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national capital, Italy
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'Conclave' and Ralph Fiennes go for the (papal) throne
• Oct. 23, 2024, 1:07 PM ET (AP)
The first migrants sent to Albania for processing return to Italy
• Oct. 19, 2024, 10:53 AM ET (AP)
Italian autoworkers go on strike, as troubled Stellantis faces pressure over production plans
• Oct. 18, 2024, 9:09 AM ET (AP)
Ukraine's Zelenskyy city-hops across Europe, promoting 'victory plan' to allies
• Oct. 11, 2024, 2:20 AM ET (AP)
Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli crowds rally across the world on the eve of Oct. 7 anniversary
• Oct. 6, 2024, 5:24 PM ET (AP)
Rome, historic city and capital of Roma provincia (province), of Lazio regione (region), and of the country of Italy. Rome is located in the central portion of the Italian peninsula, on the Tiber River about 15 miles (24 km) inland from the Tyrrhenian Sea. Once the capital of an ancient republic and empire whose armies and polity defined the Western world in antiquity and left seemingly indelible imprints thereafter, the spiritual and physical seat of the Roman Catholic Church, and the site of major pinnacles of artistic and intellectual achievement, Rome is the Eternal City, remaining today a political capital, ...(100 of 20237 words)