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Italy may be without Marco Verratti for their upcoming Nations League games after the Paris St Germain midfielder had to be substituted due to a calf injury on Sunday. Verratti was forced to leave the field in the 64th minute of their 1-0 Ligue 1 win at Olympique Lyonnais and…

After her party’s meteoric rise, Meloni could become the first far-right leader to guide the country since World War II.

The rightist League aims to win the Italian premiership when the country holds an election next week, its leader Matteo Salvini told his party's annual rally in northern Italy on Sunday.

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By any account, Giorgia Meloni’s rise is astonishing, write Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli. In a matter of weeks, she could become the prime minister of Italy