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Italy supports EU's tariffs on Chinese exports of electric vehicles

Italy is aiming for a climate of positive cooperation, and real reciprocity to avoid dumping and obstacles from Beijing

Venice Film Fest 2024: 'Joker Folie a Deux' gets 11-mins standing ovation

Joker: Folie a Deux, a musical psychological thriller film helmed by Todd Phillips and starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga gets a standing ovation at the 81st Venice International Film Festival

UK tycoon Mike Lynch missing: How a luxury yacht sank in freak Sicily storm

The luxury British superyacht was carrying 22 people onboard when it was hit by a sudden tornado-like storm on early Monday in Sicily and then sank in water, reportedly trapping six people inside

Ukrainian Prez receives letter of credence from Indian envoy Ravi Shankar

Sharing a post on X Friday, Zelenskyy wrote, "Today, the newly appointed Ambassadors of Mexico, Italy, Slovakia, the Netherlands, India, and Belgium begin their diplomatic missions in Ukraine."

Europe reported 50,000 heat-related deaths in 2023 amid record temperatures

As climate change continues to raise temperatures, Europeans are exposed to increasingly significant health risks as they reside on the fastest-warming continent

Biggest of its kind, 2700-year-old cult temple unearthed by archeologists

Archaeologists made a momentous discovery when they unearthed the largest of its kind cult temple at necropolis of Sasso Pinzuto in Tuscany, Italy

Creator of Tiramisu, Roberto Linguanotto, passes away at the age of 81

Dubbed the 'father of Tiramisu', Roberto 'Loli' Linguanotto, took his last breath on Sunday in Italy after battling an unspecified, long-time illness

Italy signs trade pact with China to renew ties after BRI project exit

The ANSA news agency reported that Meloni made the announcement at the start of a meeting with Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang in Beijing on July 28

Italian police free 33 Indian workers from 'slave-like' conditions on farms

Indian nationals were forced to work over 10 hours daily, seven days a week, for approximately $4 (Rs 334) per hour

'Hellishly hot' southern Europe bakes under heat wave as temp tops 104F

The Italian health ministry placed 12 cities under the most severe heat warning Tuesday as a wave of hot air from Africa baked southern Europe and the Balkans and sent temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), with the worst still to come. Croatia reported the highest-ever temperatures of the Adriatic Sea, with the thermometer reaching nearly 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) at the southern walled city of Dubrovnik, the country's most popular tourism spot. In Serbia, the state power company reported record consumption Tuesday due to the use of air conditioning. Municipal authorities in several southern European and Balkan cities took measures to look after elderly people in particular as civil protection crews fielded calls for water-dropping aircraft such as Canadairs to douse wildfires that raged in southern Italy and North Macedonia. It's hellishly hot," said Carmen Daz, a tourist from Madrid who was trying to keep cool with a fan at lunchtime in ..

Brera Modern art museum to open in Milan in Dec after 50 years of delays

A new museum that will house modern art from Milan's Pinacoteca di Brera gallery will open later this year; more than 50 years and 39 governments after it was first envisioned

After Lufthansa-ITA deal, experts say European regulators may deter tie-ups

While the deal expands Lufthansa's footprint in the lucrative southern European market, the combined group will have to cede some routes and slots to rivals for it to proceed

Lufthansa gets EU nod for $350 million stake in Italy's ITA Airways

ITA also offers key long-haul routes to Lufthansa, which has an option to take full ownership if the Italian airline's financial performance improves

Italian landowner arrested after Indian worker dies in farm accident

Italian police arrested a farm owner on Tuesday on suspicion of homicide after one of his workers, an undocumented labourer from India, bled to death when his arm was cut off by a piece of farm equipment. The landowner abandoned the bleeding worker and failed to call an ambulance, prosecutors said. The death of Satnam Singh has shocked Italians and sparked protests by unions and farm workers demanding better working conditions. They have called for an end to the exploitive caporalato system of using underpaid migrant labour to work in Italy's agriculture industry. Even President Sergio Mattarella has weighed in on the case, referring to what he said was the cruel exploitation of workers like Singh and inhuman conditions in which seasonal farmhands often work in Italy. Carabinieri police in Latina, a largely agricultural province south of Rome, arrested farm owner Antonello Lovato after prosecutors bumped up the original suspected crime of manslaughter to homicide with malice ...

