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Italian legislators fail again to elect new president amid lack of consensus among party leaders
Jan 29, 2022 03:24Insistence by Italy’s center-right bloc that one of their candidates is vaulted to the country’s presidency backfired on Friday, as tensions and frustration mounted among the rival parties forming Premier Mario Draghi’s pandemic unity government and a fifth day of voting yielded no winner.
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Italian lawmakers fail to elect new president in first round amid stalemate
Jan 25, 2022 09:38Italian lawmakers have failed to elect a new president, after blank ballots were cast in the first round of voting in the country’s presidential election amid a political deadlock.
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Italy finally lets 500+ refugees disembark from rescue ship after two weeks
Dec 29, 2021 14:18Italy has eventually allowed more than 500 refugees to disembark from a rescue ship after almost two weeks at sea, while a German rescue ship with 440 people on board is still waiting for permission to dock.
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Italy tightens restrictions on unvaccinated as cases rise
Dec 07, 2021 05:16Italy tightened curbs on Monday (December 6) on people still not vaccinated against COVID-19, limiting their access to an array of places and services.
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Photo exhibition on Arbaeen held in Rome
Nov 14, 2021 06:00A two-day photographic and film exhibition on the annual pilgrimage of Arbaeen began in the Italian capital on Saturday.
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Anti-COVID pass crowds clash with police in Rome
Oct 10, 2021 09:00Riot police clashed with dozens of people who gathered in the streets of Rome to protest the government's new COVID-19 "green passes."
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Iran victorious over Morocco at 2021 FIVB U-21 World Championship
Sep 29, 2021 03:12Iran's National Volleyball Team eased past Morocco in straight sets (25-9, 25-14, 25-13) in the 2021 FIVB Men's U21 World Championship on Tuesday.
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Illegal US sanctions prevent Iranian plane to refuel in Germany, endanger passengers’ lives
Sep 09, 2021 06:15After an hour of hovering in Hamburg’s sky due to heavy fog, an Iranian passenger plane had to fly 1,000 kilometers south to refuel in Milan, as the illegal US sanctions prevent western supply companies to sell fuel to Iran Air, endangering the lives of innocent passengers.
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Fire rages through Milan residential tower block
Aug 30, 2021 04:08A large fire ripped through a block of flats in Milan on Sunday, Italy's fire and rescue service said.
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Italian wildfires rage on after 49 degree heat record
Aug 12, 2021 11:16Fires stoked by hot winds have swept through southern Italy, after a monitoring station in Sicily reported temperatures of 48.8 Celsius (119.84°F) which some scientists believe could be the highest in European history.