April 17, 2024 G7 to meet in Italy, expected to call for sanctions on Iran Iran's attack on Israel gave new urgency to the meeting of the Group of Seven in Italy. The member countries are expected to call for sanctions on Iran and restraint from Israel.
April 17, 2024 Finding New York: 500th anniversary of Giovanni de Verrazzano historic voyage of discovery On April 17, 500 years ago, Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano sailed into New York Bay, describing the land and his encounters with its native inhabitants. The Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge in New York was named after him.
April 12, 2024 Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli has died at age 83, his company says Roberto Cavalli, the Italian fashion designer known for his textile innovations and 'glamorous' style, has died at age 83; he is survived by his partner Sandra Nilsson and six children.
April 12, 2024 Archaeologists make 'stunning' find of banquet hall in Pompeii Archaeologists recently unearthed a "stunning" banquet room in Pompeii, a doomed city in Italy that was destroyed by a volcano in A.D. 79. The discovery was announced this week.
April 11, 2024 Italian coast guard rescues 22 shipwrecked people, recovers 9 bodies. Some 15 reported missing 22 people were rescued and nine bodies were recovered by the Italian Coast Guard after a smuggler's boat capsized; the boat departed from Tunisia on Sunday carrying 46 people.
April 10, 2024 What to know about the latest trial involving Amanda Knox Amanda Knox, exonerated 9 years ago in the murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher, is defending herself in court in a slander case that could 'remove the last legal stain against her.'
April 9, 2024 Amanda Knox faces a new slander trial in Italy that could remove the last legal stain against her Amanda Knox, who had her conviction thrown out in the murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher, faces a trial for slander this week that 'could remove the last legal stain against her.'
April 9, 2024 At least 3 dead, 5 injured in Italian dam explosion At least three people died, five others were injured and four remain missing following an underground explosion Tuesday at the Bergi hydroelectric plant in northern Italy.
April 8, 2024 Pope marks six-month anniversary of Hamas attacks by meeting with relatives of hostages Marking the six-month anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel, Pope Francis met with relatives of hostages on Monday in the Apostolic Palace.
April 8, 2024 Italy's police arrest a Tajik man suspected of Islamic State membership at Rome airport A Tajik national, accused of being an active member of the Islamic State group, was arrested on Monday after arriving at Rome's international airport on a flight from the Netherlands.
