ROME – Less than a week after the brutal stabbing death of a 52-year old Romanian man, the murder of yet another immigrant has rocked the Torpignattara district of Rome.

NAPLES – Thousands gather today in Naples Cathedral to feast, commemorate the martyrdom of the principal patron Saint of Napoli, Saint Januarius, and marvel at what is know as The Blood Miracle.

MILAN – Italian PM Matteo Renzi will consider restarting the stalled construction of a suspension bridge linking Sicily to the Italian mainland, Salini Impregilo, CEO of Pietro Salini said Friday.

VENICE- Italian author Giorgio Fontana has been awarded the Campiello literary prize for his novel “Morte di un Uomo felice” (The Death of a Happy Man).

ROME – Italian PM Matteo Renzi has praised the decision of the Scottish people to remain in the UK as a triumph for diversity.

GENOA- Tiziano Renzi, the father of Italian premier Matteo Renzi, is under investigation for bankruptcy fraud after his business folded in Nov. 2013.

MILAN – The ex-wife and convicted murderer of Maurizio Gucci, Patrizia Reggiani, has designed a range of handbags for Bozart one year after her release from prison.

MALTA – Two young survivors of a shipwreck in the Mediterranean have reported that their boat, carrying around 500 migrants, was deliberately sunk by traffickers last week.

FERMANO – Two construction workers have been killed by their former employer in Molino Girola, Fermano, after approaching him armed with an axe in an alleged dispute over wages.

ROME – A temporary exhibition on Victorian poet Robert Browning is to run at Keats-Shelley House from Sep. 22 to Feb. 28.

ROME – Official statistics show that industrial production in Italy has sunk to its lowest point in five years.

 BUENOS AIRES- Mafia boss Pantaleone Mancusa has been arrested in Argentina and will shortly be extradited to Italy, Argentinian police announced.

MILAN – Milan prosecutors are investigating ENI CEO Claudio Descalzi for international corruption after he allegedly bribed the Nigerian government, judicial sources said.

 TURIN – Fiat Chrysler has announced Luca di Montezemolo’s resignation; the chairman of Ferrari is to be replaced by Sergio Marchionne after almost 23 years in the job.

NAPLES – Beginning next November waste from Naples will be sent to landfill on the island of Majorca, a popular tourist destination.

GARGANO – Politicians arrive in Puglia to survey the damage caused by floods that have left two dead.

Rome – The drama of two young women volunteers kidnapped in Syria has caused increasing anxiety following the murder of journalist James Foley.

ROME– The Italian Beaches Union have reported a sharp decrease in tourism over the last two months.

ROME– Lorenzo, a 5-year-old boy from Taranto, has died after battling cancer caused by pollution from the Ilva steelworks.

ROME- Muriel Spark’s voice, which died in 2006, is heard again through this collection of her occasional prose put together by her companion, the sculptor Penelope Jardine.

ROME – The rate of youth unemployment in July was esteemed to be 43.7 percent, the highest it has been since 1977, ISTAT (National Institute of Statistics) revealed.

 NAPLES – Thief Antonio Mannalà was shot dead by a Naples police officer after stealing an automobile on Wednesday, police said.