A tragic shipwreck in the Mediterranean left six people dead and 40 missing, the UN reported on Wednesday. The incident occurred after an inflatable dinghy, carrying 56 migrants, left the Tunisian port of Sfax on Monday. The dinghy began to deflate and take on water after a few hours at sea. Rescue operations are […]
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Italy’s watchdog asks Facebook for clarification on pre-election activities
Milan: Italy’s watchdog asks Facebook for clarification on pre-election activities. Italy’s Data Protection Agency has asked Facebook to clarify the activities the social media giant has engaged in ahead of Sunday’s national elections, it said on Thursday. Tech giant Meta (Meta.O), which owns social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, has launched an information […]
Tilda Swinton on the importance of believing in ghosts
Venice: Tilda Swinton spoke on Tuesday about the “therapeutic importance” of believing in ghosts as she presented a haunting, semi-autobiographical new film about a woman dealing with the death of her mother. Swinton’s latest collaboration with British director Joanna Hogg is “The Eternal Daughter”, competing at the Venice Film Festival, which draws heavily on both […]
Famed male Italian director tells Venice he was born a woman
VENICE: Famed male Italian director tells Venice he was born a woman. Award-winning Italian director Emanuele Crialese revealed on Sunday that he had been born a woman as he presented his highly autobiographical movie “L’Immensita”, starring Penelope Cruz, at the Venice Film Festival. “L’Immensita” focuses on an Italian family growing up in 1970s Rome, where […]
Italy fears summer COVID-19 wave as cases rise
ROME: COVID-19 cases are again surging in Italy, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday, fueling fears of a fresh wave of the pandemic during the summer tourist season. The government reported on Wednesday nearly 54,000 new infections over the previous 24 hours. A day earlier, there were 62,704 new infections. Accordingly, the past two days […]
Polling for Khalistan referendum in Italy on Sunday
BRESCIA (ITALY): The polling for Khalistan referendum will start at 9 am and will continue till 5 pm on Sunday in the Brescia city of Italy. A referendum for a separate Sikh homeland started from London on October 31, last year, and so far tens of thousands of Sikhs have participated in the polling held […]
No white smoke in first round of Italy’s presidential vote
Rome: Italy’s parliament failed to make headway Monday in the first round of voting for a new president, a normally low-stakes race that this year risks bringing down the government if Prime Minister Mario Draghi is chosen. In the absence of an agreement between the main parties on a candidate, 672 of the almost 1,000 […]
Italian FM visits Pakistan to hold talks about Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD: Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio on Monday has arrived in Islamabad to discuss the deteriorating Afghanistan situation with the high officials of Pakistan, becoming the fourth western foreign minister to visit Pakistan after the Kabul fall. “During talks between the two foreign ministers, views will be exchanged on the latest developments in Afghanistan. […]
Rome region website hacked, affecting vaccine bookings
The website of Lazio, the Italian region that includes Rome, was down on Sunday after being hit by a cyber attack, meaning that people could no longer use it to book a Covid vaccine. “A hacker attack is underway… all defence and verification operations are ongoing to avoid prolonging the cut in services,” the region […]
Italy bans large cruise ships from Venice centre
Large cruise ships will be banned from sailing into the centre of Venice from August 1, Italy announced Tuesday after years of warnings they risk causing irreparable damage to the lagoon city. The decision comes just days before a meeting of the UN’s cultural organisation UNESCO, which had proposed to add Venice to its list […]