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On November 13, 2017, the Italy national football team suffered the darkest moment in its modern history, as a goalless draw at home to Sweden meant they failed to qualify for the World Cup. 

In the battle over who controls Telecom Italia SpA, an important theme is emerging: It helps to be Italian.

The spat between Vincent Bollore's Vivendi SA, the operator's biggest shareholder, and activist hedge fund Elliott Management Corp. claimed its first victims on Thursday after the chairman and six directors resigned from the carrier's board.

Police are investigating whether four people arrested over a drug bust in the state's central west have links to the Italian mafia.

ROME — Italy’s Parliament convened Friday for the first time since anti-establishment forces shattered the old-line political system, and it remains unclear who will lead the country. But one victor is certain: the Kremlin. 

Both the populist Five Star Movement and the far-right League – the two parties likeliest to bring together a ruling coalition — have called for a swift end to European sanctions against Russia. Both want to reorient the NATO defense alliance away from its increasingly robust stance in Eastern Europe, where it has stationed troops and tanks to defend against a possible conflict with the Kremlin. And both say Russia is a valuable partner in the global fight against terrorism in Syria and elsewhere.