WASHINGTON - “Today is an important day. After three and a half years in which we faced a Russia that gave no sign of dialogue and demanded Kiev's capitulation, there are finally glimmers of hope for dialogue, because there is a stalemate that was created by the courage of the Ukrainians, but also by the united support that the West has provided to the nation in recent years,” announced Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni before meeting with Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House, reports Il Fatto Quotidiano.

 BOLZANO - Investigations are continuing to determine the cause of the Serratia marcescens infection that killed two newborns, writes Il Fatto Quotidiano. In the meantime, a preliminary precautionary measure has been taken: suspending the use of a specific dishwashing detergent, potentially contaminated, in all hospitals in the province of Bolzano. The directive was issued today by the General Management of the South Tyrol Health Authority following the death of the two premature babies in the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit in recent days.

 NARO, Sicily - 18-year-old rapper Samuele Nisi, was due to perform Monday night in the small Baroque town in Piazza Garibaldi, but mayor Milco Dalacchi, opposed it, as reported by Il Fatto Quotidiano. “He is not a welcome person, he glorifies crime, I have already contacted the association and he was immediately dismissed.”

 SONDRIO - Two Italian mountaineers, a man and a woman, died on Castore, in the Monte Rosa massif. Their bodies were recovered in the early Thusday afternoon by the Aosta Valley Mountain Rescue Service. The alarm was raised this morning after contact was lost with the mountaineers, who had spent the night at the Quintino Sella refuge. They were spotted during a helicopter flyover. The bodies were taken to Champoluc. The investigation has been entrusted to the Cervinia Finance Police.