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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...

3 July 2021 4:48 PM IST

From left, The Leagues Matteo Salvini, Forza Italias Silvio Berlusconi, and Brothers of Italys Giorgia Meloni attend the final rally of the center-right coalition in central Rome, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (File Photo: AP)

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...

28 Sept 2022 12:10 AM IST

An Amati violin dating to 1570 and a Gasparo da Salo violin dating to 1560 mimicked the basses and baritones of male singers. (Representational Photo: Pixabay)

First violins imitated human voices: study

Music historians have long suspected that the inventors of the violin wanted to imitate the human voice.

22 May 2018 11:53 AM IST

The discovery could help improve understanding of the scientific basis of health benefits of olive products (Photo: Pixabay)

Italy's oldest olive oil discovered in ancient pottery

The team found organic residue from all three samples contained oleic and linoleic acids, signatures of olive oil.

31 May 2018 5:14 PM IST

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Coffee, knickers and lottery dreams: Five things to know about Italy

Here are five facts about what Italians get up to when they aren't voting.

4 March 2018 10:36 AM IST

A robot like this can help explore the reef more closely than current robots. (Photo: Pixabay)

Soft robotic fish swims alongside real ones in ocean

Existing autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have traditionally been tethered to boats or powered by bulky and...

25 March 2018 1:36 PM IST

He pleaded with the police that he had tried to steal the nightshade because he was unemployed and desperate to feed his child. (Photo: Pixabay)

Italian man cleared of aubergine theft after nine years

He pleaded with the police that he had tried to steal the nightshade because he was unemployed and desperate to feed his...

27 March 2018 6:56 PM IST

In 2015, the antiquities minister said that there was a 90 per cent chance that something was behind the walls of Tutankhamuns tomb. (File Photo/ AP)

Tutankhamun's secret chamber does not exist, Nefertiti remains lost

Experts divided over existence of concealed chamber behind tomb, which some believe could be resting place of lost...

7 May 2018 8:52 AM IST

Italian chef Massimo Bottura (R) celebrates next to his wife Lara Gilmord after receiving the Best Restaurant award for his restaurant LÂ´Osteria Francescana during the Worlds 50 Best Restaurants awards in Bilbao on June 19, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

Italy's Osteria Francescana scoops world's best restaurant prize

Flamboyant chef Massimo Bottura, owner of the restaurant, described the feeling of hovering around the top spot in...

21 Jun 2018 3:39 PM IST

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Around the world in 245 days

The cruise will start with a trans-Atlantic crossing that includes stops in Iceland, Greenland and Canada.

20 Jun 2018 3:16 PM IST

The stepped-up measures follow an outdoor concert in Cairo on September 22 by Lebanese band Mashrou Leila, when the flag representing the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community was raised.(Photo: AP/Representational)

Man and woman make couple: Gay lovers denied entry to couples' beach...

The couple, Giuseppe Pitirollo and Daniele Bausilio were initially told they can't go to party near Naples because they...

26 Jun 2018 12:48 PM IST

The Great Pyramid of Giza was constructed about 4,500 years ago, under the orders of Egyptian pharaoh Khufu. (Photo: Pixabay)

A recipe for mummy preservation existed 1,500 years before the...

Perhaps the best-known archaeologist is Ernesto Schiaparelli, director of the museum between 1895 and 1928.

16 Aug 2018 4:00 PM IST