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The leader of the far-right Brothers of Italy has kept out of sight since winning the election.

Fox News host Laura Ingraham discussed how voters around the world are shifting away from establishment politicians on "The Ingraham Angle."

Italy is expected to elect a right-wing party to power, the latest country to shift to the right as inflation hits sky-high levels and concerns of immigration and crime grow.

Pope Francis has traveled to Assisi, the birthplace of his namesake saint to deliver an appeal aimed at young people in hopes they can help save the Earth and make the world’s economy more attentive to the poor

Young activists have staged a coordinated “global climate strike” to highlight their fears about the effects of global warming and demand more aid for poor countries hit by wild weather.

Her Brothers of Italy party has enjoyed a meteoric rise in popularity since the vote in 2018, when it polled just over 4%. ____ENRICO LETTALetta, the 56-year-old leader of the Democratic Party, Italy’s main center-left force, is Meloni’s chief election rival. ___MATTEO SALVINISalvini, the 49-year-old League party leader, had been the unchallenged face of right-wing leadership in Italy until Giorgia Meloni's far-right party took off. When neither then-5-Star leader Luigi Di Maio nor right-wing leader Matteo Salvini budged on who would become premier, Conte got the job. Early in his second stint as premier, Italy became the first nation in the West to be slammed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The main candidates in Italy's general election on Sunday to elect a new Parliament and determine who next governs the country include both familiar names and lesser-known ones.

Police in Slovenia have stopped more than 100 people who boarded a train to Italy after leaving two asylum-seeker centers

Amid a boom in popularity worldwide, F1 and its American owners Liberty Media have been trying to up the calendar of races for some time.

Giorgia Meloni has surged in the polls ahead of Sunday's vote with promises on taxes and migration.

Rory McIlroy made it clear ahead of this week's Italian Open he does not believe LIV golfers should be included in next year's Ryder Cup championship.

>> Read more trending newsRep. Jim Langevin, a Democrat representing Rhode Island, is a quadriplegic and uses a wheelchair. “It’s outrageous that airlines are blocking wheelchair users from traveling with FAA-compliant mobility devices,” Langevin said Monday in a tweet. On Twitter, Langevin said: “My wheelchair uses a type of lithium-ion battery which (the Federal Aviation Administration) has deemed safe to fly. Let’s call this what it is — discrimination against people with disabilities.”My wheelchair uses a type of lithium-ion battery which @FAANews has deemed safe to fly. A spokesperson for Lufthansa told The Washington Post that the company was “regretful” over the error.

The U.K. has had four prime ministers in six years. Israel is about to have its fifth election in four years. Many in the U.S. still deny the 2020 election result. What is going on?

Giorgia Meloni heads the Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and is likely her country's next leader.

MILAN — (AP) — Migrants picked up at sea by a mercantile ship and brought to Italy by the coast guard have reported that six people died of thirst during the voyage, the U.N. refugee agency said Monday. A child with dehydration and his mother were transported to the Maltese capital of Valletta by helicopter from ship. So far this year, more than 1,200 people have died or are missing at sea in the perilous central Mediterranean crossing from North Africa to Europe. The U.N. refugee agency said the route the small boat had taken and how many days it had been at sea was not clear. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.

Migrants picked up at sea by a mercantile ship and brought to Italy by the coast guard have reported to the UN refugee agency that six people died of thirst during the voyage

Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp says he expects the team’s fans to show “the right respect” when a period of silence is held before the Champions League match against Ajax at Anfield on Tuesday in honor of Queen Elizabeth II.

Italy's first deep-space mission, which will be the only eye-witness of DART's crash with asteroid Dimorphos, is beginning its journey.

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto apologized on Saturday for referring to Formula One driver Yuki Tsunoda as “Tsunami.” Binotto used the word when alluding to Tsunoda in an interview with Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport last week, shortly after the Japanese driver retired for the third time this season at the Dutch Grand Prix.

The antiquities hailed from Italy and Egypt, and were returned after the Manhattan District Attorney enacted search warrants.

