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Italy minister says decision to join flagship Chinese scheme ‘wicked’

CNN  —  Italy’s defense minister called his country’s decision to join a flagship Chinese infrastructure scheme “wicked,” as the government weighs up whether continue as part of the scheme. In an interview with the Corriere della Sera newspaper published Sunday, Guido Crosetto said that the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – which Italy signed up …

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Italy swelters under deadly ‘Cerberus’ heat wave which could break European temperature records

CNN  —  A blistering and deadly heat wave in Italy this week could break records, with temperatures predicted to soar past 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) in some parts of the country. The Italian Meteorological Society has named the heat wave Cerberus after the three-headed monster that features in Dante’s Inferno as a guard to …

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Four dead after tourist boat capsizes in Italy’s Lake Maggiore

CNN  —  The bodies of four people have been recovered from Lake Maggiore in northern Italy after a tourist boat capsized on Sunday evening, Italy’s fire service has said. Search and rescue operations have now concluded after the last body was recovered at 8 a.m. local time (2 a.m. ET), the fire service, Vigili del …

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Floods ruin crops and drown livestock in one of Italy’s gastronomic heartlands

Rome, Italy CNN  —  When the rain started falling in the north Italian region of Emilia Romagna last week – one of the premier gastronomic destinations in a country famous for its food – farmer Andrea Betti feared the worst. In early May, six months of rain fell over a two-week span, breaking the years-long …

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At least eight killed by heavy flooding in Italy, as river levels continue to rise

At least eight people have been killed by heavy flooding and mudslides in the northern Italian region of Emilia Romagna, with more than 5,000 residents being forced to evacuate, according to local authorities. The bodies have been retrieved from various locations, the vice president of Emilia Romagna, Irene Priolo, told reporters according to Reuters, adding …

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Analysis: Will Italy’s PM stop the boats or will the boats stop her?

Rome CNN  —  The key campaign promise that brought Giorgia Meloni and her far-right coalition to power in a landslide victory in last September’s election was a vow to do what no one else had done before: stop migrant boats using Italy as a gateway into Europe. “Blocco navale,” her social media screamed (“Naval blockade …

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Italian tourist killed in Israel car-ramming attack

CNN  —  An Italian tourist was killed and seven people wounded in a car-ramming attack in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Friday evening. Israeli police said a vehicle was driven onto the bike path of the Tel Aviv boardwalk, hitting pedestrians before it overturned on a lawn. When police officers arrived at the …

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