ROME – A British-born Italian computer whiz, who died of leukemia at age 15, is one step away from becoming the first millennial saint, Italian media reports.

 ROME – Private parties, school excursions and amateur soccer – those are some of the activities banned under new restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus in the Bel Paese, sources a

Statement by WFP Executive Director David Beasley

 ROME – Jogging or ‘slow running’ does not require a mask – that’s the official word from the Interior Ministry, clearing up the doubts surrounding masks and physical activity, Italian media report

 ROME – Anti-child abuse aid charity Hear Their Cries has slammed the Nobel Peace

ROME – Over 70 shots by photographers and journalists of the Foreign Press Association in Italy tell the fundamental phases of the pandemic: from the end of March to the first signs of a restart.

 ROME – Further spikes in coronavirus infections have sparked fears over an anti-facemask demonstration, in which police are taking part this weekend.

 MALI – Two Italian hostages kidnapped by Islamic extremists in Niger have been freed, Malian government officials said on Friday.

 ROME - Italy’s Campania region has seen a sharp spike in coronavirus infections in the past few days as a new government decree comes into force today, making it obligatory to wear face masks outd

 ROME -- The ’47 Cisitalia 202 SC is the winning vehicle of the Reb Concours – the car competition with a difference; it is judged by a team of experts from outside the motoring world.

 ROME – As Italy prepares for a second wave of COVID-19 infections it has made it obligatory to wear face masks outdoors nationwide, the health ministry said on W

 NAPLES – A woman who refused an order to wear a mask has been arrested in Napoli after striking an officer and trying to flee, police sources said.

 TERRACINA – Right-wing former interior minister and League leader Matteo Salvini has been urged to self-isolate after two people at a function he attended in Ter

 ROME - It reads like the plot of a daytime soap but the real-life drama of a prelate allegedly funneling funds to a woman dubbed the “cardinal’s dame” is being played out in the dark corners of th

 GENOA – An Italian infectious disease doctor has warned against making outdoor mask wearing mandatory throughout Italy,

 IMPERIA – The body of a woman recovered in waters off Borgo Prino, Imperia, in Italy’s Liguria region, is believed to have drifted from France, Italia media reported on Monday.

 ROME – Italy’s Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte and the mayor of Rome, Ms.

 SALERNO – From Salvatore Quasimodo to Pirandello and Gabrielle Rossetti to Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, a constellation of poets, novelists and men and w

 ROME – Calls for Pope Francis to change the title of his forthcoming encyclical Fratelli tutti

 ROME – The devastating economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic has done little to dampen Italians’ desire to travel to the UK, a senior British diplomat said

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 ROME – Cardinal George Pell, the pope’s former finance czar, has returned to Rome for the first time since he was acquitted of child sexual abuse and released fr

 ROME – The Italian cardinal embroiled in an embezzlement scandal had invested an additional 100 million pounds in luxury apartments in London, according to the

 LAMPEDUSA – The Finance Police have opened fire on a Tunisian fishing boat that ignored orders to stop, rammed the patrol boat and attempted to flee, police sources said on Wednesday.

 ROME - Little over three weeks since being controversially ejected from the US Open after accidentally hitting a line judge in the throat when striking a ball in