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☆ Arrest of 'last godfather' deals new blow to ailing Sicilian mafia
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Angelo Amante | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Messina Denaro, 60, was Italy's most wanted mafia boss and had been on the run for three decades. Experts describe Cosa Nostra, its fame amplified by movies such as "The Godfather", as an ailing crime group facing several difficulties, including competition in the highly lucrative drugs market. "Messina Denaro was the last godfather, he represented all the secrets of Cosa Nostra. Sergi said it was not clear who would step in to replace Messina Denaro in what is now a more factionalised mafia. Any revelation from Messina Denaro on the group's activities - including 1993 bomb attacks in Florence, Rome and Milan which killed 10 people - could be a further major development.

☆ Illness is what ultimately snared Italy's top Mafia fugitive
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Alvise Armellini | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Messina Denaro, 60, was caught just outside a private clinic in Palermo together with an accomplice. Illness "is one of the events in the life of a (fugitive) individual that forces them to come out into the open," Palermo Prosecutor Paolo Guido told a press conference. Officers found a man who looked well-groomed, in apparent good health, with a luxury watch worth 35,000 euros ($37,840). In police pictures, Messina Denaro was seen wearing a brown fur-lined jacket, glasses and a brown and white woolly hat. Meanwhile, Messina Denaro seems set for a life behind bars.

☆ Years of cat-and-mouse end as top mafioso cornered in Italian clinic
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Crispian Balmer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

He liked wearing designer clothes, expensive sun glasses and Rolex watches, he loved video games and had a taste for luxury foods. Messina Denaro was born in the southwestern Sicilian town of Castelvetrano in 1962, the son of a mafioso. A mass of these notes was found in 2006 when police caught Bernardo Provenzano, who had led Cosa Nostra after Riina's arrest. In a letter to a contact, Messina Denaro said he couldn't believe how careless Provenzano had been. Nonetheless, the fact he managed to escape arrest for so many years showed he had a fierce, loyal following.

☆ Sicilian mafia boss arrested after 30 years on the run — the last of Italy's most-wanted crime lords
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Matteo Messina Denaro, the boss of Sicily's Cosa Nostra mafia group, was arrested on Monday. He became a fugitive on Italy's most-wanted list in 1993, tied to a series of murders and bombings. His capture followed the arrests of other crime kingpins who had been on the run for decades. He is the last of Italy's three most-wanted mafia bosses who eluded capture for decades, per Sky News. Mafia "boss of bosses" Salvatore Riina, who spent 23 years as a fugitive, was captured in 1993.

Biden had been hopeful that Russian President Vladimir Putin would be more apt to free Griner once America’s midterm elections were done, a calculation that proved correct. Still detained in Russia is Paul Whelan, a businessman whom the White House has also been working to free without success. In a 2012 interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” when he was vice president, Biden came out in favor of same-sex marriage, and he is expected to sign the measure into law. White House officials acknowledged the headwinds and worried that the midterm elections would be a repudiation of Biden’s record. “When I look at what the Biden White House has done, I think experience and patience really paid off,” said Jennifer Palmieri, who served as White House communications director during the Obama administration.

☆ UniCredit CEO Orcel has leverage in pay debate
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Lisa Jucca | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Under UniCredit’s remuneration policies, Orcel receives 2.5 million euros in salary, with the potential for twice that via an annual bonus. A regulatory cap prevents UniCredit from paying its CEO a bigger bonus, so the board may have to hike his fixed salary to pay him more. UniCredit Chairman Pier Carlo Padoan said Orcel has not asked for a pay rise. Follow @LJucca on TwitterloadingCONTEXT NEWSItalian lender UniCredit will review the pay package of its Chief Executive Andrea Orcel ahead of its 2023 general meeting. Orcel’s pay package envisages a fixed salary of 2.5 million euros a year and a bonus of up 5 million euros.

