Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing government on Friday became the longest-running government since the Italian Republic was established 80 years ago. Meloni’s government, the most right-wing to have governed Italy since World War II, has been in power for 1,413 days. That’s a day longer than billionaire media mogul Silvio Berlusconi, who still holds the record for … Read more
The cliffside village of Atrani at sunset on the Amalfi Coast, Campania, southern Italy.© Marco Bottigelli | Moment | Getty ImagesFall is the new peak season for luxury travel, as the wealthy continue to move their vacations to September and October to avoid summer crowds, according to a new study. Fall bookings for luxury travel … Read more
A special Direct for the 40th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda will take place on September 8, Nintendo has just announced. It will air at 7am PT / 10am ET / 3pm UK / 4pm Europe. Nintendo says the event will last about 30 minutes. No further details were provided. Of course, one of … Read more
Several Manchester City players wanted to know if Enzo Fernandez would join the club in the final days of the transfer window as they were keen to play alongside him, says manager Enzo Maresca. On Saturday. “I know Enzo pretty well and I know what he can bring to the team,” Maresca said. “He is … Read more
Ángel Vázquez, director of telescope operations at the observatory, was standing outside the control room on the morning of December 1, 2020 when he heard a loud bang. He looked up in time to see the rest happen. A 900-ton instrument platform, suspended 500 feet above the dish on a handful of steel cables, broke … Read more
If you’ve heard of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), it may be because of Bruce Willis or Wendy Williams — two celebrities whose diagnoses in recent years have shed light on this infrequently discussed neurodegenerative disease. Though FTD is relatively rare, accounting for about 5 percent to 10 percent of all dementia cases and affecting an estimated … Read more
The funeral pyres at Kathmandu’s riverfront temple have been burning constantly. But instead of bodies, what they have burned are effigies, fashioned from sacred grass, as if to evoke something tangible of the loved ones who disappeared in Nepal’s devastating floods. Nine days after walls of mud and rubble swept through a Himalayan valley along … Read more
Battle lines drawn as Missouri court blocks Trump-backed US House map Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Your Kansas City-based district had been dismantled under the redrawn map. “Despite the cynical and deeply shameful attempt to silence many of our neighbors, the people fought back and won,” Cleaver said in a social … Read more
If you’re just joining us, there is a renewed sense of hope in Nepal today after two workers were pulled from beneath a damaged hydroelectric plant. Dozens of rescuers have been digging outside the Trishuli 3A hydropower plant for several days, in an attempt to find 42 missing workers there. Following the disaster more than … Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Diesel hit a new record price in the United States on Friday, rising to an average of $5.85 a gallon for the first time in history, as the six-month war with Iran disrupts the global flow of fuel. This could add to Republicans’ political challenges ahead of November’s midterm elections, at a … Read more