A nursing home resident in Rome is moved to a hospital.
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The coronavirus found dangerously fertile ground in elements of the country’s demographics, business, geography and culture.
Cuban doctors arrive in Italy to help fight COVID-19.
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Cuba stresses its programme to send doctors abroad is based in solidarity. But there are diplomatic and economic reasons too.
An empty street in Turin, Italy.
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The lockdown has seen Italy’s urban life shift to new spaces.
Shutdown in St Peter’s Square, Rome,
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From China and South Korea to Italy and the US, different countries are taking very different approaches to COVID-19 – with varying degrees of success.
How much?
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The government’s “whatever it takes” promise to NHS is all very well, but UK healthcare is a long way from being ready to deal with a major outbreak.
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.