Italy
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Ranucci Steps Down From Report After Nine-Year Run
Sigfrido Ranucci is out as host of Report after nine years. RAI names two successors for 8 November; the show’s reporters threaten mass resignation. The political reaction splits the government. Read more
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A Supercell Hits Cremona: hail the size of oranges shatters the Duomo
A rotating tornado-like outbreak hit a historic city in Lombardy Tuesday afternoon. 41 people injured. A spire on the Duomo collapsed, trees fell across the old town. Read more
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Rai Dumps Sigfrido Ranucci from Report, Promises a Fresh Start
Rai has replaced Report’s longtime host with two junior reporters after the attack on Ranucci. Reporters on staff plan a strike. Salvini says ‘Good.’ The 5-Star Movement calls it ‘Meloni’s decree.’ Read more
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right-Wing Voters Studied Little — Bonaccini’s Comment Sets Off Firestorm
Stefano Bonaccini (PD, outgoing MEP) claimed the right-wing vote comes from those who studied little. Meloni fired back: ‘Those Italians studied the left on their own skin.’ Read more
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Monica Guerritore Hid Her Chemotherapy to Finish Her Anna Magnani Documentary
Italy’s most iconic stage actress completed a three-year film about legend Anna Magnani, only to learn she had cancer. Her partner never left her side, and now she is headed to Ballando con le Stelle. Read more
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King Harald V of Norway Dies at 89 – Europe Last Sovereign to Experience WWII
When the Germans invaded in 1940, young Harald was three. His father fled to London with the government in exile. He is now the last European monarch who lived through the war as a child. Read more
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Noemi Impellizzeri Found Dead in Her Home as Ex Boyfriend Under Investigation
A 33-year-old Sicilian mother of three was found hanged in her home in Riposto. Her ex-boyfriend, who claims she was already dead when he found her, is the sole suspect in the possible femicide and the fire that followed. Read more