Showing posts with label italy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label italy. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Men's tennis number one player tested positive twice for an anabolic steroid, will forfeit $325,000, but won't be banned

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The theory is someone using the banned substance was giving him a lot of massages, thereby passing on the banned substance "transderma...
Sunday, June 23, 2024

A water emergency prompted the mayor of Capri to order a halt to the arrival of tourists

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AP : The emergency was caused by a failure in the mainland's water system that provides vital supplies to the world-known island. ... Fe...
Sunday, April 9, 2023

Lighting the rocket dove in church to celebrate Easter

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@firenzetv Anche per quest’anno il volo della Colombina è stato perfetto🕊️ Uno spettacolo straordinario, Buona Pasqua💚 #firenze #scopp...
Tuesday, January 31, 2023

There's been “a crescendo of terroristic attacks” by "an informal anarchist network" against Italian diplomatic targets in several countries

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AP : The attacks and as well as a series of protests, including one planned Tuesday in Madrid, are in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito, who h...
Tuesday, September 28, 2021

3d billboard for Genshin Impact; Italian sculptor denies statue is sexist and says he wished he could have made it nude; Move over Capcom, here's Marvel vs. A24

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Barbara 3D Billboard in Chengdu China #GenshinImapct #原神 pic.twitter.com/vBkgY6JaXB — Genshin Impact Memes (@Genshinmem) September 24, 202...
Wednesday, January 13, 2021

A trial involving 320 suspected mobsters and associates began this week in Italy

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CNN : The trial is being held in a converted call-center in the Calabrian city of Lamezia Terme, with defendants placed in metal cages and r...
Friday, November 22, 2019

"Secret bunkers and mountain hideouts: hunting Italy's mafia bosses"

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The Guardian : The Cacciatori unit searches the rugged landscape of Calabria for fugitives who have dug themselves deep into the earth O...
Tuesday, November 27, 2018

"The War of the Bucket . . . was fought in 1325, between the rival city-states of Bologna and Modena"

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Sometimes I feel like complaining about how modern technology and social media cause people to blow small things way out of proportion, bu...
Friday, April 13, 2018

"The strangest accusation was that the Chinese in Tuscany weren’t dying—or, at least, that they weren’t leaving any bodies behind"

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" The Chinese Workers Who Assemble Designer Bags in Tuscany" In 1991, the regional government began an investigation into why, ...
Wednesday, January 3, 2018

"Thieves steal Indian maharajahs' jewels 'worth millions' from Venice exhibition"

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"'T he glass case was opened up as if it were a tin can while the alarm, if it worked at all, went off late,' said [] the head...
Thursday, July 6, 2017

"Police Broke Up a Drug-Fueled Vatican Priest Orgy"

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Vice : The organizer of the shindig was a 50-year-old aide to Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio—the president of many congregations includi...
Saturday, May 20, 2017

"Italian police accused a mafia-linked gang of controlling one of the country’s largest migrant centers"

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Vice : On Monday, police arrested 68 people linked to the operation, and charged them with skimming $35 million in funds destined to help ...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

"Death toll from Italy's hotel avalanche rises to 14, as prosecutors study email that begged for help hours before disaster struck"

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TG : Hotel owner Bruno Di Tommaso sent an urgent email to police and local authorities just hours before the avalanche smothered the Rigop...
Friday, November 4, 2016

McDonald's "launches $20-million lawsuit after Italian city says no to plans for outlet near famed cathedral"

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WSJ : Eager to lure some of the roughly three million tourists visiting the Duomo each year, McDonald’s was willing to rewrite its own rul...