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May 27, 2022 at 10:18 am

New head of Italian bishops launches sex abuse query

The new president of the Italian Conference of Bishops says he would launch an independent inquiry on sex abuse by Catholic clergy in Italy.

May 15, 2022 at 5:01 am

Eurovision win in hand, Ukraine band releases new war video VIEW

Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra has released a new music video, hours after its hit “Stefania” led it to victory in the Eurovision Song Contest.

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Members of the Kalush Orchestra from Ukraine celebrate after winning the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest at Palaolimpico arena, in Turin, Italy, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) TH192 TH192

May 14, 2022 at 3:26 am

Ukrainian band wins Eurovision amid war VIEW

Kalush Orchestra made an impassioned plea to free people still trapped in a besieged steel mill in a Ukrainian port city on Saturday night after...

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Vera Lytochenko holds her violin as she poses for a photo in a basement of an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday March 6, 2022. Lytochenko is Ukraine’s cellar violinist, who has become an internet icon of resilience as images of her playing in the basement bomb shelter have inspired an international audience via social media. (Vera Lytochenko via AP) TH810 TH810

March 9, 2022 at 11:21 am

Sheltering from bombs, Ukraine’s ‘cellar violinist’ plays on WATCH

Vera Lytovchenko has become an internet icon of resilience as images of the accomplished violinist playing in a basement bomb shelter in the besieged Ukrainian...

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August 31, 2021 at 12:09 pm

Afghan translator safe in Italy, worries for family he left

A 39-year-old man who served as a translator for the Italian military and embassy in Afghanistan says he is relieved to be safe in Italy...

Amina, only name given to protect her identity, shows a red scarf worn by women activists of Nove Onlus, an Italian NGO working for women rights in Afghanistan, to identify themselves to Italian military at the Kabul airport in order to be evacuated, upon arriving at Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci international airport in Fiumicino, early Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. So far Nove Onlus has coordinated with Italian diplomatic and military authorities the evacuation of some 150 people from Afghanistan after the Taliban’s takeover. (AP Photo/Paolo Santalucia) ROM101 ROM101

August 24, 2021 at 8:56 am

Red handkerchiefs, inked palms speeding Afghans to safety

To get their Afghan workers and their families into Kabul's chaotic airport for evacuation, Western charities are inventing simple, one-off signals, such as a red...

July 28, 2021 at 1:10 pm

Italian rockers Maneskin enjoy blurring gender stereotypes VIEW

Italy's rock band phenomenon Maneskin is enjoying global fame, boosted by its win in this year's Eurovision contest

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March 28, 2021 at 11:18 pm