Meloni’s dilemma
Amidst their divergent ideological outlooks, US President Biden forged an unlikely alliance with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni during her recent visit to Washington (July 27), and he appears to have…
Meloni’s win
Italian voters stuck with right-wing parties in the general elections held on September 25. As expected, the right-wing coalition has maintained its majority in the Italian parliament and is likely…
Nobel aspirations
IT’S impossible not to be amazed by the amount of speculation that preceded last Friday’s announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize. Most of it focused on whether Donald Trump would…
Protests, strikes across Italy for Gaza flotilla
Over 200,000 people protested across Italy Friday as they downed tools in support of the Gaza aid flotilla in a strike that caused widespread disruption. Demonstrators condemned the treatment of…
Junker mentality
UNLIKE 1914, Europe is not sleepwalking into war. It is tempting fate by preparing for one with its eyes wide open and sharply focused on the hostilities between Russia and…
With peace unmet in Gaza and Ukraine, Trump may find Iran just as tough
With his campaign promises unfulfilled to quickly bring peace to Gaza and Ukraine, US President Donald Trump has turned to another high-profile challenge that could be just as elusive: curbing…
Musk projects his hard-right influence in Europe
He demanded new elections in Britain, promoted Germany’s far-right, blasted the European Commission — and that’s just the start. Elon Musk is pushing the hard right in Europe, where progressives…
Inauguration Day, Trump-style: What will happen?
Every four years America’s president is sworn in on Inauguration Day, whether newly elected or returning to office, in a long-established ceremony held amid pageantry shaped by the incoming leader’s…
Zones of interest
ONE of the more thought-provoking movies to emerge in the past couple of years, from a western film industry that thrives on pointless fantasies, redundant remakes and superfluous sequels, was…
Italy targets climate activists in ‘anti-Gandhi’ demo clampdown
Blocking a road to protest inaction against climate change could soon be punishable with prison in Italy as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s hard-right government cracks down on demonstrations, even peaceful…
