ROME - for the war correspondent Stefania Battistini, who is being prosecuted by the Kremlin for an allegedly illegal crossing into Russia, life has not got much easier following her emergency repatriation. Living under police protection in Italy, the RAI reporter opened up about dealing with death threats from Russian apologists who still believe federal law was violated in August when she crossed the border to report on Ukraine's invasion of Kursk. 

 ROME — Police have arrested a man who allegedly broke into a flat in a wealthy Rome neighbourhood to steal and then sat down to read a book.

 The “intellectual” thief broke into an apartment in the Prati quarter and became distracted after spotting a book about Greek mythology on the owner’s bedside table. Intrigued by the title — The gods at six. The Iliad at cocktail hour — he picked up the volume and sat on a balcony to read it.