ROME—Italy may eventually make COVID-19 inoculations compulsory for everyone of eligible age, and plans to start administering booster vaccine shots later this month to vulnerable people, Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Thursday. The government has already made it mandatory for medical workers to get vaccinated if they want to be paid, but Draghi said…
Italy Prepares for Train Track Protests Against COVID-19 Passes
ROME—Italy’s government vowed to crack down on demonstrators threatening to block train tracks throughout the country Wednesday as a rule requiring COVID-19 tests or vaccines to use public transportation for long-distance domestic travel took effect. In a bid to rein in the transmission of infections as Italians returned from summer vacations, the government announced weeks…
Cladding Questions Arise in Milan’s 20-Story Building Blaze
MILAN—Italian firefighters tackled hot spots Monday in a 20-story apartment building in Milan that was destroyed by fire but said there were no indications that anyone was missing inside, as questions arose about the cladding that witnesses said rapidly fueled the fire. Some cases of smoke inhalation were reported from Sunday’s blaze, but no serious…
Italy Expects Last Evacuation Flight out of Afghanistan on Friday
ROME—The Italian government expects its last evacuation flight to leave Afghanistan later on Friday, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio told reporters. “In the next few hours the last C-130 plane will depart from Kabul airport,” Di Maio said after meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Rome. Italian military planes have taken over 4,800 Afghans…
Double Olympic Champion Jacobs Shrugs Off Doping Suspicions
Italy’s double Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs has insisted he is not bothered by suspicions of doping raised by the media, and that hard work is to thank for his record-breaking exploits in Tokyo. Jacobs became the first Italian to win 100 meters gold, setting a European record time of 9.80 seconds in the final,…
‘Four Ferraris’: Italy Race to Shock 4×100 Gold at Olympics
TOKYO—There are some things track fans are used to: Nobody stops the Jamaican women at these Olympics and the tireless Sifan Hassan is a contender for a medal in every distance race she enters. Other things might take some getting used to: Italy is a sprint power. It now owns the gold medal in the…
France, Italy Set to Roll out COVID-19 Health Passes
Unvaccinated citizens of France and Italy are set to face tighter restrictions after officials ruled in favor of COVID-19 health passes for those attempting to enter restaurants, bars, and hospitals, as well as travel. In France, the country’s top constitutional authority on Aug. 5 agreed with most aspects of a new law that requires citizens to carry a special…
US Volleyball Team Beats Italy in Full-Set Battle Despite Thompson’s Absence
August 2, 2021
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TOKYO—The United States defeated Italy in a see-saw five-set battle at the Ariake Arena on Monday to finish on top in Pool B of the women’s volleyball preliminaries, overcoming the absence of injured ace spiker Jordan Thompson and another injury. Thompson, who sat out the match after spraining her ankle on Saturday, watched as setter…
Italy Wins Rematch With US in Men’s Olympic Water Polo
July 29, 2021
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TOKYO—Francesco Di Fulvio and Italy won the 2019 world championship in men’s water polo, establishing themselves as gold medal contenders for the Olympics. Then the coronavirus pandemic arrived. A year after the Games were supposed to occur, Di Fulvio sees a wide-open competition in Tokyo. “We are the same team. We do the same play,…
Turkey Detains 200 Afghan Migrants En Route to Italy: Coastguard
ISTANBUL—Turkish authorities have intercepted a boat carrying more than 200 Afghan migrants in the Aegean sea heading for Europe, Turkey’s coastguard and the International Organization for Migration said on Wednesday. The interception near Turkey’s western shores came as hundreds of Afghans cross into eastern Turkey from Iran, after a rise in violence in their own…
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