Italy

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AA Edit | Italy turns Right… who’s next?

Hitting centre never raises the hackles but, while a swing to the extreme left may surprise, any movement to the far-right delivers a shock

28 Sep 2022 12:10 AM

Italy's Leonardo Bonucci (centre), holds the trophy as he celebrates with teammates after winning the Euro 2020 final against England in London on Sunday. (Photo: AP)

It's going to Rome: Italy win Euro 2020 final on penalties to wreck England party

This is the second time that Italy have been crowned European champions

12 Jul 2021 5:16 PM

Italy defender Leonardo Spinazzola and goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma interact during the quarterfinal match against Belgium in Munich. The AS Roma defender made a crucial block before suffering an injury which ruled him out of the tournament. (Photo: AFP)

Italy aiming to honour injured Spinazzola with Euro 2020 glory

Spinazzola was stretchered off after 79 minutes and is expected to be sidelined for several months after injuring his achilles tendon.

03 Jul 2021 4:48 PM

An Ecuadorian criminalistics police member disinfects the death body of a woman in a street of Quito. (AFP)

Global coronavirus death toll exceeds 300,000

The US had reported more than 85,000 deaths from the new coronavirus, while the Britain and Italy have reported over 30,000 fatalities each

15 May 2020 8:40 AM

People wearing face masks walk through an underground shopping area in Seoul. (AFP)

Eased restrictions bring new cases in South Korea, virus fears in Italy

4 million people have been confirmed infected by the virus so far, and more than 279,000 have died worldwide

10 May 2020 9:57 AM

Clinical staff wear personal protective equipment (PPE) as they care for a patient at the Intensive Care unit at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge. (AFP)

UK overtakes Italy, reports highest coronavirus death toll in Europe

Only the United States, with a population nearly five times greater, has suffered more confirmed fatalities from the virus than Britain

06 May 2020 10:28 AM

Passenger hands over his testing kit to Illinois National Guard soldier Carlye Clehouse at a testing facility in Waukegan. (AP)

Even as lockdown eases, countries see surge in virus infections

Governments have reported 3.5 million infections and more than 247,000 deaths, including more than 67,000 dead in the United States alone

04 May 2020 2:58 PM

A student is scanned for temperature before entering Dinh Cong secondary school in Hanoi, Vietnam. (AP)

Global coronavirus cases surpass 3.5 million

Experts caution that both cases and deaths from COVID-19 are almost certainly underreported in every country

04 May 2020 10:22 AM

Corazzieri Guards wearing protective face masks, as they place a wreath at the monument commemorating those killed at work, as people keep away from May Day (May 1) workers celebrations during the country's lockdown. (Photo taken in Rome and released by the Presidential Quirinale Palace press office)

Italy begins to emerge from world's longest nationwide lockdown

Italy's staggered reopening is complicated by a highly decentralised system that allows the country's 20 regions to layer on their own rules

04 May 2020 8:50 AM

An Indian Navy helicopter (unseen) throws rose petals on the INHS Asvini (Indian Naval Hospital Ship) staff to pay tribute to all those involved in the fight against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Mumbai. (AFP)

Coronavirus global death toll hits 2,40,000

The United States has the highest number of total deaths with 65,645 out of 1,121,414 cases.

03 May 2020 12:20 PM

A medical worker takes a swab to test for the novel coronavirus COVID-19 from a visitor to a drive-in testing facility at the Chessington World of Adventures Resort, in Chessington. (AFP)

UK shadows Italy as worst hit in Europe

United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll rose by 621 on Saturday to a total of 28,131 as of May 1

03 May 2020 11:04 AM

In this March 17, 2020 file photo, pallbearers stand outside the Monumentale cemetery in Bergamo, the heart of the hardest-hit Italy’s hardest-hit region of Lombardy, Italy.(AP)

Italy's virus toll tops 4,000 after new one-day record

Death rate higher than that recorded at the peak of the Wuhan outbreak

20 Mar 2020 11:34 PM

A lone passenger leaves Milan's train station, Italy on March 9, 2020. Italy took a page from China's playbook to impose a travel ban across the country to stop the spread of the coronavirus. (AP)

Italy put under unprecedented lockdown

Travel, public gatherings banned everywhere in the country to stop coronavirus

10 Mar 2020 8:29 AM

A woman wearing a face mask stands in a subway train in Milan, Italy. New quarantine restrictions announced by the government have effectively shutdown the northern region of Lombardy. (AP)

Millions put under corona quarantine in Italy

The region around Milan and Venice have been shut out to contain the coronavirus outbreak

08 Mar 2020 9:59 AM

A man looks out of a window at the H10 Costa Adeje Palace hotel in La Caleta, on the Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain, Wednesday, February 26, 2020. Spanish officials say the tourist hotel has been placed in quarantine after an Italian doctor staying there tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and Spanish news media says some 1,000 tourists staying at the complex are not allowed to leave. (AP)

Global coronavirus summary this morning

More cases crop up worldwide, Saudi Arabia cancels Haj, Japan shuts schools, border checks tightened

28 Feb 2020 6:48 AM

The Costa Crociere liner carrying some 7,000 people was in a lockdown at the Italian port of Civitavecchia. AFP Photo

Italy to let passengers off cruise ship after coronavirus scare

Italy's institute for infectious diseases examined samples taken from a Chinese woman ill with fever

31 Jan 2020 12:54 PM

With no-fuss convenience for both the city and transport links, digital connectivity and a social side among their chief selling points, the capsule hotels target the Generation Y crowd. (Photo: AFP)

Stacked rooms are helping Italian city cope with exploding tourist numbers

New hotel encapsulates Milan tourist renaissance.

26 Dec 2019 12:07 PM

Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh. (Pictures: Viral Bhayani)

Deepika Padukone-Ranveer Singh to do this on their first wedding anniversary

DeepVeer fans must be very curious to know their first wedding anniversary celebration plan.

13 Nov 2019 12:09 PM

Iman Farahbakhsh of Iran won the engineering award for his machine that changes babies' diapers, which was patented in the US last year. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Cancer fighting pizza wins prizes

Cancer-fighting pizza, scrotum study win spoof Nobel prizes.

13 Sep 2019 9:31 AM

Interior Minister Matteo Salvini tried to force a snap election. (Photo: AFP)

Italy’s president to hold talks aiming to solve political crisis

Second day of Italy crisis talks after PM resigns.

22 Aug 2019 10:19 AM

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