Via Roma, Turin, northern Italy.
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An effective vaccine against lies, spin and confusion.
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An experiment in following China’s lead while trying to respect democratic norms is causing tensions.
Ethiopians attend a parade to mark the 123rd anniversary of the battle of Adwa last year.
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Thanks to one historic victory, Ethiopia became the only African country never to be colonised.
Holey moley!
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When the holes – also called ‘eyes’ – don’t appear in a batch, cheesemakers say the cheese is ‘blind.’
In Marco Bellocchio’s ‘The Traitor,’ there are echoes of American Mafia dramas.
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Italian filmmakers are starting to take a page from their American counterparts.
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At the time of the 2016 referendum, there were widespread fears that Brexit would unleash a contagion effect among other member states.
On November 12, 2019, in Venise, the sea rose 1.87 metres above its normal level, flooding much of the city.
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More than 1 billion euros were donated after Paris’ cathedral was grievously damaged by fire in April. By comparison, just a few million euros were given after catastrophic flooding in Cité des Doges.
A supporter of the Sardines anti-populist movement.
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A tense regional election leaves food for thought on all sides.
Outside their usual living environment, tourists feel freer from social constraints. Much to the chagrin of the locals.
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Social networks tend to encourage behaviour considered deviant by local populations.
An Italian official gestures at migrants waiting to disembark in the Sicilian port of Catania in August 2018.
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Research in Sicily finds that anti-immigration policies don’t slow the flow of immigrants, but do hurt local residents in communities where migrants first arrive.
University students have different motivations for their social media use.
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Political actors can actively engage with university students by taking cognisance
of their political information needs
Xi Jingping with Greek president Prokopis Pavlopoulos in Athens.
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Where else were all those hard-headed refusals to make things easier for the eurozone strugglers going to lead?
Mario Balotelli was targeted by racist supporters in Verona in November 2019.
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Race is embedded into the way many Italians look at themselves. The Italian nation is thought to be constituted first and foremost by white Catholics.
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The former deputy prime minister has been outmanouevered by his government partners –but he thrives in opposition.
Conte: free to spread on to two chairs now.
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The fragile coalition between the League and Five Star Movement has fallen to pieces – and Giuseppe Conte is the last man standing.
A migrant rests on a Mediterranea Saving Humans NGO boat as it sails off Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa, just outside Italian territorial waters, on July 4, 2019. Despite being rescued, migrants sit offshore, often in sight of land, as NGO boats become floating mobile border sites.
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Standoffs at sea represent yet another attempt by EU officials to obstruct the movement of migrants by producing further bureaucratic blockades to mobility.
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Suggestions that the Camorra has been usurped are exaggerated.
Migrants rest on a Mediterranea Saving Humans NGO boat as they sail off Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa, just outside Italian territorial waters, on July 4, 2019.
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Authorities in Italy would sooner turn ships carrying migrants back to strife-torn countries like Libya rather than allow them to seek asylum. It’s amounting to repeated Voyages of the Damned.
The Sea-Watch 3 search and rescue ship before it finally docked in Lampedusa.
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Carola Rackete, captain of an NGO search and rescue ship, was arrested by Italian authorities when landing in Italy. She isn’t the first to be criminalised for trying to save people at sea.
Sochi’s mild climate was impractical for many cold-weather sports.
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As the cost of holding the Winter Games rises, local taxpayers around the globe are losing interest in hosting the event.