The conversionLaura Loomer’s challenge to the ‘Putinists’ at MAGA. The Trump influencer speaks outThe best-known Trumpist influencer accuses part of the American right of having aligned itself with the enemy, defends Israel and criticises Vance. And on the future of MAGA: “I don’t think we should be the party of political coronations”. Kyiv, Islam and the future of America. InterviewbyAni Chkhikvadze25 AUG 26
"fighters, not victims"Weapons, sanctions, independence. The Day of the Volunteers in KyivLondon is ready to share classified missile technology with Ukraine, marking the start of a ‘virtuous circle’ which, however, also requires funding to support the development of Ukraine’s defence capabilities byMicol Flammini24 AUG 26
1940–2026Fabrizio Plessi dispelled the misconception surrounding ‘ars gratia artis’ and put technology at the service of natureA pioneer of video art, he used to say that technology as we understand it today “does not exist”. He was 86 years oldbyFabiana Giacomotti24 AUG 26
EditorialsThe Vatican at Lavrov’s tableFor the first time since 2021, a senior papal official is travelling to MoscowbyRedazione24 AUG 26
ChangesAdded time, injuries and VAR interventions. The new rules for the Serie A leagueWith the start of the football season, the new rule – first seen at the World Cup in the US – has been introduced in our league to reduce time-wasting and redefine the situations in which the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) may be usedbyAlessandro Villari24 AUG 26
Screenshot #1Diouf’s one-two is just as good as Pio Esposito’s backheelThe highlight of the first day of the 2026–2027 Serie A season came just before the goal with which the Italian striker made it 3–1 for the Nerazzurri against Monza: a rare sight in Italian footballbyEnrico Veronese24 AUG 26
a distorted narrativeTaranto’s ‘comeback’: Ilva out, the Games inIt was once the most important and prosperous city in southern Italy; today, after years of populism and degrowth, it is spoken of as a patient in need of rehabilitation. But from what?byAnnarita Digiorgio24 AUG 26
The storyDiary of an impossible applicationA first-person account by the journalist snubbed by the PD for the Reggio Calabria by-election in September. The factional rivalries, the secrecy and the power games that continue despite the centre-left’s last three defeatsbyCarmine Fotia24 AUG 26
the interviewYasmina Reza: ironic and ruthless on the grand stage of lifeFirst an actress, then an author of novels, memoirs and plays that have travelled the globe. Writing? A lifeline. Morality? The absence of complacency and pretence. A conversation (without overly personal answers)byAntonio Monda24 AUG 26
The procedureThis transformed centre-left is impossible to ‘moderate’Anyone still clinging to the PD’s ideas from 2016 now finds themselves ‘on the right’. What common ground can they find with those who have pulled the rug out from under their feet?byLuigi Marattin24 AUG 26