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January 15, 2020 at 2:30 am

Police: Mafia ripped off EU for millions in farm aid

ROME (AP) — Crime clans of the Sicilian Mafia working in cahoots with public officials defrauded the European Union of more than 10 million euros...

Business

January 1, 2020 at 2:29 am

Pope Francis equates violence against women to profaning God

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is pinning much of his hopes for a more peaceful world in the new year on women, saying violence...

December 28, 2019 at 6:47 am

Italy’s premier: Squabbling coalition will last 3 more years

ROME (AP) — Italy's premier insisted Saturday his squabbling coalition will last three more years, even after a minister quit in protest and despite nervousness...

December 8, 2019 at 7:08 am

Piero Terracina, Rome Jew who survived Nazi death camp, dies

ROME (AP) — Piero Terracina, described as the last survivor among the Roman Jews who were deported from the Italian capital to Nazi death camps...

December 4, 2019 at 6:22 am

EU deputy: Not a bad idea to question Malta PM in slaying

VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — The head of an EU lawmaker mission to Malta on Wednesday suggested that police question the Maltese premier about the car...

December 1, 2019 at 4:27 am

Pope says Nativity scenes should go in town squares, schools VIEW

GRECCIO, Italy (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday hailed Nativity scenes as “simple and admirable” signs of Christian faith and encouraged their placement in workplaces,...

December 1, 2019 at 3:29 am

Joyous Congolese dances, songs enliven St. Peter’s Basilica VIEW

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Congolese dancing and singing enlivened St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, as Pope Francis celebrated a special Mass for Catholics from the...

November 28, 2019 at 5:54 am

Italy’s Uffizi to partner with Hong Kong on art exhibitions

ROME (AP) — Italy’s Uffizi Galleries and Hong Kong cultural authorities agreed on Thursday to partner over the next five years on art exhibitions in...

Entertainment

November 24, 2019 at 3:37 am

3 dead, highway collapses as floods pound France, Italy VIEW

ROME (AP) — Flooding pounded France and Italy amid heavy rains over the weekend, leaving at least three dead and a stretch of elevated highway...

November 24, 2019 at 2:27 am

Italian coast guard: migrant bodies washed ashore or in sea VIEW

ROME (AP) — The bodies of five migrant women, two of them washed ashore, were recovered Sunday, the Italian coast guard said, as search efforts...

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