“I did it all because basically, I’m an idiot.”
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Don’t Look Back In Depression
Author: Irene Caselli
Irene Caselli is a multimedia reporter and writer, with two decades of experience in radio, TV and print, now focusing on early childhood, caregivers, and reproductive rights. She is also a senior advisor for The Early Childhood Reporting Initiative at the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. For a decade, she was a foreign correspondent in Latin America, reporting for the BBC and others. At Worldcrunch, she works as a senior editor and translator, putting to use the six and a quarter languages she speaks.
Argentine journalist Ignacio Pereyra travels to Italy alone to do some paperwork as his family stays behind. While he walks alone around Rome, he experiences mixed feelings: freedom, homesickness and nostalgia, and wonders what leads people to desire larger families.
China is spending more money on weapons and defense than ever. The reason is evident: Xi Jinping wants to take Taiwan. Europe should follow the U.S. and support Taipei militarily as the only way to deter Beijing from war.
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A Woman’s Work Is Never Done
… unless she’s a famous influencer?
Recent protests in Moldova confirm that the ex-Soviet country is in the Kremlin’s sights. If Putin manages to politically destabilize the ex-Soviet country, he could win an important ally in the war against Ukraine. The tactics are strikingly familiar to what the Kremlin pulled off in Donbas nine years ago.
The father of a four-year-old boy thought the idea of colors and toys for boys and girls was a thing of the past. Turns out he was wrong.
“There is no Napoli on common sense?”
China has invested billions in multiple African countries in order to expand its influence. But both sides have been quietly scaling back the relationship, as Africans resent one-sided deals and China fears defaults on debt.
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The Way To A Doctor’s Heart
Our Neapolitan psychiatrist ponders the meaning of professional recognition, and lasagna.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has long been considered one of Ukraine’s key supporters, but he has just announced restrictions on the Ukrainian military’s use of his Starlink satellites. Die Welt spoke to soldiers on the front lines in Bakhmut who are already feeling the effects.
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Facing The Shame, Sharing The Blame
Our Neapolitan psychiatrist is faced with the inadequacy of the Italian health system, and a mother’s helplessness.
As a father myself, I’m now better able to understand the pressures my own dad faced. It’s helped me face my own internal demands to constantly be more productive and do better.
Two patients walk with our Naples-based psychiatrist on that fine line between freedom and insanity.
“And then they say that there’s no crisis?”
Reflections from a still celebrating padre …
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On The Couch And On The Lam
Our Dottoré looks back on an entertaining session with a witty runaway convict.
Trasite!
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No Kindness Under The Christmas Tree
T’is the season for depression …
This is the Argentine author’s fourth world cup abroad, but his first as the father of two young boys.
“It’s just that all the hardships he has faced have made him more appreciative of the simple things — he’s happier than us.”
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A Very Neapolitan Kind Of Halloween
Instead of going trick-or-treating, our Naples-based psychiatrist asks herself a dialectal question.
“Dottoré, if today is to be my last lunch …”
Why are men still avoiding tasks that women don’t want to do either?
Ukraine’s recent successes on the battlefield have put pressure on Vladimir Putin, who has launched what appear to be desperate attacks on civilians and infrastructure in response. Experts warn that it is dangerous to believe that Russia is bound to fail.
“Antonietta, I’m completely fine. Don’t you even think of bringing me a nightgown.”
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As the country gears up for a politically-charged run-off election, a team of archaeologists, historians and forensics experts are set to excavate the grounds and buildings of one of the worst torture centers in São Paulo, trying to recover the country’s painful history of torture during the military regime.
Keeping the lights out at night may be a good measure both for the environment and in the context of an energy crisis – but it may have repercussions on people’s sense of security, in particular for women.
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Delusions Of Grandfather
“And where is your grandson?” — “Who knows. He must be old by now.”
Ukraine’s President Zelensky should not be putting pressure for NATO membership now. It raises the risk of a wider war, and the focus should be on continuing arms deliveries from the West. After all, peace will be decided on the battlefield.
Europe should welcome the exodus of conscientious objectors from Russia. But the conditions vary across the continent, and there needs to be some security precautions.
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Sowing The Seeds Of Paranoia
“They must be dumping garbage — good, it makes for good fertilizer!”
After far-right politician Giorgia Meloni emerged as the top vote-getter in Italy’s election, the question on everyone’s lips is what will her relationship be with the European Union. The risk of her pushing for an Italian exit from the EU is slim.
Russia’s proxies in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions announced that referendums on joining Russia had begun that Ukrainian and Western officials have denounced as shams. [shortcode-Subscribe-to-Ukraine-daily-box] For four days, “voting” will be held at people’s homes “for security reasons,” Russian state-controlled news agency RIA Novosti wrote. On the last day of the “referendums,” on […]
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Of Rats And Men
Our Naples-based psychiatrist remembers a 2019 conversation with a patient on the geopolitics of pest control.
How many men are willing to change their lives when they become fathers? For Argentine journalist Ignacio Pereyra, becoming his son’s main caregiver showed just how difficult caring for a child can be.
Charity may begin at home, but for our Naples-based psychiatrist, it also begins behind the wheel.
As Italy prepares to vote, migration from Africa is once again a hot topic, even as the number of arrivals is dropping. A view from the tiny Italian island that has been at the center of the debate for more than a decade, where the specter of migrants is rolled out as prime election propaganda.
“Dottoré, do you have 1.50 euro by any chance?”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukrainian forces reclaimed 1,000 square kilometers (385 square miles) of territory in the south and east since launching their counter-offensive on Sept. 1. The troops continue to advance in both the Kharkiv and Kherson regions. Stay up-to-date with the latest on the Russia-Ukraine war, with our exclusive international coverage. […]