☆ Italy's Intesa agrees further 500 euro one-off payment to staff
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MILAN, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Italy's biggest bank Intesa Sanpaolo (ISP.MI) has agreed with unions a further 500-euro ($513.45) one-off payment to help staff cope with soaring inflation, the sector's largest union FABI said on Tuesday. Intesa had announced with first half earnings a previous 500 euro one-time payment for its employees. The contributions concern 70,000 workers in Italy excluding executives, Intesa said, adding that the two payments would cost the bank around 87 million euros. Intesa is currently engaged in broad ranging discussions with unions over remote-working arrangements and the introduction of a four-day working week, to help the bank save on energy costs. ($1 = 0.9738 euro)Reporting by Valentina Za; editing by Agnieszka Flak, Alvise Armellini and Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Italy police arrest woman mafia boss, 48 others in raid outside Milan
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MILAN, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Police arrested 49 suspected mobsters in a raid on the outskirts of Milan on Tuesday, including five women, one of whom is accused of leading a local unit of the fearsome 'Ndrangheta mafia. It's rare for women to have leadership roles in the male-dominated world of the mafia. The woman, accused of ruling a 'Ndrangheta unit in Rho, a town on the outskirts of Milan, was "even more ruthless than the men", Milan prosecutor Alessandra Cerretti said in a news conference, according to local media. In a separate operation, police arrested another 37 people linked to the Camorra mafia in a raid outside the city of Naples, following a three-year investigation into extortion and drug trafficking. Reporting by Agnieszka Flak, editing by Alvise Armellini and Jon BoyleOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Intesa’s payments exit sends awkward message
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MILAN, Nov 15 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Carlo Messina has picked a puzzling moment to get out of Nexi (NEXII.MI). Italy’s biggest bank by market capitalisation, a key industrial partner to the 11 billion euro payments group, sold its entire 5% stake at 8.7 euros a share late on Monday, or 584 million euros. Intesa, which sold its retail payments business to Nexi for 1 billion euros and entered a long-term partnership, will remain a key business ally. Analysts believe Nexi is worth 12 euros a share, according to average target prices from Refinitiv. Intesa’s hurried sale suggests the stock, which has already lost more than a third of its value this year, may have further to fall.

Former President Donald Trump was demonstrably weakened — and President Joe Biden strengthened — by Tuesday's midterm election results, just as the two begin to circle each other for a possible 2024 rematch. Democrats were in position to lose fewer seats in Congress in this year's midterms than Republicans did when Trump was president in 2018. "It’s not even a good night,” one former Trump campaign official said of the GOP's performance, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid angering fellow Republicans. Because it can’t be both," the former Trump campaign official said. "If Democrats want to lose the general election in 2024, they should start screwing with Joe Biden."

The European Central Bank (ECB), which supervises euro zone banks, believes some lenders have overly optimistic assumptions about the economy, based on models that cannot fully capture the damage from the current bout of inflation, the sources say. Source: S&P Global-EBAMorgan Stanley estimates euro zone banks will pay out 40 billion euros ($40 billion) in 2022 dividends plus an additional 60 billion euros in share buybacks between this year and next - an outsized return by recent standards. "It's not a good idea to pay out capital during a recession," Intesa's Chief Executive Carlo Messina told analysts last week. "With the economy entering recession, the time of massive bank payouts is over," Marco Troiano, a managing director at Scope Ratings, said. "Running down capital cushions would weaken banks."

“The key differential between 2018 and 2022 is that in 2018 Joe Biden was not president,” the former official said. Biden allies also point to early polling that shows Biden narrowly ahead in a potential rematch against former President Donald Trump, who hinted Monday night at a rally that he’ll launch his own bid for re-election in a week. “You have an incumbent with a really good track record, and you’ll have Donald Trump [running],” said Jim Messina, who ran Obama’s re-election campaign in 2012. Democrats in some of the toughest races largely shied away from Biden, preferring popular surrogates, like Obama or first lady Jill Biden. In 2018, Biden held his final rally in a Pennsylvania county that had the largest swing from 2008 to 2016.

