The seller spent close to $2 million and several years renovating Hume Cloister, a historic property in Berkeley, Calif.

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In his first official appointment, Pope Leo named a woman to head a major Vatican office. Sister Simona Brambilla is now the ...

A new series of Race Across the World is back on our screens, and this time, the teams are navigating themselves through a ...

The historian Nora Berend rememorates the construction of the myth of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar from the Middle Ages to the ...

In 1573, a region of France declared war on werewolves. They seemed to be everywhere. But what were they? These weren't your ...

The Supreme Court says a Catholic charity in Wisconsin doesn’t have to pay unemployment taxes in one of a set of ...

In Täby, Sweden, archaeologists unearthed a collection of Viking-era silver treasures, including arm rings, necklaces and coin pendants. The site, occupied for 500 years, also revealed structures from ...

If you’re looking to escape the rat-race and unwind in splendour, then we’ve found a medieval Northumberland hotel that has ...