In this edition

• Bedbugs Ground a Qantas Dreamliner at Fiumicino, and the Marche Watches Its Gateways

  Qantas grounded a Boeing 787 at Rome's Fiumicino airport after passengers were bitten by bedbugs on a 17-hour flight from Australia.

  Elena Marcheggiani · 520 words

• Pope Leo Diagnosed With Lung Cancer After Surgery at Gemelli

  Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer, the Vatican said, after surgeons removed the lower lobe of his right lung in Rome on Tuesday.

  Elena Marcheggiani · 590 words

Recent headlines from this bureau

• Pope Leo Diagnosed With Lung Cancer After Surgery at Gemelli
• Bedbugs Ground a Qantas Dreamliner at Fiumicino, and the Marche Watches Its Gateways
• Germany and Italy Seek an 'Emergency Brake' on New EU Laws
• Pope Leo to Undergo Lung Surgery, and a Region Reads the Bulletin Plainly
• EU Budget Cut Back in Search of a Christmas Deal, and the Adriatic Watches
• Italy's Housing Question, Read from a Region That Cannot Fill Its Houses
• A €5m Wine Heist in Tuscany, and What Marche Cellars Read Into It
• A 'Forever Chemicals' Trial in Piedmont, and the Water Question It Raises

Geography & climate

Mediterranean on the coast, continental inland.

Between the Apennines and the Adriatic — parallel river valleys, hill towns, a long beach coast.

Economy & culture

Shoes and leather, furniture, mechanical districts, fishing, tourism.

Urbino and the Renaissance, Leopardi and Rossini, a dispersed town-and-country life.