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Russia ‘regrets’ Italy’s expulsion of diplomats on ‘espionage’ charge
Mar 31, 2021 10:18Russia’s Foreign Ministry has expressed its regret for Italy’s decision to expel two Russian diplomats on the grounds that they were ‘spies.’
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US initiates retaliatory action against six countries over digital tax
Mar 29, 2021 07:54The United States has begun to take retaliatory action against six countries for imposing a levy or digital services tax on e-commerce companies that have impacted US enterprises.
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Italians demand reopening of schools across country
Mar 22, 2021 09:08On Sunday, children, parents and teachers joined anti-government sit-ins held in tens of cities from north to south of Italy. Protesters called on the Mario Draghi administration for an immediate reopening of schools.
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Iran: Pope’s visit shows Iraq secure thanks to resistance
Mar 08, 2021 09:08Iran says the recent visit by Pope Francis to Iraq, where he met with senior Shia Cleric, Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali al-Sistani, shows security has returned to the Arab country, thanks to "the bravery of the Iraqi people and the wisdom of its religious leadership".
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Italians stage sit-in denouncing Israel's failure to provide COVID vaccines
Feb 27, 2021 04:28Rome's Association of Palestinians called a sit-in in the vicinity of the Italian parliament to draw attention on the Israeli regime’s COVID-19 vaccine program which excludes the nearly five million Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, under Israeli military occupation.
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Yemen's Ansarullah welcomes Italy’s decision to block arms exports to Saudi Arabia, UAE
Jan 30, 2021 04:54The popular Ansarullah movement has praised Italy’s decision to halt arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates which have been waging a devastating war on impoverished Yemen for years.
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Italy blocks arms sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE over Yemen crimes
Jan 30, 2021 02:40Italy has permanently stopped exports of arms to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) amid worries over the two regimes’ continued war crimes in Yemen, in what human rights campaigners praised as a “historic” move that sets “an important precedent” for other European countries.
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Italy’s Renzi withdraws from ruling coalition, sparks political crisis
Jan 14, 2021 05:20Former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has withdrawn his party from the ruling coalition, risking the collapse of the government and thrusting the country into political chaos in the midst of a surging coronavirus pandemic.
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Europe tightens coronavirus restrictions ahead of Christmas
Dec 16, 2020 10:35Europe has tightened coronavirus restrictions ahead of Christmas, with a number of countries entering weeks of lockdown, amid a surge in infections in recent weeks.
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Italian boy infected with COVID-19 one month earlier than China's first case in Wuhan: Study
Dec 12, 2020 09:27A new study conducted by research fellows from the University of Milan has found evidence of COVID-19 in a boy from the Milan area as early as the end of November 2019, months before the first identified coronavirus disease case in Italy and also earlier than the outbreak in Wuhan city, central China.