April 5, 2023 Britain to house 500 migrants on barge docked off English coast The British government announced Wednesday that 500 migrants who have arrived in the commonwealth will be housed on a barge docked off England's southern coast.
April 5, 2023 Italy's Berlusconi reportedly in ICU with respiratory illness Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has been hospitalized in Milan and is undergoing intensive care for a respiratory problem, according to his spokesman.
April 4, 2023 Italian infrastructure minister expresses renewed interest in building bridge to Sicily Italian Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini on Tuesday sought to rally global support for the country's latest attempt to construct a bridge connecting Sicily to the mainland.
April 4, 2023 Trump's indictment puts him in same company as Berlusconi, Netanyahu, other world leaders Former President Trump is the latest once-elected official to be hit with criminal charges in a move that is not unprecedented in other modern democracies despite some GOP claims.
April 2, 2023 Pizza is more American than Italian, claims Marxist food historian Food historian Alberto Grandi of the University of Parma claims that pizza is more of an American dish than an Italian one, along with spaghetti carbonara and Parmesan.
April 2, 2023 Italian minister slams country's temporary ban on US-based AI chatbot Italy's deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini, slammed the country's Data Protection Authority for temporarily banning OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot system over privacy concerns.
April 2, 2023 Mayor of Florence welcomes Americans back to 'one of the symbols of humanity' The mayor of Florence recently made headlines after he chased away climate activists who were spraying paint on the the city's historic town hall. He also discussed the rise of tourism after the pandemic.
April 1, 2023 Pope Francis departs hospital, delivers 2-word joke to reporters ahead of Holy Week Pope Francis was discharged from Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italy on Saturday morning, following a three-day stint of treatment for a respiratory infection.
March 31, 2023 Pope Francis expected to be discharged from hospital in Rome after recovering from bronchitis The pope is being discharged from the hospital after being treated for bronchitis. Pope Francis will even be in St. Peter's Square for Palm Sunday Mass.
March 30, 2023 Reporter's Notebook: Our man in Rome retires at 96 Mario Biasetti, one of the deans of international journalism and Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ bureau chief in Rome, is retiring this week. The Italian-born, Boston-raised U.S. Army veteran of WWII has decided to hang up his news hat at 96.