By the 7th century, Venetian settlers recognized Byzantine authority in exchange for protection and securing vital trade access. Historian John Julius Norwich emphasized the Byzantine’s role in ...
Constantly in the public eye, Pope Francis is instantly recognisable across the globe, and his likeness adorns t-shirts, mugs, calendars, bookmarks, medals and jewellery, among other things. Too ...
Italy's highest court upheld the slander conviction of Amanda Knox, an American involved in the infamous 2007 murder case of her British flatmate. Knox was sentenced to three years after accusing ...