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Russian intelligence services are building up their presence in Mexico for spy operations targeting the United States, a return to Cold War tactics by an increasingly aggressive regime, according to U.S. officials and former intelligence officers. The Mexican Embassy and the Russian Embassy did not respond to a request for comment. “Part of this is a function of the fact that so many Russian intelligence officers have been kicked out of Europe. Those are Russian intelligence personnel, and they keep an eye very closely on their opportunities to have influence on U.S. opportunities and access,” VanHerck said. Russian intelligence could conceivably also take advantage of Mexico’s proximity to target Putin’s political enemies inside the U.S., former intelligence officers said.

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☆ ‘It was magical:’ Remembering Greece’s miracle triumph at Euro 2004
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

One of those stars was Stelios Giannakopoulos, who walked out for the Euro 2004 final knowing he was on the verge of something incredibly special. It was unbelievable.”Stelios Giannakopoulos celebrates on the pitch after lifting the Euro 2004 title. George Tsitsonis is a Greek-American writer who has penned a book about the team’s incredible performances at Euro 2004. Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Euro 2004 triumph came shortly before the country hosted the summer Olympic Games, an event that further united the population. For Giannakopoulos, the team’s Euro 2004 victory was further proof of what the Greek people can do when they come together.

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☆ He bought a cheap house in Italy to improve his life expectancy
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Silvia Marchetti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“Life expectancy in Italy is 82.7 years, while in the US it’s 79,” he says. For Thomas, life in Latronico fits in with his artistic philosophy. Slower pace of lifeThomas was influenced by the region’s healthier, slower-paced lifestyle and hopes that living here will increase his life expectancy. Thomas hopes to transform the second “move-in-ready” home into a multi-purpose arts complex, with accommodations for visiting international youth and adult artists. “In Latronico, I can do both.”While he says he loves Latronico, Thomas has discovered that life in a remote rural village in southern Italy isn’t always as idyllic as it seems.

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☆ Euro 2024: Our ranking of all the games in Germany this summer
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Ahmed Walid | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +35 min

AdvertisementThis was Belgium at their finest, and Romania raised the level of their game in the second half to try to equalise. If Austria wanted to have any chance of qualifying to the round of 16 they had to beat Poland in their second group game. The wide areas were where Ukraine focused their attacks, and Oleksandr Zinchenko’s square pass to Mykola Shaparenko made it 1-1 in the second half. However, Samet Akaydin and Altay Bayindir’s mishap on the second goal decreased Turkey’s probability of a comeback. More off-ball runs in the second half led to the third, and by then the match was done and dusted.

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☆ Czech Republic 1 Turkey 2: Most cards in Euros history, Montella’s entertainers qualify, Czechs out
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Elias Burke | Dermot Corrigan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

Turkey held their nerve in their final group game in Hamburg to beat the Czech Republic and reach the Euro 2024 knockout stages. A red card produced by Romanian referee Istvan Kovacs after 20 minutes — the quickest in Euros history — curtailed a promising start from the Czechs. The action started in the 11th minute when Antonin Barak was handed a yellow card for a pull on Ferdi Kadioglu. And he was awarded a second yellow, and his marching orders, under 10 minutes later. However, the task was made significantly harder after Antonin Barak was handed his marching orders for a second yellow card.

Persons: Istvan Kovacs, —, Hakan Calhanoglu, Tomas Soucek, Cenk Tosun, Vincenzo Montella’s, Elias Burke, Dermot Corrigan, Antonin Barak, Salih Ozcan, Patrik Schick, Tosun, Kovacs, Tomas Chory, Elias Burke Montella, Arda Guler, Montella, Juventus ’ Kenan Yildiz, Calhanoglu —, Guler, Ladislav Krejci, Yildiz, Stanek, Calhanoglu, Barak, Kadioglu, Julian Finney, Ismail Yuksek, Ozcan, Barak’s, Eric Abidal, …, Dan Mullan, Andros Townsend, ”, Townsend, “, he’s, Elias Burke Chaos, Samet Akaydin, Mert Gunok, Ronny Hartmann, Ralf Rangnick’s, Ragnick, Ivan Hasek, Gabriel Bouys Organizations: Everton, Turkey, Bayer Leverkusen, Viktoria Plzen, Turkish, Juventus, Inter Milan, Girona, Fiorentina, Getty, Italy, ITV, Georgia, Turks, Tuesday’s, Austria, Red Bull Salzburg, RB Leipzig, Czech Republic, Nations League Locations: Turkey, Hamburg, Czech Republic, Romanian, Austria, Leipzig, Czech, France, British, Portugal, Turkish, Georgia, AFP

