Italy

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Italy and deals with China illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

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Meanwhile, over in Italy ... (Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times)

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Turin, Italy at sunrise with the Mole Antonelliana towering over the city.

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The Ca’ Sagredo Hotel in Venice, Italy (Photograph by Alison Reynolds / Special to The Washington Times)

A girl cries as lifeless bodies lie on the ground outside disco Lanterna Azzurra in Corinaldo, central Italy, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. A stampede at a rap concert in an overcrowded disco in central Italy killed five young teenagers and a woman who had accompanied her daughter to the event early Saturday, police said, adding that 59 people were injured. (AP Photo/Bobo Antic)

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Illustration on Islam's creeping inundation of Italy by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Illustration on corruption in Italy's support of refugees by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Tourists queueing to enter the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. An air-conditioning breakdown has caused the Uffizi Galleries in Florence to shut its doors to the public as Italy sizzles in a heat wave. Italy’s celebrated art museum said technicians were working Friday to fix the air conditioning system so it can re-open later in the day. It was staying closed for at least three hours. (Maurizio Degl'Innocenti/ANSA via AP)

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Tourists queueing to enter the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. An air-conditioning breakdown has caused the Uffizi Galleries in Florence to shut its doors to the public as Italy sizzles in a heat wave. Italy’s celebrated art museum said technicians were working Friday to fix the air conditioning system so it can re-open later in the day. It was staying closed for at least three hours. (Maurizio Degl'Innocenti/ANSA via AP)

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Firefighters try to extinguish a fire that broke in a green area of Naples, Italy, Thursday, July 20, 2017. Two buildings were evacuated. Wildfires have been ravaging swaths of Italy, mostly in the south, where the Coldiretti agricultural lobby says July rain levels were down 83 percent while temperatures were around 3 degrees Celsius higher. (Cesare Abbate/ANSA via AP)

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Sun sets over burnt trees of the Castelfusano pine forest, near Rome, Italy, Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Wildfires have been ravaging swaths of Italy, mostly in the south, where the Coldiretti agricultural lobby says July rain levels were down 83 percent while temperatures were around 3 degrees Celsius higher. (Massimo Percossi/ANSA via AP)

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A canadair firefighter airplane flies at dusk over the Castelfusano pine forest, near Rome, Italy, Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Wildfires have been ravaging swaths of Italy, mostly in the south, where the Coldiretti agricultural lobby says July rain levels were down 83 percent while temperatures were around 3 degrees Celsius higher. (Massimo Percossi/ANSA via AP)

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Burnt trees are pictured in the Castelfusano pine forest, near Rome, Italy, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Wildfires have been ravaging swaths of Italy, mostly in the south, where the Coldiretti agricultural lobby says July rain levels were down 83 percent while temperatures were around 3 degrees Celsius higher. (Massimo Percossi/ANSA via AP)

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Burnt trees are pictured in the Castelfusano pine forest, near Rome, Italy, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Wildfires have been ravaging swaths of Italy, mostly in the south, where the Coldiretti agricultural lobby says July rain levels were down 83 percent while temperatures were around 3 degrees Celsius higher. (Massimo Percossi/ANSA via AP)

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FILE - In this Tuesday, March 28, 2017 file photo, Italy's Leonardo Bonucci celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the international friendly soccer match between The Netherlands and Italy at the Amsterdam ArenA stadium, Netherlands. Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci is close to completing a transfer from Juventus to rival AC Milan that could signal a shift in the balance of power in Serie A. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

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In this Wednesday, July 12, 2017 photo, tourists on a boat turn around to look at a wild fire after being evacuated from their resort in the Sicilian area of San Vito Lo Capo, near Trapani, southern Italy. Wildfires fueled by heat and winds have been blazing across much of southern Italy, encroaching on the Amalfi coast and elsewhere. (Ferruccio Donato via AP).

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In this Wednesday, July 12, 2017 photo, tourists on a beach are evacuated with boats after a wild fire broke out near their resort in the Sicilian area of San Vito Lo Capo, near Trapani, southern Italy. Wildfires fueled by heat and winds have been blazing across much of southern Italy, encroaching on the Amalfi coast and elsewhere. (Ferruccio Donato via AP).

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In this Wednesday, July 12, 2017 photo, boats with evacuated tourists from a beach stay at sea after a wild fire broke out near their resort in the Sicilian area of San Vito Lo Capo, near Trapani, southern Italy. Wildfires fueled by heat and winds have been blazing across much of southern Italy, encroaching on the Amalfi coast and elsewhere. (Ferruccio Donato via AP).

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In this Wednesday, July 12, 2017 photo, boats stay at sea with evacuated tourists after after a wild fire broke out near their resort in the Sicilian area of San Vito Lo Capo, near Trapani, southern Italy. Wildfires fueled by heat and winds have been blazing across much of southern Italy, encroaching on the Amalfi coast and elsewhere. (Ferruccio Donato via AP).

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In this Wednesday, July 12, 2017 photo, tourists sit at a resort cafe as smoke is seen in the background, before being evacuated by sea after a wild fire approached the resort, in the Sicilian area of San Vito Lo Capo, near Trapani, southern Italy. Wildfires fueled by heat and winds have been blazing across much of southern Italy, encroaching on the Amalfi coast and elsewhere. (Ferruccio Donato via AP).