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.

Trump labels axed FBI chief 'grandstander'

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump blasted ousted FBI chief James Comey as a "showboat" and "grandstander" on Thursday even as the agency's acting leader contradicted the leader's account that the FBI had been in turmoil before he fired Comey.

Japan names and shames to tackle killer karoshi at work

TOKYO - The Japanese government for the first time released a nationwide list of over 300 companies that have violated labor laws, hoping this name-and-shame tactic would help eliminate abuses and prevent karoshi, or death by overwork.

Brazil declares end to Zika emergency

SAO PAULO - Brazil declared an end to its public health emergency over the Zika virus on Thursday, 18 months after a surge in cases drew headlines around the world.

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Corridor paves way for brighter future

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - With the smooth implementation of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a flagship project of the Belt and Road Initiative, the people of Pakistan are gaining tangible benefits.

India's last water men fight tide of history

NEW DELHI - Shakeel Ahmad wanders the cramped alleyways of Old Delhi offering water from a goat hide canteen slung over his shoulder, a centuries-old service welcomed by thirsty vendors toiling under the baking Indian sun.

Acclimatize in bed, reach summit in half the time

KATHMANDU, Nepal - As other Qomolangma hopefuls were trudging up to base camp in April, Singapore-based Brooks Entwistle was at home, planning his daughter's 13th birthday party and preparing for his company's annual general meeting.

Traditional British nannies get counterterror skills

LONDON - Britain's prestigious Norland College, which has trained the creme de la creme of the world's nannies for over a century, has added anti-terrorism training to its curriculum.