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Italy has registered 2,548 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Thursday, the first time the country has exceeded 2,000 cases in a single day since the end of April, Reuters reports. There were …
Italy is the latest country to sign an agreement to cooperate with NASA on the Artemis human lunar exploration program, although the details of Italy’s participation have yet to be worked out, Space News reports. In a Sept. …
Every country has its own strategies for controlling the pandemic, leading to a sometimes confusing patchwork
Dramatic footage shot by the Italian coast guard showed a burning yacht sinking below the surface of the Mediterranean off the coast of Sardinia. Coast guard officials had said they rescued 17 people from the vessel, which left a …
Masks, small classes, and outdoor lessons
Specialists from Russia, Turkey, Italy and Cuba arrived in the country
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper outlined plans on Wednesday (29 July) to take thousands of US troops out of Germany by shifting some of the forces to Italy and Belgium, ending weeks of uncertainty over US troop withdrawal strategy in Europe, …
A major new study published in the Lancet medical journal suggests falling fertility rates mean nearly every country could have shrinking populations by the end of the century, and warns of a "jaw-dropping" impact on societies. As …
Italy on Thursday (Jul 16) banned people coming from Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro from entering its territory to prevent the importation of COVID-19 cases from the outside, CNA reports. "Anyone who has been in these territories in …
The intensive care unit at Bergamo's main hospital, Papa Giovanni XXII, is officially "covid-free", 137 days after the first coronavirus patient was rushed through its doors on 23 February, wantedinmilan.com reports. …
France and Italy will struggle the most
Italian composer Ennio Morricone, one of the world's best-known and most prolific film composers, has died in Rome, Italian news agency ANSA said on Monday. Morricone, who was 91, died in hospital in Rome where he was being …
Italian police said Wednesday that they had seized a world record 15-ton haul of amphetamines made by ISIS in Syria. The drug, in the form of 84 million Captagon tablets, was worth about one billion euros ($1.1 billion), police said in a …
Neither the tiger mosquito nor the common mosquito are capable of transmitting the virus behind COVID-19, according to the preliminary results of a study conducted by Higher Health Institute (ISS) researchers, ANSA reports. Indeed, …
The Colosseum in Rome will reopen on 1 June, after being closed for more than two months due to the Covid-19 pandemic. With over 7 million visitors a year, the Colosseum is one of Rome’s major tourist attractions. The Flavian …
The European Commission has approved a €9 billion Italian “umbrella” scheme to support the Italian economy in the context of the coronavirus outbreak. The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary …
French-German proposal for a $545-billion relief fund is a big deal for Europe
Some countries are gradually beginning to unshackle themselves from lockdown
More than 300,000 people around the world have now died globally from the coronavirus, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University, as the pandemic passed yet another bleak milestone. More than 4.4 million cases have also been …
Il-76 planes of the Russian Aerospace Forces have brought back to Russia more than 70 Russian servicemen who helped to tackle the novel coronavirus outbreak in Italy, the Russian Defense Ministry said. "Starting from May 8, …
