The Italian leader has positioned Italy as a geopolitical hinge between competing power centers. The Middle East has just given that strategy a new environment.
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Uncertainty over whether the seat of the papacy would remain in the city explains why Rome was a late developer when it came to palace-building, lagging behind Florence and Venice.
A study across 18 western countries has found that left-handed people sit on the left of the political spectrum and the data suggests it has more to do with identity than biology.
For some, Italianness is still defined by being white.
A team of researchers explains why support for LGBTIQIA+ rights in Europe that is not based on homonationalist agendas, but intersectional fights against discrimination matters now more than ever.
In a knee-jerk reaction to the situation in Ceuta, 22 EU member states are seeking to step up border security. What are the legal loopholes and do stronger controls comply with the rule of law?
Partner nations say the jet will give them military advantage in an increasingly unstable world.
A new study has found that layers in the rock record days, not years, representing storms.
Six years after Italy became Europe’s COVID-19 ground-zero, successful action led by a victims’ association against health governance failings sets an encouraging precedent.
Hosting the FIFA World Cup games can prove a propaganda win for authoritarian nations. But the data suggests the tournament favors democracies.
As people across Europe are having to acclimatise to an unprecedented heatwave, coordinated responses for tackling extreme heat need to come from the top, and there’s no time to lose.
Africa’s ‘coup belt’ has seen rising anti-Western sentiment.
A new study by the University of Liège that takes a closer look at the situation in Belgium shows that there is public support for granting undocumented migrants who work legal status.
A labour and political ecology expert looks back at imperialistic logic and how chemical fertilisers have repeatedly served as strategic objectives and weapons, particularly in wartime.
European leaders are learning they cannot rely on Washington, and that the US will act against their interests and at their economic expense.
Overseas US military bases are integral to combat operations and can burnish the country’s image to advance its foreign policy goals.
The Venice Biennale is the most prestigious recurring event in contemporary art. What does it mean that the 2026 edition will take place without a jury?
High summer temperatures could mean tourists look for new holiday destinations.
Italy’s right-wing leader was once seen as Trump’s main ally in Western Europe – but not so anymore.
While the US president may have exited Meloni’s political picture, Trumpism has not.
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