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TRIESTE - Hundreds of missiles destined to Saudi Arabia, likely to be used in the Yemen civil war, left Italy from the port of Monfalcone Wednesday, just ten days after port workers in Genoa refused to load the cargo on human rights grounds.

30 May 2019
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ROME -  Neo-fascists have once again gained the upper hand in a graffiti back-and-forth, covering the poetry that anonymous individuals had used to cover Nuova Forza messages in Fiumicino, reported Il Messaggero.

 Residents of the Roman town woke Wednesday to large black swastikas covering the white leaves and poetry that had been a collective effort to reject neo-fascist messages discovered the previous morning. The poetry displayed verses by, amongst, others, Giacomo Leopardi, William Shakespeare, Sandro Penna and Giuseppe Ungaretti.

30 May 2019
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ROME - The Italian Navy were forced to rescue a migrant dinghy stranded off the Libyan coast despite the nation’s strict closed port policy as severe weather warnings were issued, authorities have said.

 The boat was left stranded without an engine and the circa 100 migrants aboard found themselves at serious risk. While initial NGO reports seemed to suggest that a five-year-old girl died aboard the dinghy in the early hours of Wednesday morning on account of the conditions, reports from the Italian Navy confirmed that no one abord the vessel had lost their life. 

30 May 2019
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ROME – The ClimAlt Project is the latest commendable attempt to teach young people about climate change and the concomitant challenges it poses, and to increase discussion about what can be done.

 Part-funded by the European Commission’s Erasmus+ Programme, it aims to train individuals aged 20 to 30, free of charge, on the causes, impacts and potential solutions of changes to the environment.

29 May 2019
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BRUSSELS - A European coalition between Italy’s League and England’s Brexit Party is very much on the cards after delegates from Salvini’s party said that discussions with their British counterparts had gone well.

 Marco Zanni, a League MEP, told press on Wednesday that his party was close to reaching an agreement with the Eurosceptic party led by the man commonly seen as having championed Brexit.

 “We will see if we can wrap things up with [Farage] next week,” Zanni said, before adding that discussions had gone “very well.”

29 May 2019
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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has labelled Donald Trump’s administration as “cruel” in a speech denouncing the US President’s border policy that has led to countless violent incidents and seen authorities separate young children from their families.

 The pontiff said that he was prepared to meet with Trump to discuss the latter’s stance on immigration and urge him not to continue along his chosen path.

29 May 2019
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BOLOGNA – New evidence from a tourist’s holiday film has led a judge to reopen the investigation into the notorious Bologna massacre, in the hope of finding out whether Paolo Bellini, an ex-gangster in the neo-fascist Avanguardia Nazionale, was involved, reported Il Fatto Quotidiano.

29 May 2019
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ROME - The United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is launching an innovative global dance challenge, asking young people to make their moves matter and record a 15-second dance video in support of creating opportunities for rural youth in some of the world's poorest countries.

29 May 2019
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VENICE - The mysterious British graffiti artist executed his hallmark combination of artistic novelty and masterful self-promotion on the world’s most prestigious stage for contemporary art. A double whammy of enigmatic revelations sent professionals and enthusiasts alike scrambling to make sense of Banksy’s contributions to the Biennale. Some may wonder, though, whether his publicity stunts are tenable with claims to be outside the artistic mainstream.

29 May 2019

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