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☆ Torrential rain lashes northern Italy, killing at least two people
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

ROME, May 3 (Reuters) - Torrential rain lashed Italy's northern Emilia Romagna region over the last 24 hours, causing extensive flooding and killing at least two people, rescuers and media said on Wednesday. An elderly cyclist drowned when he was swept away by flood waters in the town of Castel Bolognese, Ansa news agency reported. The rain follows months of drought which raised concerns about the low water level in the Po, Italy's largest river, which runs West to East through the northern part of Emilia Romagna. An aerial view shows a flooded area after heavy rains hit Italy's Emilia Romagna region, in Massa Lombarda, Italy, May 2, 2023. Vigili del Fuoco/Handout via REUTERSFootage released by the fire brigade showed extensive flooding in an area between Bologna, Emilia Romagna's capital, and the city of Ravenna on the Adriatic coast.

☆ Payments are broken. From fraud to a lack of innovation, these are the biggest pain points in the space, according to experts.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Paige Hagy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Experts at the conference named time-to-money, faster payments processing leading to faster fraud, and political hurdles that stunt innovation as the biggest challenges for payments. But with faster payments comes faster fraud, Soups Ranjan, cofounder and CEO of Sardine, said. Still, the threat of faster fraud "shouldn't change why we lean into faster payments," Kirkpatrick added. "Because this problem will exist whether we have faster payments or we don't." "We don't have anything close to that in the US," Kirkpatrick added.

☆ Juventus stadium ban for Lukaku abuse overturned
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) said on Wednesday that all areas of the Allianz Stadium would be open after the sanction originally imposed by the sports judge had been annulled. Juventus were hit with the partial stadium closure after racist chants aimed at Lukaku were heard during their 1-1 first leg draw against Inter in the Coppa Italia. Italian news agency ANSA reported that Juve banned two fans from their stadium after video footage of the incident went viral. The club have appealed against the sanction and a decision is expected shortly. Reporting by Tommy Lund in Gdansk Editing by Toby DavisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Summary Pontiff was hospitalised unexpectedly on WednesdayVatican says he has respiratory infectionNot clear if pope will be able to lead Easter servicesVATICAN CITY, March 30 (Reuters) - Pope Francis spent a peaceful night in a Rome hospital after suffering from a respiratory infection, a Vatican source said on Thursday. Bruni has said Francis would have to stay at Rome's Gemelli hospital for "a few days" for "appropriate" medical treatment. An official update on his condition was expected in late morning, the Vatican source said. Last year, the pope attended but did not preside at some of the Easter services due to his knee pain. Francis, who this month marked 10 years as pope, is sometimes short of breath and generally more exposed to respiratory problems.

☆ Italy blames surge in migration on Russia's Wagner group
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

ROME, March 13 (Reuters) - The Italian government on Monday said Russian mercenary group Wagner was behind a surge in migrant boats trying to cross the central Mediterranean as part of Moscow's strategy to retaliate against countries supporting Ukraine. He then used a series of obscenities to describe Crosetto and to urge him to pay attention to his own country. Wagner forces have been accused of operating in several African countries including Libya, Mali, and Central African Republic. Crosetto, a senior figure in Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's right-wing Brothers of Italy party, called on the NATO allies to help Italy face the rise in migrant arrivals. Similar remarks also came from Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, who during a visit to Israel told ANSA news agency that it was worrying many migrants came from areas "controlled by the Wagner group".

☆ At least 33 dead in southern Italy after migrant shipwreck - ANSA
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-26 | by ( Alvise Armellini | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

ROME, Feb 26 (Reuters) - At least 33 people have died after a migrant shipwreck off the eastern coast of Italy's Calabria region, ANSA and other Italian news agencies reported on Sunday. "Several dead are reported among the migrants, (and) about 40 survivors," the national firefighters' department wrote on the Telegram messaging app, adding the migrants' ship had run aground by the coast. The Italian coast guard, reported to be on the scene with firefighters and other police forces, was not immediately reachable for comment. Italy is one of the main landing points for migrants trying to enter Europe by sea. According to the International Organization for Migration's Missing Migrants Project, 20,333 people have died or gone missing in the central Mediterranean since 2014.

