EU Rights Spotlight: The European Parliament will host a July 14 conference and then vote on an urgency resolution over forced conversions and forced marriages of minority girls in Pakistan, focusing on the case of Maria Shahbaz, after Pakistan’s top court upheld her 13-year-old marriage. Italian Publishing & Culture: A new study on the Medici family uses genetic analysis to debunk a poisoning rumor around Francesco I de’ Medici’s 1587 death, tying it instead to malaria—another reminder of how archives and scholarship keep rewriting history. Books & Sports Reading: Simon Kuper’s “World Cup Fever” revisits nine tournaments, including his memories of watching matches in Italy and the tournament’s off-field politics, blending reporting and memoir. Media for Kids: BBC Studios and LEGO launch “LEGO Bluey Shorts,” available in Italian among other languages. Tech & Security: Google details a Turla-linked espionage campaign using malicious RDP files and a WinRAR flaw to deploy the STOCKSTAY backdoor against Ukrainian targets, including entities connected to Italian foreign policy. Music & Development: Italian Institute of Technology researchers in Vienna and Rome find babies start moving to music earlier than expected, but sensory and motor skills develop at different speeds.