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Police fire tear gas at Paris protest against police violence

Police fired tear gas at a protest march against police violence in Paris on Saturday after masked protesters launched fireworks at their lines, put up barricades and threw stones.Thousands of people

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Some stonehenge rocks were at Salisbury Plain 'long before humans'

SomeofthelargestrocksatStonehengeweretherelongbeforehumansandarenotlikelytohavebeenmovedtothelocation,anarchaeologistsays.Archaeologistsandantiquarianshaveforce

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Future Olympians? Curling club forms in Michigan USA

CurlingisattractingnewplayersinacollegetowninMichigan’sUpperPeninsula.AcurlingclubhasformedinMarquette,thankstosupportfromNorthernMichiganUniversityandothers.Th

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Lee Sedol builds territory in early phase over AlphaGo in historic Go match

​Go grandmaster Lee Sedol of South Korea on Tuesday pursued a strategy of building more territory in an early phase at the final match of the best-of-five series with Google's computer program AlphaGo at the ancient Chinese board game.

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Lee Sedol says AlphaGo has weak points after 1st win in Go match

​South Korean Go grandmaster Lee Sedol said on Sunday that Google's computer program AlphaGo has weak points after his first victory over the Go-playing artificial intelligence (AI) in the fourth of the best-of-five series at the ancient Chinese board game.

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Curfew imposed in Sri Lankan town after communal clashes

Police curfew was declared in a Sri Lankan town on Sunday after Muslims clashed with a Buddhist hardline organization. A large number of people were injured while two shops and a van were set on fire, local media reported.

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Working at the Stonehenge: those who pass down the stories and myths

The ancient stones stood silently on the grassland for thousands of years, with their myths attracting numerous visitors from around the globe.     There are a group of people taking care of the Stonehenge, so that the myths could pass on.

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3,000-year-old nomad shields excavated in Xinjiang

Archaeologists have excavated a set of stone shields in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region which they believe were used in sacrifices by nomads nearly 3,000 years ago.

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Chinese woman arrested in Sri Lanka with gem stones

A Chinese woman was arrested at Sri Lanka's Bandaranaike International Airport on Friday carrying over 30,000 U.S. dollars worth of gem stones, officials said.