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Climate Protesters Splatter Van Gogh in Rome with Pea Soup

Environmental activists tossed pea soup on a Vincent van Gogh painting Friday in Rome to protest carbon use and natural gas extraction, but caused no damage to the glass-covered painting. Security intervened immediately and removed the protesters kneeling in front of “The Sower” at the Palazzo Bonaparte to deliver a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Reporter hails work of Julian Assange, WikiLeaks in new book

Stefania Maurizi says the whistleblowing organisation is key in revealing ‘state criminality at the highest level’.

Al Jazeera

Norway insists Italy responsible for people stranded on NGO ships

Oslo rebuffs Rome’s claim it should take charge of people rescued by NGO vessels flying its flag.

Al Jazeera

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Italy demands countries take responsibility for migrant rescue boats

A row escalated on Friday over who should take care of migrants rescued by charity groups off the Italian coast, with Italy insisting that countries whose flag was flown by the boats should bear some of the responsibility and Norway disagreeing.

Reuters

How to spend a day in Monti, Rome’s low-key, local-vibes neighbourhood

After a day of ancient history, rejoin the modern world in this laidback grid of delightful restaurants and shops, says Eliza Goodpasture

The Independent UK

'I was their teacher': A chance encounter as Afghans protest after a suicide bombing

Pierre Kattar edited the pictures for an NPR story about two of the teenagers killed in the Sept. 30 attack. On Oct. 10, he went to a demonstration in Rome and made an unexpected connection.

WEKU

"They took our soul" - Rio Ferdinand lifts lid on Paul Scholes conversation after Manchester United loss

Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand opened up on the Champions League final defeats in Rome and Wembley.

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Family feud casts shadow over future of Roman villa with Caravaggio mural

A 16th century villa in Rome with the world's only known ceiling painting by Caravaggio has failed to attract a buyer despite four court-ordered auctions in less than a year.

Radio France Internationale

Thousands commemorate Italy's fascist dictator at crypt

Several thousand black-clad fascist sympathizers chanted and sang in praise of Benito Mussolini as they marched to the slain Italian dictator’s crypt Sunday, 100 years after Mussolini entered Rome and completed a bloodless coup that gave rise to two decades of fascist rule

The Independent UK

Italy's Meloni tells Germany's Scholz measures to cut energy prices are urgently needed

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday told in a phone call to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that measures to tackle rising energy prices were urgently needed, Rome's government said in a statement.

Reuters

March on Rome: uncomfortable moment for Italy as Giorgia Meloni becomes prime minister a century after fascist takeover

Between the end of October and the beginning of November 1922, Benito Mussolini’s so-called march on Rome took place in Italy. This moment was of global importance. It marked the first fascist takeover of power in the world, set in place a regime which would govern for 20 years, and…

The Conversation

Irish clerics say Pope is 'absolutely right' that priests and nuns watch porn which is a 'social evil' in Ireland

Pope Francis warned seminarians at the Vatican in Rome on Monday that porn is a temptation which 'weakens the priestly heart'

Irish Mirror

Italian neofascists display banner celebrating Mussolini’s march on Rome

Picture of dictator along with text exalting in his seizure of power 100 years ago reportedly placed by far-right militants

The Guardian - UK

Italy's fascist past under scrutiny a century after putsch

Exactly 100 years ago Friday, the Black Shirt March on Rome triggered events that brought Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini to power

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Over 1,150 migrants rescued off Italy as new govt mulls ban on 2 NGO ships

Two migrants were found dead and more than 1,150 were rescued off Sicily, the coast guard said on Wednesday, as the new nationalist government in Rome threatened to prevent two refugee boats run by charities from entering Italian waters.

Reuters

Mussolini's ghost clings to Rome, 100 years after power grab

One hundred years after Benito Mussolini grabbed power in Rome, his photograph still hangs in the prime minister's official residence, striking evidence that Italy has yet to shake off its fascist legacy.

The Independent UK

Behind the scenes of the lost luggage crisis: What happens to your bag at the airport

The revival of air travel got off to a rocky start this summer, with thousands of passengers losing their luggage en route. So, how does the baggage-handling system work? How can it go wrong? And where do your lost bags go? Rachel Sharp reports

The Independent UK

Pope, other leaders, appeal for end to 'nuclear nightmare'

Pope Francis has joined other religious leaders at Rome’s Colosseum to make a plea for peace and ending what they called the “nuclear nightmare.”

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Herschel Walker launches North Georgia swing with Marjorie Taylor Greene

ROME, Ga. — If Herschel Walker wins a seat in the U.S. Senate, voters in North Georgia will almost certainly help put him there.

The Independent UK

Behind the scenes of the lost luggage crisis: What happens to your bag at the airport

France 24

Macron meets with far-right Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni

French President Emmanuel Macron promised Sunday to work with Giorgia Meloni with "dialogue and ambition", after his first meeting with Italy's new prime minister in Rome.

The Guardian - UK

Pilgrims to Mussolini’s birthplace pray that new PM will resurrect a far-right Italy

In Predappio, supporters celebrate victory of their first female prime minister Giorgia Meloni, leader of a party with neo-fascist origins

Radio France Internationale

France's Macron attends peace summit in Rome, set to meet Pope Francis

French President Emmanuel Macron is in Rome on Sunday for the start of a three-day peace summit hosted by the Community of Sant’Egidio, a Catholic charity known for its efforts to promote interfaith dialogue, notably in Africa. He will also meet with Pope Francis on Monday.

The Guardian - UK

Fall of Liz Truss gives Italy’s far right a lesson in what not to do

Giorgia Meloni’s radical economic agenda had resembled Kwasi Kwarteng’s. It won’t any longer

France 24

Why Macron sees an ally in Rome-based Catholic charity

French President Emmanuel Macron will be in Rome on Sunday for the start of a three-day interreligious summit hosted by the Community of Sant’Egidio, a Catholic charity close to Pope Francis that is known for its efforts to foster peace and interfaith dialogue, most notably in Africa.

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