☆ Italy's TIM suffers internet connection problems
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

ROME, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Thousands of Telecom Italia (TLIT.MI) (TIM) customers across Italy complained of internet outages and glitches on Sunday which the company blamed on problems with an international link. Users from the northern city of Milan to the Sicilian capital Palermo reported problems, with the issue mainly focused on fixed-line internet services. Analyses are underway to resolve the problem," a TIM spokesperson said. There was no indication that the problems were caused by hackers, Italy's ANSA news agency reported. Reporting by Keith Weir and Elvira Pollina; Writing by Keith Weir; Editing by Jan HarveyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Italy sounds alarm on large-scale computer hacking attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

ROME, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Thousands of computer servers around the world have been targeted by a ransomware hacking attack, Italy's National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) said on Sunday, warning organisations to take action to protect their systems. The hacking attack sought to exploit a software vulnerability, ACN director general Roberto Baldoni told Reuters, adding it was on a massive scale. Italy's ANSA news agency, citing the ACN, reported that servers had been compromised in other European countries such as France and Finland as well as the United States and Canada. Telecom Italia customers reported internet problems earlier on Sunday, but the two issues were not believed to be related. Reporting by Elvira Pollina; Writing by Keith Weir; Editing by Jan HarveyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ As ice recedes, Italian ship makes record journey into Antarctic
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

ROME, Jan 31 (Reuters) - An Italian ice-breaker carrying scientists researching in the Antarctic has sailed further south than any ship has done before, the organisers of the voyage said on Tuesday, a further sign of how ice is retreating around the poles. The Laura Bassi vessel reached a point with the coordinates of 78° 44.280 S in the Bay of Whales in the Ross Sea, according to Italy's National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics. The voyage was made possible by an unusual lack of ice in the area, it said. Satellite analysis last year showed that Antarctica's coastal glaciers are shedding icebergs more rapidly than nature can replenish. A previous voyage with a different vessel to the same area in 2017 came up against impenetrable ice, he said.

☆ Take a look at all the photos from Insider's celebration of Wall Street's rising stars
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

David Haber, left, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, chatted with Marco DeMeireles, who left The Chernin Group last year to launch venture firm Ansa Capital. Crystal Cox/InsiderHaber was featured on our 2019 list after he sold his lending startup, Bond Street, to Goldman Sachs. DeMeireles was featured in 2021. Read more here.

[1/4] A member of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) looks at a migrant after he was rescued by the ship 'Geo Barents' during a search and rescue (SAR) operation in the Mediterranean Sea, January 25, 2023. La Spezia is the furthest and northernmost destination that Italy has assigned to an NGO ship. Forcing NGO ships to reach ever-more distant ports increases costs at a time when budgets are stretched by inflation and higher fuel costs following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Last month, the SOS Mediterranee NGO appealed for donations, saying fuel charges for its Ocean Viking rescue ship had increased by over 1 million euros during 2022. The new docking destinations policy adds to a December decree which forces NGO ships to request and head to a port "without delay" after each rescue, rather than continue looking for boats in distress.

☆ UK and France say no plans to follow Italy with Covid tests for China arrivals as EU plans response
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Carlos Barria | ReutersLONDON — The U.K. and France said Thursday morning they currently had no plans to reintroduce mandatory Covid-19 tests or additional requirements for travelers arriving into the country. It comes as several nations announced new measures in response to China's relaxation of Covid restrictions amid a suspected surge of infections but reduced domestic testing. On one Dec. 26 flight from China into Milan's Malpensa Airport, 52% of passengers tested positive for Covid, la Repubblica reported. But Italy's National Institute of Infectious Diseases reportedly called for an increase in testing for those arriving from China. The U.S. said from Jan. 5. all arrivals from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau must supply a negative Covid test taken within two days of departure.

☆ Gunman kills three women at Rome residents' meeting
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

ROME, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Three women were killed on Sunday when a man pulled out a gun and opened fire at a meeting of residents of an apartment block in Rome, Italian media reported on Sunday. The reports said a 57-year-old man had been detained after the shooting, which happened at a bar in the Fidene district where the meeting was being held. Four other people were wounded in the shooting, with at least one of them suffering serious injuries. The suspect was a local man who had been in a series of disputes with the residents' association, another witness told Rai News. Writing by Keith Weir; Editing by Alex RichardsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Landslide leaves up to a dozen missing on Italian island of Ischia
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Italy’s interior minister said no deaths were confirmed, appearing to contradict an early announcement by another senior official. “At the moment there are no confirmed deaths,” said Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi, speaking from the firefighters emergency coordination center. The prefect for the Naples region, which includes Ischia, said at least 12 people were missing. Claudio Palomba also was quoted by Italian media as saying that no deaths had been confirmed. One family with a newborn that was previously reported missing had been located and was receiving medical care, according to the Naples prefect.

☆ Thirteen people missing on Italian island Ischia after landslide - ANSA
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MILAN, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Thirteen people were missing on the Italian holiday island of Ischia after a landslide caused by heavy rain engulfed some buildings, the Ansa news agency reported on Saturday, citing the local police. The Italian fire brigade tweeted that a rainstorm that started at 0400 GMT caused flooding and landslides on the island. "Searches are underway for any missing people" in Casamicciola Terme, one of the six small towns of Ischia, a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea about 30 km (18.64 miles)from Naples. Gianni Capuano, an official of Italy's Civil Protection, told Sky TG24 that a young child was among the missing, adding that families in danger were being evacuated. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she was in close contact with the Civil Protection minister Nello Musumeci, the Civil Protection Department and the Campania Region "to follow the evolution of the wave of bad weather that has hit Ischia".

