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La Scala's gala season premiere vanquished bad-luck vibes around long-absent Verdi opera
MILAN (AP) — Milan’s storied Teatro alla Scala presented Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” for its gala season premiere Saturday for the first time in 59 years, determined to shake the opera's reputation for bringing bad luck. The production conducted by Riccardo...
Italy's Meloni and Hungary's Orbán pledge deeper cooperation on migration and Ukraine
ROME (AP) — Italy’s Premier Giorgia Meloni met her Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán on Wednesday in Rome, where the two discussed the situation in the Middle East, their support for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and their commitment to the eastern country’s reconstruction. ...
Armed men in speedboats make off with women and children when a migrants' dinghy deflates off Libya
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
