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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
KATARINA HARRISON-GAZE

 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
JULIE DE CASTRO

PARIS –Named journalist of the year in 2023 by GQ Men Of The Year and featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 France list in the Media category, Hugo Travers (known as HugoDecrypte), born on April 6, 1997, in Versailles (Yvelines), is a Franco-British web video creator.

2 Apr 2024
Michael Mewshaw

MIAMI -- The first leg of the Sunshine Double in the desert at Indian Wells, California, was plagued by bizarre events – biblical rainstorms, a swarm of bees that interrupted play for two hours, and the defeat of #1 Novak Djokovic by Luca Nardi, a low-ranked Italian qualifier. Things figured to be more predictable at the Miami Open, the second leg of the Sunshine Double. But the scenario turned truly surreal. With no excuse of injury, Djokovic withdrew from the tournament and fired his coach, Goran Ivanisevic, who had led him to multiple Grand Slam titles in the past six years.

1 Apr 2024
KATARINA HARRISON-GAZE

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis addressed worshipers gathered in St Peter’s Square on Sunday during his traditional Easter urbi et orbi (to the city and the world), calling for the end to fighting across the globe.

 The pontiff, who pulled out of attending the Way of the Cross on Friday at the last minute to “save energy” for services on Saturday and Sunday, spoke to 60,000 people on Sunday morning.

31 Mar 2024
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 ROME – A woman, 49, was stabbed to death by her husband, 45, in Cologno al Serio, Bergamo, police said. This marks the twelfth femicide of the year in Italy, averaging one woman killed every week. 

29 Mar 2024
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 ROME – A 51-year-old architect living in Limbiate, Monza, was arrested on suspicion of aiding mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro by allegedly allowing the boss to use his identity, police said.

 Massimo Gentile, originally from Campobello di Mazara in Sicily, was one of three suspects arrested by the Carabinieri Special Task Force early on Wednesday morning, accused of helping mafia boss Messina Denaro.

28 Mar 2024

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