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 ROME – Italy were defeated 5-1 by England’s Lionesses in a friendly in Spain, ahead of the European qualifiers.

 England hit the ground running, with Lotte Wubben-Moy scoring her first goal for England exactly one minute into the match. The Arsenal centre-back headed the ball past Laura Giuliani after receiving Alex Greenwood’s corner kick.

 Wubben-Moy nearly scored again, heading the ball downwards on the end of a Chloe Kelly free kick, however, was brilliantly denied by Giuliani.

28 Feb 2024
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 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis was taken to the Gemelli hospital in Rome on Wednesday for a CAT scan of his lungs, the Vatican said.

 The pontiff cancelled several engagements last week due to a “mild bout” of the flu, but carried out his usual general audience on Wednesday morning in which he apologised for still having a slight cold and was aided by Monsignor Filippo Ciampanelli who read the catechesis.

28 Feb 2024
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ROME – Three Italians who were kidnapped in Mali in 2022 have been released and returned to Italy, Palazzo Chigi said in a statement.

Rocco Langone, 64, Maria Donata Caivano, 62, and their son Giovanni Langone, 43, were kidnapped from their house May 19, 2022, in Mali. They lived in the suburbs of Koutiala, a city around 170 miles south-east of Mali’s capital city Bamako, near the border with Burkina Faso.

28 Feb 2024
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 ROME – Italy’s organised tourism businesses have lost 300 million euros in revenue in the last year and a half, due to the inability to obtain or renew passports quickly, the president of Confcommercio’s Federation of Organised Tourism claimed.

26 Feb 2024
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 ROME – Italian tennis player Jasmine Paolini won the WTA 1000 in Dubai, beating Russian Anna Kalinskaya to rise to 14th in the world rankings.

 Maintaining Italy’s success in the tennis world, Paolini fought back from a first set loss to beat Kalinskaya 4-6, 7-5, 7-5.

 Kalinskaya previously knocked Paolini out of the Australian Open in January.

 Paolini is the third Italian woman to win a WTA and eighth Italian woman to be in the top 15.

 Speaking after her victory, she said was “very happy” and “proud.”

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26 Feb 2024
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 ROME – Giorgia Meloni visited Kiev, Ukraine, on Saturday where she met with Ukrainian president Zelensky on behalf of the G7 and the EU.

 Meloni and Zelensky held a joint press conference where they reiterated the need for a “Ukrainian victory” against Russia. Meloni's first words on Ukrainian soil affirmed that Ukraine is “a part of our home and we will defend it" as she attended a ceremony for soldiers who had defended Kiev's airport during the battle of Hostomel. 

24 Feb 2024
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 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis cancelled all engagements on Saturday after the Vatican said he was suffering from a mild flu.

 The pope had not partaken in any engagements from Feb. 18 to Feb 23, as he was engaged in “spiritual practices for Lent” including prayer, reflection and fasting.

 The pontiff and the rest of the Roman Curia had wanted to experience this time of year “on a personal level.”

 He was expected to resume his engagements on Saturday, however this has been postponed while he recovers from a “mild” bout of the flu. 

24 Feb 2024
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 ROME - A prayer vigil for peace organized by the Sant'Egidio movement was being held Friday evening at the basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere to commemorate the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

 The Russia-Ukraine war continues to claim and to cause "new victims and new destruction," a Sant'Egidio spokesperson wrote in a press release. 

 Sant'Egidio, a Rome-based Catholic association which promotes prayer, charity, and peace, was streaming the vigil live from 20:00 on its website and all the organization's social media channels. 

 

23 Feb 2024
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 ROME -- A café in Venafro, Molise, has launched an initiative where customers can buy a coffee for 50 cents, as long as they bring their own cup.

 The owners of the shop, Ida Di Ciacco and Moreno Spada, said the scheme was to help the environment and to also help people cut down on costs.

 The “green coffee” initiative means the café avoids “long, polluting high-temperature dishwasher cycles” and customers are provided with a cheaper, more sustainable way to enjoy their coffee.

23 Feb 2024

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