ROME—Italian authorities Monday were investigating a U.S. servicewoman, stationed at an air base in northern Italy, for alleged vehicular homicide in the death of a 15-year-old boy struck by a car on a town road. The woman was driving a car which crashed into the curb at the edge of a roundabout about 2:30 a.m….
2 Die in Violent Storms Pounding Italy; More Bad Weather Forecast
ROME—Two people were killed by falling trees in central Italy on Thursday as powerful storms battered several regions after weeks of punishingly high temperatures, rescue services said. Italy’s civil protection unit said that the bad weather would sweep south overnight and issued warnings for Friday for 11 of the country’s 20 regions. A man and…
Visit the Dolomites in Italy | Simple Happiness Episode 26
Relax and let your worries be replaced by stunning aerial nature views from some of Dolomites’s most beautiful and iconic landscape locations, paired with a brand new calming music masterpiece. This video can be used to relax, sleep, meditate, do yoga, study, work, read, and more. The Dolomites are a mountain range located in northeastern…
Adventures of a 13-Year-Old American Kid in World War II Italy
Joseph Moraglia was born in Brooklyn on July 4, 1931. He was the youngest of nine children born to Domenico and Rosa Moraglia. Fittingly for being born on the Fourth of July, he was the only child of the Italian family born in the United States. Joseph turned 91 this year. He’s the poster child…
Domino’s Pizza Exits Italy Following Seven-Year Failure
Domino’s Pizza has shuttered the last of its locations in Italy, officially ending a seven-year failed attempt to bring American fast-food pizza to the Mediterranean country from which the dish derives. On Tuesday, Italians began to notice that the 13 remaining Domino’s franchises in their country were not responding to calls, just months after an…
Russian and Chinese Influence in Italy Requires Investigation
Commentary Matteo Salvini, the head of a rising far-right party in Italy, has some big problems. They mirror those in many other countries, where the center-right and far-right are diverging, according to David Broder, an expert on contemporary Italian fascism. First, Salvini is soft on Russia, which is close to China. An influential Italian veto…
Italy Heads to Early Election After Draghi Resigns
ROME—Italy is headed for an early election after its president accepted Premier Mario Draghi’s resignation Thursday and decided there was no possibility for cobbling together another government following the rapid collapse of the ruling coalition. The demise of Draghi’s coalition in the eurozone’s third-largest economy and the uncertainty of what Italian voters will decide at…
Biden Tests Positive for COVID-19; House GOP and Hungary Against Global Tax | NTD News Today
The White House trying to clarify, after President Biden suggests he has cancer due to the oil industry. This, as the president takes climate issues into his own hands. How does a global minimum tax on corporations sound? Over a hundred countries support the plan, including the Biden administration. But some House Republicans and one…
Italian Prime Minister Draghi Resigns After Coalition Falls Apart
ROME—Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi handed in his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella on Thursday after his unity government fell apart, plunging the country into political turmoil and hitting financial markets. Mattarella’s office said in a statement that the head of state had “taken note” of the resignation and asked Draghi to remain in a…
Vernazza: Lorenzo’s View
Vernazza’s strollable breakwater creates a little harbor, rare on this rugged Italian Riviera coastline. Grabbing a comfortable hollow in a boulder on the tip, I study the arrangement man and nature have carved out here over the last thousand years. Crumpled hills come with topographical lines: a terraced, green bouquet of cactus, grapevines, and olive…
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