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Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of 12 disabled people – several of them women and one a Muslim man – as he brought his inclusive touch to a Maundy Thursday rite restricted to men under previous pontiffs.
On Wednesday afternoon, two days before its scheduled closing, Rizzoli Bookstore was crowded with the sort of people who, never especially populous in Midtown Manhattan, appear even more like icicles in the desert: gray-haired women with Mohawks or turbans, students, men with indifferent facial grooming, older citizens.
Italian beverage giant Campari continued to expand its line of popular products with the announcement Tuesday of the purchase of 100% of Fratelli Averna SpA, an iconic maker of after-dinner drinks.
Today we are wishing the warmest of birthday wishes to our favorite artist, scientist, inventor, mathematician, musician and philosopher: Leonardo da Vinci. The innovative inventor was born on this day in 1452.
Italy says 4,000 immigrants have reached its shores by boat in the past two days – the highest number since it began a naval operation to handle the influx after two shipwrecks last year. two shipwrecks
The newly outlined economic blueprint of Italian Premier Matteo Renzi was given a vote of approval by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday.
Italian probation officers have recommended that Silvio Berlusconi serves out his one-year sentence for tax fraud by working at a retirement home once a week.
Italy's constitutional court overturned a ban on using donor sperm and eggs in fertility treatments on Wednesday, knocking down part of a divisive set of restrictions on assisted reproduction.
For many foreigners, Italy seems to have a strong, unified identity. But its language, food culture, religion and history often blind the outsider to the fact that many Italians themselves fail to identify with the Italian state - and many are so disillusioned that they would like to break away from it altogether.
Italy's ambassador to Turkmenistan, Daniele Bosio, has been suspended from his duties following his arrest in the Philippines on suspicion of involvement in the sexual trafficking of minors, the foreign ministry said Monday.