VATICAN CITY -- Vatican Gendarmes are investigating the death of an American student found hanged in the bathroom of a student dormitory in the Vatican Territory, police have said.
Lyndsay Weatherall
ROME -- Baroness Nosheena Mobarik has urged world leaders to tackle global issues such as conflict, destruction of land, and environmental disasters, calling for those in power to “take all of humanity with us”.
1 Jul 2024
Lyndsay Weatherall
ROME -- An 81 year old man, Vicenzo Urbisaglia, has been accused of strangling his 73 year old wife to death following an argument in their home in Potenza, the Carabinieri have said.
1 Jul 2024
Michael Mewshaw
LONDON -- With 2024 Wimbledon about to start, it strikes me that I’ve spent almost a year of my life swanning around the hallowed grounds at SW19, London. It’s easy to do the math. I’ve had press credentials going all the way back to 1978. Allowing for a few years of absence, it still adds up to over 52 weeks of covering the fortnight. As Gore Vidal once answered when asked how he had come to spend 35 years of his life in Rome, I might claim it was just something I drifted into.
1 Jul 2024
KATARINA HARRISON-GAZE and BRUNO QUINNEY
ROME -- Defending champions Italy were knocked out of Euro 2024 by Switzerland, who beat the Azzurri 0-2 in Berlin.
The last time Italy played in Berlin, they won the World Cup. The hopes of many Italian fans entering the match were high, however Italy proved a whimper as a stunning Ruben Vargas strike capped an impressive victory for Switzerland.
29 Jun 2024
Rusa Dvalishvili
TBILISI - In a thrilling Euro 2024 group stage match, Georgia pulled off a remarkable 2-0 victory against Portugal at the Arena Aufschalke, Gelsenkirchen, in Germany, leaving fans and analysts in shock.
The game began with an explosive start as Georgia's , who plays for Napoli, stunned Portugal by scoring a goal within the first 95 seconds of the match.
28 Jun 2024
Lyndsay Weatherall
Palermo -- A 10 year old boy has died in the countryside of Palazzolo Acreide in Sicily after falling into a 15-metre-deep artesian well, according to the fire brigade.
The incident occurred during an excursion organised by the Anfass di Palazzolo Acreide Foundation which runs in the centre of Sicilian city, Syracuse. The child had been attending the summer camp with his disabled brother when he had climbed onto the cover of the well, which then gave way beneath him.
28 Jun 2024
Lyndsay Weatherall
ROME -- A Japanese businessman has died in the northern Italian city of Udine after intervening to try stop a fight and being set on by a gang of Italian and Ukrainian thugs, police have said.
Shimpei Tominaga, 56, died on Wednesday after spending 4 days in the intensive care unit of Santa Maria della Misericordia hospital.
According to police reconstructions, Tominaga had come to the defence of a young foreigner who had sought refuge in the Buonissimo Kebab shop on Via Pelliccerie in the centre of Urdine at 3.30 on Saturday morning.
27 Jun 2024
JAN FILIPOWICZ
ROME – Over a third of the FAO Evaluation division employees in the Eternal City have sought medical help to cope with the stress of working under bullying director Clemencia Cosentino who staffers say has created a toxic environment in a critical department of the UN agency as well as splurging hundreds of thousands of euros earmarked for the poor on spurious ‘divisional retreats’ held in luxury Rome hotels, FAO sources say.
27 Jun 2024