Anti-austerity Protests Grip Europe Ahead of Key Summit

Thousands of demonstrators marched Sunday in European cities in a show of anti-austerity solidarity on the eve of an emergency summit aimed at keeping the debt-ridden Greek government from defaulting on its European loan payments. The rallies in Athens, Brussels and Amsterdam came as Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held separate phone talks with the leaders of France, Germany and the European Commission, in search of an elusive cash-for-reforms deal by a June 30 deadline....

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