The Unrest in Europe: A Tangle of Reality and Disinformation When protests erupted across France and Italy over the rising cost of living, the immediate question in government circles wasn’t just about economic pain—it was about who might be pulling the strings. In Rome, intelligence officials began investigating whether Moscow had a hand in the unrest, following a request from the Meloni government for a deeper look. Defence Minister Guido Crosetto spoke ominously of “hybrid warfare” being brought into Western countries through unlikely channels: TikTok, social media, and YouTube. He painted a picture of a patient, silent enemy using these…

Jeanne still hears the whisper that came from nowhere and everywhere: “At the hospital they will give your child bad injections and he will die.” Her voice trembles as she repeats the words. Her six-year-old son had begun with a fever and vomiting, and in those first hours she told herself it was malaria. She did what many mothers do: she gave him medicine at home, cooled his forehead, and prayed for the fever to break. But the fever did not break. Around her, the rumors grew louder and more insistent. Ebola, people said, was invented to make money. Treatment…