European leaders show support for Zelenskiy after Trump clash
Brussels, Belgium Reuters European leaders lined up to show solidarity with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday, after he came under attack from US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance in a stunning White House confrontation. Within a short time, prime ministers and presidents from the north, south, east and west of the […]
Pope Francis, battling pneumonia, shows “slight improvement”, Vatican says
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis, battling double pneumonia in hospital, is in a stable condition and has shown “slight improvement” in results from recent blood tests, the Vatican said on Wednesday. The 88-year-old pontiff is undergoing treatment at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, where he was admitted on 14th February after struggling with breathing difficulties for several […]
In first for Italy, Tuscany approves right-to-die law
Florence, Italy Reuters Tuscany approved on Tuesday a right-to-die law, becoming the first region in Roman Catholic Italy to regulate assisted suicide in the absence of national legislation on a highly controversial topic. Italy’s constitutional court de-facto legalised the procedure in 2019, and urged parliament to pass a law to provide a clear legal framework. […]
StrangeSights – Does Giorgia Meloni step on ants?; Pakistan’s Trump lookalike; and, a new war game in Taiwan…
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
Italian journalist Sala freed from Iran prison, returns home
Rome, Italy Reuters Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was freed by Iran on Wednesday and returned home, three weeks after she was detained in Tehran during a reporting trip. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani were on hand to greet the 29-year-old as she flew back into Rome, highlighting the political importance […]
Case of Italian journalist detained in Iran “complicated”, Rome says
Milan, Italy Reuters The case of an Italian journalist being held in Iran is “complicated”, but Rome hopes to bring 29-year-old Cecilia Sala home quickly, Italy’s foreign minister said on Saturday. Sala, 29, who works for the newspaper Il Foglio and the podcast company Chora Media, was detained in Tehran on 19th December but her […]
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Salvini acquitted of migrant kidnapping charges
Palermo, Italy Reuters A court on Friday acquitted Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini of charges of kidnapping over 100 migrants aboard a boat he had blocked at sea for nearly three weeks in 2019, as part of a policy to curb irregular arrivals. After a three-year trial, judges rejected a prosecutor’s request to hand […]
White House says Biden will visit Pope Francis, Meloni in final international trip of his presidency
Washington DC, US AP President Joe Biden will travel to Italy next month to meet with Pope Francis and top Italian officials for what is expected to be the final international trip of his presidency. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday that Biden will also meet with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and President […]
Irregular migration: In Spain’s Canaries, rescuers exhausted as new routes open
JOAN FAUS and HORACI GARCIA, of Reuters, report on the continuing crisis as Spain’s Canary Islands face an influx of migrants…
Global reaction to the US presidential election
Reuters World leaders rushed to congratulate Republican Donald Trump on Wednesday after he claimed victory over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in the US presidential election, which would cap a stunning political comeback four years after he left the White House. Volodymyr Zelenskiy, President of Ukraine “I appreciate President Trump’s commitment to the ‘peace through […]