at Fori Imperiali during a military parade to celebrate Italy's 150th anniversary of unification, in Rome June 2, 2011. [Photo/Agencies] Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, Russian President Dmitry ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Fewer than 400,000 babies were born in Italy last year, the lowest since the 1861 unification of the ...