Italy

Far-right and center-right parties dominated the European Union parliamentary vote. The rightward shift could have wide-ranging impacts, including blocking new legislation toward climate goals.

Su filindeu, or "threads of God," is the rarest pasta in the world. For a century, it was made by a single family in the Sardinian city of Nuoro for religious celebrations. Today, there are fewer than 10 people there who know the secret to making the pasta as thin as a strand of hair.