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Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the populist radical right party Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d’Italia), may have emerged as the victor in Italy’s recent elections, but she did so at the head of a delicately balanced coalition of parties – one that included Matteo Salvini, the man once spoken of…

Forming a new government in Italy involves time and decades-old rituals

A Holocaust survivor presided over the opening of Italy's new parliament on Thursday, recalling the dangers of fascism as the most right-wing coalition since World War Two took control of the upper and lower houses.

Four events centring around women have made headlines over the past month: Giorgia Meloni's electoral victory in Italy, Queen Elizabeth II's death and funeral, the release of the film The Woman King, and the widespread protests in Iran following the killing of Mahsa Amini by the country's morality police. Taken…

Lavinia Mennuni, a candidate for ministerial position in new government, ‘praised’ fascist naval commander

Rob made 20 jumps strapped into a special harness, including one into Nazi-held Italy with the SAS

Much of the international community has condemned Russia’s annexation of four provinces of Ukraine as illegal. Joe Biden accused Vladmir Putin of a “fraudulent attempt” to claim Ukrainian territory and said the move was “trampling on the United Nations charter, and showing its contempt for peaceful nations everywhere”. The UK’s…

Graham Potter's Chelsea beat AC Milan at the San Siro to put one foot in the Champions League last 16, but Jorginho's post-match antics didn't go down too well in Italy

A large object was filmed falling from a Boeing 747 Dreamlifter as it lifted off from Taranto Airport runway in Italy ahead of its journey to Charleston Airport in the United States

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European leaders are turning to Africa for more natural gas as they try to replace Russian energy amid the war in Ukraine