ROME – The appointment of convicted Russian moneylaunderer Vladimir Kusnetsov to the FAO finance committee was opposed in vain by the United States and FAO’s new Chinese Qu Dongyu has turned a blind eye to the criminal’s daughter Alexandra Kusnetsova serving as an influential staff member of human resources at the UN agency, FAO sources say.
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The first half of the 2019-20 season wasn’t the best for Juventus, as although the team still earned a lot of points in the Serie A, the performance of some of the leading players in the squad like Cristiano Ronaldo and the new signing Matthijs de Ligt was questionable.
Many believed that the Portuguese forward was too old and the Dutch defender too young to lead Juventus to glory in the UEFA Champions League which is the club’s ultimate goal after almost a decade of dominance in Italy.
13 Feb 2020
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NEW YORK – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Qu Dongyu has said that greater action is needed to prevent a humanitarian crisis in East Africa, with a Desert Locust surge now affecting seven countries and threatening to spread even further, reports the FAO in a news release.
Director-General Dongyu addressed donors and representatives from the affected countries in New York on Wednesday, alongside Mark Lowcock, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.
13 Feb 2020
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TRIPOLI – Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio landed in Tripoli on Wednesday to meet with Prime Minister Fayez al Sarraj of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA), and has announced that Italy will allocate 20 million euros to stabilise the region, according to diplomatic sources.
Di Maio said that Italy will be an essential actor in ensuring a permanent cease-fire in Libya and will work to enforce the arms embargo, with the goal of allowing companies to reinvest, reports Il Fatto Quotidiano.
13 Feb 2020
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ROME -- Investigators probing a former head of the human resources department at the FAO on charges of allegedly demanding cash in return for jobs as well as sexual harassment are having difficulty making the charges stick despite a raft of accusations, FAO sources say.
13 Feb 2020
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ROME – On Wednesday the Senate Chamber approved a request to begin court proceedings against Matteo Salvini for refusing to allow a migrant rescue vessel to dock in 2019, initiating a legal process that could take years to get through the courts, according to judicial sources. Mr. Salvini was the Italian Minister for the Interior from June 2018 to Sept. 2019, during which he blocked 131 migrants from disembarking off Sea Watch 3 in July 2019.
12 Feb 2020
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MILAN - Famous sculptures are revealed as part of the ‘Canova & Thorvaldsen exhibition – the birth of modern sculpture’, in the Gallery on Piazza della Scala, which runs until March 15, 2020.
12 Feb 2020
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VATICAN CITY – Married priests will not be allowed in the Amazon despite the shortages of priests there, a papal document entitled ‘Dear Amazon’ revealed on Wednesday.
12 Feb 2020
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MILAN – Following a shareholders meeting on Tuesday over videocall, a decision has been made not to recapitalise and to liquidate Air Italy, as stated in an official Air Italy statement.
12 Feb 2020