Saturday, November 16, 2024

Pope to UN forum: Hunger is 'crime' violating basic rights

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday decried as criminal the existence of hunger in a world which can produce enough food for all, building on a warning from U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that climate change and conflict are a consequence and driver of poverty and income inequality.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Pope to UN forum: Hunger is 'crime' violating basic rights

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday decried as criminal the existence of hunger in a world which can produce enough food for all, building on a warning from U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that climate change and conflict are a consequence and driver of poverty and income inequality.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Pope to UN forum: Hunger is 'crime' violating basic rights

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday decried as criminal the existence of hunger in a world which can produce enough food for all, building on a warning from U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that climate change and conflict are a consequence and driver of poverty and income inequality.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

UNESCO: Italy's ban on cruise ships in Venice is 'good news'

ROME (AP) — The United Nations culture agency, which was considering declaring Venice an imperiled world heritage site, on Wednesday hailed Italy’s ban on big cruise ships in the heart of the lagoon city.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

UNESCO: Italy's ban on cruise ships in Venice is 'good news'

ROME (AP) — The United Nations culture agency, which was considering declaring Venice an imperiled world heritage site, on Wednesday hailed Italy’s ban on big cruise ships in the heart of the lagoon city.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

UNESCO: Italy's ban on cruise ships in Venice is 'good news'

ROME (AP) — The United Nations culture agency, which was considering declaring Venice an imperiled world heritage site, on Wednesday hailed Italy’s ban on big cruise ships in the heart of the lagoon city.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Pope voices 'affection' for Americans as he meets Blinken

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis expressed his “affection” for the American people as he met at length Monday with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Big Pride parade in Paris; Turkish police stop marchers

ROME (AP) — Police in riot gear on Saturday blocked streets to try to thwart gay Pride marchers in Istanbul, while thousands turned out joyfully in Paris and elsewhere in Europe after pandemic privations — although setbacks against LGBT rights tempered some of the celebratory air.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Pope voices 'affection' for Americans as he meets Blinken

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis expressed his “affection” for the American people as he met at length Monday with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Pope voices 'affection' for Americans as he meets Blinken

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis expressed his “affection” for the American people as he met at length Monday with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Big Pride parade in Paris; Turkish police stop marchers

ROME (AP) — Police in riot gear on Saturday blocked streets to try to thwart gay Pride marchers in Istanbul, while thousands turned out joyfully in Paris and elsewhere in Europe after pandemic privations — although setbacks against LGBT rights tempered some of the celebratory air.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Big Pride parade in Paris; Turkish police stop marchers

ROME (AP) — Police in riot gear on Saturday blocked streets to try to thwart gay Pride marchers in Istanbul, while thousands turned out joyfully in Paris and elsewhere in Europe after pandemic privations — although setbacks against LGBT rights tempered some of the celebratory air.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Big Pride parade in Paris; Turkish police stop marchers

ROME (AP) — Police in riot gear on Saturday blocked streets to try to thwart gay Pride marchers in Istanbul, while thousands turned out joyfully in Paris and elsewhere in Europe after pandemic privations — although setbacks against LGBT rights tempered some of the celebratory air.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

An architect of European unity moves ahead on sainthood path

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Schuman, a French statesman who paved the way for the bloc that eventually evolved into European Union, has moved ahead on the Catholic church’s path toward possible sainthood.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

An architect of European unity moves ahead on sainthood path

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Schuman, a French statesman who paved the way for the bloc that eventually evolved into European Union, has moved ahead on the Catholic church’s path toward possible sainthood.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

An architect of European unity moves ahead on sainthood path

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Schuman, a French statesman who paved the way for the bloc that eventually evolved into European Union, has moved ahead on the Catholic church’s path toward possible sainthood.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

An architect of European unity moves ahead on sainthood path

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Schuman, a French statesman who paved the way for the bloc that eventually evolved into European Union, has moved ahead on the Catholic church’s path toward possible sainthood.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Pope voices 'pain' over Canadian deaths, doesn't apologize

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his pain over the discovery in Canada of the remains of 215 Indigenous students of church-run residential schools and pressed religious and political authorities to shed light on “this sad affair.” But he didn’t offer the apology sought by the Canadian …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Pope voices 'pain' over Canadian deaths, doesn't apologize

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his pain over the discovery in Canada of the remains of 215 Indigenous students of church-run residential schools and pressed religious and political authorities to shed light on “this sad affair.” But he didn’t offer the apology sought by the Canadian …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Pope voices 'pain' over Canadian deaths, doesn't apologize