☆ Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is the oldest vortex in the solar system
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot is a massive storm that has swirled within the atmosphere of the largest planet in the solar system for years. The Great Red Spot is a massive vortex within Jupiter’s atmosphere that is about 10,159 miles (16,350 kilometers) wide, which is similar to Earth’s diameter, according to NASA. Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty ImagesWhile the first two scenarios resulted in cyclones, they differed in shape and other characteristics witnessed in the Great Red Spot. But the researchers believe that the persistent atmospheric storm cell, which resulted from intense wind instability, produced the Great Red Spot. Previous research, published in March 2018, has shown that the Great Red Spot is growing taller as it shrinks in size overall.

Persons: Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Ann Ronan, Cassini, ”, Agustín Sánchez, Lavega, “, updrafts, Donato Creti, Vincenzo Pinto, Michael Wong, ” Wong Organizations: CNN, Research, NASA, University of, Visitors, Vatican Museum, University of California Locations: Italian, Basque, Bilbao, Spain, AFP, Berkeley

☆ Why Pope Francis thinks the Church should play a part in G7 debate on AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Christopher Lamb | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

This week, the pope is due to make an historic intervention in the debate around AI at the G7 summit in southern Italy’s Puglia region. AI, the pope believes, can make the world a better place only if it serves the “common good” and does not increase inequalities. European Union lawmakers have already passed a law regulating AI, while a bipartisan group of US senators have set out plans for AI regulation that could lead to federal legislation. “AI and emerging technologies are on Pope Francis’ radar screen,” Larrey, now a professor of philsophy at Boston College, told CNN. It’s clear that Francis sees AI as part of what he called the “epochal change” taking place at the beginning of the 21st century.

Persons: Pope Francis, Francis, Joe Biden, ”, “, Paolo Benanti, Benanti, ” Benanti, Vincenzo Paglia, Giorgia, Francis ’, Father Antonio Spadaro, Philip Larrey, Larrey, Pope Francis ’ Organizations: CNN, Catholic, Pontifical Academy for Life, Microsoft, IBM, Cisco Systems, United Nations, Food, Agriculture Organization, Union, Philosophy Department, Pontifical Lateran University, Boston College Locations: Italy’s Puglia, ” Italy, Puglia “, Puglia, Rome, Nevada

☆ Rome is building an eight-story underground museum – but treasures keep getting in the way
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Barbie Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Pope Francis opens the "Holy Doors" at St. Peter's Basilica to mark the start of the Jubilee Year of Mercy. Now the hope is to have the line’s showcase Piazza Venezia stop, featuring an eight-story underground museum, ready in 10 years, according to engineer Andrea Sciotti, who is in charge of the metro museum complex. Each will be placed exactly where it was found inside the metro museum, which is being dug some 85 meters (280 feet) deep, encompassing eight stories below the modern city of Rome. The Venezia station museum stop is not the only treasure on the new line. In 2025, the new Colosseo-Fori station, complete with a four-level underground museum to showcase artifacts including 25 archaic wells unearthed when it was built, will also open after activation tests, meant to begin in October, are completed.

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☆ He visited Italy for the first time and bought a house within 24 hours
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Silvia Marchetti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“I had been to various countries in the European Union on several occasions but never Italy, though it was on my list. Millet says that he began planning to travel to Italy to buy a house back in 2019, but was thwarted by Covid-19. “The prices of the houses were super-attractive, especially coming from the Los Angeles area, and the Latronico properties were for the most part in good shape. “At the end of the day, I bought my place and began thinking about renovations and the future,” he adds. Sunset cocktailsThe house Millet bought has only one bedroom but came with two large basements.

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☆ ‘Venus of the Rags’ artwork replaced after original burned down in Naples
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A new version of Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto’s “Venus of the Rags” has been unveiled in Naples after the original was destroyed in a suspected arson attack. The artwork—a statue of Venus, the Roman goddess of love, sex, beauty and fertility, and a heap of rags—stands in the Italian city’s Piazza Municipio once again following a ceremony Wednesday. The new version is “apparently identical” to the one that was burned, councillor Vincenzo Trione said in the statement. The work will be displayed in Piazza Municipio for three months before being moved to a permanent spot. Pistoletto first made the “Venus of the Rags” in 1967.

