Jul 31 Watch: 1,000 musicians in Italy request a visit from Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl accepts By Colleen Shalby One thousand singers, drummers and guitarists in Cesena, Italy, gathered in a field to play the Foo Fighters’ “Learn to Fly,” in a large-scale musical request for the band to come play for them. Continue reading
Jul 27 ‘I was a slave’: Nigerian women escape sexual bondage in Italy By Jason Berry, The GroundTruth Project CASERTA, Italy — She is 32 and demure, with a poise that belies the image of a woman who was enslaved for five years in a Nigerian prostitution ring on the outskirts of Naples, the raffish Mediterranean port city 22… Continue reading
Jun 07 European ships rescue 3,500 migrants in Mediterranean, send to Sicily By Cathy Zhao In the Mediterranean, a vast joint effort from several countries continues to locate and rescue migrants stranded at sea. British, Swedish, Spanish and Italian ships rescued 3,500 migrants on Saturday. Continue reading
May 30 Humanitarian crisis at sea: More than 4,200 migrants rescued in Mediterranean By News Desk More than 4,200 migrants trying to reach Europe were rescued from the Mediterranean Sea over the past 24 hours, the Italian Coast Guard said Saturday, amid the swelling humanitarian crisis at sea. Continue reading
May 21 Study offers glimpse of what America’s aging population might expect in 2050 By Laura Santhanam A new Pew Research Center report compares attitudes about long-term care and aging in the United States, Italy and Germany. Continue reading
Apr 20 EU struggles for plan to deal with migrants after deadly ship disaster By Marina Lopes An estimated 700 migrants drowned to death after a ship taking them to Europe from Libya capsized in the Mediterranean Sea on Saturday night. Rescuers led by the Italian Coast Guard are still searching for bodies and the death count… Continue reading
Mar 17 France, Germany and Italy to join China-led bank against U.S. wishes By Shehryar Nabi France, Germany and Italy said on Tuesday that they would become founding members of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a proposed development bank spearheaded by China, despite U.S. discouragement from doing so. Continue reading
Feb 08 Frocked to frolic: Masked revelers turn out in style for Carnival of Venice By News Desk Masked revelers turned out in style for the Carnival of Venice, a centuries-old, annual festival, which began as a way for Venetians to let loose in the days leading up to Lent. Nearly three million visitors flock to the islands… Continue reading
Feb 03 Vatican takes down video asking women to reflect on place in society By Marina Lopes The Vatican has removed controversial video urging women to reflect on their role in society ahead of the organization’s an all-male summit on women’s issues this week. Continue reading
Jan 15 What’s the most fiscally responsible country in the developed world? By Laurence Kotlikoff Countries like Germany have gotten away with lecturing others about their fiscal prudence. But maybe the Germans should take a look around them, argues economist Larry Kotlikoff, to see which European Union country is doing it better. Continue reading