ROME, Italy - Italy's coastguard recovered the bodies of eight migrants in the Mediterr anean, officials said Friday, as a debate rages over Rome's crackdown on rescue charities in the world's deadliest crossing. Rescuers found the bodies of five men and three women -- one of whom was pregnant --...
A woman shelters from the sun with umbrella during hot weather at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, June 17, 2022. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua) ROME, Italy -- This year will go down as the hottest in Italy since records began in 1800, according to data from the Institute for Atmospheric Science at...
Where are you this time on his ‘naughty or nice’ list? MONTEREY, MEXICO Julio Cesar Aguilar Lockdown’s over, even for Santa Claus. And he’s out looking for those on his “nice” list. Are you one of them? But life’s been tough and, as Morrisey in one of The Smiths’ songs “Please,...
A dreamer’s list of literary pilgrimages around the world Now that I can fly everywhere, except China and, well, North Korea, maybe even the tiny island country Nauru in Micronesia and Turkmenistan, I dream of going to… …Vyra, Russia VLADIMIR’S CASTLE Vladimir Nabokov's house in...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Wednesday, Dec. 7, underscored the benefits of having more cultural exchanges between countries during the general rehearsal for an Italian opera in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of bilateral relations between the Philippines and Italy....
CASAMICCIOLA TERME, Italy -- One woman died and around a dozen other people were still missing Saturday after heavy rains caused a landslide on the Italian island of Ischia, officials and emergency services said. A photograph shows a muddy street following heavy rains that caused a landslide in...
Photo provided by Italy's Alpine Rescue on July 3, 2022 shows a general view of Marmolada Glacier in northern Italy. (Italy's Alpine Rescue/Handout via Xinhua) ROME, Italy -- More than 200 major Alpine glaciers have disappeared in Italy since record-keeping began in 1895, Italy's environmental...
ROME, Italy -- Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned Thursday after efforts to bring the country's fractious parties to heel failed, kicking off a snap election campaign which could bring the hard right to power. Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi looks on during the debate on government...
Matteo Guidicelli and Sarah Geronimo are currently in Italy for a vacation. Among more memorable activities they shared there include them watching an opera at Arena di Verona. He shared photos of them there. "The perfect evening for an Opera. (heart emoji)," his caption read. According to him, a...
Aerie view of Turin, Italy. Photo by acediscovery from Wikimedia Commons . The 14th edition of the Terra Madre Salone del Gusto, one of the largest food fairs in the world, returns in a hybrid format in Turin, Italy from September 22-26, 2022. Sustainable agriculture, food politics, and issues on...
ROME, Italy -- A tetraplegic Italian committed medically assisted suicide Thursday, campaigners said, after winning approval from an ethics committee in the first case of its kind in Italy. Federico Carboni, 44, from Senigallia in the Marche region, "died this morning at 11:05 am... after...
Spotlight on UP’s Maria Christine Muyco as the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio fellow By Emma Orozco Maria Christine Muyco, music composer, ethnomusicologist, and music composition professor at the University of the Philippines recently enjoyed a scholarship of residency at Bellagio. It...