VENICE, Italy — (AP) — Andrew Dominik had been trying to make a movie about Marilyn Monroe for over a decade. The film wouldn't be a biopic, but an experiential portrait delving into the psyche of Marilyn Monroe and Norma Jeane. Then he found Ana de Armas, and, he said, the movie came alive. “The first day of filming, I went home with this sense of awe that I had the privilege of actually working with Marilyn Monroe,” Brody said. ___Follow AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ldbahr___For more on the Venice Film Festival, visit: www.apnews.com/VeniceFilmFestivalCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

VENICE, Italy — (AP) — The 79th edition of the Venice International Film Festival is starting to wind down, but they’ve saved one of the most anticipated films of the slate for last. “Blonde,” Andrew Dominik’s Marilyn Monroe film starring Ana de Armas, is having its world premiere Thursday night in competition. The nearly three-hour epic is based on a work of biographical fiction by Joyce Carol Oates and examines the public and private life of the Hollywood icon from her troubled childhood as Norma Jeane to her global stardom as Marilyn Monroe. The film will be playing in select theaters starting Sept. 16 before becoming available on Netflix on Sept. 23. ___Follow AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ldbahr___For more on the Venice Film Festival, visit: www.apnews.com/VeniceFilmFestivalCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Carlos Alcaraz has outlasted Jannik Sinner in the latest-finishing match in U.S. Open history, advancing to the semifinals with a 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-7 (0), 7-5, 6-3 victory.

The coast guard said the remaining 33 men, seven women and 21 children disembarked from the Antigua and Barbuda-flagged ship early Wednesday at the port of Kali Limenes on southern Crete. The migrants told authorities they were Syrians, Lebanese and Palestinians. The coast guard said in a statement late Tuesday that the BBC Pearl had rescued them inside Malta's search and rescue area. The ship then altered course towards Crete to facilitate the airlift, the coast guard statement said. There has been an increase in migrants seeking to travel on unsafe boats from troubled Lebanon to Italy, and Greek authorities have performed several rescues in recent weeks.

MODENA, Italy — (AP) — As far-right leader Giorgia Meloni 's push to become Italy's first female premier gathers momentum, the country's fractured left is offering voters a contrasting style of feminist politics. The 45-year-old Meloni's Brothers of Italy Party consistently has led polls going into the Sept. 25 parliamentary vote, putting her in position to be tapped as premier. “Not all female leadership helps women,’’ Schlein told an audience of several hundred at a weekend campaign rally at the Festa dell’Unita in Modena. She faults Italy’s current political class with creating “paternalistic” policies that fail to consult the people they affect. But that effort failed miserably to bring into being an electoral coalition on the left for this vote.

VENICE, Italy — (AP) — Martin McDonagh has returned to the Venice International Film Festival with "The Banshees of Inisherin," which is having its world premiere Monday night in competition. It’s his first film since “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” and a reunion with his “In Bruges” stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. It tells a story about longtime friends Padraic (Farrell) and Colm (Gleeson) at a fraught moment when Colm suddenly decides to end the relationship. The 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival runs through Sept. 10. ___Follow AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ldbahr___For more on the Venice Film Festival, visit: www.apnews.com/VeniceFilmFestivalCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

At a press conference before the premiere, Styles was peppered with questions about his fans, his career and whether or not he would work with director Olivia Wilde again — neither of which he answered. In “Don’t Worry Darling,” Styles plays Jack, who works for the mysterious Victory Project, run by Chris Pine’s charismatic cult-like leader, in a mid-century-styled experimental community. “There wasn’t too much acting.”Styles took several days off from his Madison Square Garden appearances to attend the " Don't Worry Darling " premiere in Venice, with Wilde and co-stars Pine and Gemma Chan. But though he juggles two high-profile careers in the arts, he said he doesn't see many parallels between music and acting. Many had personal stories about how Styles’ music impacted their lives.

Martin McDonagh has returned to the Venice International Film Festival with “The Banshees of Inisherin,” which is having its world premiere Monday night in competition

Harry Styles already has an enviable acting resume for a newcomer, from “Dunkirk” to the upcoming “Don’t Worry Darling” and “My Policeman.”.

NEW YORK — (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local):___3:05 p.m.Matteo Berrettini of Italy advanced to the U.S. Open quarterfinals with a 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 win over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain. Berrettini, the 2021 Wimbledon runner-up, reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the fifth straight time. No man has won a U.S. Open title without losing a set in the Open era, which began in 1968. Gauff, a French Open finalist this year, is trying to reach the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open for the first time in her career. ___More AP coverage of U.S. Open tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/us-open-tennis-championships and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Top historian Niall Ferguson warned Friday that the world is sleepwalking into an era of political and economic upheaval akin to the 1970s — only worse.

VENICE, Italy — (AP) — Timothée Chalamet was feeling cut off from the world in the early days of the pandemic. Then Luca Guadagnino, whom Chalamet saw as a father figure while filming “Call Me By Your Name," called with a new possible project. The film, “Bones and All” is having its world premiere Friday night at the Venice Film Festival, where it is among the competition titles. Chalamet and Guadagnino gathered before the premiere to discuss the film with the cast. ___Follow AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ldbahr___For more on the Venice Film Festival, visit: www.apnews.com/VeniceFilmFestivalCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

The cannibal romance "Bones and All” is having its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, where it is among the competition titles.

