Italy

‘Are we really the problem?’ ask aid groups saving migrants

  Privately-run aid organizations rescuing migrants off Libya have slammed the idea of creating a "code of conduct" for them…

Scientists test robots on Etna moonscape ahead of next lunar mission

MOUNT ETNA, Italy (Reuters) -- A robot scuttles across a dry and arid moonscape but it is not in outer…

EU “ready to support” Italy with migrants, after it threatens to close ports

PARIS, France (Reuters) - The European Union's commissioner for migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, said the bloc was willing to help ease…

Italy to pay up to 17 bln euros to deal with two troubled banks: govt

ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Italy will pay up to 17 billion euros ($19 billion) to break up two insolvent Venetian…

Sharapova retires from Italy Open game after being denied French Open wildcard

ROME, Italy (Reuters) -- Triple champion Maria Sharapova retired injured from her second round match with Croatia's Mirjana Lucic-Baroni at…

Final verdict looms for Concordia shipwreck captain

ROME, Italy (AFP) - The fate of the captain of the doomed Costa Concordia cruise liner hung in the balance…

Humanoid robot aims to be affordable home help

GENOA, Italy (Reuters) -- Roboticists from the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) are developing a new type of automaton to…

Ten injured in Etna volcano explosion in Italy

ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Ten people were injured by flying rock and lava after Mount Etna, Europe's biggest active volcano,…

Milan Fashion Week wraps up with Armani’s colorful collection

MILAN, Italy (Reuters) -- Italian designer Giorgio Armani stunned with bright and eloquent colours as he brought to a close…

Versace gets political with defiant defense of feminism

by Ella IDE Agence France Presse MILAN, Italy (AFP) -- Italy's fashion queen Donatella Versace sent a message to women…

Pope Francis speaks to students in Rome, gets an invite for INC evangelical mission

  (Eagle News) -- Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, visited for the first time on Friday,…

Art springs from ruins of Rome’s industrial past

by Angus MACKINNON Agence France-Presse The ruins of a landmark industrial building in Rome have become home to a thought-provoking…

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