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On vacation in Dante’s Inferno – POLITICO

On vacation in Dante’s Inferno – POLITICO

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Antoaneta Roussi is a cybersecurity reporter at POLITICO. RIPOSTO, Italy — Stepping off the airplane in Sicily feels like entering a furnace. It's 43 degrees in the shade. We land in Trapani, 300 kilometers west of Catania, the original destination of our flight. We were rerouted because of a fire at the airport, an issue which will also occur some days later in Palermo. It's just the start of things to come. As the reality sinks in — that our vacation has taken us to the hottest corner of Europe, and…
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Putin can’t count on his friends in Italy anymore – POLITICO

Putin can’t count on his friends in Italy anymore – POLITICO

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. When Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni walks into the Oval Office on Thursday, her transformation will be complete.  Gone is the ghoulish caricature of an extremist monster, sympathetic to Moscow, whose party was descended from fascists, and in her place stands a pragmatic conservative willing to do business with a grateful international mainstream.  For U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukraine’s backers in the West, securing Meloni’s long-term commitment to the war effort is vital: Italy will assume the leadership of the G7 next year, at what’s likely to be…
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Read the proposed Hunter Biden plea agreement

Read the proposed Hunter Biden plea agreement

Lawyers detailed aspects of the proposed deal in court, but the documents themselves have not been published on the court’s docket. POLITICO obtained them and is publishing them here. | Screenshot by POLITICO STAFF Hunter Biden’s plea deal is on hold after a judge raised questions Wednesday about the proposed plea agreement and a related agreement known as a pretrial diversion program. Lawyers detailed aspects of the proposed deal in court, but the documents themselves have not been published on the court’s docket. POLITICO obtained them and is publishing them here. Under the proposed plea agreement and diversion agreement, Biden…
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The 11 most embarrassing political resignations – POLITICO

The 11 most embarrassing political resignations – POLITICO

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. It’s not every day that a pair of sunglasses causes your downfall. But that’s what happened to Bjørnar Moxnes, a Norwegian left-wing party leader who was caught on camera stealing a pair of luxury sunglasses from Oslo airport. “A lot of people have asked me how I could do something so stupid. I’ve asked myself that many times in recent weeks. I don’t have an adequate explanation,” Moxnes wrote on Facebook. In honor of Moxnes’ fall from grace, POLITICO brings you some of the most embarrassing resignations in European…
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Feijóo’s numbers don’t add up – POLITICO

Feijóo’s numbers don’t add up – POLITICO

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. MADRID — Alberto Núñez Feijóo may not want to admit it but his hope of being Spain’s next prime minister may have to be lowered. On Monday night, the leader of the center-right Popular Party, which won the most votes in last Sunday’s national election in Spain but fell short of securing a governing majority, was left without options to form a government after two key regional parties rejected his overtures. To become Spain’s prime minister, a candidate whose party has not secured a governing majority needs to either…
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Come la Francia ha imparato ad amare il Grande Fratello – POLITICO

Come la Francia ha imparato ad amare il Grande Fratello – POLITICO

Premi play per ascoltare questo articolo Doppiato dall'intelligenza artificiale. PARIGI — Libertà. Egalità. Ma soprattutto: sicurezza. Tutto ebbe inizio con Napoleone Bonaparte. Nel corso di due secoli, la Francia ha messo insieme a apparato di sorveglianza capace di intercettazione di comunicazioni private; conservazione dei dati sul traffico e sulla localizzazione fino a un anno; memorizzare le impronte digitali delle persone; e monitorando gran parte del territorio con telecamere. Questo sistema, che ha subito il respingimento da parte delle organizzazioni per i diritti digitali e Esperti delle Nazioni Unite, avrà il suo momento clou alle Olimpiadi estive di Parigi del 2024.…
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