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☆ The American who bought a home in Italy and found ‘big surprises’ inside
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Silvia Marchetti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Buyers from all over the world are snapping up charming old houses in isolated villages in Italy. Chicago-based saxophonist Joshua Shapiro, 48, embarked on the quest for la dolce vita as the first step toward a change of life. Many empty homes featured on the local website where owners meet buyers are sold or rented with furniture, but what eventually ends up being left inside is usually negotiated between parties. Courtesy Joshua ShapiroThere was also a bizarre encounter when he first went to take a peek inside the house he had just bought. Accompanied by Castellano, the deputy mayor, Shapiro says he was surprised to find it had tenants inside – a group of elderly nuns.

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☆ Pope Francis hits back at critics of blessings for same-sex couples
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Christopher Lamb | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Pope Francis has hit back at those criticizing his decision to allow blessings for same-sex couples, saying the critics are guilty of hypocrisy. The heart of the document is welcome.”Last year, the 87-year-old Pontiff authorized priests to offer informal blessings of couples in “irregular” unions in a landmark document issued on December 18, 2023. It is the first time the Vatican has allowed for such blessings, having previously forbidden any such move. The Vatican has insisted that the blessings for same-sex couples are not of the “union” but for the people who request them. Francis’ authorizing of blessings for same-sex couples is part of his broader efforts to shift the church’s tone and approach to LGBTQ+ Catholics, although this has been met with resistance from some sections within Catholicism.

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☆ Pope Francis takes on vested interests to speak out on humanitarian crises
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Analysis Christopher Lamb | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

Pope Francis received an emotional welcome on the island during a visit showing solidarity with migrants fleeing war and poverty. ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images Pope Francis confesses in St. Peter's Basilica during the Vatican's Penitential Celebration on Friday, March 4, 2016. Alessandro Di Meo/AP Pope Francis arrives for his visit with prisoners in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, on Friday, July 10, 2015. Franco Origlia/Getty Images Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I address the faithful in Istanbul on Sunday, November 30, 2014. Gokhan Tan/Getty Images Pope Francis speaks during the feast-day Mass while on a one-day trip to Italy's Calabria region in June 2014.

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☆ Lazio's Immobile denies Fiorentina place in top four with late penalty
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Lazio captain Immobile struck low into the left of the net in stoppage time, sending Fiorentina goalkeeper Pietro Terracciano the wrong way after Lazio were awarded a penalty when Fiorentina's Nikola Milenkovic handled the ball. Fiorentina are sixth in the standings on 17 points, one point behind champions Napoli in fifth and two less than fourth-placed Atalanta, who beat lowly Empoli 3-0 earlier on Monday. Lazio, who won three consecutive home games in the competition for the first time since April, moved up to seventh in the standings on 16 points. Lazio next travel to Bologna on Friday while Fiorentina take on second-placed Juventus on Sunday. Reporting by Anita Kobylinska in Gdansk Editing by Christian RadnedgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Ciro, Remo Casilli, Vincenzo Italiano's, Pietro Terracciano, Fiorentina's Nikola Milenkovic, Atalanta, Maurizio Sarri, Lucas Beltran, Felipe Anderson, Anita Kobylinska, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Soccer, Lazio, Fiorentina, Stadio Olimpico, Rights, Serie, Napoli, Empoli, Inter Milan, Sky Sports, Serbian, Europa Conference League, Juventus, Sunday, Thomson Locations: Rome, Italy, Bologna, Gdansk

POZZUOLI, Italy, Oct 27 (Reuters) - The talk in shops and coffee bars in Pozzuoli, a port town outside Naples, is not about soccer or politics, but of the fear that has gripped residents since a supervolcano sparked a swarm of earthquakes. Sulphurous fumes escape from the surface, giving the area a surreal look and making it a magnet for tourists. "Even those small ones (quakes) make us afraid," she said. There are big ones and small ones. Prezzini, 78, said he would defy any evacuation order, while 66-year-old Luigi Ilardi, chimed in: "We are used to it.

