Director Joe Wright talks to Christiane Amanpour about his new series following the rise of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini ...

But the fact is that this straight-arm gesture was actually first popularised by the Italian fascist leader, Benito Mussolini, who ruled as a dictator in Italy between 1922 and 1943. Those of us who ...

U.S. schoolchildren perform the “Bellamy salute” to the American flag in 1941 ... Soon after this, when Mussolini founded the Italian fascist movement in 1919, he adopted D’Annunzio ...

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Historians disagree over the significance of Musk’s gesture, which is reminiscent of the greeting used by 20th century fascists and their modern-day supporters. #EuroVerify ...

WASHINGTON — It’s time to take pride in the American flag again, President Trump’s State Department said on Tuesday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday banned flying any other flags ...

The U.S. State Department has adopted a new policy under the Trump administration that effectively blocks U.S. embassies and outposts from flying Pride and Black Lives Matter flags, a report said ...

The flag of the United States of America and the flag of the state of Utah are currently at Full Staff. Jan. 15, 2025 – Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox has issued an order for the flags of the United States ...

stringing up a fake body upside down in an imitation of the hanging of Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini's corpse in the very same square in 1945. As reported by Italian agency ANSA ...

An effigy of Elon Musk was hung upside down in Milan’s Piazzale Loreto on Tuesday (January 21), the site where Italy's fascist leader Benito Mussolini’s body was displayed in 1945. The protest ...

Student protestors hung an effigy of tech-mogul Elon Musk in Piazzale Loreto, where Mussolini was hung in 1945. @ElsMontijn via X Italian university students hung an effigy of billionaire Elon ...

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk comes under fire for making gesture at President Trump rally similar to Nazi salute.