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 ROME – China’s victory in the Food and Agriculture Organization election due to bungled U.S.

 OTTAWA – The Italian companies Salini Impregilo and Astaldi have won a contract to build a new railway line in Ontario, said business sources Wednesday.

 ANTARCTIC – The 35^th Italian scientific expedition into the Antarctic has begun with the opening of the Italian station “Mario Zucchelli” (MZS) on Baia Terra Nova.

 ROME – The European Union has donated 3 million euros to the World Food Programme.

 SANA’A – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has finally managed to reach families trapped in Durayhimi City, Yemen, with much-needed humanitarian assistance.

 ROME – Statues of a South American goddess have been removed from a Roman church and thrown in the Tiber by conservatives in protest, according to Il Messaggero.

 ROME – A delegation of indigenous people of the Amazon spoke at a press conference Monday to denounce the violence and oppression they are currently facing and to encourage Europe to take action.

 ROME - If the House of Commons does vote through Boris Johnson’s deal, the impact on Italy and Italians will be felt only slowly, Il Messaggero reports.

 WASHINGTON – When Italian President Sergio Mattarella met his American counterpart at the White House for a quick and frank meeting over trade issues and the avoidance of retaliatory tariffs, Dona

 VENICE – Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man can go to Paris, the Veneto regional administrative court has ruled.

 ROME – The EU agreements to condemn the current Turkish offensive in Syria will have limited immediate effect, say political sources.

 ROME – A short film featuring poet Maya Angelou was launched in Rome by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on Friday, the International Day of Rural Women.  It aimed to rai

 ROME - The European Union's Foreign and Political Commissions, of the Italian Parliament, have recently held the hearing of the Ambassador of the Republic of Finland in Italy, Ms.

 ROME - The Ocean Viking rescue ship, which has picked up some 176 migrants – among them six minors – in two separate operations, once again finds itself seeking a safe port, the NGO said on Monday

 BRUSSELS -- This year’s edition of the Tour de France illustrated the impact of Ketones, a performance-enhancing drug which is legal but whose side effects are not yet known.

 ROME – Turkey is one of the Italian weapons industry's major clients according to statistics, raising calls for arms exports to the country to stop immediately.

 ROME – Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has sent a formal request to Copasir for a meeting to assess his involvement in Italy’s growing Russiagate scandal, Il Messaggero reports.

 ROME – The Italian Foreign Ministry summoned the Turkish ambassador Thursday, in protest over the Turkish offensive in Syria.

 ROME – The use of electronic cigarettes in hospitals, health facilities and medical offices is being banned throughout Lazio, health officials said on Thursday.

 VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis is urging bishops taking part in the Amazon synod not to chase the Holy Spirit away from their discussions, as he launched the first full working day of a summit design

 ROME – The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Italy’s laws on life imprisonment must change, judicial sources report.

 ROME – Leonardo da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man” may not be lent to the Louvre after all, following a court ruling.