ROME – Victor Simpson, who has died at age 84, was a quintessential wire service journalist of the old school whose dedication to beating deadlines might have earned him a role in the Packard Reynolds novel ‘the Kansas City Milkman.’ As news editor of The Associated Press bureau in the Eternal City from the late 1970s, he was a meticulous mentor for generations of young reporters who went on to illustrious careers in newspapers.

 ROME – Benjamin Davis, the respected Director of the Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has been effectively forced into retirement because the UN agency disapproved of his position on the “silences” over starvation and famine in Gaza, he told an audience at its Rome headquarters.

 ROME  -- It is understandable that the United States is reluctant to be drawn fully into another conflict in Yemen. But restraint cannot come at the expense of freedom of navigation. The Red Sea must remain open, and if our American friends are unwilling to take the lead, Europeans should be ready to shoulder a greater responsibility.

ROME — Serie A game day four saw AS Roma continued their winning streak with a 0-2 win over Torino to stay atop of the league, as Inter Milan followed hot on their heels with a comeback against Udinese to stay level with the Giallorossi. Donyell Malen opened scoring in the 40th minute marking his sixth goal so far this season for AS Roma in the domestic league.