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ROME, Italy — Pope Francis once again voiced his concern for Europe’s demographic winter on Saturday, urging Italians to have more children.

Two hikers on snowshoes were killed by an avalanche in the Italian Alps near Switzerland, a rescue service said Sunday.

The Chinese regime-run Global Times newspaper lamented the expected wave of democratic elections around the world in 2024 as a source of “uncertainty” on Monday, warning that “the rise of far-right politics” could damage the advancement of “globalism.”

A Catholic parish in southern Italy has exhibited a Nativity scene featuring the Virgin Mary together with another woman in place of Saint Joseph.

The defense ministers of Japan, Britain and Italy signed an agreement to establish a joint organization to develop a new advanced fighter.

Pope Francis said Monday that immigrants are helping to replace Italy’s falling population and urged Italians to welcome them as their own children.

A fire broke out in a hospital on Rome’s outskirts, killing at least three people and forcing an overnight evacuation.

Bologna announced 4.3 million euros to shore up the leaning Garisenda tower, one of the ‘Two Towers’ that look out over the city.

Activists broke into the world-famous Leaning Tower of Pisa on Friday to drape the Palestinian flag from the 14th-century structure.

Italy officially banned lab-grown meat this week in a bid to protect the nation’s farmers and food heritage.

Britain’s socialised healthcare system was accused of “murder” after a judge ruled Monday in favour of removing life-support from a critically ill baby girl.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni presented constitutional reform to allow voters to directly elect the premier to curb political instability.

A fishing boat carrying dozens of migrants became grounded, killing five people and leaving about 20 missing off the coast of Sicily.

Family members of the victims killed and kidnapped by Hamas during its savage October 7 attack on Israeli civilians traveled to Rome on Wednesday for talks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and other top officials.

Slovenia said it will introduce border checks with Hungary and Croatia after Italy’s decision to do the same with Slovenia over terror concerns.

A large fire in a temporary hospitality structure at the Marco Simone club outside Rome that hosted the Ryder Cup last weekend was quickly brought under control, organizers of golf’s biggest team event said Thursday, adding that nobody was injured.

Firefighters worked until dawn Wednesday to remove the wreckage of a bus that crashed across the lagoon from its historic center.

More than 2,500 illegal boat migrants have drowned to death or have gone missing in the Mediterranean Sea this year, the U.N. reported.

Italy and war-torn Libya on Saturday resumed commercial flights for the first time in a decade, authorities in the Libyan capital said.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni admitted Saturday she had hoped to do “better” on controlling the illegal migration now flooding across the Mediterranean to land on Italy’s shores.

Pope Francis has launched an appeal to rescue more migrants in the Mediterranean Sea and bring them to Europe despite the record numbers already arriving.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni criticized the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday for hypocrisy on the issue of mass migration, charging open-borders advocates with spreading “chaos,” making human traffickers rich, and bringing the evil of slavery back into the world.

Olive oil is the latest commodity to see huge price hikes as it faces extreme weather during its production.  

Thousands of illegal migrants delivered by people smugglers from the North African coast landed on Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa this past week, sparking a warning Sunday from Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni the “future of Europe is at stake” if the human flood tide is allowed to continue.

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni vowed “extraordinary measures” to deal with the migrant crisis, including calling anew for a naval blockade.

Humanitarian concern on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa after more than 5,000 people arrived in one day on smugglers boats.

Headline-grabbing nudity stunt landed the pair a life ban by one of Venice’s most prestigious boat companies, reportedly beloved by A-listers.

Dutch Driver Max Verstappen secured a Forumla One record 10th straight win with a victory at the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday.

A former Italian PM claimed France shot down a passenger jet over the Mediterranean in 1980 in a failed assassinate bid on Muammar Gaddafi.

The West’s strategy in Ukraine and attempts to crush the Russian economy have failed, former Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said.

A record-breaking number of illegal migrants arrived on Italy’s shores this weekend, leading Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to call an emergency meeting Monday to confront the situation.

Legendary Italian singer Toto Cutugno, best known for his worldwide 1983 hit song, “L’Italiano,” died on Tuesday at the age of 80.

Italy has seen the number of illegal boat migrants landing on its shores double over last year, reaching nearly 90,000 in just seven months.

Just days after appearing to wimp out of a physical fight with Mark Zuckerberg, calling for a “noble” debate as he claimed he may require back surgery, Elon Musk is suddenly talking about a fight again. Musk provided fresh details about the “fight” in a series of tweets, claiming an “epic location” in Italy, adding that “Everything done will pay respect to the past and present of Italy.”

Forty-one migrants including three children are feared dead after being shipwrecked last week in the Mediterranean, UN agencies said.

Dozens of migrants were dramatically rescued by Italy as they foundered in the sea or clung to a rocky reef Sunday.