World Nov 17 Time for hip waders: Venice sees record 3rd exceptional tide VENICE, Italy — Venice was hit Sunday by a record third exceptional tide in the same week while other parts of Italy struggled with a series of weather woes, from rain-swollen rivers to high winds to an out-of-season avalanche. Stores…
World Nov 13 'Venice is on its knees' amid historic flooding in Italy The water was so high that nothing less than thigh-high boots afforded protection.
World Aug 20 Italy prosecutor orders evacuation of migrant rescue ship Italy's interior minister had refused to open Italian ports, even after six countries stepped forward to take the migrants and despite a fissure in Italy's imploding governing coalition.
World Mar 22 Italy, China deepen ties under wary eyes of U.S., EU Italy is expected to become the first major democracy to sign a memorandum of understanding to join China's "Belt and Road" initiative.
World Jan 31 Italy slides into recession, darkening outlook for Europe Italy has fallen back into recession, intensifying concerns about the 19-country eurozone economy and a possible flare-up in the debt market jitters that haunted the bloc in recent years.
World Oct 29 Much of Venice under water amid worst flooding in a decade Venice frequently floods when high winds push in water from the lagoon, but Monday's levels were exceptional. The peak level was the highest reached since December 2008, according to Venice statistics.
World Aug 20 Experts warned before Italy bridge collapse that cables were corroding, report says Engineering experts determined in February that corrosion of the metal cables supporting the Genoa highway bridge had reduced the bridge's strength by 20 percent — a finding that came months before it collapsed last week, Italian media reported Monday.
World Aug 14 Cars plunge as Italian highway bridge collapses; 20 killed The disaster occurred on a highway that connects Italy to France, and northern cities like Milan to the beaches of Liguria.
World Jul 25 Sergio Marchionne, who saved Fiat and Chrysler, has died MILAN — Sergio Marchionne, a charismatic and demanding CEO who engineered two long-shot corporate turnarounds to save carmakers Fiat and Chrysler from near-certain failure, died Wednesday. He was 66.
World Jun 26 On both sides of Atlantic, migrants meet hostile reception On both sides of the Atlantic, migrants flooding across borders by the hundreds each day have met a hostile reception and governments unable to agree on how to cope with the arrivals. In Europe, where far-right parties have joined the…