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Europe's top teams get ready to start Euro 2024 qualifying
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Three months after the World Cup ended, qualifying for the next European Championship starts this week with several of the biggest teams looking to rebound. France came within a penalty shootout of winning back-to-back World Cup titles, losing to...
Avalanche: 2nd body found of Swedish skiers near Mont Blanc
ROME (AP) — Rescue crews recovered a second body Monday in a search for two Swedish skiers who were caught in an avalanche near Mont Blanc on Italy’s northern border with France, authorities said. Two people who were part of the group of four off-piste skiers survived Sunday’s...
2 skiers missing in avalanche near Mont Blanc
ROME (AP) — Rescue teams were searching Sunday for two skiers who were caught in an avalanche near Mont Blanc on Italy’s northern border with France, local authorities said. Two surviving off-piste skiers sounded the alarm shortly after the 1 p.m. avalanche on Val Veny, above...
Italy's Democratic head blasts limit on LGBTQ parent rights
ROME (AP) — The head of Italy’s opposition Democratic Party blasted a bureaucratic crackdown on LGBTQ families as ideological, cruel and discriminatory and vowed Saturday to push through legislation to better recognize and protect their rights. Elly Schlein, who in 2020 revealed...
Pope promotes 'humanitarian corridors' for asylum-seekers
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis met Saturday with thousands of refugees and charity groups hosting them in Italy as he sought to promote legal migration routes to Europe as an alternative to smuggling operations that he said have turned the Mediterranean Sea into a “cemetery.” ...
Italy's far-right premier addresses country's oldest union
MILAN (AP) — Premier Giorgia Meloni on Friday became the first Italian leader in nearly 30 years to address the annual meeting of the nation’s largest, oldest and most left-wing CGIL union confederation. Meloni, who heads post-war Italy’s first far-right led government, was...
Pakistan athlete who died in migrant boat crash laid to rest
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Mourners attended the funeral Friday of a Pakistani female field hockey player who died in a migrant boat crash off Italy’s coast last month, sending a wave of shock and grief through this impoverished Islamic nation. The boat carrying the athlete, Shahida...
In Rome, church and state agree to Pantheon entrance fee
ROME (AP) — Tourists in Rome checking out the Pantheon, Italy's most-visited cultural site, will soon be charged a 5-euro ($5.28) entrance fee under an agreement signed Thursday by Italian culture and church officials. Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano said the move was a matter...
Japan, UK, Italy push joint fighter jet development by 2035
Japan, Britain and Italy reaffirmed their commitment Thursday to push joint development of a next-generation fighter jet as a centerpiece of their increasingly close defense ties in the face of growing threat from China, Russia and North Korea. In December, Japan announced a joint...
Italian's espresso machine a hit at World Baseball Classic
TOKYO (AP) — Old-time baseball players would be appalled. Italy's dugout at the World Baseball Classic comes outfitted with an espresso machine. And it's getting lots of attention. “We are kind of shocked, actually, because this is something in Italian culture...
