July 1, 2020 Italy confiscates $1B worth of amphetamines made by ISIS in Syria Italian police seized 14 tons of amphetamines with a street value of approximately $1.15 billion, which they suspect was headed for the home base of a notorious European crime clan in Naples and outsourced from ISIS drug producers in Syria.
June 29, 2020 Italian teen who created catalog of miracles is one step closer to becoming 'patron saint of the internet' An Italian teenage boy who programmed his home computer to catalog miracles and died at 15 years old is one step closer to becoming the first Catholic millennial saint.
June 23, 2020 Landslide in Italy causes commuter train to derail, no injuries reported A commuter train in Italy derailed on Monday after a landslide sent boulders onto the tracks, according to officials.
June 22, 2020 Pope Emeritus Benedict returns to Vatican after visiting ill brother in Germany, officials say Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI returned to the Vatican Monday after a five-day trip to Germany to visit his ailing older brother, the Vatican said.
June 21, 2020 Coronavirus weakening, may disappear on its own, Italian doctor says An Italian infectious disease doctor believes the coronavirus has become less dangerous — and could disappear on its own without a vaccine.
June 16, 2020 Some severe coronavirus cases see 'complete disruption of lung architecture,' doctor warns The doctor detailed "massive thrombosis," or deadly blood clotting in patients' lungs.
June 14, 2020 Statue of Italy journalist defaced amid wave of anti-racist demonstrations across much of Europe Protesters in Italy have defaced the statue of a famous journalist, covering it in red paint and scrawling the words “racist” and “rapist,” in reference to his admission that he had had 12-year-old Eritrean bride while stationed in the Italian colony in the 1930s.
June 10, 2020 Italy's hard-hit region nears 'herd immunity' as more than half of people tested show coronavirus antibodies The northern Italy region hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic seems well on the path to so-called “herd immunity” after more than half of its residents tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies.
June 9, 2020 Firefighters in Italy rescue 3 after car swept away by floodwaters during severe storm Three people in Italy were pulled from floodwaters after flash flooding dragged their vehicle away on Monday, as severe storms slammed the region.
June 3, 2020 Coronavirus in Italy 'clinically no longer exists,' doctor says The head of a hospital in Milan, Italy claims the novel coronavirus no longer exists in the country — clinically speaking, that is.
