Italy — news through its media
Stories followed in this country, with their framing set against the rest of the world.
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Lufthansa cuts 20,000 flights, France subsidizes fuel, EU launches emergency plan: Kerosene crisis hits European summer
Jet fuel prices have doubled since the start of the Iran war, and Europe discovers that 75% of its aviation fuel imports come from the Gulf—summer 2026 will be the most expensive in aviation history.
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EU Unlocks 90 Billion for Ukraine After Orbán's Electoral Defeat: Budapest Yields, Pipeline Flows, Sanctions Fall
Orbán's electoral defeat has removed the final obstacle: the EU approves the 90 billion euro loan and a 20th sanctions package against Moscow on the same day Russian oil begins flowing to Budapest again.
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Pope Leo XIV Eases Tensions with Trump, Who Follows Up with Bible Marathon Reading — World Watches, Divided
Pope Leo XIV defuses the crisis with Trump by declaring he is 'not at all' seeking to debate. Trump responds by participating in a Bible marathon reading. The imminent meeting with King Charles III is shaping up under high diplomatic tension.
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Italy suspends defense agreement with Israel: Meloni defies Trump and Netanyahu the same day
Giorgia Meloni suspends the Italian-Israeli defense agreement after shots fired at Italian UN peacekeepers — Trump responds by calling her a "coward." Trump's most loyal European ally has just changed course.
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Israel Bombards Lebanon Four Days Before Negotiations: Baby Killed, UNIFIL Hit, Netanyahu in the South
An Israeli tank strikes UN vehicles, a baby dies under airstrikes during her father's funeral, and Netanyahu visits southern Lebanon as a conqueror — four days before Washington talks.
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Orbán Falls After 16 Years: Hungary Shifts Toward Europe and NATO
Peter Magyar proclaims the 'liberation' of Hungary as Orbán concedes a 'painful' defeat — Putin's most loyal ally in Europe has just lost power.
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Starmer Breaks with Trump and Rallies Europe: NATO Prepares to Survive Without America
The British Prime Minister is no longer hiding his frustration — while Trump threatens to leave NATO, London, Ottawa, and Rome are urgently sketching a post-American Atlantic defense. Meanwhile, non-Western observers document what they perceive as the twilight of the Atlantic order.
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Wartime inflation strikes the world: when filling up becomes a luxury from Tokyo to Toronto
US inflation jumps to a two-year high, the Bank of Japan freezes its rates, European airports warn of a kerosene shortage — the bill for the war in Iran arrives in wallets around the globe.
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The Strait of Hormuz Battle: Supertankers Force Passage, Iran Holds Global Energy Chokepoint
Chinese supertankers transit the strait under U.S. escort, but Iran asserts it has authorized no passage—a high-stakes standoff over the world's energy chokepoint is unfolding in real time.
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Hungary at a Crossroads: Orbán Gambles His 16 Years in Power Against a Former Ally Who Wants Him Out
Orbán's loyalists are fleeing the ship, polls show Magyar winning, and Trump promises prosperity to Budapest — but only if Orbán stays.
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Moment of Truth in Islamabad: The US and Iran Face Off, but They're Playing Different Games
Vance lands in Islamabad as China secretly ships air defense systems to Tehran, Iran loses track of its own mines in the Strait of Hormuz, and Trump announces there is no Plan B.
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