☆ Migrant rescue ship refuses to leave Italy port in standoff with Meloni
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

The captain of a charity-run migrant rescue ship refused Italian orders to leave a Sicilian port Sunday after authorities refused to let 35 of the migrants on his ship disembark — part of directives by Italy’s new far-right-led government targeting foreign-flagged rescue ships. On Sunday, Italy ordered the Humanity 1 to vacate the port of Catania after disembarking 144 rescued migrants, including with children, more than 100 unaccompanied minors and people with medical emergencies. “Free all the people, free them,″ Italian lawmaker Aboubakar Soumahoro said in an emotional appeal directed at Meloni from the Humanity 1 rescue ship. Aboard the Humanity 1, doctors in Italy identified people needing urgent medical care after the ship’s doctor refused to make a selection, said SOS Humanity spokesman Wasil Schauseil. SOS Humanity said it plans to file a civil case in Catania to ensure that all 35 survivors on board have access to formal asylum procedures on land.

☆ ‘Call Jane’ Review: Feminists Underground
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Kyle Smith | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The pointed abortion drama “Call Jane” seems unlikely to change any minds when it comes to an always-contentious issue, but this late-’60s period piece successfully channels some of the righteous rage that fueled second-wave feminism, which engineered one triumph after another and completely reconfigured women’s role in American society within a few years. As the film opens, patriarchy rules and is little questioned by such unassuming figures as Joy, a naive, timid Chicago housewife sensitively played by Elizabeth Banks . In an early scene, Joy is puzzled by a 1968 street protest indicating growing political anger that seems alien to her quiet and well-ordered life. Her husband, a litigator named Will ( Chris Messina ), relies heavily on her input when writing briefs, suggesting that she could be a better lawyer than he if they lived in a society that recognized women’s talents. Neither spouse considers that possibility; women are simply second-class citizens.

☆ 'Call Jane' review: Elizabeth Banks stars in fictionalized look at a pre-Roe world through one woman's abortion journey
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The portrait of an underground abortion network pre-Roe v. Wade is obviously timely, but its slightly askew focus blunts the overall impact. Part of that has to do with making Elizabeth Banks’ Joy, a privileged housewife living in Chicago in 1968, the film’s centerpiece, introducing her as being somewhat oblivious to the tumult of the times. Joy initially applies to the hospital board for permission to terminate the pregnancy, only to have her petition dismissively denied by the all-male panel. The sequence slowly and painfully captures the mix of fear and discomfort Joy feels, after her blindfolded trip to the location and the dimly lit room where it happens. The writers clearly intended to personalize the abortion conversation through their Everywoman protagonist, and Banks ably fills that role.

☆ Democrats are downplaying Biden's history-making 80th birthday, and insist that voters only care about what he 'is going to do to make their lives better'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Joe Biden will make history on his November 20 birthday as the first 80-year-old US president. "Like President Biden has said, anyone with questions about his age should just watch him," a spokesperson told Politico. Biden's birthday comes amid intense scrutiny of his age, especially as he weighs whether to run for re-election in 2024. But some Democrats have called for a new generation of leaders while Republicans have questioned Biden's mental acuity. Jim Messina, President Barack Obama's campaign manager in 2012, told POLITICO, the average voter doesn't care about Biden's age, but instead "wants to know what Joe Biden is going to do to make their lives better."

☆ Factbox: Companies potentially affected by Italy's election
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

A woman walks at a polling station during the snap election in Rome, Italy September 25, 2022. read moreHere is a list of companies that could be affected by the outcome of the election. The change of government and calls by Meloni to revisit Italy's national recovery plan could threaten Italy's ability to meet the commitments to which European Union post-pandemic funds are tied. Brothers of Italy welcomed CDP's decision to wait for the election before filing its non-binding bid for TIM's network. read moreBrothers of Italy has called for the new government to be allowed to make a final decision on ITA.

