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​Search and rescue officers search for victims amidst the rubble of a collapsed school building in East Java, Indonesia, on September 29, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Indonesian school collapses, Americans sour on Israel, YouTube pays Trump, Brothers rock in Italian election

​Economic Revitalization Minister Ryosei Akazawa heads to the United States for negotiations from Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 16, 2025.
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Two “Guinea pigs” come to Washington

As much of the world scrambles to figure out how to avoid Donald Trump’s expansive “reciprocal tariffs,” Japanese and Italian officials are in Washington this week to try their hands at negotiating with the self-styled Deal Artist™ himself.

​U.S. President-elect Donald Trump meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. January 4, 2025.
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Meloni joins Trump at Mar-a-Lago — with Europe’s economy on the line

President-elect Donald Trump was full of praise for Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during her surprise visit to Mar-a-Lago on Saturday, calling her a “fantastic woman” who has “really taken Europe by storm.”

​UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer meeting with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
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Starmer asks Meloni for a lesson on curbing illegal migration

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Monday to learn how her hard-line tactics against irregular migration could help him deliver on his election promise to “smash the gangs” driving such migration to the UK.

​Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni pays tribute to the 309 victims of the earthquake that struck, in L'Aquila, Italy, on 5 April 2009.
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No, Meloni is probably not going rogue

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has accused EU leadership of falling prey to fake news after they issued a report highlighting press freedom issues in the country. T

​A satellite image shows smoke rising from the Park Fire in Chico, California, U.S., July 26, 2024.
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Hard Numbers: California burns, Countries push for cease-fire, Meloni makes nice, Japan basks in Olympic glory

​Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
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Italy aims to export migrant crisis to Albania

Can Albania accept migrants deported by Italy? A court in Tirana is deciding on the legality of an agreement with the Italian government in which Rome can send EU asylum-seekers to the Balkan country.

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Analysis

Top 10 game changers of 2023

Whether you win or lose, in politics it is still how you play the game that matters. This year, several global players not only played the game, but they changed it in significant and surprising ways. Join us as we revisit some of the most pivotal moments, figures, and trends of the year in geopolitics.

​Meloni during a rally as part of the campaign for general elections.
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How Tolkien’s hobbits got political

What do Italian conservatives and American hippies have in common? A love for The Lord of the Rings. Though JRR Tolkien insisted his books were apolitical, his fantasy epic has fueled movements across the political spectrum and around the world.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
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Hard Numbers: Lampedusa landings soar, Aussies rally for indigenous rights, Vatican makes Holocaust admission, Brand accused of rape