Italian architect Carlo Ratti has revealed Essential, a pair of deliberately pared-back iridescent torches that will carry the Olympic and Paralympic flame at next year's Milano Cortina Winter Games.

Oil giant BP, which holds its annual general meeting on Thursday, has sought to resolve something of an identity crisis by launching a fundamental reset.

Former Italy's Cross Country skier Stefania Belmondo, right, and Paralympic champion Beatrice 'Bebe' Vio hold the Milano ...