Macron takes French reins with vow on European role

PARIS - Emmanuel Macron was inaugurated as France's youngest ever president on Sunday, saying the country had chosen "hope" and promising to relaunch the flagging European Union.

Cyber attack 'hit 200,000 victims'

LONDON - Friday's cyber attack hit 200,000 victims in at least 150 countries and that number could grow when people return to work on Monday, the head of the European Union's police agency said on Sunday.

Iraqi forces push into IS-held neighborhoods

MOSUL, Iraq - Iraqi forces battling Islamic State pushed into four neighborhoods on Sunday amid heavy clashes in Mosul, the Iraqi military said.

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Cuba looks to diversify sugarcane

HAVANA - Cuba is looking to make the most of its key cash crop by diversifying the range of products it derives from sugarcane, such as rum, candy and cattle feed.

Grassroots benefit most from Ankara-Istanbul high-speed rail

ISTANBUL - For Ahmet Cankoyu, a freshman at a university in Ankara, the high-speed railway linking the Turkish capital with the country's most populous city of Istanbul is a boon that lifts him out of a dilemma.

'Bionic skin' could help robots interact

LOS ANGELES - Researchers have developed a "revolutionary" process for 3-D printing stretchable electronic sensory devices that could give robots the ability to feel their environment.

Pink Floyd takes center stage in London exhibition

LONDON - The first international exhibition on Pink Floyd opened at the weekend, describing how the British the rock band became a cultural icon after it was formed in the 1960s Western counterculture movement.

Eurovision instrumental in boosting Ukraine's image

KIEV, Ukraine - Portugal won the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time early on Sunday with a melancholy ballad performed by a singer who suffers from a serious heart condition.

Zhang Yimou pushes boundaries

Zhang Yimou, one of the country's most successful filmmakers, is known for interpreting traditional Chinese culture into international hits, including his martial arts epics, Hero and House of Flying Daggers, and art-house film Coming Home.

US group to stage To Kill A Mockingbird in China

In the summer of 1963, before he was to enter high school, Greg Johnson read To Kill A Mockingbird, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee published in 1960.

'Daring' UK on right road with China

Liu Xiaoming, Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom, told China Daily in an exclusive interview that he was "deeply impressed" by the strong support shown by many British friends for the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative - a blueprint launched by President Xi Jinping in 2013.