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Italy orders TikTok to block underage users after 10-year-old's death

Italy has ordered TikTok to block any users whose age cannot be confirmed after a 10-year-old girl from Palermo died while filming an online "challenge" on a mobile phone.

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Italian PM Giuseppe Conte's government survives Senate confidence vote

Giuseppe Conte's government has survived a no-confidence vote in the Italian Senate after winning a similar vote in the lower house on Monday.

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Italy's fragile government will continue despite turmoil, says expert

"This is going to remain a fragile government based on a rather brittle majority," said political scientist Giovanni Orsina

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Animal footprints found on Florence's medieval cathedral roof

Rather than intrepid animals scaling the building to walk on the roof, it seems the creatures walked across the terracottas when they were originally made.

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‘This is civil disobedience’: Rome restaurants defy COVID-19 closures

One restauranteur said recent losses were making it impossible to provide for his children, adding that government financial aid wasn't enough.

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Artists lockdown at Italian theatre to create a play about confinement

The play will be performed for one night only when theatres are allowed to reopen across Italy.

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COVID-friendly cuddle room boosts pensioners in southern Italy

The inflatable installation allows retirement home residents to have contact with relatives without fear of picking up the virus.

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Italy opens 'maxi-trial' against 'ndrangheta organised crime syndicate

"I think it’s the first time that the son of a boss has decided to turn against his father in 'ndrangheta and he’s the pivotal testimony for this trial," said University of Oxford professor Federico Varese.

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Italy's tourism workers protest lack of support amid COVID impact

Foreign tourism in Italy dropped by 68.6% in 2020

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Italy's health workers head to the front of the queue for COVID jabs

A young nurse explained that she had a few doubts about taking the jab but felt compelled to do so for the sake of the community and her role as a nurse.

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Italy plans local COVID-19 vaccine after 'encouraging' trial results

The vaccine developed by Italian biotech firm ReiThera has shown 'encouraging' results in Phase I trials.

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Pain, anger and hope, the toll of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bergamo

Bergamo was once the epi-centre of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. We talk to those who were on the frontline about their loss, anger and hope.

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Italy's schools set to reopen as NGOs warn of remote learning risks

After two months of closed classrooms, Italian primary, middle and secondary school students return to the classrooms. But 50% of older student will still have to rely on distance learning.

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COVID-19: Which European country has the fastest vaccine roll out?

Israel and the UK are the countries that have administered the most vaccine doses to date while France and the Netherlands are among the slowest countries.

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Migrants and older residents come together in Italy's 'COVID red zone'

In the Tuscan coastal city of Livorno, a social project matches young migrants with elderly residents in need of help or companionship.

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Hundreds of birds dead after New Year fireworks displays in Rome

Loud fireworks and firecrackers in neighbourhoods that the birds tend to nest has been blamed for their sudden deaths.

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Romans jump into Tiber river in New Year's Day tradition

Divers jumped off the Cavour Bridge into Rome’s Tiber river on New Year’s Day, keeping up the annual tradition that has been going on for decades.

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Rome: Health workers continue fighting coronavirus as they enter 2021

There wasn't much time to welcome 2021 in hospitals in Rome, where doctors and nurses continue to care for patients with serious cases of COVID-19.

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Archaeologists discover perfectly preserved snack bar in Pompeii ruins

Ongoing excavation works to the site of Pompeii remain one of the biggest archaeological projects ever seen. This latest discovery is an exciting development.

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Florence revives Renaissance-era 'food-holes' in bid to curb COVID-19

They were built centuries ago to serve food and wine safely during the plague. Now, amid COVID-19, they are being put to use again.

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