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his pain over the discovery in Canada of the remains of 215 Indigenous students of church-run residential schools and pressed religious and political authorities to shed light on “this sad affair.” But he didn’t offer the apology sought by the Canadian …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Over 800 migrants rescued at sea head to Italy

ROME (AP) — Two Italian ports faced an influx of hundreds of migrants on Saturday, as a charity ship sailed toward a Sicilian port with 236 people rescued in the Mediterranean from traffickers' boats, while Italian coast guard and border police brought 532 others to a tiny island.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Over 800 migrants rescued at sea head to Italy

ROME (AP) — Two Italian ports faced an influx of hundreds of migrants on Saturday, as a charity ship sailed toward a Sicilian port with 236 people rescued in the Mediterranean from traffickers' boats, while Italian coast guard and border police brought 532 others to a tiny island.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Over 800 migrants rescued at sea head to Italy

ROME (AP) — Two Italian ports faced an influx of hundreds of migrants on Saturday, as a charity ship sailed toward a Sicilian port with 236 people rescued in the Mediterranean from traffickers' boats, while Italian coast guard and border police brought 532 others to a tiny island.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Young professionals cut ahead of older Italians for vaccine

ROME (AP) — Octogenarians in Tuscany watched in disbelief and indignation as lawyers, magistrates, professors and other younger professionals got vaccinated against COVID-19 before them, despite government pledges of prioritizing Italy’s oldest citizens. Even some of their adult children jumped ahead of them.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Young professionals cut ahead of older Italians for vaccine

ROME (AP) — Octogenarians in Tuscany watched in disbelief and indignation as lawyers, magistrates, professors and other younger professionals got vaccinated against COVID-19 before them, despite government pledges of prioritizing Italy’s oldest citizens. Even some of their adult children jumped ahead of them.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Young professionals cut ahead of older Italians for vaccine

ROME (AP) — Octogenarians in Tuscany watched in disbelief and indignation as lawyers, magistrates, professors and other younger professionals got vaccinated against COVID-19 before them, despite government pledges of prioritizing Italy’s oldest citizens. Even some of their adult children jumped ahead of them.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Explainer: Mount Etna puts on its latest spectacular show

ROME (AP) — Mount Etna, the volcano that towers over eastern Sicily, evokes superlatives. It is Europe’s most active volcano and also the continent’s largest.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Explainer: Mount Etna puts on its latest spectacular show

ROME (AP) — Mount Etna, the volcano that towers over eastern Sicily, evokes superlatives. It is Europe’s most active volcano and also the continent’s largest.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Explainer: Mount Etna puts on its latest spectacular show

ROME (AP) — Mount Etna, the volcano that towers over eastern Sicily, evokes superlatives. It is Europe’s most active volcano and also the continent’s largest.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Italy presses UN for answers on envoy's slaying in Congo

ROME (AP) — Italy on Wednesday pressed the United Nations for answers about the attack on a U.N. food aid convoy in Congo that left a young ambassador and his paramilitary police bodyguard dead.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Conte's last hurrah? Italy's 'simple citizen' plots return

ROME (AP) — When Giuseppe Conte left the Italian premier’s office over the weekend, Chigi Palace employees leaned out the windows to warmly applaud him after his more than 2 1/2 years at Italy's helm. His spokesperson turned teary-eyed.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Draghi takes helm in Italy, focused on pandemic recovery aid

ROME (AP) — Mario Draghi, the man largely credited with saving the euro currency, took the helm as Italy's premier Saturday after assembling a government of economic experts and other technocrats along with career politicians from across the spectrum to guide the pandemic-devastated nation toward recovery.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Conte's last hurrah? Italy's 'simple citizen' plots return

ROME (AP) — When Giuseppe Conte left the Italian premier’s office over the weekend, Chigi Palace employees leaned out the windows to warmly applaud him after his more than 2 1/2 years at Italy's helm. His spokesperson turned teary-eyed.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Conte's last hurrah? Italy's 'simple citizen' plots return

ROME (AP) — When Giuseppe Conte left the Italian premier’s office over the weekend, Chigi Palace employees leaned out the windows to warmly applaud him after his more than 2 1/2 years at Italy's helm. His spokesperson turned teary-eyed.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Draghi takes helm in Italy, focused on pandemic recovery aid

