Colombia's outgoing president expressed satisfaction with his two terms in office and said the country his successor will govern is much better off than it was eight years ago, especially because of the peace deal signed with FARC guerillas.

The United Kingdom's prime minister joined surviving members of the Windrush generation to commemorate the 70th anniversary of their arrival from erstwhile British colonies in the Caribbean to post-war Great Britain, where they helped re-build the nation, as reported by an efe-epa photojournalist who witnessed the event at London's Westminster Abbey on Friday.

Bolivia marked on Thursday the beginning of Year 5526 on the Andean calendar with rituals in more than 200 sites that are considered sacred by the country's indigenous peoples.

Guantanamo wants to shake off the stigma of being the poorest part of Cuba, known only for the US military base, while seeking sustainable development through the excellent quality of its, coffee, cacao and coconut crops, despite the eternal threat of hurricanes.

Formula One reigning champion Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) on Friday set the pace in the first free practice session for the upcoming French Grand Prix, which is to take place for the first time in 28 years at the Circuit Paul Ricard.

Bangkok's Panyapiwat Institute of Management on Friday officially opened its Innovation Center for Robotics and Automation Systems with displays of robots and tours of its laboratory rooms.