I moved from Texas to Italy because I was concerned about US politics and the economy. Venice is so much more reasonable in every single way.

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Alan Bruton moved to Venice, Italy, in his late 50s and opened an architecture and exhibition design studio.

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Is your food safe to eat? Why your wasabi, vanilla, and honey could be fake

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Hate to break it to you, but your truffle oil wasn't made from truffles. Your vanilla extract? Well, that's probably just a lab-made derivative of crude oil. And your shaker of Parmesan cheese? It probably has wood pulp inside.

I'm a Black woman who grew up hearing about the American dream. Here's why I'm moving to Italy.

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Ashley Blanc.

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Pompeii find reveals the secrets of life as a slave in Ancient Rome, frozen in time for almost 2,000 years by volcanic eruption

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Room containing two beds, one without a mattress, cabinets, urns and containers was found by archaeologists at the Civita Giuliana villa
A small bedroom used by slaves is pictured after it was discovered by archaeologists in a Roman villa near Pompeii, Italy.

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Parmigiano-Reggiano makers are putting edible microchips the size of a grain of sand into their 90-pound cheese wheels to combat counterfeiters

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A worker cuts a wheel of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese at the Casearia Castelli, member of Lactalis Group, at the Caseificio Tricolore in Reggio Emilia, Northern Italy, on April 19, 2023.

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Jeff Bezos' hot yacht summer with fiancée continues in Croatia with Orlando Bloom, Katy Perry, and Usher

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Bezos and Sanchez have been spotted in Croatia with some celebrity friends following engagement party.

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Italian mayors are still hoping that an Elon v. Zuck fight could boost their towns' profiles, despite the Meta CEO getting tired of Musk's shenanigans

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Elon Musk, Rome's Colosseum, and Mark Zuckerberg.

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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's superyacht engagement party reportedly included business titans and celebs, from Bill Gates and his girlfriend to Leonardo DiCaprio

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Jeff Bezos and fiancee Lauren Sanchez hosted a private, but star-studded engagement party on their $500M yacht

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Far-right Italian prime minister sues the lead singer of Placebo for calling her a 'fascist' and a 'racist'

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Giorgia Meloni, leader of Fratelli d'Italia, speaks at a rally in Catania, Italy on August 29, 2022.
Giorgia Meloni, leader of Fratelli d'Italia, speaks at a rally in Catania, Italy.

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Italy just slammed China's trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative, saying it was an 'atrocious' decision to join and that it's barely benefited from the deal

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Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands after the signing ceremony on Belt and Road Initiative, on March 23, 2019 in Rome, Italy.
Italy just slammed China's trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative, saying it was an 'atrocious' decision to join and that it's barely benefited from the deal.

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