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Takeaway: new hope for premature babies

First days in life can be hard Premature babies are under close monitoring but doctors lack tools to measure oxygenation and blood flow in the brain An innovative optical instrument is being tested to

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Italy: On board with migrants

Angela Caponnetto, spent a week on board the “Aquarius” ship, run by the Franco-German organization SOS Méditerranée in partnership with Médecins sans Frontières (Doctors without…

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Italian playwright Dario Fo funeral held

The funeral of Italian Nobel-winning playwright Dario Fo has been held in Milan Author of ‘‘Accidental Death of an Anarchist’‘ and more than 70 other plays, Fo’s political activities saw him banned f

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Italian troops to join NATO mission in Latvia

Recent Russian military exercises in the Baltic region has left some European countries rattled.

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Dario Fo dies at the age of 90

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Italy lashes out at EU states for not taking in refugees

Italy has slammed fellow European Union members for not doing enough to take their share of refugees.

Syria

France, Germany and Italy urge Russia to stop bombing Aleppo

Senior EU ministers condemn Russia's role in Aleppo - but say the priority is to stop the bombing, not impose sanctions on Moscow.

Sport

Italy keeper Buffon wins Golden Foot award

Italy and Juventus goalkeeper Gigi Buffon added another trophy to his long list of individual accolades this week when he was awarded the 2016 international Golden Foot…

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Transnational tax fraud probe sees 29 arrested

A probe into suspected transnational tax fraud to the tune of an estimated one billion dollars (900 million euros) has led to the detention of 29 people in Italy and other EU…

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One year on: Italians march against Matteo Renzi's controversial educational reforms

Students in dozens of cities across Italy have marched against education policies and reform one year after they were laid out by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

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Sicily: 10000 migrants saved in 48 hours

More then 10000 migrants were rescued in the least 2 days (03+04/10) in 72 different operation in the Sicily Channel.

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Hundreds of migrants arrive in Sicily

Dry land is a welcome sight after being left adrift in flimsy boats in the open sea. The Italian coastguard says they carried out six separate rescue operations on Wednesday. 11,000 were rescued on Mo

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Almost 11,000 saved in Mediterranean in two days

More than 4,650 migrants were saved on Tuesday off the coast of Libya. It brings the total rescued in the last 48 hours to nearly 11,000. Three babies were also born on board ship.

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Pope makes surprise visit to quake hit Amatrice

Pope Francis has made a surprise visit to Amatrice and other towns in central Italy devastated by an earthquake six weeks ago.

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Mediterranean Sea: 6,000 migrants rescued in a day

A major rescue operation took place off the Libyan coast and included the rescue dozens of people travelling on a wooden boat that had departed from Sabratha.

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'Indifference is killing people': Italy calls for help while marking migrant remembrance day

Italians on Lampedusa have marked the first official remembrance day for migrants, three years after a shipwreck half a mile from shore claimed the lives of more than 360 people seeking safety in…

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[Pictures] Italian officials support each other in lonely stand against mafia

They are mayors. They took a stand against the mafia and are now threatened.

Netherlands

Stolen Van Gogh paintings recovered by Italian police

The masterpieces, stolen more than a decade ago in Amsterdam, were found in a house linked to an international drug trafficker in Castellammare di Stabia, near Naples.

Cult

Dean and Dan and Marni in Milan

Sibling designers Dean and Dan Caten presented their new Dsquared2 spring/summer 2017 collection at Milan Fashion Week.

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Italy sets date for crucial referendum on Senate's future

Italy is to hold a referendum on constitutional reform on December 4 – a ballot that may decide the fate of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

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