☆ Ukrainians protest staging of Russian opera at Italy's La Scala
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MILAN, Nov 10 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian diplomat has written to the head of Milan's La Scala opera house and to local political leaders to protest over plans to stage the Russian opera "Boris Godunov" next month. The event is one of the highlights of Italy's cultural calendar. Several associations representing Ukrainians living in Italy have also protested against the choice of Mussorgsky's classic work at this time. They have called for a different opera to be staged and for no Russian works to be put on until the war is over. There was no immediate comment from La Scala on Thursday.

☆ 'Exceptional' discovery as ancient bronze statues emerge in Tuscany
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Alvise Armellini | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/7] People work at the site where 2,300-year-old bronze statues have been discovered, in San Casciano dei Bagni, Italy, in this handout photo obtained by Reuters on November 8, 2022. Ministero della Cultura/Handout via REUTERSROME, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Italy have found more than two dozen beautifully preserved bronze statues dating back to ancient Roman times in thermal baths in Tuscany, in what experts are hailing as an "exceptional" discovery. The statues were found over the last two weeks in San Casciano dei Bagni, a hilltop town about 160 kilometres (100 miles) north of Rome where archaeologists have been exploring ancient ruins for the last three years. "This is an exceptional discovery which confirms once again that Italy is a country of immense and unique treasures," he said in a statement. According to ANSA, which first reported on the discovery, the statues have been taken to a restoration laboratory in Grosseto, another town in Tuscany, but will eventually be returned to San Casciano dei Bagni to be displayed in a new museum.

☆ Monza player Mari stabbed in supermarket attack
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] View of the supermarket at a shopping center where several people were injured, including Monza's football player Pablo Mari, after a stabbing incident in Assago, near Milan, Italy October 27, 2022. REUTERS/Flavio Lo ScalzoMILAN, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Monza soccer player Pablo Mari has been stabbed along with at least four other people in a shopping mall in the town of Assago outside Milan, news agency ANSA reported on Thursday. The BBC said a 46-year-old suspect has been detained and the motive for the attack in a supermarket was not clear. "Pablo Mari had a fairly deep wound on his back, which fortunately did not touch his vital organs such as the lungs or others. The 29-year-old Spanish centre back Mari is on loan at Serie A club Monza from Arsenal.

☆ Italian women divided over the prospect of far-right female premier
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

ROME — If Italy elects the nation’s first female premier, will its women be delighted or dismayed? Should opinion polls prove on the mark, Giorgia Meloni and the far-right Brothers of Italy party she co-founded less than a decade ago will triumph in the Sept. 25 election. Nothing.”Meloni, 45, is the only main party leader who didn’t join Premier Mario Draghi’s pandemic national unity government in 2021. After populist forces, including two of Meloni’s campaign allies, yanked support for Draghi in July, the former European Central Bank chief’s coalition collapsed, prompting an early election. But she has snapped back at contentions that it wouldn’t be a victory for women if she becomes premier.

☆ 'Tsunami'-like floodwaters kill at least 10 in Italy as people climb trees to find safety
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: 1 min

Floodwaters triggered by heavy rainfall have swept through several towns in a hilly region of central Italy, leaving 10 people dead and at least four missing, authorities said. Dozens of survivors scrambled onto rooftops or up trees to await rescue. “It wasn’t a water bomb, it was a tsunami,” Riccardo Pasqualini, the mayor of Barbara, told Italian state radio of the sudden downpour on Thursday evening that devastated his town in the Marche region, near the Adriatic Sea. He said the flooding left the 1,300 residents of Barbara without drinking water and had impacted phone services. A mother and her young daughter were missing after trying to escape the floodwaters, the mayor told Italian news agency ANSA.

☆ DOLIU în lumea muzicii. Cântăreața Raffaella Carra a murit
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-05 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Cântăreaţa, prezentatoarea şi realizatoarea de televiziune Raffaella Carra a murit luni la vârsta de 78 de ani, potrivit El Pais, potrivit News.ro. Anunţul a fost făcut agenţiei de presă Ansa de către Sergio Japino, care i-a fost partener mai mulţi ani. Raffaella Carra a anunţat în decembrie 2016 că se retrage din televiziune, pentru că, spunea ea atunci, este timpul să facă loc noilor generaţii. Una dintre ultimele sale colaborări cu televiziunea a fost rolul de jurat în varianta italiana a emisiunii „The Voice”. Între emisiunile de televiziune pe care le-a găzduit se numără „Carràmba che sorpresa!”, „¡Hola Raffaella!”, „Canzonissima”, „En casa con Raffaella”, „Pronto... Raffaella?”, „A las 8 con Raffaella”, „Ma che sera”, „La hora de Raffaella Carrà” şi „Domenica in”.

