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PRAGUE - Only got 2 days in Prague? Maximize your 48 hours in this beautiful  city with this comprehensive itinerary.

6 Apr 2024
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 PORT SUDAN – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has managed to bring desperately needed food and nutrition supplies into Darfur, the first WFP assistance to reach the war-wracked region in months. Yet, the UN food agency warns that unless the people of Sudan receive a constant flow of aid via all possible humanitarian corridors – from neighbouring countries and across battle lines – the country’s hunger catastrophe will only worsen.

5 Apr 2024
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 ROME – Flavio Bruno Pardini, better known by his stage name Gazzelle, has become the face of Italian indie pop music, boasting a Sanremo appearance and a sold-out Italian tour. 

 With lyrics that range from “cin cin” to “everything is more beautiful if you see it from here”, Gazzelle, 34, has won over the hearts of the younger generation of Italians by encapsulating their life experiences including love, loneliness, partying, and mental health struggles in catchy songs. 

5 Apr 2024
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 ROME – Over 300 migrants including women and children landed at Lampedusa overnight, with a total of 670 migrants arriving to the Italian island on Thursday, coastguards said.

 Six boats were intercepted off the coast of Lampedusa on the night between Thursday and Friday by the coastguard, and one other boat with 58 people aboard landed separately on Guitgia beach on the south side of the island. 333 migrants in total landed overnight. All seven had set sail from various port towns in Tunisia.

5 Apr 2024
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 ROME -- The Rome exhibition “Ukiyoe” (the Floating World) running in Palazzo Braschi Museum of Rome until the 23rd June 2024, highlights the collections of two erudite 19th century Italian collectors who immersed themselves in the what was then the mysterious world of Japan.

5 Apr 2024
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 ROME — Vercelli police said they have identified the two people burned to death in a Ferrari crash on Easter Sunday as Kosovar DJ Hysni Qestaj and Anna Kraevskaya, a 21-year-old Ukrainian model.

 40-year-old Qestaj, a.k.a. DJ Style Q, is survived by his wife and sons, 11 and 14. 

 Police said that Kosovar was driving his white Ferrari GTC4 at more than 125 miles per hour (200 kph) on the Turin-Aosta connector. His car swerved out of control and hit a guardrail around noon on Sunday, 45 kilometers northeats of Turin.

4 Apr 2024
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 ROME – Hungary warned Italy to stop interfering in the case of Ilaria Salis, an Italian left-wing activist who is currently undergoing trial in Budapest, spokesman Zoltan Kovacs said.

3 Apr 2024
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 ROME – Juventus beat Lazio 2-0 in the first leg of the semi-final of the Coppa Italia on Tuesday evening at the Allianz stadium, ending a month-long winning drought.

 The bianconeri got revenge for their last minute 1-0 defeat to Lazio on Sunday, only 72 hours after their loss to the Roman team, with a strong performance.

3 Apr 2024
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 ROME – The nephew of mafia boss Antonio Capriati was shot and killed in Torre a Mare, Bari, police said.

 Rafaelle “Lello” Capriati, 39, was shot four times on Monday night in Bari. Three shot were to his head and one to his shoulder.

 Investigators believe that only revolver was used, and the killer was most likely on a motorbike.

2 Apr 2024

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