☆ Former senior Obama advisor guides lobbying and policy strategy of London cryptocurrency firm
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The crypto industry has been ramping up lobbying around the world with potentially strict regulations on the horizon. The Biden administration released its framework on potential U.S. crypto regulations earlier this month, including ways that could help fight fraud. Kasselman described Messina as a critical guide to the company's lobbying and overall policy efforts. He noted that Messina is not a registered lobbyist, yet often advises their team on lobbying strategy. Kasselman credits Messina with the company hiring Ian Mair as Blockchain.com's head of U.S. policy and Giles Swan to run its European policy.

☆ 'Ndrangheta mafia kingpin returns to Italy to serve 30-year sentence
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-06 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Rocco Morabito, the second most-wanted fugitive in Italy and a bigwig in the powerful 'Ndrangheta mafia, was flown to Rome on Wednesday after being extradited from Brazil ending some 28 years on the run. Morabito, who was arrested in Brazil in May 2021, will now serve a 30-year prison sentence for various drug offences. Fugitive Rocco Morabito in an undated photo released by Italian authorities. Italy’s number one fugitive is Matteo Messina Denaro, a boss of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra mafia who has been on the run since 1993. Morabito, 56, had convictions for international drug trafficking from separate cases in the Italian cities of Milan, Palermo and Reggio Calabria.

☆ Erupţie spectaculoasă a Muntelui Etna. Cel mai activ vulcan din Europa a aruncat roci masive în aer
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-24 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Erupţie spectaculoasă a Muntelui Etna. Cel mai activ vulcan din Europa a aruncat roci masive în aer, în timp ce un râu de lavă s-a scurs pe unul dintre versanţi. Erupţia a fost provocată de o serie de explozii care s-au produs în trei cratere diferite ale vulcanului în ultimele două zile. Având o activitate de peste 6000 de ani, vulcanul Etna este vulcanul activ cu cea mai lungă perioadă de activitate. Situat pe insula Sicilia din Italia, în apropiere de orașele Messina și Catania, vulcanul Etna are înălțimea de 3340 m, fiind cel mai înalt și cel mai activ vulcan din Europa.

Organizations: Etna Locations: Etna, Europa, Italiei, Sicilia, Italia, Messina, Catania

(video) Cel mai mare vulcan activ din Europa, Etna, a erupt. Lava s-a ridicat la înălțimea de 100 de metriErupţia vulcanică din sud-estul Siciliei a transformat muntele într-un ocean de lavă. Vulcanul Etna a erupt și a aruncat lavă la 100 de metri înălțime, iar platoul de cenușă a ajuns la o altitudine de cinci kilometri. Lava care a brăzdat întunericul nopţii trecute nu a provocat daune şi nu a pus în pericol clădirile din apropiere. Situat pe insula Sicilia din Italia, în apropiere de orașele Messina și Catania, vulcanul Etna are înălțimea de 3 340 de metri, fiind cel mai înalt și cel mai activ vulcan din Europa.

Organizations: Etna Locations: Europa, Etna, Siciliei, Catania, Sicilia, Italia, Messina

☆ Inundaţii puternice în nordul Italiei. În unele zone a fost declarată alertă roşie
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-06 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Ploi abundente au provocat inundaţii duminică în nordul Italiei, declanşând alerta roşie în anumite zone din Veneto (nord-est), Friuli (nord) şi provincia Bolzano (nordul extrem), transmite AFP, citează Agerpres. În câteva ore, pompierii din regiunea Veneto au trebuit să efectueze peste 400 de intervenţii de urgenţă între Belluno, Vicenza, Treviso şi Veneţia. Alerta de avalanşă a fost activată în masivul Dolomiţi şi Trentino-Tirolul de Sud, unde pompierii au efectuat 500 de intervenţii în ultimele 24 de ore.O altă consecinţă a intemperiilor: meciul de fotbal dintre Udinese şi Atalanta a trebuit amânat, deoarece terenul era prea inundat. Sudul ţării, deşi mai puţin afectat, nu a fost total cruţat: în Sicilia, o furtună violentă a lovit Messina sâmbătă seara, inundând străzile şi căile de acces. Legăturile maritime cu insulele Eoliene (nordul Siciliei) au fost suspendate de sâmbătă din cauza vânturilor puternice.

