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Designers at Moscow Fashion Week wonder how they can stay in business without access to imported materials.

Our correspondents in Italy, El Salvador, India, Ireland and Canada explain the impact in countries across the globe.

Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel said he was "fully aware" that Russia could turn off the taps: "It's their choice."

Trevor Milton is facing a new federal fraud charge tied to his purchase of a Utah ranch.

Household wealth has been a source of comfort to the indebted nation. But affluence won’t buy off a financial crunch

The war in Ukraine is fueling fears of a natural gas emergency in Europe.

Italy’s Thomas Ceccon has set a world record in the men’s 100 backstroke and Katie Ledecky has claimed yet another gold at the swimming world championships in Budapest.

Oscar-winning film director and screenwriter Paul Haggis is being detained on sexual assault charges. He has previously been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women.

Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons offered a nostalgia play for next season, mixing gingham, coming from the feminine world, with masculine menswear.

Temperatures soar as scientists warn heatwaves are striking earlier in the year due to climate change.

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection continued its case Monday.

After a pilot crashed into a lake in Austin, Texas, paddleboarders on the water came to the rescue, pulling the pilot to safety.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A travel coach can help clients pin down what they want from their next vacation.

The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously for an American woman who is involved in a bitter international custody dispute with her Italian husband over their young son.

Italy has been so successful in recovering illegally exported ancient artworks and artifacts that it has created a museum just for them

Italy has been so successful in recovering illegally exported ancient artworks and artifacts that it has created a museum just for them.

American teenager Coco Gauff has reached her first Grand Slam final by beating Martina Trevisan of Italy 6-3, 6-1 at the French Open.

The great French film star Catherine Deneuve will receive the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the 79th Venice International Film Festival in September.

Italy has become the only country in Europe to increase Russian crude oil imports in an unintended consequence of European Union sanctions against Russia.

The Ocean Viking rescue ship has brought 294 migrants rescued in the central Mediterranean to a port in Sicily

The new president of the Italian Conference of Bishops says he would launch an independent inquiry on sex abuse by Catholic clergy in Italy

Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago, burying Pompeii in volcanic ash. Researchers are now getting a clearer picture of ancient Roman life.

It is an almost complete set of "genetic instructions" from people who died when Mount Vesuvius erupted.

The Scheherazade has been linked to the Russian president and its crew were members of the Russian secret service, according to eSysman SuperYachts.

The deal will allow 12,000 Italian taxi drivers to accept trips through the Uber app.

Netflix has agreed to pay more than $59 million to settle a tax dispute in Italy.

Seven countries including the U.S., France, Italy, Israel and Greece have taken part in an series of drills in and around Cyprus designed to ease civilian evacuations from conflict zones and to conduct offshore rescue operations, amid a renewed sense of urgency due to the war in Ukraine

The virus causes flu-like symptoms and has been identified in the U.S., France, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Canada and the U.K.

Doctors have prescribed a wheelchair, cane and physical therapy to help heal Pope Francis’ bad knee.

Samantha Cristoforetti said music is the perfect complement to spaceflight.

Momoa posted a video of himself working out, and issued an apology in the process.

Hundreds gathered to watch Ukraine win a meaningful victory in Europe's annual song contest.

Luke Hughes scored with 1:57 left in overtime to complete the United States’ comeback from two goals behind to edge Austria 3-2 at the ice hockey world championship.

Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra has won the Eurovision Song Contest in a clear show of popular support for the war-ravaged nation that went beyond the music.

Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra and its members' folk-hip hop anthem to their war-torn nation is the oddsmaker’s favorite to win the Eurovision Song Contest.

A Ukrainian circus troupe is performing a never-ending “Alice in Wonderland” tour of Italy.

The UK signs security agreements with Finland and Sweden while Ukraine's Eurovision band qualifies for the final.

President Joe Biden has hosted Italian Premier Mario Draghi at the White House as the U.S. works to maintain trans-Atlantic unity over the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

There have been fears that the 459-foot long yacht, which has been in dry dock in the port of Marina di Carrara, was preparing to sail out of Italian waters soon.

