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Italy's Government Could Soon Collapse Over a Dispute About EU Funds
Italy is no stranger to political conflicts and a new crisis is threatening the current government.
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Italy's Accidental Prime Minister? Giuseppe Conte Has Lasted Longer in Power Than Many Expected
In June 2018, Giuseppe Conte, a law professor with no political experience, became Italy’s prime minister because of a compromise. He’s still in the role now.
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WHO Was Warned Lives Were at Risk Over Yanked Italy Report
Emails seen by The Associated Press show that an official who coordinated work on a withdrawn World Health Organization report into Italy’s coronavirus response warned his bosses that people could die if the agency allowed political concerns to suppress the document
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‘Ensure That Your Diet Is 90% to 100% Plant-Based': 9 Food Rules From the World's Longest-Living People
More than 15 years ago, I set out to study the longevity and food habits of the world’s healthiest people. From meat consumption to how they monitor coffee and wine intake, here’s what I learned.
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Europe's Covid Outbreak Emerged in Italy — Here's What's Happening There Now
Italy became Europe’s first coronavirus hotspot earlier this year, after cases started to emerge in the northern regions of Lombardy and Veneto in February.
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13 Food Words Most Commonly Mispronounced by Americans—and How to Say Them the Right Way
Most of us have no problem pronouncing the vast majority of food-related words: Turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy. But thanks to our increasingly diverse world (and increasingly diverse cuisines) there’s been an increase in food words that a lot of us don’t know how to say.
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No Ski Resorts and No Fireworks: How Europeans Will Spend Christmas This Year
There’s one thing that most people are agreed upon: Christmas is not likely to be the same this year.
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Even Nativity Scenes Are Getting Masks in 2020
This nativity scene in Naples, Italy, is decked out with masks as the country experiences an increase in coronavirus cases.
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Italian Hospitals Face Breaking Point in Fall Virus Surge
Dr. Luca Cabrini was certain his hospital in Italy’s Lombardy province would reach its breaking point with 300 COVID-19 patients
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Kidney Delivered for Transplant in Lamborghini
A kidney in Italy was delivered by police in a Lamborghini Huracan to promote an organ donor campaign being run by Italy’s National Transplant Center and the Ministry of Health.
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Four Italian Regions, Including Milan, Put Under Lockdown
Four Italian regions are being put under “red-zone” lockdown, with severe limits imposed on the circumstances under which people can leave home
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Pope Ends Public Audiences, Eyes Christmas as Coronavirus Surges
Pope Francis is halting his public general audiences and will limit participation at Christmas and other upcoming Masses amid a surge of coronavirus cases in Italy and the Vatican
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US Passes 8 Million COVID-19 Cases
Coronavirus cases around the world have climbed to all-time highs of more than 330,000 per day as the scourge comes storming back across Europe and spreads with renewed speed in the U.S. Many places are being forced to reimpose tough restrictions they had eased just a few months ago
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Pope Wants Mafia to Stop Exploiting Virgin Mary Symbol
Pope Francis has given his blessing to a new Vatican think tank that is seeking to prevent the Mafia and organized crime groups from exploiting the image of the Virgin Mary for their own illicit ends
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Restorers Uncover New Details in a Michelangelo Pieta
Museum officials in Florence say a restoration of one of Michelangelo’s sculptures of the Madonna and Christ has uncovered previously unknown details.
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1st Mediterranean Cruise Sets Sail After Virus Tests
Cruise ship passengers had temperatures checked and took COVID-19 tests Sunday so they could set sail on what is being billed as the first Mediterranean cruise after Italy’s pandemic lockdown.
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Italy Garbage Dips With Virus Lockdowns, But Plastics Rise
Italy produced 10% less garbage during its coronavirus lockdown, thanks to a drop in consumption
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WATCH: Tourist Breaks Historic Sculpture, Casually Walks Way
Italian authorities released footage of an Austrian tourist who broke part of a historic sculpture after sitting on it for a photo opp.
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Andrea Bocelli, Who Had COVID, Says Lockdown Humiliated Him
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, who had COVID-19, says the pandemic lockdown made him feel “humiliated and offended” by depriving him of freedom
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Spaghetti Western Movie Composer Ennio Morricone Dead at 91
Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic Spaghetti Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and the soundtracks such as classic Hollywood gangster movies as “The Untouchables,” has died