ROME - The police, with their sirens on for an incident, the little girl, crossing the street with her parents a few paces in front. The impact.
A seven year old American girl was run over by a police car in the center of Rome, on Corso Rinascimento.
The girl – from California, and on holiday with her parents in the Capital – was taken to the Bambino Gesu hospital in a code yellow state: she had suffered several cuts, but she was not in a serious condition.
DEBRECEN, Hungary - New details emerge about the brawl that broke out at the end of the match between Israel and Italy. The game, which ended 4-5 in favour of Italy, delivered goals and emotions until the very end but also moments of tension and nervousness.
CUBA - Hidden from the justice of the law, it has been uncovered that thousands of inmates are subject to “inhumane and exploitative conditions,” given no choice by the Cuban authorities and forced to work in inhumane conditions. The prisoners are forced to work long hours, for little or no pay, with almost unattainable production targets, whether it be for the exportation of charcoal, tobacco or sugar cane.
ROME - The Minister of University and Research, and the Italian Finance Police have intensified controls over university student scholarships to prevent abuses of the system and protect students that have been the subject of such abuses.
Between January 2024 and August 2025, the Financial Police has carried out 967 interventions across Italy with controls on its resources for 5.2 million euros: from the checks that emerged, 1.2 million euros were obtained without having the right to, and another 878,000 euros were blocked and denied before their distribution.
SAN VITO LO CAPO, Sicily - The Cous Cous Fest, the International Festival of Cultural Integration, returns to San Vito Lo Capo for its 28th edition, running from Sept. 19 to 28. Set in the stunning coastal town in Sicily, the festival celebrates cous cous as a symbol of peace and cultural exchange, offering ten days of culinary competitions, tastings, concerts, and cultural experiences.
ROME - Tailoring and craft activities have given a new life to many Ukrainian refugee women who fled the war, brought together under the association “Donne for Peace” (Women for Peace).
In these three years, they have found a safe place, a job, a future in the Eternal City. “Who would have imagined we’d come this far,” said one woman emotionally, on Monday at Palazzo Valentini, during the opening of the exhibition “Beauty and Harmony to Inspire Peace.”
ROME - The World Food Programme draws a deep breath. The UN agency for food supply and help sees its balance sheet thinning more and more. And as a consequence it is preparing itself to cut 20 percent of its staff across several Global Headquarters: meaning that in the Rome base 300 people are at risk, reports Il Messaggero.
In the last months, the topic was at the centre of at least a few emails sent from Cindy McCain (Executive Director) to all the employees and viewers of Il Messaggero.
VATICAN CITY – On Friday morning, for a few minutes, just long enough to take a group photo in St Peter's Square, 40 Ukrainian mothers met Pope Leo XIV. They came from Kiev to embrace him and ask him for two things. “Not to be abandoned,” and for the new pope to “want to make a pilgrimage to Kiev”.
ROME - Whatever Gennaro Gattuso has been working on with his Italian team over the last week must be working, as yet again his side showed their potential in front of goal, slotting another five goals past Israel, along with their resilience.
Unlike against Estonia, this time they found their opponent much more willing and able to fight back, making for a less comfortable win than expected. Gattuso’s men emerged on the winning side of the 5-4 goal-fest at the Nagyerdei Stadium, but it was not smooth sailing.
