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The pandemic has transformed the way we live, attend school and do our work, and our cities must change accordingly.

Covid-19 is teaching us how to design healthier cities

The pandemic has transformed the way we live, attend school and do our work, and our cities must change accordingly

Sacred site: The monolithic rock-cut church of Saint George in Lalibela, Ethiopia is one of 12 churches there hewn from rock.  (Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis/Getty Images)

A pilgrimage to Lalibela’s stone carved churches

For the people who live near this sacred site in Ethiopa, religion is woven into daily life

Vatican City it is a big dream, say Syrians taken in by the Pope

Response in Rome is mixed as locals see other problems go unaddressed.

Findings may prove Rome a century older than initially thought

As the Italian capital approaches its 2 767th birthday, excavations have revealed a wall built long before the city’s official founding year.

Ill-fated Italian cruise liner to be moved by year’s end

The wreck of Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia will be moved from Giglio Island by the end of the year, the top rescue official said on Sunday.

Parcel bomb found at Greek embassy in Rome

A parcel bomb was found at the Greek embassy in Rome on Monday, police said, just days after two explosive packages went off at two other embassies.

Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis dies aged 91

Dino De Laurentiis, producer of some of Italy’s best-known films has died in Los Angeles, aged 91, Italian media reported on Thursday.

Italy’s top court to rule on Berlusconi immunity

Italy’s top court rules this week on whether a law granting immunity to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi violates the Constitution.

Defensive worries for Barca, United

For all the talk of attacking capabilities, Barcelona and Manchester United must sort out defensive worries for Wednesday’s Champions League final.

Rome ready to defy critics with perfect final

Rome will mount a security operation to avoid trouble at the Champions League final and prove UEFA were right to award the showpiece to the city.

G7 powers head to Rome as economic crisis rages

G7 finance ministers are under pressure to prove they can work together to stop the rot rather than engaging in a battle of "beggar-thy-neighbour".

The Golden Arches

The trick to enjoying a tour of Rome is to avoid the organised tour buses with Americans, particularly the ones who come from small towns.

Seeking salvation through science

University and hospital are seen as an attempt by controversial Catholic group Opus Dei to dispel myths and fears. Riazat Butt reports.

Pistorius still short of qualifying for Olympics

Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius missed out in another attempt to qualify for the Olympics on Friday.

Mallett says they’ll ‘match Boks in the combat’

Italy must show fighting spirit to make up for the loss of many in Tests in South Africa and Argentina, said stand-in captain Leonardo Ghiraldini.

Great master of Italian comedy dies in Rome

Filmmaker Dino Risi, whose films helped shape Italian comedy during a career that spanned seven decades, died on June 7 in Rome.

Political rows threaten food summit success

A United Nations global food crisis summit risked embarrassing failure to reach any formal agreement on combating hunger threatening a billion people worldwide.

World leaders grapple to agree food-crisis plan

World leaders will seek on Thursday to agree an action plan to tackle the global food crisis after three days of wrangling.

Mugabe defends land seizures

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, whose 28-year rule has brought widespread hunger to his country, on Tuesday defended the seizure of land from white farmers, saying he is…

Mugabe blasts West for seeking ‘regime change’

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe accused the West on Tuesday of seeking to provoke "illegal regime change" by crippling his country economically. Speaking at a summit on the…