Despite covering just 22.5 hectares (around 56 acres), the island has played a huge part in the history of the capital.

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Napoleon’s impact on the world cannot be understated. He upset the entire balance of power in the world and conquered most of ...

Queen of Naples, Spain and the West Indies, and sister-in-law to Napoleon Bonaparte, she perished in Florence in 1845.

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Two astronauts who had been stranded on the International Space Station since last summer have finally returned to Earth after their initial ... further evaluation before they will be cleared ...

But going from the whirl of attention after Paris to the quiet of wide open spaces was the grounding McSharry needed, both for herself in the present and her career in the future. “I think ...

Shortly before 6:00 am (0500 GMT ... The eviction came a day after Paris police prefect Laurent Nunez gave the order to clear the building, occupied by up to 450 migrants, mostly from sub-Saharan ...