The U.S, Italy, and Indonesia have the highest mortality rates from COVID-19, according to Hong Kong-based venture capital firm Deep Knowledge Venture. Hong Kong-based venture capital firm Deep Knowledge Venture (DKV) released the latest ...
Citizen Truth’s William Bacha spoke to Italian and Spanish citizens about their personal experiences during the coronavirus pandemic. When I walked into the grocery store this morning the front of the store was filled with ...
“We will see more cases and things will get worse than they are right now.” (By: Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams) As an eruption of coronavirus cases in Italy strains the country’s healthcare system past its ...
As we welcome the new year, it’s worth taking a look back at last year to ponder how far the world has come on marijuana law reform—and how far it has to go. The wall ...
According to a new climate report, rising sea levels will make extreme flooding that used to happen in Venice once every 100 years occur every six years by 2050. Venice’s famed historic sites are at ...
“The personality of Conte is seen as one of a person who is moderate, who tries to reach compromise.” Italy’s new left-leaning coalition government took office on Thursday in a setback for far-right populist leader ...
The Open Arms ship, a migrant rescue boat run by Spanish charity Proactiva, has been stuck at sea for over two weeks as migrants onboard await their fate while Italy debates their future. Italian Prime ...
“We have our allies. We really want to begin to have a great alliance with these parties that are pro Russia, but not pro Russia for Russia but for our countries.” Italy’s far-right is under ...
This is the first part, in a three-part series on the Roma people in Europe. Roma, who are commonly referred to as “gypsies” though the term is often considered derogatory, face widespread and often state-sanctioned ...
If found guilty, top executives in two big oil companies could go to jail and the companies risk enormous penalties, including relinquishing an oil-rich region. In what is now one of the biggest corporate corruption ...
For the last five years, there has been an upsurge in the rate of illegal immigration into Europe by Africans. The immigrants have continued to endure the dangerous journey through the Sahara desert and risk ...
In a reversal of recent policy, Italy has announced it will allow migrant rescue ships to dock at its ports, at least for the next five weeks. After a discussion between Italian Foreign Minister Enzo ...
Italy’s interior minister is Europe’s answer to President Donald Trump with an even more hardline stance on immigration than his American counterpart. Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, who took the position in June, said that he ...
On Wednesday, the new Italian populist government, noted for its anti-immigration stance, defended its decision not to open its port to a refugee rescue boat carrying around 600 migrants, despite criticism from the European Union ...
A search-and-rescue ship carrying 629 people was stuck for two days off-shore from Italy, where a new right-wing government leader has refused to allow the migrant rescue operation to take port. Matteo Salvini, newly elected ...
On Friday, Giuseppe Conte was sworn in as Italy’s new prime minister, marking his first significant political foray as the leader of the country ’s first populist government. His inauguration ended a three-month political deadlock ...
Italy’s two anti-establishment populist parties, Five Star Movement (M5S) and Lega (NL), formed an alliance to pass the first challenge of setting up a new Italian government. Last Friday they came together and struck a ...
A struggling economy and the promise of an Italian basic income likely propelled the populist Italian party, M5S to win the largest percentage in the Italian election last Sunday. But M5S get enough votes to ...
Italian politics faces a pivotal day on March 4. Italians will elect a new national government, that is if any party wins enough seats in the Italian election to form a government. Despite having multiple ...