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ROME, Italy (AFP) — Searchers have completed the grim hunt through the ruins of an Italian hotel buried by an avalanche and found the final bodies, bringing the toll to 29 dead, authorities said Thursday. The hundreds of rescuers who aided in the searches after the January 18 disaster, which saw the Hotel Rigopiano ripped from its foundations by a wall of snow and debris, saved 11 people. Locals authorities said in a brief statement […]
by Filippo Monteforte with Ella Ide in Rome Agence France Presse PENNE, Italy (AFP) — Rescuers recovered three puppies from under the rubble of Italy’s avalanche-hit hotel Monday sparking fresh hopes some of the 22 people still missing after five days could be found alive. Firefighter Fabio Jerman said the discovery of the three shaggy white Abruzzo sheepdog pups meant there were still air pockets in the collapsed luxury spa resort, “an important sign of […]
by Ella Ide with Angus Mackinnon in Rome Agence France Presse PENNE, Italy (AFP) — Italian rescuers on Friday began pulling survivors from the ruins of a mountain hotel, two days after it was buried under a devastating avalanche. Amidst relief that anyone at all had survived, there was confusion over the exact numbers located and extracted amid conflicting updates from different branches of the emergency services. But there were hopes that a total of […]
PENNE, Italy (Reuters) — Rescue workers at a base camp in Penne, some 10 km (6 miles) away from a mountain hotel buried by an avalanche, prepared to continue their search efforts on Friday (January 20) morning. Rescuers dug all night in deep snow and debris looking for some 30 missing people who were staying in the luxury hotel in central Italy when an avalanche struck almost two days ago. Officials have confirmed finding two […]
By Angus Mackinnon ROME, Italy (AFP)– Three earthquakes hit central Italy Wednesday in a seismic triple-punch that brought fresh terror to a snowbound mountainous area still reeling from deadly quakes last year. The epicentres were all close to the town of Amatrice, where nearly 300 people died in an earthquake in August. There were no reports of casualties in the three hours after Wednesday’s first shock struck at 10:25 am (0925 GMT). Monitors put […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — The Tunisian man suspected of carrying out the deadly Berlin truck attack at the market was shot dead by police in Milan on Friday, Italy’s interior minister Marco Minniti said. The minister told a press conference in Rome that Anis Amri had been fatally shot after firing at two police officers who had stopped his car for a routine identity check around 3:00 am (0200 GMT). Identity checks had established “without […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — The Tunisian man suspected of carrying out the deadly Berlin truck attack was shot dead by police in Milan Friday, Italian media reported, citing security sources. Italy’s interior minister Marco Minniti has announced a press conference for 10.45 am (0945 GMT). According to the reports, the suspect, Anis Amri, was stopped in his car around 3am for what was a routine identity check. He pulled out a pistol and shootout ensued in […]
by Angus Mackinnon Agence France Presse ROME, Italy (AFP) – Matteo Renzi bowed out as Italian prime minister on Wednesday with a combination of jokes, regrets and a strong hint that he wants to lead his party into an early election battle. Forced to quit after a crushing referendum defeat, Renzi formally submitted his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella on Wednesday evening. The presidential palace said political consultations on forming a caretaker government would […]
TAMPA, United States (AFP) — US President Barack Obama on Tuesday phoned Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who formally resigned after a crushing referendum defeat. “The president emphasized that Italy will remain one of the United States’ closest and strongest allies and an indispensable partner,” the White House said in a statement. Obama made the call from Air Force One on a flight from Washington to Tampa, Florida, thanking Renzi “for the close friendship and […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) – by Ella IDE A fight over whether to hold early elections gripped Italy Tuesday after Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s resignation left the eurozone’s third largest economy in political limbo. Renzi’s exit Monday after a crushing referendum defeat over constitutional reforms unleashed the political hounds, with all parties vying to take advantage of the power vacuum. “Italy is now entering into troubled waters,” Giovanni Orsina, political science professor at the Luiss University in […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Over 1,300 migrants have been rescued from the Mediterranean over the past 48 hours with 16 bodies recovered, the Italian coastguard said Monday. On Sunday, the Italian coast guard ship Diciotti discovered 11 bodies on a boat which had run into difficulty, while a commercial vessel intervening at another boat found three dead. The Aquarius, a relief vessel chartered by the NGOs SOS Méditerranée and Doctors Without Borders (MSF), meanwhile, said efforts […]
by Angus MACKINNON Ella IDE ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi formally resigned Monday after a crushing referendum defeat that has sent shockwaves around Europe — though his departure will be delayed by a final task, passing a budget. Renzi handed his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella after Italians resoundingly rejected his constitutional reform proposals in Sunday’s referendum, to the delight of the country’s populist leaders, fresh after Brexit and Donald Trump’s […]
