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A senior coffee maker at Garaldi Caffe, located at Piazza Garita in Naples, Italy, Oct. 1, 2014.

World Starbucks Faces Struggle to Take on Italian Coffee Traditions Starbucks, which plans to open its first Italian store next year, may have found its inspiration in Italy but its large volumes, high prices and calorie-laden coffees are very different from the way Italians consume coffee and use coffee bars

The body of Ashley Olsen, a 35-year-old American woman found dead in her apartment, is carried in a bag and loaded in a police van in Florence, Italy, Jan. 9, 2016.

World Online Life of American Murdered in Italy Spurs Theories About Her Death The media attention swirling around Olsen’s death is reminiscent of that surrounding the brutal 2007 murder of British exchange student Meredith Kercher, and shows how, in the age of social media, the private can suddenly turn very public.

Italian aid workers abducted in Syria last summer, Greta Ramelli (L) and Vanessa Marzullo arrive at Ciampino airport in Rome early on Jan. 16, 2015.

World Freed Aid Workers Return to Italy Amid Anger at Suspected Ransom Paid to Militants The two kidnapped Italian aid workers landed in Rome at four on Friday morning. They looked subdued, huddled in their parkas, as the Italian foreign minister escorted them through the darkness

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi at the Palazzo Chigi in Rome on April 28, 2014.

World Matteo Renzi: 'Italy Will Never Be a Normal Country'Read Stephan Faris’ full story on Matteo Renzi in this week’s issue of TIME. I’ve been reading your interviews and speeches, and I’ve seen many phrases like “In a normal

ITALY. Rome, 2014. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi at Palazzo Chigi.

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World The 2014 TIME 100: Italy's Renzi Recalls Obama's Meeting With Pope Francis On the morning of March 27, President Barack Obama met Pope Francis in Rome. That afternoon, on the other side of the Tiber River he paid another visit, to Italy’s newly elected prime minister,

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks with Pope Francis during their meeting at the Vatican March 27, 2014.

World Inside Obama's Meeting With Pope Francis The private meeting between President Barack Obama and Pope Francis had been scheduled to run for half-an-hour. It lasted 52 minutes. The president had been escorted into the Vatican by a line of

President Barack Obama and Pope Francis exchange gifts during a private audience on March 27, 2014 at the Vatican.

World President Obama Prepares to Meet the People's Pope The focus of the conversation when President Barack Obama meets Pope Francis on Thursday is expected to be the gap between the rich and the poor. Obama has called income inequality “the

Italian aid workers abducted in Syria last summer, Greta Ramelli (L) and Vanessa Marzullo arrive at Ciampino airport in Rome early on Jan. 16, 2015.

World Freed Aid Workers Return to Italy Amid Anger at Suspected Ransom Paid to Militants The two kidnapped Italian aid workers landed in Rome at four on Friday morning. They looked subdued, huddled in their parkas, as the Italian foreign minister escorted them through the darkness

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi at the Palazzo Chigi in Rome on April 28, 2014.

World Matteo Renzi: 'Italy Will Never Be a Normal Country'Read Stephan Faris’ full story on Matteo Renzi in this week’s issue of TIME. I’ve been reading your interviews and speeches, and I’ve seen many phrases like “In a normal

ITALY. Rome, 2014. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi at Palazzo Chigi.

World The Italian job

TIME Magazine default image

World The 2014 TIME 100: Italy's Renzi Recalls Obama's Meeting With Pope Francis On the morning of March 27, President Barack Obama met Pope Francis in Rome. That afternoon, on the other side of the Tiber River he paid another visit, to Italy’s newly elected prime minister,

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks with Pope Francis during their meeting at the Vatican March 27, 2014.

World Inside Obama's Meeting With Pope Francis The private meeting between President Barack Obama and Pope Francis had been scheduled to run for half-an-hour. It lasted 52 minutes. The president had been escorted into the Vatican by a line of

President Barack Obama and Pope Francis exchange gifts during a private audience on March 27, 2014 at the Vatican.

World President Obama Prepares to Meet the People's Pope The focus of the conversation when President Barack Obama meets Pope Francis on Thursday is expected to be the gap between the rich and the poor. Obama has called income inequality “the

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