Italy
Italian Prime Minister may have just let slip that the economy is in recession
It appears the Italian Prime Minister has let the cat out of the bag a day early.
- by Alessandra Migliaccio & Lorenzo Totaro
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'Crisis looks almost unavoidable': Italy is sliding towards a recession
Italy is stuck in a vicious circle, say analysts, and it looks like there will only be one conclusion.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Immigration
'I wouldn't be alive': New citizens show why being Australian matters
New Aussie citizens said they felt they could escape death, be who they are and pursue their dreams in their new homeland.
- by Dakshayani Shankar
Courts
Europe court orders Italy to pay damages to Amanda Knox
A failure to provide Knox with access to a lawyer and an independent interpreter undermined the fairness of proceedings, the court ruled.
- by Colleen Barry
Emmanuel Macron
Italian leader lashes out at Macron as 'terrible president'
Italy's interior minister called the French leader "a terrible president," in comments that were sure to further add to tensions between the nations.
Italy
A town in Sicily is selling homes for $1.80 - with a couple of catches
For less than a gold coin, you can own a house on Sicily.
- by Tom Murray
Italy
Why Italy's top politician Matteo Salvini 'likes' Nutella and kittens
Italy's most powerful politician has more than doubled his electoral support with 3.3 million Facebook followers, a million followers on Instagram and 943,000 on Twitter.
- by Jason Horowitz
South Korea
North Korea diplomat in Italy 'missing' after asylum report
A North Korean diplomat who was until recently acting ambassador to Italy has gone missing after a South Korean newspaper reported he is seeking asylum in the West.
- by Hyonhee Shin & Joyce Lee
Volcanoes
Panic as earthquake at Mount Etna jolts Sicily
One 80-year-old man was extracted from the rubble of his home while a woman said her sister was pulled out from under a heavy armoire that toppled.
- by Frances D'Emilio
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Israel
Israel strengthens its ties with the West's far right
There was a time when politicians like Italy's Matteo Salvini would have been shunned in Israel. But that time is not now.
- by Ishaan Tharoor
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Accident
'Party night to tragedy': Five teens, one adult die in Italian club stampede
The dead include three girls and two boys and a mother who had accompanied her daughter to a rapper's gig in Corinaldo on the Adriatric coast.
- by Frances D'Emilio