World Nov 14 Italian Coast Guard rescues 550 migrants from stormy seas One rescue began Saturday night and ended early Sunday when the 303 migrants, soaked and shivering, stepped on to the port of Roccella Jonica in the the Calabria region.
World Aug 12 Days of hot weather grip Southern Europe, North Africa Throughout the Mediterranean region, days of hot weather already have driven people indoors at midday, spoiled crops and complicated the challenge of firefighters battling wildfires.
World Jul 05 Pope alert and well a day after intestinal surgery, Vatican says The brief medical bulletin contained the first details the Vatican released after the Pope underwent a three-hour operation that involved removing half his colon.
World Jul 04 Pope Francis in hospital for scheduled intestinal surgery Pope Francis went to a Rome hospital on Sunday for scheduled surgery on his large intestine, the Vatican said. The news came just three hours after Francis had cheerfully greeted the public in St. Peter’s Square and told them he…
World Jun 26 Big Pride parade in Paris; Turkish police stop marchers Authorities have banned Istanbul Pride events since 2015, citing public security, and more recently, COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. The Cumhuriyet newspaper said at least 25 people were detained.
World Jun 06 Pope voices ‘pain’ over Canadian deaths, doesn’t apologize Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his pain over the discovery in Canada of the remains of 215 Indigenous students of church-run residential schools and pressed religious and political authorities to shed light on “this sad affair.” But he didn’t offer…
World Apr 04 In Easter speech, pope calls wars in pandemic ‘scandalous’ Pope Francis in his traditional Easter Sunday address denounced as “scandalous” how armed conflicts continue to rage even as the coronavirus pandemic has triggered severe social and economic suffering and swollen the ranks of the poor.
Health Apr 03 Young professionals cut ahead of older Italians for vaccine Octogenarians in Tuscany watched in disbelief and indignation as lawyers, magistrates, professors and other younger professionals got vaccinated against COVID-19 before them, despite government pledges of prioritizing Italy’s oldest citizens. Even some of their adult children jumped ahead of them.
World Feb 20 Pope, others hail Italian health workers on COVID anniversary Pope Francis and Italy’s president on Saturday marked a newly established annual day to honor doctors, nurses and other health care workers, exactly one year after the nation’s first known native case of COVID-19 emerged.
World Feb 13 Draghi takes helm in Italy, focused on pandemic recovery aid Draghi and his 23 Cabinet ministers took their oaths of office at the Quirinal presidential palace. Italian President Sergio Mattarella had tasked the former European Central Bank president with trying to form a government up to managing the the health,…