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…
Arts May 04 Gigi Hadid apologizes for darkened skin tone on Vogue Italia cover Gigi Hadid and Vogue Italia have both apologized for the May Vogue Italia cover that showed the model with a dark skin tone, a distortion that unleashed a social media backlash and underlined the lack of diversity in the fashion…