A year after it captivated crowds during the Paris Olympics, a centrepiece of the summer Games is making a comeback.

Saint Peter’s Basilica is getting a makeover as part of the current jubilee, the holy year celebrated by the Catholic church every 25 years. A huge programme of improvements began several months ago, ...

A French woman from the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe has been identified as the only known carrier of a new blood type, ...