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Reader question: What time do people eat dinner in Italy?
If you're planning to book a restaurant or want to invite your Italian friends or neighbours over for dinner, here's a look at what time the evening meal is normally eaten in different parts of the country. If you’ve spent summer holidays in Italy you no doubt have memories of relaxed evenings spent eating and
Reader question: Do I need an international permit to drive in Italy?
If you're visiting Italy from outside Europe and plan to drive during your trip, will an international driving permit be necessary? Here's a look at the rules. Question: "We’re planning a trip to Italy in May and we plan to rent a car. We’ve read conflicting information about whether or not we (as US nationals)
Reader letters: Push Windsor MPs, MPPs to help find ways to save Windsor-Detroit tunnel bus
Published Mar 18, 2025 • Last updated Mar 18, 2025 • 2 minute read Transit Windsor bus driver Cliff Pryszlak drives through the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, carrying hockey fans to the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star Why can’t senior governments help save Windsor-Detroit tunnel bus?
Reader reply: Who is really limiting the voices in our tax debate, Bernard?
Bernard Keane is the primary reason I maintain a subscription to Crikey. I don’t agree with everything he writes, but he always makes me think and his scathing analysis of the parlous state of our policy debate is usually spot on. On Monday, though, he published a shocker of a piece about the “reckless spending”
Speak Out reader opinion: Biden family revelations are being ignored
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Speak Out reader opinion: Biden administration spends like a drunken sailor
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Reader letter: Disappointed deadlines seem earlier for print edition
I believe it was in the late 1980’s the Windsor Star went from being an afternoon paper to a morning edition. My late father who worked at the Star at that time explained with the internet and news being shared on the various cable news channels that by the time the afternoon paper went to
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Alexander Volkanovski and Petr Yan are reportedly set to defend their UFC belts at UFC 333
Two championship bouts are expected to take place when the UFC returns to the United Arab Emirates. MMA’s premier promotion will bring UFC 333 to the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on October 24. No fights have been officially announced by the powers that be, but a respected Russian outlet has reported the card will
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‘No surprise’: Netanyahu rejects US-backed Gaza plan
Quotable Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti says Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of the US-backed Gaza plan is no surprise, arguing Israel has repeatedly violated past agreements. He says the real test is whether the US and Western governments will hold Israel accountable. Published On 9 Aug 2026
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Former Defense secretary says Iran ‘emboldened’ by conflict, ignoring Trump threats
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday said Iran is being “emboldened” by the ongoing conflict in the region as President Trump keeps reneging on large-scale threats involving attacks on Tehran. “Clearly the Iranians have figured this out. They are not reacting to these threats, and they are taking very strategic positions with regard to...
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“I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. It was like seeing an instrument from outer space. I said to myself, ‘That’s the future...
(Image credit: Susie Macdonald/Redferns) When Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton were putting together Cream in summer 1966, Eric had with him his Les Paul. This was the guitar that we now know as the ‘Beano’ ’Burst. He’d bought it the previous year when he was a member of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, but now