MERKEL SIGNALS TENSION PERSISTS OVER U.S. SPYING.

The article reports on the May 2014 meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Topics discussed include the eavesdropping of Merkel's phone calls carried out by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), threats by the U.S. and Germany to impose sanctions on Russia in response to the country's 2014 annexation of Crimea, Ukraine, and efforts to agree on an intelligence-sharing agreement between the U.S. and Germany.