International:

BEIRUT -- Lebanon is hoped to see a thriving tourist summer as more than one million Lebanese expatriates, Arabs and foreigners are expected to pour in. (A news report by by Klovis Shwaifati) BERLIN -- G7 leaders continue their summit for the second day.

MADRID -- The 32nd NATO Summit kicks off in Spain at a "critical" time as the organization called it, in the light of the war in Ukraine. (end)