Christian
Italian Church Condemned For Same-Sex Nativity Scene
An Italian church has received substantial backlash for portraying a “dangerous” and “blasphemous” nativity scene that displayed a figure of a second female in the place of Joseph.
CEO
Elon Musk: We Shouldn’t Demonize Oil & Gas In Short Term
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says that demonizing oil and gas is not the way to go into the future.
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Italy Rejects German Museum’s Request For ‘Aryan’ Statue Bought By Hitler
Italy’s culture minister has declined a request by the German State Antiquities Collection in Munich, Germany, asking for an ancient Roman statue that purportedly represented Hitler’s Aryan methodology.
brooke mallory
Over 200 Italian Mobsters Jailed In One Of The Country’s Largest Ever Mafia Trials
In the aftermath of the largest mafia trial in Italy in 30 years, more than 200 members of criminal gangs in Italy were given sentences totaling 2,200 years in jail by a judge.
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Why a rout in government bonds is worrying
The world’s biggest bond markets are in the throes of another rout as a new era of higher for longer interest rates takes hold.
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Sophia Loren Recovering From Emergency Surgery After Fall
Italian actress Sophia Loren is recovering from emergency surgery following a fall in her bathroom at her Swiss home.
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Climate activists pour charcoal in Trevi Fountain, turning it black
Climate change activists used charcoal diluted with vegetable oil to turn the normally bright blue water of Rome’s famous Trevi Fountain black on Sunday.
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Devastating Italy floods leave 13 dead, wrecking homes and more
After an estimated six months’ worth of rain fell in a day and a half, more than 20 rivers in Italy burst their banks, displacing thousands of people and animals from their homes and resulting in the deaths of 13.
catholic
Pope Francis hospitalized for respiratory infection
According to the Vatican, Pope Francis will be hospitalized for “a few days” for treatment of a respiratory infection.