NATO’s warning signals a shift in how Europe must confront Russian cyber attacks, sabotage, and pressure on critical infrastructure, as Moscow turns sub-threshold conflict into a strategic weapon.
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UNESCO’s recognition highlights how migration, exchange, and diversity shaped Italian food, and why that legacy still matters today.
From Ukraine to global power shifts, the certainties that once shaped our world have collapsed, forcing Europe to rethink what is still achievable in a rapidly changing reality.
Long dismissed or mocked, menopause is finally being seen as a profound transformation: an ending that opens onto freedom.
Space research is becoming a laboratory for technologies that return to Earth as concrete advances for industry, science and daily life.
From embryo editing to dreams of eternal life, Silicon Valley’s new faith in machines blurs the line between progress and eugenics, raising the question of what humanity is willing to sacrifice for perfection.
Economist Tommaso Nannicini argues that the true threat to the country is not low fertility, but the steady flight of young talent that weakens growth, innovation, and the future of the welfare state.
Italy’s long slide below replacement birth rate is driven by fewer women of childbearing age and weak support systems, not by “selfish” young women.
After the November 3 Yalung Ri avalanche that killed an Italian climber and at least six others, Reinhold Messner argues the Himalaya are inherently hostile, urges preparation over easy blame, and notes the Panbari missing are a separate case.
A warning from Monica Minardi, president of the Italian branch of Doctors Without Borders, on how EU and Italian policies dehumanize migrants, empower Libyan abuses, strip reception services, and dodge safe legal routes as the “Fortress Europe” deal is silently renewed.
The first joint prayer since Henry VIII anchors a Vatican day focused on peace, climate ahead of COP30 in Belém, and closer Anglican Catholic ties, with Charles named Royal Confrater at Saint Paul Outside the Walls.
Paris Calling, Worldcrunch’s new podcast series, where each episode introduces you to a notable person from somewhere in the world — in their own voice, in English. Today, we have Shi Yang Shi, a Chinese-Italian actor, who takes us through his self-discovery journey from a privileged childhood in China to rebuilding a life in Italy, and how acting became his way of exploring identity, faith and belonging between two worlds.
After lifting an exhibition trophy and talking through his rest days, Jannik Sinner’s decision to skip the home Davis Cup final has jarred fans who embraced his fair play and hero status. It’s a genuine disappointment, even if his record stands untouched with two Davis Cup titles, a Wimbledon crown, and a former world No. 1 ranking.
Tourists found Largo Maradona sealed off this week after municipal police fined stalls, seized goods, and flagged illegal licenses, prompting ultras leader “Bostik” to cover the famous mural of the soccer legend in protest. A neighborhood continues to defend its secular shrine.
Crime would plummet, billions would be saved, and society could redirect resources toward care, education, and health instead of managing the costs of male violence.
Italy’s prime minister signals support for a Palestinian state at the UN with conditions attached, breaking with Netanyahu and Trump but stopping short of a full embrace.
The long jump champion’s historic win was met with nationwide pride, but also the familiar wave of racist posts questioning his Italian identity.
In Ratatouille, the food critic Anton Ego declares innovative a dish that is actually quite traditional. Today, many great chefs offer reinterpretations of homemade dishes from childhood. But what happens when even avant-garde cuisine becomes nostalgic, asks Italian chef and writer Tommaso Melilli.
Paris Calling, Worldcrunch’s new podcast series, where each episode introduces you to a notable person, from somewhere in the world, in their own voice, in English. Today, we have Francesco Zizola, an Italian photojournalist with an award-winning career spanning more than 40 years, explains what’s behind the lens in the era of algorithm.
Giorgio Armani, who died Thursday at the age of 91, helped reshape Western social norms and cultural paradigms.
I can’t help but juxtapose lines from Primo Levi with the images the television brings, every evening, to the warmth of my own home. And I feel a desperate sense of disorientation. And shame.
Particularly young sports fans are digitally oriented, and tend to be more “crypto-native”, which makes them a natural target for the industry.
The intent and ultimate goal of this virtual gathering is to share photographs of women’s bodies and body parts, and then comment however one pleases.
Washington is pushing for a security corridor protected by international and EU forces, with a certain degree of U.S. military, logistical and technological backing to deter Russia. It recalls the practical if imperfect decades-long status quo on the Korean Peninsula
The tipping culture is a deep-rooted phenomenon in several societies, which raises the question about its pertinence and necessity. Should this practice disappear? What is its role in different parts of the world?
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s controversial trade deal may look like a surrender to U.S. President Donald Trump, but it could be a calculated play in a surreal game of bluff, designed to keep Europe afloat — and Trump distracted.
With photographs from Gaza, Rome and Buenos Aires — among other places.
More than three years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country, life in Ukraine is still marked by strikes and fear. But Ukrainians are also seeking getaways to catch a break and find relief.
As others bristle at tariffs and concessions, Rome recasts humiliation as heroism, embracing a lopsided deal that feeds the myth of a benevolent Caesar-like Donald Trump while draining European coffers.
This excerpt of an exclusive interview given by then-Cardinal Robert F. Prevost on August 7, 2024, at St. Jude Parish in New Lenox, Illinois is included in Antonio Spadaro’s book “Da Francesco a Leone” (From Francis to Leo) available in Italian on July 31.
At a water park, you rarely see kids taking selfies or filming their adventures on their smartphones. To me, they didn’t even seem to take notice of the many shades and races and countries of origin of their peers. I saw girls in burkinis racing on the slides with their peers in thongs — no one paid attention to such differences.
As Europe baked in extreme heat, even a rescue mutt knows how to adapt and avoid danger. So why are humans still arguing over what’s staring us in the face?
Putin is happy to go around the Europeans, and just needs Trump to stay out of the way.
While billionaire Jeff Bezos turns Venice into a vanity set, the Prado museum in Madrid is currently featuring a major exposition of legendary Venetian painter Paolo Veronese. What was true in the Renaissance is almost true today: Art, power and decadence intertwine in the city that learned to live from its own sinking.
In the Italian province of Rovigo, Amazon’s arrival appeared to be an opportunity to revive the area’s economy and create jobs. But two and a half years later, it’s clear that the giant has had a negative impact on the struggling area.
In a world of stiff suits and scripted summits, Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is standing out for her familiarity, warmth and an almost cinematic charm. But is it all just theater? Or is this her most authentic political power move yet?
Europe’s long flirtation with anti-immigrant rhetoric is coming back to haunt it — this time with its own citizens in the crosshairs. With reports of Europeans facing detention at Guantánamo, the line between “us” and “them” begins to blur in the cruelest of ways.
In an age of emotional scams and digital recklessness, older adults are increasingly vulnerable (and dangerous) online. A card-carrying member of the boomer generation is calling out himself and his peers.
Born into an early Italian cinema family, Sergio Leone rose from Cinecittà sets to revolutionize film by creating the Spaghetti Western. Though fascinated by America, he viewed it as a cultural adversary, crafting a uniquely Italian cinematic voice that reshaped global cinema and inspired generations of filmmakers.
Curia cleanup, abuses, Ukraine-Russia mediation, China. A month of pontificate as a litmus test of the Leo method.