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The heat has already caused several deaths, the Italian news agency ANSA reported 4 people dying over the past two days, believed to be linked to the heat. Including a 70-year-old man who fainted and died on the beach in Giovinazzo near Bari in Southern region of Apulia, two others on beaches and one elderly man who reportedly passed from a heat-related death in Rome. Multiple regions in Italy are under red high temperature warnings, as the whole of the country is heating up. For the moment and until Wednesday the following 12 cities are under red alerts; Ancona, Bologna, Campobasso, Florence,...
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New York (AFP) - Bill Viola, a pioneer in new media, video and installation art including immersive exhibits that drew thousands around the world, has died at age 73, his official website announced Saturday. He died at his home in Long Beach, California, after a long struggle with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, the Los Angeles Times reported. Viola was known for creating powerful video installations often dealing with the extremes of human emotion and experience -- of birth, death and consciousness. His "decades-long engagement with video proved vital in establishing the medium as an integra...
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A red alert is in place for all of Croatia as the country continues to swelter through a heatwave, with Friday's temperature reaching 37 degrees Celsius — a level recorded in the northeastern region of Slavonia and southern Dalmatia. And there’s been little respite in the sea. Water temperatures in some areas hit 28 degrees Celsius. The National Hydrometeorological Institute reports that Friday's exceptionally high temperatures prompted the issuance of Croatia's highest-level weather alert. Heat stroke is now a real risk for many people in the Mediterranean country. Its symptoms might include ...
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The Milan Malpensa airport has been officially renamed after former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a divisive figure in the country's history. The airport's full name is now International Airport Milan Malpensa — Silvio Berlusconi, effective immediately, a statement released by the Italian Ministry of Transport said on Thursday. Critics of the move blasted the decision to honour the late populist mainstay politician, who passed away last June at the age of 86. According to Italian law, a public place — be it a street, a square, or an airport — cannot be named after a person sooner t...
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Sicilians have been waiting for a bridge between the island and the Italian mainland for years, sick of using ferries to cross the Strait. But, now, one man has found a novel new way of making the crossing: on foot. Yes, really. Estonian slackline athlete Jaan Roose made history on Wednesday (10 July) as the first person to walk across Italy’s Strait of Messina. The slackline he used for the daring feat was the longest ever constructed - measuring 3,646 metres, more than 3.5 kilometres. Roose managed to complete the treacherous journey in just under three hours, technically beating the existin...
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The recent decision by Matteo Salvini's far-right League party to join Viktor Orbán's new bloc "Patriots for Europe," has raised a few eyebrows in Italy and with that, the question of whether Italy’s current ruling coalition will hold. The group not only now ranks as the EU Parliament’s third largest, overtaking the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), but Spain’s Vox party has also left the group led by Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Reports in the Italian media suggest Salvini’s move didn’t go down well with Meloni, describing her as even more isolated. Back home, she now has...
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Milan’s largest airport is set to be renamed in honour Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi - and the move has caused a huge row. Malpensa airport, also the second-busiest in Italy, had the name change confirmed by Matteo Salvini, Italy’s deputy prime minister and minister of infrastructure and transport. Announcing the decision, he took to social media saying: “Good news: Milan Malpensa airport will be named after Silvio Berlusconi.” Salvini says officials from the Lombardy region - where the airport is based - requested the change around a year ago, which was accepted by the board...
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American actor Willem Dafoe has been appointed the Artistic Director of the Venice Biennale theatre department for 2025 and 2026. The appointment was confirmed by the chairman of the Biennale board of directors, Pietrangelo Buttafuoco. “It is an honor to announce the appointment of Willem Dafoe as the Director of Biennale Teatro,” said Buttafuoco, adding: “I can’t wait, like everyone else, to be a spectator at the festival he will build as artistic director and – from his lectern as an absolute maestro – to watch the young men and women of the Theatre College grow in their art.” The Biennale’s...
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Using a plough and tractor, Gambarin's work aims to promote peace and global unity through sports. Known for his land-art pieces, Gambarin, born in Verona in 1958 and now residing in Bologna, executes his large-scale works without measuring the field beforehand, relying on his innate sense of proportion and tractor-driving skills.
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Pope Francis said global democracy was “not in good health” as he encouraged Catholics to work for peace in Ukraine, Palestine and other conflict zones. His comments came during a visit to the northern Italian city of Trieste on Sunday which marked the 50th Social Week of Italian Catholics – this year addressing the theme of democracy in crisis. As part of the trip, he went to the Generali Convention Centre where the leader of the Catholic Church addressed the state of global democracy and its functionality. “Let’s be honest, in today’s world democracy is not in good health,” Francis said. “I ...
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