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Armed men in speedboats make off with women and children when a migrants' dinghy deflates off Libya

Nov. 29, 2024 11:39 AM EST

MILAN (AP) — Armed men in two speedboats took off with women and children after a rubber dinghy carrying some 112 migrants seeking to cross the Mediterranean Sea started deflating off Libya's coast, a humanitarian aid group said Friday. Dozens of men and boys who were aboard the...

Thousands of workers march across Italy in general strike demanding better pay and services

Nov. 29, 2024 07:09 AM EST

MILAN (AP) — Thousands of teachers, health care workers, trash collectors and others walked off their jobs across Italy on Friday to protest a decline in spending power, persistently low salaries and government policies they say have weakened public services. Italy’s most...

G7 ministers throw support behind Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire but make no mention of ICC warrant

Nov. 26, 2024 20:22 PM EST

FIUGGI, Italy (AP) — Foreign ministers from leading industrialized countries threw their strong support Tuesday behind an immediate ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah but sidestepped the question of whether to enforce an international arrest warrant for Israel’s...

Argentina's Milei pivots to pragmatism in first talks with China's Xi after shaking up the G20

Nov. 19, 2024 23:57 PM EST

LA PAZ, Boliva (AP) — Last year, then-presidential candidate Javier Milei declared Argentina would not “make deals with communists” in China or Brazil, calling their leaders “murderers” and “thieves” in a bid to channel the populist energies of Donald Trump and other global far-right...

Italian Premier Meloni's coalition suffers setbacks in 2 regional elections

Nov. 19, 2024 05:41 AM EST

ROME (AP) — Italy's Premier Giorgia Meloni suffered election setbacks in two regions as the opposition Democratic party won a tight race in the central Umbria region and deepened its control of the traditional left-leaning stronghold of Emilia-Romagna. The results of the two-days...

Aid groups say Italy-Albania migration deal violates medical ethics

Nov. 15, 2024 12:24 PM EST

ROME (AP) — More than a dozen humanitarian organizations that provide health care to migrants criticized Italy’s migration deal with Albania on Friday as violating the code of medical ethics, and urged health workers not to cooperate with it. The deal, the centerpiece of Premier...

Police clash with students in Turin as anti-government rallies draw support across Italy

Nov. 15, 2024 11:15 AM EST

ROME (AP) — At least 15 police officers were taken to hospital on Friday following clashes in Turin with students protesting against Italy's far-right government of Giorgia Meloni. The demonstration in the northern Italian city was one of several held across the country, including...

Elon Musk says he and Trump have 'mandate to delete' regulations. Ethics laws could limit Musk role

Nov. 13, 2024 17:31 PM EST

In picking billionaire Elon Musk to be “our cost cutter” for the U.S. government, President-elect Donald Trump won't be the first American president to empower a business tycoon to look for ways to dramatically cut federal regulations. President Ronald Reagan tapped J. Peter...

Italy's president sharply rebukes Elon Musk over comments on X about migration court rulings

Nov. 13, 2024 16:57 PM EST

ROME (AP) — Italian President Sergio Mattarella sharply rebuked Elon Musk on Wednesday for weighing in on Italian court rulings that have stymied the government’s plans to process some asylum-seekers in Albania. Musk, who is expected to have a top advisory role in Donald...

Italy's plan to screen migrants in Albania hits another snag with 2nd group returning to Italy

Nov. 12, 2024 02:09 AM EST

MILAN (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s program to screen asylum seekers outside of European Union borders in Albania hit another snag when a court in Rome refused to rule on a formal request to detain seven migrants transferred to the Balkan nation last week. The decision...