World Feb 27 Dozens dead, missing after boat carrying migrants broke apart off Italian coast Survivors told authorities that that the boat which set off from Turkey last week had carried about 170 people.
World Oct 09 Pope decries modern-day treatment of migrants as he declares 2 new saints Pope Francis on Sunday denounced Europe’s indifference toward migrants risking their lives to cross the Mediterranean Sea as he elevated to sainthood an Italian bishop and Italian-born missionary whose work and life paths illustrated the difficulties faced by 19th-century Italian…
World Aug 13 Italy’s largest lake drops to near-historic low amid extreme drought in Europe Italy’s worst drought in decades has reduced Lake Garda, the country's largest lake, to near its lowest level ever recorded, exposing swaths of previously underwater rocks and warming the water to temperatures that approach the average in the Caribbean Sea.