Rome — A new exhibition at Studio DFB brings together twenty years of artistic inquiry by Rome based artist and art director Claudia Palmira, in a show that moves fluidly between abstraction, materiality and introspection.

Titled Inner Calligraphics, the exhibition opens by invitation on 16 April and runs until the end of the month, presenting an anthological selection of Palmira’s recent and new works.

The project unfolds as a visual journey through layered marks and symbolic gestures, reflecting a sustained engagement with both digital and tactile forms.

  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti --The end of the “personal kingdom” of the WFP Haiti country director Wanja Kaaria and her sidekick Helen Kamau is in sight after Wanja was reassigned to Africa to the UN agency’s Uganda office after just two years in the turbulent Carribean nation and a probe by UN investigators from New York into her activities, diplomatic sources say.

  MONTECASSINO -- The Benedictine Abbey of Montecassino, perched on a clifftop 2000 m above sea level, is a distinctive landmark viewed from the motorway at the Lazio-Campania regional border on the way to Naples. At first glance it seems impossible that a small group of penniless monks were able to galvanize workmen to help them build this monumental building.

 Rome -- Italians were in mourning Wednesday after Itay lost to lowly Bosnia on penalties in Zenica Tuesday night and is out of the World Cup for the third time in a row. There were wild celebrations through the night in Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital. 

The Italian national team failed in the crucial match of the world cup qualifiers, the match ended in 1-1 before penalties where the Bosnian team walked away with the win 5-2. 

The Italian team have won four World Cup titles but haven’t qualified since 2014. 

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