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Vatican strikes solar farm deal to become the world’s first carbon-neutral state
WTOP - District Columbia
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August 1, 2025
ROME (AP) — Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare (1,000-acre) field north of Rome, once… ROME (AP) — Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare (1,000-acre) field north of Rome, once the source of...
More American couples are turning to Italy’s ‘dolce vita’ in a quest for memorable weddings
Winnipeg Sun
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August 1, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Author of the article: Published Jul 31, 2025 • 4 minute read Article content By Dario Artale And David Biller FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — James Atkinson and Samantha Fortino toured a Tuscan vineyard and learned to make pasta...
Credit Agricole's 'tortoise' strategy pays off in Italy's M&A contest
Zawya
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MILAN/PARIS - European bank CEOs studying M&A moves at a time when some EU governments want a say in any reshaping of their banking industry should look at the dealmaking playbook of Credit Agricole. The French group has become a key actor in...
Patrice Drago: Here’s what you’ll find at the 35th Annual Annapolis Art Walk
Capital Gazette - Maryland
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July 31, 2025
It’s time for the 35th Annual Annapolis Art Walk, when galleries stay open until 8 p.m. on Thursday and offer artist talks and demonstrations. Cynthia McBride started this gallery hop 35 years ago to bring people out on summer evenings. Things...
More American couples are turning to Italy's 'dolce vita' in a quest for memorable weddings
Cochrane Eagle
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August 1, 2025
FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — James Atkinson and Samantha Fortino toured a Tuscan vineyard and learned to make pasta and a Bolognese sauce alongside their family and friends in Florence. Atkinson discovered a penchant for chianti, while Fortino fell for...
Italian and Chinese mafias involved in VAT fraud in Romania, EPPO head says
Romania Insider
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July 31, 2025
The chief prosecutor of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, or EPPO, Laura Codruţa Kovesi, stated in an interview that the Italian and Chinese mafias may be involved in VAT fraud in Romania. The Italian mafia has already committed fraud with...
How a Rust Belt Lumberman Turned Italian Club Campobasso FC into an ESPN Show
International Business Times - United Kingdom
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August 1, 2025
An Italian football club once on the brink of extinction is now in the global spotlight thanks to an unlikely partnership between a lumber executive from Pennsylvania and a pair of American television personalities. Campobasso Football Club, a...
Italian actress Adriana Asti dies at the age of 94
ANSA
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July 31, 2025
Italian theatre and cinema actress Adriana Asti died in her sleep at the home in Rome overnight, sources said on Thursday. During her long career, Asti worked with many great cinema directors, including Luchino Visconti, Pier Paolo Pasolini,...
No Strings Theatre celebrates its 20th anniversary with two operas
Orangeville Citizen
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July 31, 2025
July 31, 2025 · 0 Comments By Constance Scrafield Returning to the MVL Amphitheatre on Concession 4 in Adjala for the fourth year, No Strings Theatre will open on its two-decade milestone in August. Denise Williams, the company’s founding artistic...
Italy’s competition authority raids Meta over AI in WhatsApp abuse probe
CNBC-TV18
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July 31, 2025
Italy’s competition authority, AGCM, has launched a formal investigation into Meta Platforms to determine whether the company’s decision to pre-install artificial intelligence into WhatsApp may amount to abuse of dominance. The investigations were...
Museum of Pathological Anatomy
Atlas Obscura
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The Museo di Anatomia Patologica (or the Museum of Pathological Anatomy) in Venice, Italy, comprises only a single room, but nevertheless houses impressive anatomical specimens illustrating disease and disability from the 18th and 19th centuries....
Fincantieri: tenth FREMM unit “Emilio Bianchi” delivered to the Italian Navy
EDR Magazine
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July 31, 2025
Genoa, July 31, 2025– Yesterday, at the Fincantieri shipyard in Muggiano (La Spezia), the multi-role frigate“Emilio Bianchi” was delivered to the Italian Navy. This is the tenth unit of the FREMM (European Multi-Mission Frigates) class...
Italy’s AGCM probes Meta’s WhatsApp AI integration
Verdict
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July 31, 2025
Italy’s competition authority, AGCM, has commenced an investigation into Meta Platforms concerning potential abuses of market dominance related to its AI tool’s integration into WhatsApp. The probe seeks to determine whether Meta’s actions...
The Incarnational Politics of Pope Leo XIV
Catholic Telegraph
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August 1, 2025
Over the first several weeks of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV has staked out a deliberate perimeter of emphases that appears to encompass the dominant theme of his pontificate. The first stake in the ground was the choice of his name. Beginning...
‘I’m a crap cultural ambassador’: Poh Ling Yeow on finding herself on national TV
Mediaweek
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August 1, 2025
Share Tweet Share Email She might be known as one of Australia’s most recognisable cooks, but Poh Ling Yeow didn’t enter the food world with a stash of secret family recipes or years of restaurant experience under her belt. In fact, when she first...
Ruth Asawa and David Ireland inspire art in the Mission
Mission Local - California
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July 31, 2025
Read Mission Local often? Help grow our newsroom, joining the hundreds of San Franciscans who support us by giving below. As far as artist Ruth Asawa’s daughter Aiko Cuneo knows, her mother didn’t know conceptual artist and sculptor David Ireland,...
August Museum Month: How you can visit dozens of museums with one membership
WDSU 6 - Louisiana
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July 31, 2025
Families and history buffs can visit museums across New Orleans without paying for admission to each one. From Aug. 1-31, an active annual membership at a participating Museum Month museum gets you and a guest free admission to all participating...
American tourist slams over-crowded Italian travel hotspot: ‘It was complete chaos’
New York Post
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July 31, 2025
This traveler gave this charming Italian tourist town the boot. Las Vegas resident Regina Simmons, her husband and their two teenage daughters spent time earlier in the summer seeing the sights around the Southern European country — and evidently,...
Italy’s Lefay Resorts Debuts Lake Garda’s First Fully Serviced Luxury Villas
Hospitality Net
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July 31, 2025
Lefay Resort & SPA Lago di Garda , a luxury wellness resort on northern Italy's Lake Garda, has introduced a new category of accommodation to the region: Lake Garda's first fully serviced villas. Lefay's Sky Pool Villas are a collection of five...
12 Historical Fiction Books That Read Like Secrets History Tried to Bury
Times Now
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July 31, 2025
12 Historical Fiction Books That Read Like Secrets History Tried to Bury (Picture Credit - Instagram) History books often spotlight victors, while fiction dares to illuminate the forgotten. These historical novels don't just revisit the past; they...