Italy’s Albania asylum deal has become a political disaster for Giorgia Meloni

Stefon Diggs has season-ending torn ACL, dealing a big loss to Texans

The Texans lost one of their star players to an injury.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 29

Branch Black Friday Sale (2024): Early Deals on Office Chairs

Our top office chair and standing desk recommendations are on sale through December 2.

Tech - Wired - 3 days ago

Meloni’s migration meeting sets tone for fractious EU leaders’ summit

Also in this newsletter: cheers to Europe’s beer industry

World - Financial Times - October 17

Meloni’s Balancing Act: Centrist Abroad, Right Wing at Home

New policies on surrogate births and the treatment of asylum seekers, while largely symbolic, are designed to shore up her right-wing flank in Italy, analysts say.

World - The New York Times - October 17

Albania's left-wing former President Meta is arrested on corruption allegations

Albanian prosecutors have arrested former President Ilir Meta on suspicion that the left-wing Freedom Party leader engaged in alleged corruption, money laundering and hiding of personal income and ...

World - ABC News - October 21

Ship with suspected toxic waste returns to Albania

World - Yahoo News - October 28

Greece sceptical about EU outsourcing asylum seekers

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis says Italy-Albania deal cannot be replicated for entire bloc

Business - Financial Times - October 17

UK gives asylum to son of Singapore founder over persecution claims

Lee Hsien Yang has alleged he faced oppression back home from the government his brother had led.

White supremacist stabbed asylum seeker in hotel

Callum Parslow is convicted of attempted murder over the attack at a hotel in Worcestershire.

Asylum seekers moved off Bibby Stockholm barge

It's understood the men have been sent to places including Cardiff, Wolverhampton and Bristol.

Italy passes law clamping down on surrogacy tourism

Italians who go abroad to have a baby via surrogacy will face jail terms and fines of up to €1m. Italy’s parliament has made it illegal for couples to go abroad to have a baby via surrogacy – a ...

World - The Guardian - October 16

Italy makes it illegal to seek surrogacy abroad

Italy’s parliament has made it illegal for couples to go abroad to have a baby via surrogacy— a project of Prime Minister’s Giorgia Meloni party which activists say is meant to target same-sex ...

Italy bans couples from travelling abroad for surrogacy

The move is seen by critics to target LGBT couples, who are not allowed to adopt or use IVF in the country.

Stellantis workers march in Italy over production slump

World - Yahoo News - October 18

One dead as flooding hits Italy's northeast flatlands

World - Yahoo News - October 20

Italy legend Totti open to Serie A return at 48

Roma legend Francesco Totti has claimed that Serie A teams are still calling him to see if he would return to professional football, adding that he thinks it would take two to three months of ...

Sports - ESPN - October 23

Franciacorta uncorked: discovering Italy’s answer to Champagne

This lush, lesser-known wine destination makes for a sparkling weekend trip from Milan

World - Financial Times - October 23

Hidden in plain sight: a converted stable in Italy

A 250-year-old animal stable nestled in an Italian mountain village is now a family home – with a see-if-you-can-spot-it mirrored loo. Sheer Alpine mountains and forested valleys are both neighbour ...

World - The Guardian - 5 days ago