Persons: Stefania Briganti, Ciro De, Sophia Loren, Vincenzo Russo, Angelo Prezzini, Luigi Ilardi, I've, Ciro De Luca, Philip Pullella, Deborah Kyvrikosaios Organizations: REUTERS, Thomson Locations: POZZUOLI, Italy, Pozzuoli, Naples, Milan, Castel, Rome

☆ 'Venus of the Rags' to rise from ashes in Italy's Naples
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Giulia Segreti | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto's 'Venus of the Rags' is displayed in Piazza Municipio before being destroyed in a fire, in Naples, Italy June 27, 2023. It will absorb what was left from the fire of the original artwork, art critic Vincenzo Trione explained, "to show that it is possible to rise from the ashes, not only metaphorically". The original "Venus of the Rags" was created in 1967 and various versions are on display in museums across Europe, including the Tate Gallery in Liverpool, northern England. I would have never thought in 1967 that I would find myself once again immersed in this piece of art," Pistoletto said, adding that "we must now heal (Venus)". The installation is meant to convey the juxtaposition between eternal beauty, represented by Venus, and modern society's social degradation and consumerism.

Persons: Michelangelo Pistoletto's, Ciro De Luca, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Vincenzo Trione, Gaetano Manfredi, Pistoletto, Giulia Segreti, Keith Weir, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Naples, Tate, Venus, Thomson Locations: Italian, Piazza Municipio, Naples, Italy, Piazza del, Europe, Liverpool, England

☆ Marseille down 10-man AEK, Olympiakos end West Ham's unbeaten European run
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

MARSEILLE, France, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Olympique de Marseille overcame AEK Athens 3-1 in the Europa League with two penalties after a red card for the visiting goalkeeper, while Olympiakos Piraeus beat West Ham United 2-1 on Thursday to end the Londoners' 17-match unbeaten run in Europe. WEST HAM LOSEOlympiakos beat Europa Conference League holders West Ham in Group A as the visitors suffered a rare European defeat. Kostas Fortounis delivered the opening goal for Olympiakos with a powerful right-foot strike from outside the box, finding the bottom corner after 33 minutes. West Ham got a consolation goal in the 87th minute courtesy of a powerful Lucas Paqueta volley from the edge of the box. Freiburg and West Ham are top of the group with six points, while Olympiakos have four.

Persons: Vitinha, Orbelin Pineda, Cican Stankovic, Jordan Veretout, Nordin Amrabat, Renan Lodi ., Kostas Fortounis, Angelo Ogbonna, Angelo Ogbonna . West Ham, Lucas, SC Freiburg's Vincenzo Grifo, Ayoze Perez, Luis Muriel, Sturm, Sporting, Fabian Piasecki, Sebastian Coates, Viktor Gyokeres, Tommy Lund, Ken Ferris Organizations: Olympique de Marseille, AEK Athens, Europa League, Olympiakos Piraeus, West Ham United, Marseille, AEK, Brighton & Hove Albion, Ajax Amsterdam, WEST HAM, Olympiakos, Europa Conference League, West Ham, SC Freiburg's, Serbian, Real Betis, Aris Limassol, Sparta Prague, Rangers, Sturm Graz, Rakow, Sporting, Thomson Locations: MARSEILLE, France, Europe, Renan Lodi . Marseille, Angelo Ogbonna . West, Backa Topola, Freiburg, West Ham, Czech, Austria, Rakow Czestochowa, Portuguese, Gdansk

☆ Inside Passalacqua, the 'world's best hotel'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Maria Pasquale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —The “best hotel in the world” was built by a pope and was regularly visited by one of Italy’s most famous opera composers. On 19 September in London at the inaugural World’s 50 Best Hotels, the hotel on Lake Como was named number one. Passalacqua didn’t invent the term villeggiatura, but her every detail embodies it – a romantic 18th century villa turned faultless luxury hotel where you come to exhale and leave your worries behind. Rooms without a lake view start at 1,300 euros ($1,381) per night or 1,700 euros ($1,806) for a view in November – lowest season. Next summer, rates rise to 2,300 euros ($2,443) for a standard room without a lake view, or 3,200 ($3,400) for the cheapest room with a view.

Persons: we’ll, Stanley Tucci, Napoleon Bonaparte, Winston Churchill, –, Silvio Vettorello, “, Passalacqua, Vincenzo Bellini, Stefan Giftthaler Passalacqua, Antonella Mallone, Paolo De Santis, Valentina De Santis, Valentina, De Santis, “ Passalacqua, ”, Ruben Ortiz, Passalacqua –, Vincenzo Bellini –, Alessandro Rinaldi, Vettorello, Jane Austen, ” Maria Pasquale, Rome Organizations: CNN, intel, Scottish Highlands, Yorkshire Moors Locations: London, Como, Carrara, Verona, Milanese, Moltrasio, Lake Como, Italian, Italy, Yorkshire, Rome

☆ This family bought a cheap house in Italy because the US is too expensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Silvia Marchetti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Cost of living impactChris and Jennifer Tidroski purchased a €26,000 home in a building in the village of Latronico, Italy after becoming frustrated with life in the US. The couple say that the cost of living in the US has become too high, especially when it comes to healthcare. Chris explains that the political polarization in the US has been a contributing factor in their decision to relocate to Italy. Although the costs were slightly more than they estimated, the Tidroskis say they couldn’t have afforded a similar house in the US. While his mother was Italian, Chris’ father was Polish-Lithuanian.

