Brussels / AFP The EU’s top court on Tuesday backed Britain’s right to limit child benefits to European migrants, a hot-button issue in Britain’s referendum on its future in the European Union next week. The decision comes as a series of opinion polls show a growing lead for the campaign for a “Brexit,” despite Prime Minister David Cameron’s appeals ...

  BAMAKO / AP A Chinese peacekeeper killed while serving with the UN mission in Mali has been given a hero’s funeral in his home province. The ashes of 29-year-old first sergeant Shen Liangliang were interred on Tuesday in a cemetery for national heroes in his native Henan. State media reports said thousands of people lined the streets along the ...

  Berlin / Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG is closely monitoring its flights to Nigeria as the aviation industry awaits payment of about $600 million in outstanding air fares in the country, which is struggling to cope with depleted U.S. currency reserves. The German carrier has made “minor adjustments” to winter flights to Africa’s biggest economy, Claus Becker, managing director for ...