November 18, 2019 Italian junior soccer team fires coach after blowout win An Italian youth soccer coach was fired Saturday after his team defeated an opponent 27-0.
November 17, 2019 Venice flooding closes St. Mark's Square as city faces another 'tough day' of exceptional high tides Another exceptional high tide swamped Venice on Sunday, causing the tourist hotspot of St. Mark's Square to be closed due to the high water as the city marked the worst week of flooding since records started officially being kept.
November 14, 2019 Venice flooding has city 'on its knees,' Italy declares state of emergency The worst flooding to strike Venice in more than 50 years has officials in Italy set to declare a state of emergency Thursday after water levels that topped 6 feet inundated the city.
November 13, 2019 Feral hogs uncover huge cocaine stash in Italy forest, reports say A pack of feral hogs (say, 30-50 perhaps?) reportedly sniffed out and destroyed a stash of cocaine worth $22,000 hidden by drug dealers in an Italian forest.
November 13, 2019 Has Joseph Mifsud resurfaced? Alleged audio of mysterious professor emerges two years after disappearance He was the lynchpin that triggered the Russia “collusion” investigation, yet Joseph Mifsud was never brought into the proceedings. For more than two years, he has gone underground – his name resurfacing in recent weeks as a key subject in U.S. Attorney General William Barr and prosecutor John Durham’s criminal probe.
November 13, 2019 Venice flooding becomes second-highest in history, as tourist hot spot hit with 'apocalyptic devastation' The historic squares of Venice were left deep underwater Wednesday after most of the tourist mecca was inundated by the second-highest levels of flooding ever recorded, flooding the historic basilica as more bad weather is in the forecast.
November 13, 2019 Pope Francis denounces 'inhuman, un-Christian' rebirth of anti-Semitism: 'Jews are our brothers' Pope Francis warned against the “inhuman, un-Christian” rebirth of anti-Semitism in Italy after the issue reared its head in the country where the Vatican is situated.
November 12, 2019 Two hurt when pirates attack Italian ship in Gulf of Mexico, officials say Two crew members on an Italian-flagged ship were injured when the vessel was attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mexican navy said Tuesday.
November 10, 2019 Roadside blast in Iraq injures 5 Italian soldiers Five Italian soldiers were wounded in a roadside blast Sunday while returning from a mission to help Iraqi troops combat ISIS, military officials said.
November 10, 2019 Italian man triggered farmhouse explosion that killed 3 firefighters for insurance scam: prosecutor A deeply indebted Italian man has confessed to setting off the explosions that killed three firefighters at a farmhouse he owned for an insurance scam that went wrong, a prosecutor said Saturday.