Beyond the profitable products and byproducts harvested directly from honey bee colonies such as honey, wax, propolis, and royal jelly, more than 90 different crops—about one-third of total crop production in the U.S.—are dependent upon these prolific pollinators for their survival and prosperity.

The cost of the procedure will be covered by San Marino's public health system. Under the old law, women risked criminal prosecution if their abortion abroad became known, although D'Amelio said, no one was actually prosecuted. Passage of the new law gave women "the right that was asked for resoundingly through the referendum,'' lawmaker Giacomo Simoncini told San Marino RTV. One of the provisions of San Marino's law provides for sex education in the republic's schools, a measure aimed at preventing unwanted pregnancies, D'Amelio said. Women in San Marino must have a consultation with medical personnel before having an abortion, but that can be done online.

Abortion rights advocates in San Marino say they’re pleased that lawmakers in the tiny republic have approved legislation legalizing abortion

VENICE, Italy — (AP) — Noah Baumbach started re-reading Don DeLillo’s “White Noise” in the early days of the pandemic. “White Noise” is opening the Venice International Film Festival on Wednesday night, where it is playing in competition. “The movie is about life and death and how we have to acknowledge that they’re the same, rather than exist as two separate things,” Baumbach said in Venice on Wednesday. The next stop for “White Noise” is the New York Film Festival, where it will also be the opening night film. ___Follow all AP stories on the Venice Film Festival at www.apnews.com/VeniceFilmFestival.

BERLIN — (AP) — A girl who was on vacation from Italy with her parents has died after a stone statue fell on her at a hotel in Munich, German police said Sunday. The 7-year-old was hit by the roughly 200-kilogram (440-pound) statue in the courtyard of the hotel on Friday evening, police said. People at the scene were able to free the child and call emergency services, but she died later at a Munich hospital. It wasn't clear why the statue toppled over. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.

German police say a girl who was on vacation from Italy with her parents has died after a stone statue fell on her at a hotel in Munich

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee couple who went viral on TikTok for staging their engagement photos outside of an Olive Garden will soon have their own taste of Italy, courtesy of the chain restaurant. >> Read more trending newsWhen a Tennessee couple wanted to add the charm of Tuscany to an engagement photo shoot, their creative photographer had the perfect spot in mind -- outside of an Olive Garden. “So it’s just been surreal, but we’re super thankful for everyone that’s reached out to talk to us,” Mills said while standing outside the Olive Garden in Cookeville, Tennessee, where the engagement shoot took place, the TV station reported. In addition to their wedding planning, Bibb and Mills are sorting out scheduling so that Cravens can accompany them to Italy – also at Olive Garden’s expense – to help recreate some of their engagement photos, KTTV reported. ❤️ https://t.co/bJhUkLpHU6 — Olive Garden (@olivegarden) August 25, 2022©2022 Cox Media Group

VENICE, Italy — (AP) — Chinese dissident and artist Ai Weiwei warns against hubris with his first glass sculpture, made on the Venetian island of Murano. Titled “The Human Comedy: Memento Mori,” the sculpture is the centerpiece of an Ai exhibit at the church that opens Sunday. Or war, there’s a possible political struggle between China and the West,″ as China asserts greater control over Hong Kong and threatens control over Taiwan, Ai said. Tourists wandering in from the water bus were delighted that they had stumbled into an exhibit by the renowned dissident artist. When I first saw this I thought it represented hell,″ Kenneth Cheung, a Hong Kong native now living in Toronto, Canada, said as he checked out the imposing glass sculpture.

The French president's visit brings to an end a spat over memories of Algeria's war of independence.

MILAN — (AP) — Italy's push to rapidly reduce its dependence on Russian natural gas has made the country less vulnerable to an interruption of supplies, Premier Mario Draghi said Wednesday, noting that gas storage is 80% full ahead of winter and on track to hit 90% by October. Draghi told an annual summertime festival in the Adriatic seaside town of Rimini that Italy has reduced its reliance on Russian natural gas from 40% last year to half that by finding new sources in countries from Algeria to Azerbaijan. Italy could be completely independent of Russia by fall 2024 if it installs two new regasification plants, he added. Taking a swipe at right-wing parties that advocate sovereignty, Draghi said energy reliance on “a country that never stopped pursuing its imperial past is the exact opposite of sovereignty.”His comments come as Russia's war in Ukraine has driven natural gas prices to record highs, fueling inflation worldwide. “We’ll need to see how we respond to that appropriately.”In Italy, Draghi again urged an European cap on natural gas prices, which has faced resistance among other EU member states.