Persons: they’ve, Chris, Jennifer Tidroski, who’ve, Chris Tidroski, “, Lidia, ” Chris Tidroski, ”, Vincenzo Castellano, Mariangela Tortorella, expats, Jennifer, Chris Tidroski “, She’ll, They’ve, Chris Tidroski He’s, Castellano, Chris ’, he’d, don’t Organizations: CNN Locations: America, Italy, Prescott , Arizona, Latronico, Southern Italian, Basilicata, States, “, Arizona, Italian, Polish

☆ These are the 50 best hotels in the world
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Monica Pitrelli | Isabella Lok | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

The best hotel in the world is Passalacqua, an 18th century villa on the edge of Italy's Lake Como. That's according to the 50 Best organization, which announced the results of "The World's 50 Best Hotels" in London on Tuesday. The villa hotel is the former home of composer Vincenzo Bellini and sits among seven acres of terraced gardens. Rates start at $1,300 per night, according to the 50 Best organization. The list marks the first time that 50 Best organization is delving into hotel rankings, though it's been ranking "The World's 50 Best Restaurants" and "The World's 50 Best Bars" for years.

Persons: Vincenzo Bellini, it's Locations: Italy's, Como, That's, London

☆ World’s 50 best hotels for 2023 revealed
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

London CNN —It opened just over a year ago, but a luxurious 24-key Italian property has already been named the best hotel in the world. Passalacqua, which overlooks Lake Como, beat off stiff competition to receive the top spot on the first-ever edition of the World’s 50 Best Hotels list, which was announced at an awards ceremony in the UK on Tuesday night. The highly-anticipated list honored 50 hotels from 35 destinations across the world. “After seeing the devastating impact of Covid-19 on the hospitality industry, it’s been especially fulfilling to see so many hoteliers from around the world gather in London to celebrate each other’s achievements under one roof for the first-ever awards ceremony of The World’s 50 Best Hotels,” Tim Brooke-Webb, managing director for the World’s 50 Best Hotels, said in a statement. The World’s 50 Best Hotels: Full list1.

Persons: –, Aman Tokyo, ’ Capello, Aman, Rosewood São, ” Valentina De Santis, Passalacqua, Silvio Vettorello, Vincenzo Bellini, ”, De Santis, it’s, Tim Brooke, Webb, Soneva, Chablé, Aman Venice, Le Sirenuse, Borgo, Royal Mansour, São, Cheval Blanc, Soneva Jani, Eden, Oberoi, Hôtel de Crillon Organizations: CNN, London CNN, Firenze, Rosewood, ’ Capello Bangkok, Capella, Hudson Yards, NoMad, CNN Travel, Somerset, Park, Eco, Hospitality, Lodges, Hotel Academy, Singita, Raffles, Madrid, Capella Singapore, Le Bristol Paris, Hyatt Kyoto, Hoshinoya, Atlantis, Equinox Locations: London, Lake Como, Europe, Florence, Asia, Rosewood Hong Kong, Bangkok, Chao Phraya, Hong Kong, Capella Bangkok, Aman New York, York, Hudson, Connaught, Rosewood São Paulo, Brisbane, South Africa, Scotland, Bruton , Somerset, Utah, Italy, Aman Tokyo, Mamounia, Marrakech, Morocco, Soneva Fushi, Maldives, Puerto Vallarta , Mexico, Australia, Chocholá, Mexico, Claridge’s, Raffles Singapore, Wanokaka, Indonesia, Tulum, France, São Paulo, Brazil, Kyoto, Japan, Réserve, Paris, Auchterarder, Du, Antibes, Somerset, Bruton, United Kingdom, Sri Lanka, Hoshinoya Tokyo, Bali, Barths, Siam, Badrutt’s, Moritz, Switzerland, Dubai, Agra, India, Spain

Retail pasta prices rose about 12% this year in Europe and 8% in the United States, according to market research firm Nielsen. CANADA DRYWhen the Prairies turned dry this summer, Canadian farmer Darold Niwa saw hopes of a bumper durum harvest dashed. Durum, the hardest wheat, produces pasta with the prized "al dente" firm texture, unlike soft wheat. In the meantime, Vincenzo Martinelli, president of the durum section of Italian millers association Italmopa, nervously awaits the outcome of the Canadian harvest. "Without Canada, prices will only go up," he said.

