc…
