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Italy mourns the death of one of the greatest footballers in its history, Gigi Riva, who died on Monday at the age of 79. Luigi (known to all as Gigi) Riva suffered a heart attack at home on Sunday and was in the hospital since then in Cagliari, the town where he spent almost his entire playing career, between 1963 and 1977. "A true national ...
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The United States is set to unveil new sanctions against Russia on Friday in response to the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in prison. This action comes as several European governments have called in Russian diplomats amidst the escalating tensions. The United States will announce fresh sanctions on Russia on Friday over the death in ...
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The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said in a statement on Wednesday that it received a "generous contribution of €1.5 million from the Italian Cooperation to support the school meals program that provides nutritious meals and snacks for over 100,000 boys and girls in 185 public schools across Lebanon." It stated that the program, ...
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The European Union and Egypt finalized a financial package on Sunday, worth 7.4 billion euros, intended to aid the debt-ridden North African nation, enhance energy trade with Europe and curb irregular migration. The European Union and Egypt on Sunday signed a 7.4-billion-euro financial package to support the indebted North African country, boost ...
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The G7 states will meet in Turin, Italy on Monday, for the first key climate talks since COP28 as a new report shows all G7 members are missing their climate targets. G7 ministers meet for environment and climate change talks in Turin on Monday, with experts urging the highly industrialized countries to use their political clout, wealth and ...
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Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani announced on Saturday that Rome would restore funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees as he met with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa. "Italy has decided to resume financing specific projects intended for assistance to Palestinian refugees, but only after rigorous controls that ...
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Frozen Russian Assets G7 Italy Ukraine War Volodymyr Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will participate in the upcoming G7 summit in Italy either online or in person, his spokesman told state media on Monday. A key agenda item of the summit to be held in southern Italy from June 13 to 15 will be ways to use profits from frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine, which has been urging allies for ...
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Giorgia Meloni's far-right party won a decisive victory in European elections in Italy, near-final results showed Monday — making her one of the few EU leaders to emerge stronger after the vote. "It is a resounding result," Meloni said Monday of the gains made by her Brothers of Italy party, despite a historically low turnout of 49.69 ...
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artificial intelligence Francis G7 Italy Pope Pope Francis Summit weapons
Pope Francis called on Friday for a ban on "lethal autonomous weapons," when he addressed the G7 leaders' summit in Italy on the perils of artificial intelligence. "In light of the tragedy that is armed conflict, it is urgent to reconsider the development and use of devices like the so-called 'lethal autonomous weapons' and ultimately ban their ...
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After the opening game, where Germany secured a commanding 5-1 victory over Scotland on Friday, the Euro 2024 enters its second day on Saturday. The second game of Group A between Hungary and Switzerland will already provide an indicator of the group's underdog behind the host nation. This will be followed by the kickoff of Group B, known as the ...
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Italy recovered from conceding the fastest goal in the competition's history to get their defense of the European Championship title off to a winning start on Saturday, as they came back to beat Albania 2-1 in front of a partisan crowd. Nedim Bajrami stunned the Italians and delighted a huge Albanian support in Dortmund as he smashed in the ...
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Eleven migrants have died and dozens of others are feared missing after two shipwrecks off Italy, a migrant rescue charity and the coastguard said Monday. Rescuers coming to the aid of migrants on a wooden boat off Lampedusa found 11 bodies below deck, the German aid group ResQship posted on X. The crew aboard ResQship's vessel, the Nadir, "is ...
