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As Pope Leo Recovers, the Church Runs on Autopilot
Foreign wires report the pontiff is walking and in a good mood after a cancerous lung lobe was removed in Rome
Pope Leo has been diagnosed with lung cancer after surgeons removed the lower lobe of his right lung, and the Vatican says he is recovering as expected.
Rosaria Esposito · NATIONAL
Meloni Moves to Trademark Her Voice Against AI Deepfakes
Le Monde reports the Italian prime minister wants legal protection from ultra-realistic generated videos of public figures
Italy's prime minister is seeking to trademark her own voice, Le Monde reports, as governments across Europe weigh how to answer AI-generated disinformation.
Sergio Madrussan · NATIONAL
Meloni Calls Trump's Russian Diesel Deal 'Very Risky' as Genoa Watches the Cargo
The prime minister warns the US purchase could legitimise Moscow; Italy's largest port has a direct stake in where the barrels land
Giorgia Meloni said on Wednesday that Donald Trump's deal to buy Russian diesel was 'very risky', arguing it could end up 'legitimising Moscow'.
Marina Doria · ECONOMY
Canada's Buyer Ban Nears Expiry, and Tuscany Counts the Cottages
The Local reports that restrictions on Canadian purchases of Italian property could lapse in January
A Canadian law that has kept buyers out of the Tuscan hills may expire at the start of next year, and the foreign press is already reading the market.
Costanza Bardi · REGIONAL
Regional dispatches
As Pope Leo Recovers, the Vatican Runs on Autopilot
The foreign press reports a bureaucracy built over centuries to keep functioning when the pope cannot.
Pope Leo is recovering in Rome after lung cancer surgery, and the Vatican's machinery is designed to keep running without him.
Beatrice Comolli
While Leo Recovers, the Vatican Runs on Autopilot
The New York Times reports a bureaucracy fine-tuned over centuries to function when the pope cannot
As Pope Leo recovers from lung cancer surgery in Rome, the foreign press turns to a quieter question: how the Vatican governs when its head is in a hospital ward.
Sergio Madrussan
Meloni Moves to Trademark Her Voice Against Deepfakes
Le Monde reports the Italian prime minister is seeking legal protection from AI-generated imitations of public figures
Italy's prime minister is pursuing a trademark on her own voice, Le Monde reports, as AI-generated likenesses of public figures spread disinformation.
Costanza Bardi
Meloni Moves to Trademark Her Voice as AI Deepfakes Spread
Le Monde reports the Italian prime minister is seeking legal protection of her likeness against ultra-realistic AI-generated video
Italy's prime minister is seeking to trademark her own voice, Le Monde reports, in a bid to shield herself from AI-generated deepfakes of public figures.
Niccolò Mariani
Meloni Calls Trump's Russian Diesel Deal 'Very Risky'
The Italian prime minister warns the purchase could legitimise Moscow, according to The Local Italy
Giorgia Meloni said a US deal to buy Russian diesel was 'very risky' and could end up legitimising Moscow, The Local Italy reported.
Elena Marcheggiani
Meloni Moves to Trademark Her Voice Against AI Deepfakes
Le Monde reports the Italian prime minister wants legal protection from ultra-realistic AI videos of public figures
Le Monde reports Giorgia Meloni is seeking to trademark her voice to shield herself from AI-generated deepfakes used to spread disinformation.
Davide Ruspoli
The Vatican Runs on Autopilot as Leo Recovers, and the Interior Watches
Foreign coverage of the Pope's lung cancer diagnosis turns to the machinery that keeps the Church moving when the pontiff cannot
As Pope Leo recovers from lung surgery in Rome, the New York Times reports a Vatican bureaucracy built to function without him.
Marco Di Sante
Meloni Moves to Trademark Her Voice, and the Deep South Counts the Cost of the Fake
Le Monde reports the Italian prime minister wants legal protection from AI-generated imitations of her voice.
Rome's answer to the deepfake is a trademark claim, a remedy that assumes you have lawyers — and a voice worth stealing.
Antonio Petrella
Meloni Calls Trump's Russian Diesel Deal 'Very Risky'
The Italian prime minister warns the purchase could end up legitimising Moscow, The Local Italy reports
Giorgia Meloni said the US president's deal to buy Russian diesel was 'very risky' and could end up 'legitimising Moscow', according to The Local Italy.
Pietro Lasorsa
Meloni Moves to Trademark Her Voice as Deepfakes Spread
Le Monde reports the Italian prime minister wants legal protection from AI-generated likenesses used to spread disinformation.
Italy's prime minister is seeking to trademark her own voice, according to Le Monde, in a bid to blunt ultra-realistic AI fakes of public figures.
Saverio Gallo
Meloni Calls Trump's Russian Diesel Deal 'Very Risky'
The Italian prime minister warned the US purchase could end up legitimising Moscow, according to The Local Italy.
Italy's prime minister said on Wednesday that Donald Trump's deal to buy Russian diesel was 'very risky' and could legitimise Moscow.
Saverio Gallo
A New York Times Road Trip Through Piero della Francesca's Tuscany
The paper's writer travels beyond Florence to the towns that hold the early Renaissance master's frescoes.
The New York Times has published a travel account of touring Tuscany in search of Piero della Francesca's frescoes, in towns well beyond Florence.
Eleonora Vanzetti
Meloni Moves to Trademark Her Voice Against AI Deepfakes
Le Monde reports the Italian prime minister is seeking legal protection from ultra-realistic AI-generated videos
Le Monde reports that Giorgia Meloni is seeking to trademark her voice to defend against AI-generated deepfakes of public figures.
Lorenzo Ferraris
Meloni Calls Trump's Russian Diesel Deal 'Very Risky'
The Italian prime minister argues the US purchase could end up legitimising Moscow, The Local Italy reports
Giorgia Meloni said a US deal to buy Russian diesel is 'very risky' and could legitimise Moscow, according to The Local Italy.
Lorenzo Ferraris
Meloni Moves to Trademark Her Voice as Deepfakes Spread
Le Monde reports the Italian prime minister wants legal protection from AI-generated videos using her likeness
Le Monde reports that Giorgia Meloni is seeking to trademark her voice to counter ultra-realistic AI videos that impersonate public figures.
Camille Bréan
Meloni Moves to Trademark Her Voice as AI Deepfakes Spread
Le Monde reports the Italian prime minister wants legal protection over her likeness, a first test of personality rights against synthetic media.
Italy's prime minister is seeking to trademark her own voice to counter ultra-realistic AI-generated videos, Le Monde reports.
Beatrice Comolli
Opinion
The Pontiff in Ward Five
The world's coverage of Pope Leo's surgery has been precise, respectful and almost entirely medical — and that restraint is itself a story about Rome.
Editorial Board
A Voice That Wants to Be Property
Le Monde reports that the Italian prime minister is seeking to trademark her own voice against deepfakes — a small legal move with large questions inside it.
Editorial Board