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Far-right parties make considerable gains in EU elections
May 27, 2019 08:32Partial results from the European Parliament elections suggest that far-right parties have scored considerable gains.
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Italian unions refuse to load Saudi ship in protest over Yemen war
May 21, 2019 06:19Italian unions have refused to load electricity generators onto a Saudi Arabian ship with weapons consignments on board in protest against the Riyadh regime’s aggression on Yemen that has left thousands of innocent people dead or injured over the past four years.
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Libya’s GNA urges Trump to stop foreign support for Haftar
May 11, 2019 11:42Libya's internationally-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) has called on US President Donald Trump to stop foreign support for "aspiring military dictator" Khalifa Haftar as his forces continue their all-out offensive to take over the capital Tripoli.
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Iran to send naval flotillas to Japan, Italy
Apr 26, 2019 04:20Iran’s Navy will send military vessels to the coasts of Japan and Italy in the near future for friendly visits, a top commander said.
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Haftar’s army downs Libyan govt. military plane
Apr 11, 2019 06:23The so-called Libyan National Army (LNA), headed by renegade Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, has shot down a military aircraft operated by the UN-backed government of Libya en route from the city of Misrata, an official says.
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EU worries about Italian recession risk, German slowdown
Apr 05, 2019 12:28Italy's economic situation is "delicate" and needs to be monitored closely, the European Union economics commissioner Pierre Moscovici said on Friday, as concerns are growing over the threat of recession there and a slowdown in Germany.
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Marco Polo is back in China – again
Mar 31, 2019 18:19All roads seem to lead to Rome as Italy expressed its love for China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), says Brazilian journalist Pepe Escobar in his article on the recent visit to Italian capital by Chinese President Xi Jinping who was warmly welcomed by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.
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Italy endorses China's new Silk Road plan despite US warnings
Mar 24, 2019 12:18Italy has joined China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an international infrastructure plan, dismissing calls from the United States to shun the project.
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51 schoolchildren flee hijacked bus in Italy
Mar 21, 2019 06:14A bus full of schoolchildren was hijacked and set on fire by its own driver on Wednesday in an apparent protest against migrant drowning in the Mediterranean, Italian authorities said.
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US warns Italy against joining China's new Silk Road project
Mar 10, 2019 14:25The United States has warned Italy against supporting China's global economic effort, called the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), denouncing the infrastructure plan as a “vanity project.”