MILAN — (AP) — Italy's push to rapidly reduce its dependence on Russian natural gas has made the country less vulnerable to an interruption of supplies, Premier Mario Draghi said Wednesday, noting that the country has stockpiled 80% of its capacity of gas reserves ahead of winter and is on track to hit 90% by October. Draghi told an annual summertime festival in the Adriatic seaside town of Rimini that Italy has reduced its reliance on Russian natural gas from 40% last year to half that by finding new sources in countries from Algeria to Azerbaijan. Italy could be completely independent of Russia by fall 2024 if it installs two new regasification plants, he added. “Our goal of diversifying from Russian gas was fundamental to giving citizens and businesses greater certainly about the stability of supplies,” said Draghi, who resigned last month after key right-wing parties yanked support for his unity government. In Italy, Draghi again urged an European cap on natural gas prices, which has faced resistance among other EU member states.

Yordanos Brhane fled Eritrea aged 15 and had been building a life in Birmingham before her murder.

ROME — (AP) — The king of TikTok, Khaby Lame, finally has another title: Italian. Lame moved to Italy from his native Senegal when he was an infant but only was granted citizenship now because of strict Italian citizenship laws. The attention being paid to “Italy’s TikTok king” highlighted that he wasn’t actually Italian. In the United States, for example, children born on U.S. soil get American citizenship regardless of their parents’ nationalities. The Chiavasso city hall filmed the short ceremony in which Lame became an Italian and asked him what had changed.

Two people were spotted surfing in a canal in Venice, Italy – and the mayor was not happy about it.

Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster went on a family vacation to Italy and shared photos on Instagram of their adventures. The family sailed on a yacht on the Amalfi coast.

The murder of a Nigerian vendor has shaken a community in Italy, writes Ismail Einashe.

During Italy's post-war boom years, Riva's glamorous runabouts were the pinnacle of "la dolce vita" – the Ferraris of motorboats, owned by movie stars, tycoons and royalty. Today, in an era of super-yachts, the company is working to keep Riva's spirit alive.

Restaurant chain hoped to export American-style slices to pizza's culinary birthplace, but Italians weren't buying it.

The company that ran Italian franchises for Domino's said customers favored mom-and-pop pies.

The American fast food giant is shuttering its Italian business just seven years after opening its first store in Milan.

The River Po has been running dry as it faces its worst drought in 70 years.

Italy Pompeii Ordinary People A picture provide by the Pompeii Archeological site press office, showing the latest discoveries in the ancient city of Pompeii which is enriching knowledge about the everyday lives of middle-class households. These latest discoveries by archaeologists are enriching knowledge about middle-class lives in Pompeii before Mount Vesuvius’ furious eruption buried the ancient Roman city in volcanic debris. Pompeii's archaeological park, one of Italy's top tourist attractions, announced the recent finds on Saturday. The bedroom findings announced Saturday also included the remains of a wooden trunk with an open lid. Exposing the storeroom revealed a wooden closet, its backboard still intact but the shelves caved in.

Greek authorities say five people have been charged with trying to smuggle nearly a hundred migrants into Europe on an unsafe vessel last week

Italy Drought Po Delta Fishers work gathering clams in Pila, Italy, on the Adriatic Sea which the Po River feeds into, early Friday, July 29, 2022. At least one-third of the stock of prized double-valve clams raised in the Po Delta have died off. The ecosystem includes the Po Delta Park, which along with neighboring lands in Veneto form a reserve recognized by UNESCO for its biodiversity. It has been nearly two months since farmers have been able to tap the river water for agriculture. The paddies of the Po Delta are a small part of Italy’s national rice production, which is centered in drought-stricken Piedmont and Lombardy closer to the source of the Po River.

Drought and unusually hot weather have raised the salt levels in Italy’s largest delta, where the mighty Po River feeds into the Adriatic Sea south of Venice.

Organizers say next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will be staged in Britain because it is too risky to hold it in the designated host country, Ukraine.

Henrik Stenson is out as Ryder Cup captain for Europe.

The All England Club is appealing a fine levied by the WTA women’s professional tennis tour for banning Russian and Belarusian players from tournaments in Britain because of the war in Ukraine.

The war in Ukraine is fueling fears of a natural gas emergency in Europe.