India urges Italy to act against perpetrators in farm worker death case

India on Wednesday asked Italy to take prompt action against those responsible for the death of a 31-year-old Indian worker who died after he was dumped on the road without medical assistance by his employer after his arm was severed by heavy farm machinery. Muktesh Pardeshi, Secretary [CPV & OIA], conveyed to Luigi Maria Vignali, the Director General for Italian Citizens Abroad and Migration Policies, India's "deep concern" about the death of Satnam Singh, the Indian Embassy in Italy said in a post on X on Wednesday. He called for prompt action against those responsible. Embassy is in contact with the family of Satnam Singh for consular help & transportation of mortal remains," the mission added. During the communications in the Chamber ahead of the European Council, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday recalled "the horrible and inhuman death of Satnam Singh", ANSA news agency reported. When Meloni recalled the death of Singh all the deputies present in the ...

Russia bans distribution of dozens of EU news outlets in retaliation

The European Union said in May it was suspending the distribution of what it described as four 'Kremlin-linked propaganda networks'

Italy advances at Euro 2024 after Zaccagni equaliser against Croatia

Italy substitute Mattia Zaccagni scored in the last minute of stoppage time for Italy to advance to the knockout stage of the European Championship after drawing Croatia 1-1. Luka Modric's second-half strike looked like sending Croatia through as the Group B runner-up, but Zaccagni swept a brilliant shot inside the far post in the eighth minute of added time to cap a furious finale from the defending champions. Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic was unhappy so much time was added after a battling performance from his side. You can't have eight minutes of added time after that game, it's nonsense, Dalic said. There weren't so many breaks in play, or so many fouls to justify that. I don't want to cause a fuss but I think Croatia needs to be acknowledged and respected. We played for almost three hours. Italy needed a point to progress, while Croatia realistically needed a win to stay in the tournament. The Croatians have two points from their three games and were at the mercy of other results

Euro 2024: Italian coaches are dominating dugouts, here's the reason why

Italy continues a tradition at the European Championship with Italian coaches this time five in charge of national teams at the tournament in Germany. Italy coach Luciano Spalletti is joined by Vincenzo Montella (Turkey), Domenico Tedesco (Belgium), Marco Rossi (Hungary) and Francesco Calzona (Slovakia). With five of the 24 teams in Germany led by Italians, this tops the Netherlands' mark of having three coaches out of 16 teams at Euro 2008. All but Tedesco studied at the Italian federation's coaching school, directed by former coach Renzo Ulivieri, also the president of the Italian soccer coaches' association. It is a great source of pride for all of Italian soccer and especially for our coaching school, Ulivieri said in an interview with The Associated Press. We think that our coaches are excellent, for two reasons: ours is a good school and then, the coaches have a very educational apprenticeship within our leagues, both in the professional leagues, but also in the amateur

Euro 2024: Spain advances to knockout round, defeats defending champs Italy

Europe beware Spain might just be back. The three-time European champion advanced to the round of 16 at Euro 2024 after a 1-0 win against holders Italy on Thursday. A 55th-minute own goal by Riccardo Calafiori settled the Group B game at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen. But that didn't begin to tell the full story of a statement performance from Spain, which surely marks it as one of the favorites to win a record-extending fourth European Championship. I think it was the best Spain performance I have taken charge of, coach Luis de la Fuente said. I don't see a ceiling on this team. The sky is the limit. Spain totally dominated defending champion Italy, with 16-year-old winger Lamine Yamal further enhancing his reputation as one of soccer's most exciting young stars. Player of the match Nico Williams also tormented Italy's defenders and was the width of the crossbar away from scoring in the second half. It took Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma to keep the score down with

Indian man, abandoned in Italy after severing arm during work injury, dies

Satnam Singh was "left to die on road" after he severed his arm in an accident while working on a farm in the countryside of Italy's Latina on Monday