Controversial ex-Italian PM Berlusconi hospitalized in ICU.

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been hospitalized in the ICU at Milan’s San Raffaele hospital due to an unresolved problem related to a previous infection. Berlusconi, who has had a series of health problems in recent years, including recovering from COVID-19 in 2020, is alert and speaking. The 86-year-old media mogul-turned politician made his latest political comeback in September 2021, winning a Senate seat a decade after being banned from holding public office over a tax fraud conviction.