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Italians stage sit-in denouncing Israel's failure to provide COVID vaccines
Feb 27, 2021 07:58Rome'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 08:24The 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 06:10Italy 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Jan 14, 2021 08:50Former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has withdrawn his party from the ruling coalition, risking the collapse of the government and thrusting the country into political chaos in the midst of a surging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 14:05Europe 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 12:57A 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.
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Media, rights groups slam Italian govt. for continued arms sales to Egypt
Dec 07, 2020 15:55The Italian government has come under fire from human rights groups and a number of domestic media outlets for continuing to secure huge arms deals with Egypt.
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Iran summons Italy’s ambassador to protest Canada’s ‘anti-human behavior’
Nov 18, 2020 06:04Iran has summoned Italy’s ambassador, whose country represents Canada’s interests in the Islamic Republic, to protest the Canadian government’s anti-human approach and its hypocritical stance vis-à-vis civil and consular rights of Iranian nationals residing in the country.
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France, Italy step up rescue efforts after fatal floods
Oct 05, 2020 14:39French and Italian rescue services stepped up search efforts on Sunday after floods cut off several villages in the mountainous border regions, causing widespread damage and killing four people.
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Italian politician launches ‘Italexit’ party to take country out of eurozone
Jul 24, 2020 12:37A well-known Italian senator has launched a political party in a move to take his country out of the European Union, amid a rise in anti-EU sentiments over the bloc’s failure to respond quickly to the coronavirus pandemic in Italy.