ROME (AP) — Mario Draghi, the man largely credited with saving the euro currency, took the helm as Italy's premier Saturday after assembling a government of economic experts and other technocrats along with career politicians from across the spectrum to guide the pandemic-devastated nation toward recovery.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Draghi takes helm in Italy, focused on pandemic recovery aid

ROME (AP) — Mario Draghi, the man largely credited with saving the euro currency, took the helm as Italy's premier Saturday after assembling a government of economic experts and other technocrats along with career politicians from across the spectrum to guide the pandemic-devastated nation toward recovery.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Draghi takes helm in Italy, focused on pandemic recovery aid

ROME (AP) — Mario Draghi, the man largely credited with saving the euro currency, took the helm as Italy's premier Saturday after assembling a government of economic experts and other technocrats along with career politicians from across the spectrum to guide the pandemic-devastated nation toward recovery.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Italian premier to offer resignation as government wobbles

ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte intends to offer his resignation on Tuesday, his office said Monday, a move seen as gamble that the embattled leader will get a fresh mandate from the president to try to forge a more viable coalition.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Italian premier to offer resignation as government wobbles

ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte intends to offer his resignation on Tuesday, his office said Monday, a move seen as gamble that the embattled leader will get a fresh mandate from the president to try to forge a more viable coalition.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Italian PM wins crucial vote in Senate with very thin margin

ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte squeaked through a crucial Senate confidence vote Tuesday night, allowing him to keep his wobbly coalition afloat but failing to secure the reliable support needed from lawmakers to help him effectively govern the country with its pandemic-pummeled economy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Italian PM wins crucial vote in Senate with very thin margin

ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte squeaked through a crucial Senate confidence vote Tuesday night, allowing him to keep his wobbly coalition afloat but failing to secure the reliable support needed from lawmakers to help him effectively govern the country with its pandemic-pummeled economy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Italian PM wins crucial vote in Senate with very thin margin

ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte squeaked through a crucial Senate confidence vote Tuesday night, allowing him to keep his wobbly coalition afloat but failing to secure the reliable support needed from lawmakers to help him effectively govern the country with its pandemic-pummeled economy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Ex-premier yanks ministers from Italy's coalition government

ROME (AP) — A former leader of Italy yanked his party's ministers Wednesday from Premier Giuseppe Conte's government, triggering a political crisis in the middle of a pandemic that could lead to a revamped Cabinet, a different coalition leader or the early election eagerly sought by right-wing opposition parties.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Ex-premier yanks ministers from Italy's coalition government

ROME (AP) — A former leader of Italy yanked his party's ministers Wednesday from Premier Giuseppe Conte's government, triggering a political crisis in the middle of a pandemic that could lead to a revamped Cabinet, a different coalition leader or the early election eagerly sought by right-wing opposition parties.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Italian coalition ally yanks ministers, sparks govt crisis

ROME (AP) — Matteo Renzi, a former Italian premier, yanked his ministers on Wednesday from Premier Giuseppe Conte's government, triggering a political crisis in the middle of a pandemic that could lead to a revamped Cabinet, a different coalition leader or even an early election that opposition right-wing parties hope …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Italian PM Conte faces power test as Renzi plays spoiler

ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte’ on Wednesday waited to learn if his squabbling government would survive, or whether a skeptical coalition partner would make good on a weekslong threat to pull out its ministers from the ruling coalition.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Italy puts over 320 on trial for 'ndrangheta mob ties

LAMEZIA TERME, Italy (AP) — A trial with more than 320 defendants began Wednesday in southern Italy against the ‘ndrangheta crime syndicate, arguably the world's richest criminal organization that quietly amassed power as the Sicilian Mafia lost influence.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Large trial opens for Italy's other mob group, 'ndrangheta

LAMEZIA TERME, Italy (AP) — A large trial opened Wednesday in southern Italy against the ‘ndrangheta crime syndicate, arguably the world's richest criminal organization that quietly amassed power in Italy as the Sicilian Mafia lost its influence.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Maxi-trial opens for Italy's other mob group, 'ndrangheta

LAMEZIA TERME, Italy (AP) — A maxi-trial opened Wednesday in southern Italy against the ‘ndrangheta crime syndicate, arguably the world's richest criminal organization that quietly amassed power in Italy as the Sicilian Mafia lost its influence.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Pope prays for dead in Capitol rioting, appeals for calm

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis said Sunday that he is praying for those who died in the U.S. Capitol rioting and has appealed for calm to prevail in the United States to help safeguard that nation's democratic values.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

