Trump says U.S. to sign rare earths minerals deal with Ukraine next week
The deal, which should be signed around April 26, was first floated in February, ahead of a contentious meeting between Trump and Ukraine's Zelenskyy.
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Italy's Meloni will test her mettle as EU-U.S. bridge when she meets with Trump
Meloni secured the meeting at a critical juncture in the trade war. As the right-wing leader of her party she has, in a sense, been "knighted" to represent the European Union in meetings with Trump.
Why Amanda Knox returns to Italy — and how she talks with her daughter about injustice
Amanda Knox spent nearly four years in an Italian prison for a murder she didn't commit. After her exoneration, she reached out to the man who prosecuted her case. Knox's new memoir is Free.
How's Pope Francis doing? His condition remains critical but stable, the Vatican says
Pope Francis' condition remains critical but stable and he was able to do some work while still in the hospital with double pneumonia, the Vatican said in a Tuesday evening update.
U.S. prosecco importers panic as Trump's tariff threat bubbles up
President Trump's threats to impose new tariffs on European goods has led Americans to suddenly stockpile their favorite Italian wines, especially sparkling prosecco.
Italian politicians allege Donald Trump Jr.'s hunting party killed a protected duck
Italian politicians want action against a hunting party that included the president's son, who they accuse of allegedly killing a ruddy shelduck. One Italian paper called it the "Donald Duck crisis."
Christopher Columbus may have been a Spanish Jew, according to a new documentary
A recently televised documentary in Spain rekindles competing versions of the famed explorer's origins, but the scientific community is viewing it with caution.
Divers find 5 bodies during search of yacht wreckage off Sicily
The search continued for one more missing passenger on a yacht that sank off Sicily and questions intensified about why the vessel went down so quickly when a nearby sailboat remained largely unscathed.
Search resumes for British tech magnate and 5 others after yacht sinks off Sicily
Rescue teams were returning to the site of a sunken yacht off Sicily on Tuesday to search for six people, including British tech magnate Mike Lynch, who are believed to be still trapped in the hull.
'Hellishly hot' southern Europe bakes under temperatures topping 104 F
Temperatures were in the triple-digits in much of the area on Tuesday and authorities warn that they could top 110 degrees F in southern Spain in the coming days.