Italy
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More than 20 rivers have burst their banks in Italy, leaving 13 people dead and forcing thousands from their homes after six months’ rainfall fell in a day and a half. More bodies were found on Thursday after almost every river flooded between Bologna and the north-east coast 115km (70 miles) away. Some 280 landslides…
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The Italian Footballers Association (AIC) has named Victor OsiMhen Serie A Player of the Month for February. Osimhen netted four times in four league appearances for Serie A leaders Napoli in the month. The Nigeria international was named the best player in Serie A last month. The forward is also in the running for the…
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A coded note hidden inside a chair leg helped lead to the arrest of Italy’s most-wanted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, a warrant shows. Police found the note during a covert operation at his sister Rosalia’s house – one month before his arrest in the Sicilian capital Palermo in January. Rosalia Messina Denaro was also…
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BLACK MAGIC: Italian police arrest Nigerian lady allegedly threatening young girls into prostitution
Italian police has arrested a Nigerian woman for allegedly forcing young women and girls who arrive from Nigeria, into prostitution by using voodoo locally know as ‘juju,’ to threaten them, MEZIESBLOG reports. Flying squad police in the Sicilian city of Siracusa, in collaboration with police in Foggia, have carried out an operation to arrest a…
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Another intriguing Serie A title race looks on the cards this season as Italy’s big boys have brought in some well-known names in a bid to dethrone champions AC Milan. AFP Sport looks at some of the most important new faces ready to make an impact ahead of the weekend’s kick-off: Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan)Lukaku’s…
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Juventus Defender Giorgio Chiellini is set to move to the MLS to sign with Los Angeles FC, according to Sky Sports in Italy. In his 18 years at the club – signing for Juventus in 2004 from Livorno, he won nine league titles and five Italian Cups during his time in Turin. “It is my choice 100 percent, I am happy…
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Italian lawmakers voted to re-elect President Sergio Mattarella to a rare second term, election officials said. Chamber of Deputies Robert Fico on Saturday announced that Mattarella had received 759 out of a possible 1,009 votes from Italy’s “great electors” following an eighth ballot of voting. “The difficult days in the election of Republic’s President amid the serious…
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Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday said that the future of Afghanistan should be decided by the Afghan people, and all parties should respect their choice, adding that it is necessary for the international community to play its due role. Wang made his remarks during a phone conversation with Italian Foreign…
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Italians are having a great summer of sport and former coach Fabio Capello told Gazzetta dello Sport “I’ve never felt so Italian”. Capello spoke on various topics in the interview. One of them was Lionel Messi and his move to Paris Saint-Germain. “With the crisis caused by COVID-19, the rich clubs are owned by Arabs…
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Paris: Paris Saint-Germain said on Wednesday that they had completed the signing of Italy’s Euro 2020 goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma on a five-year deal. The 22-year-old, who saved two penalties in the Euro final and was named player of the tournament, heads to France on a free transfer from AC Milan. Donnarumma will be in competition with…
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Inter coach Antonio Conte has admitted that he is proud of what he and the team are doing after moving six points clear at the top of Serie A. Inter coach Antonio Conte has admitted that he is proud of what he and the team are doing after moving six points clear at the top…
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India has approved two COVID-19 vaccines, paving the way for a massive inoculation program. The vaccines are from Oxford University and AstraZeneca and local firm Bharat Biotech. In Britain, the prime minister is warning of new restrictions ahead as coronavirus infections soar. On Monday, the country plans to ramp up vaccinations using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.…
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As the two mortuary workers pushed a stretcher with a bagged corpse out of the room, the elderly man in the adjacent bed briefly awakened from his dementia. “Is he dead?” he muttered, extending his arm, trying to touch his roommate for the last time. Reflecting on a scene repeated too many times, one of…
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Move over St. Paul and make way for Maradona! The mayor of Naples started a formal process to rename the San Paolo stadium for Diego Maradona on Thursday. The move comes with the city in mourning for the soccer great, who died Wednesday of a heart attack at age 60, two weeks after being released…
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A 15-year-old Italian computer whiz who died of leukemia in 2006 moved a step closer to possible sainthood Saturday with his beatification in the town of Assisi, where he is buried. Carlo Acutis is the youngest contemporary person to be beatified, a path taken by two Portuguese shepherd children living in the early 1900s who…
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Previously, Marco worked as a blacksmith with his father until 1996, but since then, he has done all sorts of work but has never declared it. “It’s like defeat, honestly. Underground work is not good, but one has to do it in order to survive,” he explained. Marco asked for council housing in 2012, but…
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