Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, July 16

STRASBOURG, France -- Maltese politician Roberta Metsola was re-elected as president of the European Parliament on Tuesday during the first plenary session of the newly elected parliament here.

Metsola secured 562 votes out of 699 in the first round of secret paper balloting, easily capturing the needed majority after the parliament's major groups agreed ahead of time to back the 45-year-old politician. Her riva