U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Rome on Thursday for a diplomatic mission aimed at defusing weeks of escalating tension between the Trump administration, the Vatican, and the Italian government. Rubio met with Pope Leo XIV at the Apostolic Palace on the morning of May 7, with separate meetings scheduled the following day with......
Swiss telecom group Swisscom has warned that its dispute over mobile tower infrastructure in Italy could take up to five years to fully resolve, highlighting ongoing challenges in the country’s highly competitive telecom market. The company is seeking to reduce its dependence on Italian tower operator INWIT, as part of a broader restructuring......
Italian banking group BPER Banca reported stronger-than-expected financial results for the first quarter of the year, supported by higher revenues and the successful integration of its merger with Banca Popolare di Sondrio. The bank announced a net profit of 549 million euros during the first three months of the year, exceeding market expectations.......
Eni shareholders have approved a new board lineup proposed by the Italian government, opening the way for Chief Executive Officer Claudio Descalzi to secure an unprecedented fifth term at the helm of the state-controlled energy company. At the annual general meeting, 51.38% of participating shareholders supported the proposals, including......
Sky is reportedly pursuing significant financial compensation in a legal dispute involving telecom operator TIM and sports streaming platform DAZN, linked to the distribution of Italian top-flight football matches. According to sources familiar with the matter, the pay-TV broadcaster has filed a lawsuit in Milan seeking up to €1.9 billion......
Stellantis has inaugurated a new automotive dismantling facility in the Aïn Sebaâ district of Casablanca, making Morocco the first country in the Africa and Middle East region to host such an installation for the group. The site operates under Sustainera, the Stellantis entity dedicated to repair, reuse, remanufacturing, and recycling,......
Italy’s competition authority has launched investigations into the Italian operations of food delivery platforms Glovo and Deliveroo over alleged misleading claims regarding the treatment of delivery riders. The probe also involves Glovo’s parent company Delivery Hero SE, which controls the Spanish-based platform operating in......
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday denounced the circulation of artificial intelligence-generated images depicting her in lingerie, describing the fabricated photographs as a deliberate political attack and warning that deepfake technology poses a threat to anyone who lacks her public profile to fight back. Meloni stated in......
Wildfires are burning across multiple continents well ahead of the traditional summer peak, as prolonged drought and rising temperatures fuel an unusually early and aggressive fire season in both the United States and Europe. In Arizona, the Hazen Fire west of Phoenix near Buckeye had burned through 980 acres with zero containment as of May......
A United Airlines Boeing 767 clipped a lamppost and a delivery truck on a New Jersey highway while approaching Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday afternoon, in an incident that prompted an immediate federal investigation and drew renewed attention to safety conditions at one of the United States' busiest air hubs. The Federal......
Authorities in Tuscany have evacuated approximately 3,500 residents as a fast-moving wildfire continues to spread across wooded areas in central Italy. The fire has been burning for more than 24 hours, forcing emergency services into large-scale action. Local officials confirmed that the evacuation mainly concerns communities in mountainous......
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to visit Rome and the Vatican this week in what observers describe as an attempt to ease diplomatic tensions between Washington and the Holy See. According to an Italian government source, Rubio’s visit will include meetings with senior Vatican officials, including Cardinal Pietro Parolin,......
Italy has expressed concern over what it describes as a “growing climate of hostility” toward Christian communities in parts of the Middle East, following an attack on a French nun in Jerusalem. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani called on Israeli authorities to ensure full protection of religious freedom and the safety of......
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