Rising energy prices in Europe are testing the resolve of those caught between a dependence on cheap Russian energy and their revulsion at Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

Miami's top hotels, restaurants and night clubs are offering high-priced packages for race-goers.

Two Canadian factories that build Chrysler's minivans and Dodge's muscle cars will be retooled for EVs

The clubby, personality-driven business elite is giving way to greater corporate transparency.

COVID rules will be lifted for all international and domestic flights.

No one was injured as a direct result of those tornadoes, all of which were considered “weak” when using the Enhanced Fujita scale, the universal method for evaluating a tornado’s strength.

For travelers going to southern Europe, summer vacations just got a whole lot easier.

Germany wants to stop property it owns in Italy being seized to finance compensation for Nazi war crimes

Tune into a Virtual Telescope Project livestream to watch live as Jupiter and Venus meet in the night sky.

Germany has filed a case against Italy at the United Nations’ top court in a long running dispute over World War II reparations

The current practice of using the father's last name is "discriminatory and harmful to the identity" of the child, the court said in a statement,

Italy's Constitutional Court ruled that newborns that are automatically assigned the father's surname at birth is unconstitutional and damaging to a child's identity.

"The losses of scientific and historical information are probably significant" as a result of the damage, officials said.

Travelers say they feel safer in South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, China and Vietnam, according to a 2022 report by Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection.

Roger Federer intends to return to tournament tennis after what will have been more than a year away from the tour by playing at the Swiss Indoors in October.

Grad student Manuel Crugliano says the key to making a big life change after college comes down to three words: Make a plan. Here are his tips.

Artist Pavlo Makov’s role representing Ukraine at the Venice Biennale has become an act of defiance against the Russian invaders, whose attacks on his adopted hometown of Kharkiv have grown more intense in recent days.

Soprano Anna Netrebko has been hired by the Monte Carlo Opera to sing this month following the Metropolitan Opera’s decision to drop her for failing to repudiate Russia President Vladimir Putin.

The U.S. buyout firm’s attempt to buy Italy’s national phone operator has stalled. That’s a shame because going private makes sense.

The U.S. buyout firm’s attempt to buy Italy’s national phone operator has stalled. That’s a shame because going private makes sense.

The paintings and sculptures, some of which are reportedly priceless, had been loaned by Russia to museums in Italy and Japan. Finnish agents detained them at a border crossing over the weekend.

Pink Floyd is releasing its first new music in almost three decades to raise money for the people of Ukraine.

A judge in Genoa has ordered all 59 defendants to stand trial for the 2018 deadly collapse of a heavily used highway bridge in that Italian port city.

Greece’s coast guard says two people have been arrested on suspicion of migrant smuggling and endangering lives for steering a sailboat with a further 68 people on board that ran into trouble off the western coast of Greece last week

Most of the victims were attacked in cars, during or just after having sex.

U.S. President Joe Biden and European Commission's President Ursula von der Leyen shake hands after speaking about steel and aluminium tariffs, on the sidelines of the G20 leaders' summit in Rome, Italy October 31, 2021. The U.S. has said it will work with international partners to provide at least 15 billion cubic meters more of liquified natural gas to Europe this year. U.S. President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a joint task force to reduce the bloc's dependence on Russian fossil fuels as the Kremlin's war with Ukraine continues. It comes amid heightened concern that energy-importing countries continue to top up President Vladimir Putin's war chest with oil and gas revenue on a daily basis. This is a breaking news story, please check back later for more.

European champion Italy will miss the World Cup.

It doesn’t really matter what time of year it is, there’s almost always a beach calling my name somewhere.

A man who pleaded guilty to shooting a classmate in a North Texas high school cafeteria in 2018 has died in prison, officials said Wednesday. Chad Padilla, 20, was found unconscious shortly before 2 a.m. Monday in his cell at the Telford Unit prison near Texarkana, Texas, according to a statement from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Padilla was serving a 40-year prison term for the Jan. 22, 2018, shooting of a classmate in the Italy High School cafeteria in Italy, Texas, when he was 16 years old.

Pfizer expects to start starting supplying the antiviral pills, Paxlovid, to UNICEF starting next month and will continue to do so through the end of the year.

