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Britain is back in America’s Cup final for the first time in 60 years

Oct. 04, 2024 10:04 AM EDT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A British yacht is back in the America’s Cup finals for the first time in sixty years, and the island nation steeped in nautical heritage is one step away from ending the longest wait in international sports. INEOS Britannia finished off Italy’s Luna...

Italian family believes painting found in a dump in 1960s is a Picasso and seeks authentication

Oct. 03, 2024 12:54 PM EDT

MILAN (AP) — An Italian family hopes to prove definitively that a painting discarded from a villa on the island of Capri more than 60 years ago is a Picasso, and has been gathering scientific data to persuade Picasso’s estate administration in Paris to make the definitive call. ...

Swine fever sweeps Italy's north, threatening production of prized prosciutto and livelihoods

Oct. 02, 2024 07:00 AM EDT

CORTELEONA E GENZONE, Italy (AP) — One of Giovanni Airoli’s sows tested positive for African swine fever in late August. Within a week, all 6,200 sows, piglets and fattening pigs on his farm south of Milan were slaughtered under strict protocols to halt the disease threatening Italy’s 20...

Inflation in Europe falls below 2% and opens the way for faster rate cuts

Oct. 01, 2024 06:31 AM EDT

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro fell to 1.8% in September, below the European Central Bank's target of 2% for the first time in more than three years as falling energy prices give consumers relief from a burst of inflation that at one point reached into...

Italian police arrest 19 people in massive probe targeting mafia links to Milan soccer 'ultra' fans

Sep. 30, 2024 10:52 AM EDT

ROME (AP) — Italian police arrested 19 people, accused of criminal ties with the powerful ‘Ndrangheta mafia group, in a move that decimated the fan clubs backing Serie A teams Inter Milan and AC Milan. Prosecutors said at a press conference on Monday that possible charges include...

Carmaker Stellantis slashes forecasts as it faces industry slump and Chinese competition

Sep. 30, 2024 08:33 AM EDT

MILAN (AP) — Carmaker Stellantis, the world’s fourth largest carmaker, slashed its earnings forecast on Monday, citing investments to turn around its U.S. operations amid a wider industry slump and increased Chinese competition. Stellantis said it was accelerating efforts to turn...

She defended 'El Chapo.' Now this lawyer is using her narco-fame to launch a music career

Sep. 29, 2024 00:05 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Riding in a black SUV with tinted windows, lawyer Mariel Colón rolls up to the gates of a remote mansion, strolling past a security guard side-by-side with Emma Coronel, the wife of notorious drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Sporting suits and...

Red Bull Racing says Daniel Ricciardo had been released effective immediately

Sep. 26, 2024 11:47 AM EDT
FAENZA, Italy (AP) — Red Bull Racing says Daniel Ricciardo had been released effective immediately.

Shein faces scrutiny in Italy over possible greenwashing

Sep. 25, 2024 14:42 PM EDT

Italy’s antitrust watchdog is investigating the online fast fashion giant Shein for potentially making misleading claims about its sustainability practices. The country’s independent competition authority said in a statement that the greenwashing probe would focus on Infinite...

Italy's Luna Rossa showed two skippers are better than one on the America's Cup yachts

Sep. 25, 2024 05:07 AM EDT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Before the last America’s Cup, Italy’s sailing team had what helmsman Francesco Bruni called a “crazy” idea: run the boat with two skippers, each taking turns steering as the foiling yacht crisscrossed the race course. While the other crews lost...