Persons: Veneto Luca Zaia Locations: Italiei, Veneto, Friuli, Bolzano, Belluno, Vicenza, Treviso şi Veneţia, Modena, Emilia - Romagna, Toscana, Piemont, Brenner, graniţa, Austria, Vitipeno, Oraşul Bolzano, Trentino - Tirolul de Sud, Udinese, Atalanta, Italia, Sicilia, Messina, Siciliei

☆ (video) Zece filme biografice cu note mari pe IMDB, pe care nu trebuie să le ratezi
▼ + stars: | 2018-10-01 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

(video) Zece filme biografice cu note mari pe IMDB, pe care nu trebuie să le rateziÎn acest octombrie fă-ți timp și privește câteva filme bune. De această dată am ales 10 pelicule biografice, cu actori talentați și scenarii captivante. Toate au câteva premii în palmares și note mari pe IMDB, ceea ce înseamnă că nu trebuie să le ratezi. Vedeți mai jos lista filmelor care au fost inspirate de istorii reale. # La môme (2007)Regia: Olivier DahanCu: Marion Cotillard, Gérard DepardieuIMDB: 7.6#The Elephant Man (1980)Regia: David LynchCu: John Hurt, Anthony HopkinsIMDB: 8.2#Legend (2015)Regia: Brian HelgelandCu: Tom Hardy, Emily BrowningIMDB: 7.0#Julie & Julia (2009)Regia: Nora EphronCu: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Chris MessinaIMDB: 7.0#Kill the Messenger (2014)Regia: Michael CuestaCu: Jeremy Renner, Michael Sheen, Mary Elizabeth WinsteadIMDB: 7.0#Darkest Hour (2017)Regia: Joe WrightCu: Gary Oldman, Lily James, Kristin Scott ThomasIMDB: 7.4#Loving Vincent (2017)Regia: Hugh Welchman, Dorota KobielaCu: Saoirse Ronan, Douglas Booth, Jerome Flynn, Helen McCrory, Robert GulaczykIMDB: 7.9#The Post (2017)Regia: Steven SpielbergCu: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob OdenkirkIMDB: 7.1#Gandhi (1982)Regia: Richard AttenboroughCu: Ben Kingsley, Daniel Day-LewisIMDB: 8.1#Spotlight (2015)Regia: Tom McCarthyCu: Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Stanley Tucci, Christopher GallagherIMDB: 8.1

Persons: mari, De această, jos lista, istorii reale, Olivier Dahan Cu, Marion Cotillard, Gérard Depardieu, David Lynch Cu, John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, Brian Helgeland, Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Julie, Julia, Nora Ephron Cu, Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Chris Messina, Michael Cuesta Cu, Jeremy Renner, Michael Sheen, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joe Wright Cu, Gary Oldman, Lily James, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vincent, Hugh Welchman, Saoirse Ronan, Douglas Booth, Jerome Flynn, Helen McCrory, Robert Gulaczyk, Steven Spielberg Cu, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Gandhi, Richard Attenborough Cu, Ben Kingsley, Daniel Day, Lewis, Tom McCarthy Cu, Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Stanley Tucci, Christopher Gallagher Organizations: Regia Locations: jos, Regia

☆ Tsunamis Fast Facts
▼ + stars: | 2013-08-20 | by ( Cnn Editorial Research | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Major or Notable TsunamisNovember 1, 1755 - An estimated 60,000 people are killed when an earthquake strikes Lisbon, Portugal, and causes a tsunami. June 15, 1896 - An estimated 28,000 people are killed when an 8.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Sanriku, Japan, causing a tsunami. May 22, 1960 - An estimated 1,500 people are killed when a magnitude 9.5 earthquake strikes Chile and causes a tsunami. August 16, 1976 - An estimated 4,000-8,000 people are killed when an 8.0-magnitude earthquake strikes the Philippines and causes a tsunami. October 25, 2010 - An estimated 449 people are killed when a magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes Indonesia and causes a tsunami.

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