January 13, 2020 Venice canals nearly dry, months after historic floods Just weeks after Venice, Italy was mostly underwater after suffering some of its worst floods in more than 50 years, its famous canals have now dried up, leaving them unnavigable thanks to low tide.
January 5, 2020 Car plows into German tourists in northern Italy, 6 dead A car plowed into a group of young German tourists in northern Italy early Sunday, killing six people and injuring 11, Italian fire officials said.
December 29, 2019 Italy avalanches kill 4 in 24 hours, including woman and 2 girls A skier in the Dolomite Mountains died Sunday after being struck by an avalanche, the fourth person to be killed in a 24-hour period in avalanches in the Italian Alps.
December 25, 2019 Pope Francis delivers Christmas Day message of hope in face of darkness Pope Francis offered a message of hope during his traditional Christmas Day Mass in St. Peter’s Square, telling the thousands who attended the service that “the light of Christ is greater” than the darkness “in human hearts” and “in economic, geopolitical and ecological conflicts.”
December 17, 2019 Pope Francis lifts 'pontifical secret' in clergy sex abuse cases used to protect pedophiles, silence victims Pope Francis has lifted the "pontifical secret," the highest degree of confidentiality that has been used in sexual abuse cases to protect pedophiles and silence victims. The change , announced Tuesday, would open the door for the Vatican to share information with the police and other local authorities and comes at a time when there has been a public push for more transparency in the Roman Catholic Church.
December 17, 2019 Italy's Serie A anti-racism campaign featuring monkey paintings has critics wondering if it’s a ‘sick joke’ An Italian soccer league’s decision to feature paintings of monkeys as the centerpiece of a marketing campaign aimed at tackling racism has critics wondering whether it is some kind of “sick joke.”
December 15, 2019 WWII bomb discovery prompts evacuation of 54,000 from southern Italy town About 54,000 people were ordered to evacuate the southern Italy town of Brindisi Sunday as experts were called in to defuse a World War II bomb discovered last month at a movie theater that was under renovation, according to a report.
December 5, 2019 Italian newspaper criticized for tasteless 'Black Friday' headline amid racism storm gripping soccer An Italian sports newspaper stoked outrage Thursday over a headline reading “Black Friday” and featuring two black soccer players on its cover.
December 4, 2019 Italian vinegar makers lose court battle over 'balsamic' term The European Union's top court ruled Wednesday that Italian vinegar makers from Italy's Modena province can't stop German competitors from using "balsamic" and other terms to advertise or describe their products.
December 1, 2019 WWII bomb forces 10,000 to evacuate Italian city Over 10,000 thousand people were evacuated from the northwestern Italian city of Turin on Sunday as bomb experts worked together to defuse a 70-year-old World War Two bomb.