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Italy, France and other nations in western Europe are grappling with a second year of too little rain and snow

At least 65 people, including 14 children, died in the migration tragedy when their boat slammed into sandbanks and broke apart in rough seas near Italy early on Sunday

A 37-year-old U.S.-Italian national and longtime left-wing political operative who worked on two presidential campaigns for former U.S. President Barack Obama has defied polls to become the first woman to head Italy’s opposition Democratic Party

Remains of wooden boat strewn along Calabrian coast alongside passengers’ belongings

First female leader of Democratic party promises it will become ‘a problem’ for Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government

Rescue crews are searching by sea and air for the dozens of people believed still missing from a migrant shipwreck off Italy’s southern coast

Italy's opposition centre-left Democratic Party (PD) picked Elly Schlein, a 37-year-old U.S.-Italian national who grew up in Switzerland, to be its new leader and rebuild the group after its election rout last year.

The Pope has offered his prayers

At least 58 migrants died when their wooden boat smashed into rocky reefs and broke apart off southern Italy before dawn Sunday, the Italian coast guard and UN agencies said. Survivors indicated that dozens more could be missing from the boat that had set out from Türkiye. The Italian Coast…