They are often described as forgotten heroes, but the role of thousands of Chinese World War I volunteers will be remembered at an exhibition at Durham University's Oriental Museum.
MARDIN, Turkey - Laughter rings out and there is an atmosphere of excitement and joyful chaos. Children are perched on stilts, others spin plates or happily perform aerial dances.
TOKYO - Curious Japanese foodies queued up outside a Tokyo restaurant for a taste of a rare dish - ramen garnished with deep-fried worms and crickets.
SAN FRANCISCO - A team from University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has used resource mapping tools and assessed the potential for large solar and wind farms in 21 countries in southern and eastern Africa, concluding that renewable energy has a robust future in much of Africa.
LONDON - The Harry Potter phenomenon rolls on in London, with the stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child dominating this year's Olivier Awards.
LONDON - Gone are the days of London's "pea souper" smogs, but like many European cities, the British capital is once again being choked by pollution - and has road traffic firmly in its sights.
SAN FRANCISCO - A new study suggests that the system of grid cells, known as the brain's global positioning system, is more complicated than anyone had guessed.
ATHENS, Greece - A steady stream of EU fines and two decades of trying have failed to get recycling off the ground in Greece, where eco-awareness is only halfheartedly promoted by authorities.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - At a hotel in Addis Ababa well-known for hosting jazz greats, thousands of fans lined up on a Saturday night to headbang along with what is still a rarity in Ethiopia's diverse music scene - a rock band.
BOLOGNA, Italy - Europe's refugee crisis is moving from newsprint to the pages of children's books, as writers try to help parents help their kids understand an often disturbing drama shaping their world.
China Shipbuilding Industry Corp, one of the country's two largest State-owned shipbuilders, has announced that it will make the most of the opportunities expected from the planned creation of the Xiongan New Area in Hebei province.
For the second month in running, China's foreign exchange reserves rose slightly in March to steady above $3 trillion.
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