Olympics-Swimming-Italy's Ceccon wins men's 100 metres backstroke gold
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PARIS - World record holder Thomas Ceccon made a thrilling late surge to claim the men's 100 metres backstroke gold and give Italy a...
- Jul 30
- 1 min
Olympics-Athletics-Italy's Tamberi apologises to wife after wedding ring lost in Seine
PARIS - High jumper Gianmarco Tamberi issued a profuse apology to his wife on Saturday after his wedding ring slipped off his finger...
- Jul 27
- 1 min
US, Brazil to work together on climate partnership, says Yellen
RIO DE JANEIRO - The U.S. and Brazilian governments announced a climate partnership agenda on Friday, seeking to deepen ties on an...
- Jul 26
- 2 min
Olympics-Italian rower's father pedals to Paris for charity
PARIS - Italian rower Luca Chiumento is in Paris preparing for the quadruple sculls at the Olympic Games, and his father arrived from...
- Jul 25
- 3 min
Italy's vintage trains lure tourists off beaten track
SULMONA, Italy - As it rolls across Italy's central regions, a vintage diesel locomotive towing carriages from the 1930s and 1950s...
- Jul 25
- 2 min
South Africa's climate action too slow to meet its bold pledges, says report
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa, the world's 14th biggest carbon emitter, has made strong commitments to climate action but is moving too...
- Jul 25
- 1 min
EU sues Germany, Italy for alleged discrimination against mobile workers
The European Commission said on Thursday it had decided to refer Germany and Italy to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over practices...
- Jul 24
- 6 min
Analysis-NATO finds gaping holes in defences of Europe
BRUSSELS - The war in Ukraine and the looming U.S. presidential election dominated a NATO summit in Washington this month but, away from...
- Jul 23
- 1 min
Flights resume at Italy's Catania after Etna ash disruption
ROME - Flights serving the eastern #Sicilian city of Catania were halted for much of the day on Tuesday after an eruption from nearby...
- Jul 17
- 2 min
Portuguese 'DJ priest' plays upbeat tunes to spread hope
LAUNDOS, Portugal - Portuguese priest Guilherme Peixoto rose to fame playing electronic dance music near his church in a tiny Portuguese...
- Jul 12
- 2 min
Factbox-Biden makes a series of verbal gaffes at NATO summit
U.S. President Joe Biden had a series of verbal slip-ups on Thursday alongside the NATO summit in Washington, an unfortunate development...
- Jul 12
- 2 min
China says it will never accept 'unfounded accusations' at NATO summit
BEIJING - China will never accept the "unfounded accusations" made against it at the NATO summit this week in Washington, Foreign...
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