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Pope Leo Diagnosed With Lung Cancer After Surgery in Rome
Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer, the Vatican said, after surgeons removed a cancerous growth from his right lung in a 90-minute operation in Rome.
Costanza Bardi · 470 words
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Apennine hills, the Chianti country, the Arno valley, the Tyrrhenian coast and the Maremma.
Economy & culture
Tourism, wine and olive oil, fashion and leather, pharmaceuticals, marble.
The Renaissance, Florence and the Uffizi, the postcard countryside, the language that became standard Italian.