By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) -The tiny republic of San Marino has voted overwhelmingly in favor of legalising abortion in a referendum, overturning a law dating back to 1865, official results showed on Sunday. Some 77.30% of voters backed the proposal to allow abortion up to 12 weeks of pregnancy and afterward only in the […]
They threatened to dissolve her in acid. But Debora Cerreoni would not be cowed, and her testimony in Italy has proved decisive in exposing a new mafia — the Casamonica. The organized crime family hit the headlines in 2015 when it laid on a flashy funeral in Rome for “uncle” Vittorio Casamonica, with his coffin […]
Dante Alighieri is chiefly remembered as the author of the “Divine Comedy” and as the father of the Italian language. On the 700th anniversary of his death in the night between September 13 to 14th, 1321, here are five things to know about a titan of world literature. – Father of Italian language – Dante […]
US President Joe Biden will gather world leaders in December for a virtual “Summit for Democracy” that is being seen as a challenge to authoritarian China and an alternative to the traditional G20 meeting. Biden is seeking to bring together heads of state with major figures in philanthropy, civil society and the private sector “from […]
President Bashar al-Assad was sworn in Saturday for seven more years after a controversial May election dismissed by Europe and the US as “neither free nor fair”. His new term extends the Assad family’s rule to almost six decades; Assad’s father Hafez al-Assad led Syria for some 30 years. President Bashar al-Assad took the oath […]
Global tax reforms would allow countries to tax a share of profits of the 100 most profitable companies in the world Paris (AFP) – Nearly 140 countries will haggle over key details of a global corporate tax plan this week, with some concerned about giving up too much and others eager to ensure tech giants […]
Italy said Monday it had recovered from a Belgian collector hundreds of illegally gathered archeological finds dating as far back as the sixth century BC, worth 11 million euros. The nearly 800 pieces “of exceptional rarity and inestimable value”, including stelae, amphorae and other works, came from clandestine excavations in Apulia in Italy’s southeastern tip, […]
G7 countries that make up lucrative markets for US tech giants have moved closer to a plan to squeeze more tax money from the coffers of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. The group, including Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States, has visions of a global tax rate of at least 15 […]
The city of Rome on Tuesday dedicated a square beside the River Tiber to a late Italian president, but spoilt the inauguration by misspelling one of his first names. A marble street sign honoring Carlo Azeglio Ciampi was left veiled during an inauguration ceremony even as the misspelled “Azelio” was still visible through a drape […]
By Hereward Holland and Djaffar Al Katanty GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – At around 10:00 a.m. on Feb. 22, seven men, some armed, stepped onto a road in eastern Congo and forced two cars belonging to the United Nations World Food Programme to stop. Several minutes of heavy gunfire alerted a group of […]
[Hook: Kevin Abstract] I got my money saved I’m with them boys my momma hate I take the time to celebrate My hands to the sky, my hands to the sky [Verse 1: Joba] If there was money in the bag That you can just have No strings attached What would you have to ask? […]
An Italian court convicted two young Americans Wednesday for the murder of a police officer while they were on a summer holiday in Rome, with both handed life sentences. Finnegan Lee Elder, 21, had admitted stabbing Mario Cerciello Rega during a late-night encounter in July 2019, while out with his friend Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, 20. Prosecutors […]
Jurors in Italy began deliberating Wednesday the fate of two American men accused of murdering a police officer two years ago in Rome, capping a year-long trial. Prosecutors claim Finnegan Lee Elder, 21, and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, 20, killed police officer Mario Rega Cerciello during an unprovoked nighttime attack in July 2019 while the then-teens were […]
The ancient Roman Colosseum is once again going to have a floor thanks to a new, hi-tech project announced by the culture ministry on Sunday. “It is an extraordinary project,” said Culture Minister Dario Franceschini, detailing the plans to create a flexible floor to give tourists a clearer idea of how the arena would have […]