Persons: Carra, Anunţul, Sergio Japino, RAI . Artista, Raffaella, Roberta Pelloni, Gianni Boncompagni, Tiziano Ferro Organizations: RAI ., RAI Locations: Italia, Bologna, Spania, America Latină, Grecia

☆ Florești: Un caz de rabie a fost înregistrat la o pisică
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-05 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: 1 min

Sursa foto: foto simbolFlorești: Un caz de rabie a fost înregistrat la o pisicăAgenția Națională pentru Siguranța Alimentelor informează că în raionul Florești s-a înregistrat un caz pozitiv de rabie la o pisică. Cadavrul animalului afectat de rabie a fost distrus prin incinerare și resturile rezultate în urma incinerării au fost înhumate. „Sunt întreprinse activități de control și de eradicare a focarului de boală, în conformitate cu Ordinul ANSA nr. 52 din 04 martie 2015”, informează ANSA.

Organizations: Agenția Locations: Florești

☆ MAIB – în topul preferințelor de angajare ale absolvenților. Vino și tu în echipa celor MAIBuni! — Moldova.org
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-02 | by ( Diana Preașcă | ) www.moldova.org time to read: +14 min

Colegele sunt fiica Natalia și o doamnă din sat. Fiindcă eu pierd timp, ață, lumină…” Argumentele Svetlanei au funcționat și Aliona și Natalia s-au apucat de tăiței. Când vine cumpărătorul pentru tăiței și caută CuCa, dar nu găsește, ia altceva. „În fundul grădinii avem o construcție micuță unde ajung toate cojile și tot ce scoatem de la găini și facem compost. „Făină, ouă și… dragoste.”Aliona și Natalia cad de acord că partea cea mai frumoasă din activitatea lor este interacțiunea cu cumpărătorii.

Persons: Vrabie, Natalia, Mușat, Mihail Sadoveanu, Maria, Nataliei, Tudor, Svetlana, tăițeii, Aliona, Tamara Organizations: Arte, Universitatea Tehnică a Moldovei, Științe, Moldovei, Academia, Universitatea Tehnică Locations: Moldovei, Ucraina, Chișinău, CuCa, paleți, Odesa, Azuga, Tohatin, Moldova

☆ ANSA vine cu recomandări pentru proprietarii de animale agricole sau de companie, în cazul fenomenelor meteorologice extreme
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-30 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Sursa foto: kinovet.roANSA vine cu recomandări pentru proprietarii de animale agricole sau de companie, în cazul fenomenelor meteorologice extremeAgenția Națională pentru Siguranța Alimentelor vine cu recomandări pentru proprietarii de animale agricole sau de companie, în contextul avertizării meteorologice (caniculă) emise de către Serviciul Hidrometeorologic de Stat. Astfel, proprietarii/îngrijitorii de animale, trebuie să ia măsuri rezonabile de protecție oferindu-le o furajare și adăpare corespunzătoare. Necesitatea asigurării cu apă potabilă a animalelor, este alimentată suplimentar de avertizarea meteorologică COD Galben de creșterea temperaturii aerului până la +33°C. În cazul în care nu se oferă suficient spaţiu pentru animale, există riscul de sufocare prin aglomerare în adăpost. Totodată, ANSA recomandă proprietarilor de animale, ca suplimentar pășunatului, să suplinească rația furajeră a animalelor cu furaje grosiere uscate (paie sau fân).

Organizations: Agenția, Agenției Naționale

☆ Aveți grijă ce alimente consumați pe timp de caniculă. ANSA atenționează asupra regulilor care trebuie respectate la procurarea produselor alterabile
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-30 | by ( Https | Www.Facebook.Com Unimedia.Info | Bogdan Țîrdea | ) unimedia.info time to read: +3 min

Produsele alimentare, în special cele perisabile, trebuie să fie plasate spre comercializare în condiții termice necesare. Totodată, toate produsele alimentare trebuie să fie asigurate cu un marcaj, ce ar aduce la cunoștința consumatorilor despre toate mențiunile prevăzute în legislație. Ambalajul trebuie să fie curat, nedeteriorat, să nu prezinte semne de bombaj; transportarea produselor alimentare în perioada respectivă trebuie să fie în cel mai scurt timp posibil; după procurare, produsele trebuie păstrate conform indicațiilor înscrise de producător pe ambalajul produsului. De asemenea, ANSA recomandă să fie acordată o atenţie deosebită organizării ieșirilor familiale, meselor în aer liber. Pentru aceasta produsele alimentare trebuie să fie alese cu mare atenție, fiind excluse produsele gata și ușor perisabile, ce necesită regim termic special pentru păstrare.

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