Persons: De, Continental Noodles, Vincent Liberatore, Liberatore, Darold Niwa, Jerry Klassen, Philip Werle, There's, Severine, Maisons, Vincenzo Martinelli, Gus Trompiz, Rod Nickel, Emilio Parodi, Ceyda, Julie Ingwersen, Michael Hogan, Caroline Stauffer, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Foods, Nielsen, Grains, CANADA, Prairies, Statistics, Traders, Northstar, European Union, Thomson Locations: Fara San Martino, Italy, PARIS, WINNIPEG , Manitoba, Canada, Turkey, Toronto, Continental, Spain, India, Europe, United States, Oyen , Alberta, durum, Statistics Canada, France, Algeria, TURKEY, Turkish, American, Russia, North Africa, Milan, Ceyda Caglayan, Istanbul, Chicago, Hamburg

☆ I'm a Black woman who grew up hearing about the American dream. Here's why I'm moving to Italy.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Yoonji Han | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ashley Blanc was born in Trinidad & Tobago but moved to the US when she was a baby. Last year, Blanc bought a house in Latronico, Italy, and said she can't wait to move there. In the fall of 2021, I came across an article about cheap homes for sale in Latronico, Italy. Latronico, Italy, taken during a visit to the town. But here in America, it's moreso, "We don't like you because you're Black and you're beneath us."

Persons: Ashley Blanc, Blanc, I've, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr, Vincenzo Castellano, Money, there's, I'm, it's, Latronico Organizations: Service, Social Security Locations: Trinidad & Tobago, Latronico, Italy, Wall, Silicon, United States, Barbados, America, Baltimore, Europe

☆ Vlad the Impaler, the terrifying ruler and inspiration behind Dracula, may have cried actual tears of blood, scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Scientists have analyzed letters written by Vlad the Impaler in the 15th century. Traces of protein on the letters suggest he suffered from hemolacria, which causes blood to be present in tears. There are a wide variety of disorders that can cause blood tears, ranging from blood clotting issues to unusual menstruation. Analysis of the proteins found traces of a bacteria that causes plague, but this disease is not linked to blood tears. "To our reckoning, this is the first time such research has been carried out and has helped to bring to the limelight the health status of Vlad Dracula the Impaler," the authors said in the study.

Persons: Vlad, Dracula, Vlad III, Vlad Drăculea, Pittalá, Maria Gaetana Giovanna Pittalà, Vincenzo Cunsolo, —, Vlad the, Alexandreea Alexandru, Bram Stoker, Stoker, Vlad Dracula Organizations: Service, University of Catania Locations: hemolacria, Wall, Silicon, Italy

☆ This family is moving to Italy because they’ve had enough of the US
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Silvia Marchetti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

In 2019, the Dawkins family – Nadine, 59, her husband, Kim, 61, and their children Lorenzo, 29, and DeNae, 27 – bought a charming home in the town of Latronico. Reading the article at her home in El Paso, Texas, Nadine Dawkins, a retired former soldier and businesswoman, felt the pull of her ancestry. The family will be shortly moving to Panama before taking the final leap across the Atlantic to Latronico. Clint Jeffrey was Dawkins' Italian ancestor. Nadine DawkinsOnce in Italy, Nadine hopes to be able to start tracking down the real identity and origins of her Italian ancestor.

Persons: Dawkins, Nadine, Kim, Lorenzo, –, Nadine Dawkins, ”, Clint Jeffrey, Nadine doesn’t, Lucinda, Jeffrey, “, ” Nadine, Kim Dawkins, George Floyd, Vincenzo Castellano, ‘, casalatronica.eu, Latronico – Castellano, Mariangela Tortorella –, Castellano –, ’, Castellano, “ We’ve, Lucinda –, Latronico Organizations: CNN, Reading, CNN Travel, USA Locations: United States, Latronico, Basilicata, El Paso , Texas, Italian, America, Italy, States, Arkansas, Panama, –

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