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Italian media says two property owners have died battling wildfires fueled by heat and winds that have consumed vast swaths of southern Italy.

Around 700 tourists have been rescued by boat from wildfires in Sicily, as swathes of southern Italy battle blazes.

Earlier this spring, the owner of a tobacco shop in Jesolo, a beach town near to Venice, got into a fight with a group of international tourists. The reason? They were stunned and angered when they saw the shop was selling lighters with pictures of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.

An Italian pianist and mountaineer performed the 'world's highest piano concert in the Alps at an altitude of 4,460 metres.

Antonio Banderas is living life to the fullest after suffering a heart attack in January. The 56-year-old actor enjoyed a romantic trip to Ischia, Italy, earlier this week with his girlfriend Nicole Kimpel, 37 — just months after receiving a clean bill of health.

Ralph’s Italian Ices in Mamaroneck has been ordered to close a year after opening.

The Italian Film Series has premiered a contemporary Italian film each month since April at The Little Theatre. 

Italy's plan to reduce the risk of a jihadi-inspired attack is pinned in small part on El Hacmi Mimoun, an imam who bikes to the prison here every week and exhorts Muslim inmates not to stray from life's "right path" or hate people who aren't Muslim.

Firefighters are battling wildfires throughout southern Italy, including along the slopes of the volcano Mount Vesuvius near Naples.

A starkly beautiful village in the mountains of Umbria has become a symbol of the painfully slow pace of reconstruction in Italy since it was hit by powerful earthquakes last year, with locals protesting against government inaction – and the return of tourism.

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