US President-elect Donald Trump hailed Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as a “fantastic woman” as she became the latest world leader to visit his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida.

Giorgia Meloni was in Mar-a-Lago for barely five hours and every moment had to count. With so many leaders vying for Donald Trump’s attention, hers was a win. But after dinner with the president elect,

President-elect Donald Trump made an appearance with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who was visiting his Mar-a-Lago club.

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Giorgia Meloni, the Italian prime minister, joins just a handful of other world leaders who have been to the president-elect’s Florida estate since his victory.

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni flew to Florida on Saturday and met with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach. Most Read from BloombergIs This Weird Dome the Future of Watching Sports?

Meloni received a rapturous welcome to Trump's Palm Beach resort, according to videos circulating on social media.

An Italian journalist detained in Iran last month has been freed and is on a flight back to Rome, the Italian government says. Cecilia Sala, 29, was arrested on 19 December, three days after an Iranian engineer was detained by Italian authorities in Milan on suspicion of supplying drone technology that led to the deaths of US soldiers.

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, wishes to meet with the US President, Joe Biden, in Rome. Biden's visit to the Eternal City marks the end of his tenure. The Italian newspaper "Il Messaggero" reported on Zelensky's intentions.

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