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Pope Francis met Friday with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and former president Alvaro Uribe for about 25 minutes, the Vatican press office said.

The Soul System band won the 10th edition of the Italian version of the television music talent show after beating singer Gaia.

At Christmas time in Italy, you can expect to see everything from tacky tinsel and glitter along with more traditional decorations including religious nativity scenes.  But some Italians take a more creative approach - because if you don't decorate your tree with Nutella, you're doing it wrong.

A hospital in northern Italy said on Wednesday it had achieved a world first by successfully transplanting a kidney in the place of the spleen in a six-year-old girl.

An Italy court on Tuesday convicted the captain of a migrant boat as responsible for a 2015 boat sinking that killed more than 700 people.

According to a report in Page Six, the Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli “is being personally approached by President-elect Donald Trump to perform at the inauguration.”

Italy’s new Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni highlighted Italy’s banking problems and the country’s struggle to control migration as his government’s priorities in his first speech before parliament, marking out a narrow platform that tacitly acknowledges the fragile political support he enjoys.

Italy's biggest bank plans to raise €13 billion ($13.8 billion) and slash thousands of jobs to shore up its finances.

Thirty paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi are on view at Rome's Palazzo Braschi, in a major new exhibit running through May 7, 2017, that aims to showcase the female artist as a great painter — one of the most talented followers of Caravaggio.

No one does food like Italians do, especially when the holiday season arrives. Their eating and drinking rituals go into hyper-drive with more wholesome deliciousness than one could ever imagine. These dishes are made with only the best ingredients but differ depending on the region in which they are crafted and enjoyed.

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