Museum in northern Italy focuses entire 300-work show on Dante – Italy’s national poet, Dante Alighieri, is seen on a euro coin. To celebrate the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death, musuems across Italy are putting on shows, including one that just opened in the northern city of Forli. – Arno Burgi/dpa The Italian city of […]
Commemoration of the liberation of concentration camps in Germany – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier delivers a speech at the German National Theatre during an event commemorating the liberation of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora concentration camps 76 years ago. – Ronny Hartmann/AFP-POOL/dpa German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the premier of the state of Thuringia, Bodo Ramelow, […]
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[Testo di "Lifestyle"] [Ritornello] Yeah Madreperla Il mio lifestyle È Guè Danko, un romanzo Sono all'ultimo piano sperperando Il tuo lifestyle È del fake, è bugiardo Io su di te faccio come commando (Ah!) Il mio lifestyle È Guè Danko, un romanzo Sono all'ultimo piano sperperando (Oh!) Il tuo lifestyle È del fake, è bugiardo […]
Italy’s government has ruled that large cruise ships and container vessels must not pass close to Venice’s historic centre and should instead dock in a different location to preserve the famed lagoon. A decree approved late on Wednesday called for public consultations on building a terminal outside the lagoon where passenger vessels over 40,000 tons […]
Bet you haven’t seen this one in a mafioso movie. Reputed mobster Marc Feren Claude Biart, 53, just got arrested because he was “showing off his Italian cooking skills” in a YouTube video, according to news reports. As one might expect, Biart didn’t allow his face to appear in the video. But as one might […]
Dante, the giant of world literature who wrote the “Divine Comedy”, was feted across Italy on Thursday with a “Dantedi” (Dante Day), setting off wider celebrations for the 700th anniversary of his death. March 25 was picked last year to celebrate the man known to Italians as the “supreme poet” because most scholars believe his […]
At least one in three patients hospitalized with Covid-19 suffer long-term health issues including multiple organ problems and deteriorated mental health, according to a review of studies looking at the lasting impact of the disease. Published in the journal Nature Medicine on Monday, the review looked at the frequency of symptoms among Covid “long-haulers”, the […]
By Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) – Amazon workers took strike action in Italy on Monday in the first protest involving the U.S. group’s entire logistics operations, including third-party delivery service providers. Trade unions estimate Amazon’s delivery systems rely on 40,000 workers, including staff of its logistics arm, which employs most of Amazon’s 9,500 long-term Italian […]
A museum dedicated to the history of Paris denied Friday that it is dropping the use of Roman numerals for the names of kings and emperors, which had caused uproar in Italy. Amid concern that Louis XIV had suddenly been renamed Louis 14, the Carnavalet Museum took to social media to calm nerves. “Roman numerals […]
Dante’s “Divine Comedy,” considered one of the world’s greatest literary works, came to light after a miscarriage of justice which Italian legal experts now want to correct — some seven centuries on. The man whom Italians call the “Supreme Poet” was exiled from his native Florence in January 1302, after finding himself on the losing […]
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A US teen charged with the murder of an Italian police officer in 2019 told a court on Wednesday the victim and his partner never showed their badges. Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, 19, faces a life sentence along with his friend Finnegan Elder, 20, for the July 2019 death of police officer Mario Cerciello Rega during a […]
Decades worth of archaeological finds went on public display Monday in Pompeii, shedding further light on the ancient Roman city destroyed by a volcanic eruption nearly 2,000 years ago. One is a sorcerer’s toolbox including dozens of amulets, rings, statuettes and other good luck charms made of ivory, bronze, glazed ceramics and amber — that […]
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[Intro: iNTeLL + Sample] Well, here goes nothing Setting y'allself on fire don't make the bars hot, niggas step your rhymes Ahahaha [Verse 1: iNTeLL] Just remember that, this is really rap, not no chitty chat Gritty tracks, drinking henny black, brought the city back Silly cats not really men, see they really rats It's […]