A small bakery in northern Italy is trying to do its part to help Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion.

Railway authorities in Poland and Italy say major malfunctions in the electronic control systems have caused significant delays and cancellations on train routes in both countries.

Amazon intentionally drew out the process of canceling a Prime membership with layers of confirmations and prompts, internal documents show.

The mayor of a Polish town has called out the leader of Italy’s right-wing League party for his pro-Kremlin views, derisively calling Matteo Salvini a “friend" of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The mayor of a Polish town bordering Ukraine publicly called out the leader of Italy’s right-wing League party for his pro-Kremlin views on Tuesday, derisively calling Matteo Salvini a “friend” of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Przemysl Mayor Wojciech Bakun challenged Salvini during a news conference at the train station in Przemysl, where hundreds of thousands of refugees have arrived since Russia launched its war against Ukraine on Feb. 24. The mayor pulled a T-shirt from his jacket showing Putin's face and the words: “Army of Russia.”

The European Union is seeking to fully phase out its dependency on Russian energy “well before 2030” to ensure the 27-nation bloc no longer faces difficult decisions about hurting their own economies in geopolitical crises like the invasion of Ukraine.

The White House is failing to take all steps necessary to put Senate-confirmed diplomats in place to coordinate the global response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Russian and Belarusian athletes have been banned from competing at the Paralympics because of their countries’ roles in the war in Ukraine.

Front-rows of A-listers and shoulder-to-shoulder seating gave Milan Fashion Week a pre-pandemic air.

Outside Milan’s luxury runway shows on Friday, two Ukrainian students held aloft signs reading “No World War III” and “No Putin” to draw attention to the war in their homeland and to urge the West to take harsher measures.

The European Broadcasting Union says that Russia will not be allowed an entry in this year's Eurovision Song Contest.

Mount Etna has roared back to spectacular action after a few months of relative quiet.

A particularly powerful eruption of Mount Etna has created a volcanic storm that sent bolts of lightning dramatically across the sky over eastern Sicily.

Archaeologists in southern Italy say they have discovered the ruins of a painted brick wall and ancient warrior helmets at a site that might have been a forerunner of a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena.

Denmark is scraping most pandemic restrictions as the country no longer considers COVID-19 to be “a socially critical disease.”.

An Italian lawyer for Venezuela's former oil czar says Italy’s highest court has confirmed he can't be extradited to face corruption charges at home because of his country’s record in violating human rights.

The European Space Agency has narrowed down the candidate list for its next generation of astronauts, including dozens who have a physical disability.

Jeff Goldblum infused Milan Fashion Week with some levity as he shimmied down the Prada runway in a dark overcoat that cast a dramatic silhouette.

Italy, Spain and other European countries are reinstating or stiffening mask mandates as their hospitals struggle with mounting numbers of COVID-19 patients.

Italy on Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the Costa Concordia cruise ship wreck off the Tuscan island of Giglio.

Italy is marking the 10th anniversary of the Costa Concordia disaster with a daylong commemoration on Thursday.

Designer Giorgio Armani is cancelling his men’s fashion shows in Milan this month and his Prive haute couture show in Paris because of soaring coronavirus cases in Europe.

Pope Francis has used his Christmas Day address to pray for an end to the coronavirus pandemic.

If there is one thing for certain, it’s that this year’s holiday season has way more options for movies to see in theaters than in 2020.

The European Union’s top official says omicron is expected to be the dominant coronavirus variant in the 27-nation bloc by mid-January.

Milan menswear previews for fall/winter 2021-22 are returning to a mostly in-person format in January, with Zegna, Giorgio Armani, Fendi and Prada among the 22 brands staging live runway shows.

The Beijing Olympics are only weeks away and China has become a more problematic host than expected for an event that originally seemed destined to be staged in Europe.

Italy’s La Scala has postponed its ballet season premiere after a coronavirus outbreak in its ranks.

Italy’s anti-trust authority has fined Amazon 1.13 billion euros, accusing the company of exploiting its dominant position against independent sellers on its website in violation of European Union competition rules.