Italy’s Thomas Ceccon has set a world record in the men’s 100 backstroke and Katie Ledecky has claimed yet another gold at the swimming world championships in Budapest.

Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons offered a nostalgia play for next season, mixing gingham, coming from the feminine world, with masculine menswear.

The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously for an American woman who is involved in a bitter international custody dispute with her Italian husband over their young son.

Italy has been so successful in recovering illegally exported ancient artworks and artifacts that it has created a museum just for them.

The great French film star Catherine Deneuve will receive the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the 79th Venice International Film Festival in September.

Italy has become the only country in Europe to increase Russian crude oil imports in an unintended consequence of European Union sanctions against Russia.

Netflix has agreed to pay more than $59 million to settle a tax dispute in Italy.

Doctors have prescribed a wheelchair, cane and physical therapy to help heal Pope Francis’ bad knee.

Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra has won the Eurovision Song Contest in a clear show of popular support for the war-ravaged nation that went beyond the music.

Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra and its members' folk-hip hop anthem to their war-torn nation is the oddsmaker’s favorite to win the Eurovision Song Contest.

A Ukrainian circus troupe is performing a never-ending “Alice in Wonderland” tour of Italy.

President Joe Biden has hosted Italian Premier Mario Draghi at the White House as the U.S. works to maintain trans-Atlantic unity over the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Rising energy prices in Europe are testing the resolve of those caught between a dependence on cheap Russian energy and their revulsion at Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

For travelers going to southern Europe, summer vacations just got a whole lot easier.

Roger Federer intends to return to tournament tennis after what will have been more than a year away from the tour by playing at the Swiss Indoors in October.

The All England Club says Novak Djokovic will be allowed to defend his title at Wimbledon despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19 because the shots are not required to enter Britain.

Artist Pavlo Makov’s role representing Ukraine at the Venice Biennale has become an act of defiance against the Russian invaders, whose attacks on his adopted hometown of Kharkiv have grown more intense in recent days.

Soprano Anna Netrebko has been hired by the Monte Carlo Opera to sing this month following the Metropolitan Opera’s decision to drop her for failing to repudiate Russia President Vladimir Putin.

Pope Francis opened Holy Week Sunday with a call for an Easter truce in Ukraine to make room for a negotiated peace, highlighting the need for leaders to “make some sacrifices for the good of the people.”.

Pink Floyd is releasing its first new music in almost three decades to raise money for the people of Ukraine.

A judge in Genoa has ordered all 59 defendants to stand trial for the 2018 deadly collapse of a heavily used highway bridge in that Italian port city.

European champion Italy will miss the World Cup.

It doesn’t really matter what time of year it is, there’s almost always a beach calling my name somewhere.

A small bakery in northern Italy is trying to do its part to help Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion.

Railway authorities in Poland and Italy say major malfunctions in the electronic control systems have caused significant delays and cancellations on train routes in both countries.

The mayor of a Polish town has called out the leader of Italy’s right-wing League party for his pro-Kremlin views, derisively calling Matteo Salvini a “friend" of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russian and Belarusian athletes have been banned from competing at the Paralympics because of their countries’ roles in the war in Ukraine.

Front-rows of A-listers and shoulder-to-shoulder seating gave Milan Fashion Week a pre-pandemic air.

Outside Milan’s luxury runway shows on Friday, two Ukrainian students held aloft signs reading “No World War III” and “No Putin” to draw attention to the war in their homeland and to urge the West to take harsher measures.

The European Broadcasting Union says that Russia will not be allowed an entry in this year's Eurovision Song Contest.

Mount Etna has roared back to spectacular action after a few months of relative quiet.

A particularly powerful eruption of Mount Etna has created a volcanic storm that sent bolts of lightning dramatically across the sky over eastern Sicily.

Archaeologists in southern Italy say they have discovered the ruins of a painted brick wall and ancient warrior helmets at a site that might have been a forerunner of a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena.

Denmark is scraping most pandemic restrictions as the country no longer considers COVID-19 to be “a socially critical disease.”.

Cornelia Huetter and Federica Brignone have tied for first place in a World Cup super-G in the final race before the Beijing Olympics.

Italy's federation of physicians and dentists says some 1,900 members have been suspended from the national professional group because they haven't complied with a law requiring them to be completely vaccinated, including having a booster shot.

The European Space Agency has narrowed down the candidate list for its next generation of astronauts, including dozens who have a physical disability.

K-way, the Franco-Italian brand synonymous with windbreakers, is stepping into luxury fashion with its first live runway show ever on the closing day of Milan Fashion Week.