In graying Italy, the old defy biases laid bare by pandemic

ROME (AP) — From his newsstand at the bottom of two hilly streets in Rome, Armando Alviti has been dispensing newspapers, magazines and good cheer to locals from before dawn till after dusk nearly every day for more than a half-century.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

In graying Italy, the old defy biases laid bare by pandemic

ROME (AP) — From his newsstand at the bottom of two hilly streets in Rome, Armando Alviti has been dispensing newspapers, magazines and good cheer to locals from before dawn till after dusk nearly every day for more than a half-century.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Back pain causes pope to skip Vatican New Year's ceremonies

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A back condition has forced Pope Francis to skip New Year’s ceremonies at St. Peter's Basilica, a Vatican spokesman said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Mallard to go? Dig of Pompeii fast-food place reveals tastes

ROME (AP) — A fast-food eatery at Pompeii has been excavated, helping to reveal dishes that were popular for the citizens of the ancient Roman city who were partial to eating out.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Mallard to go? Dig of Pompeii fast-food place reveals tastes

ROME (AP) — A fast-food eatery at Pompeii has been excavated, helping to reveal dishes that were popular for the citizens of the ancient Roman city who were partial to eating out.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Mallard to go? Dig of Pompeii fast-food place reveals tastes

ROME (AP) — A fast-food eatery at Pompeii has been excavated, helping to reveal dishes that were popular for the citizens of the ancient Roman city who were partial to eating out.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

A pandemic Christmas: Services move online, people stay home

ROME (AP) — Families that usually reunite on Christmas over a hearty, lingering meal celebrated apart Friday, services shifted online, and gift exchanges were low-key in one of the most unusual and subdued holiday seasons in decades.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Mallard to go? Dig of Pompeii fast-food place reveals tastes

ROME (AP) — A fast-food eatery at Pompeii has been excavated, helping to reveal dishes that were popular for the citizens of the ancient Roman city who were partial to eating out.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

A pandemic Christmas: Services move online, people stay home

ROME (AP) — Families that usually reunite on Christmas over a hearty, lingering meal celebrated apart Friday, services shifted online, and gift exchanges were low-key in one of the most unusual and subdued holiday seasons in decades.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

A pandemic Christmas: Services move online, people stay home

ROME (AP) — Families that usually reunite on Christmas over a hearty, lingering meal celebrated apart Friday, services shifted online, and gift exchanges were low-key in one of the most unusual and subdued holiday seasons in decades.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Pope on COVID-19 vaccine: Needy, vulnerable must come first

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis made a Christmas Day plea for authorities to make COVID-19 vaccines available to all, insisting that the first in line should be the most vulnerable and needy, regardless of who holds the patents for the shots.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Pope on Christmas: Vaccines for all; needy, vulnerable first

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis made a Christmas Day plea for authorities to make COVID-19 vaccines available to all, insisting that the first in line should be the most vulnerable and needy, regardless of who holds the patents for the shots.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

A pandemic Christmas: Churches shut, borders complicated

ROME (AP) — Curfews, quarantines and even border closings complicated Christmas celebrations Friday for countless people around the globe, but ingenuity, determination and imagination helped keep the day special for many.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Vatican: OK to get virus vaccines using abortion cell lines

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Monday declared that it is “morally acceptable” for Roman Catholics to receive COVID-19 vaccines based on research that used cells derived from aborted fetuses, guidance that came after some churchmen in the United States argued that such products were immoral.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Moms of Americans jailed in Italian police slaying testify

ROME (AP) — The mother of a young man from California on trial in Rome in the fatal stabbing of an Italian police office testified Thursday that her son had struggled with depression and a year before the slaying jumped from a pier near the Golden Gate Bridge in an …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Italy passes UK to have worst COVID-19 death toll in Europe

ROME (AP) — Italy on Sunday eclipsed Britain to become the nation with the worst official coronavirus death toll in Europe.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Italy passes UK to have worst COVID-19 death toll in Europe

ROME (AP) — Italy on Sunday eclipsed Britain to become the nation with the worst official coronavirus death toll in Europe.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

U.N. food agency receives Nobel prize in online event

ROME (AP) — Calling food the “pathway to peace,” the head of the U.N. World Food Program on Thursday accepted the Nobel Peace Prize at the agency's headquarters in Rome, instead of in Oslo, Norway, in a break with pomp-filled tradition amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Italy puts 4 Egyptians under investigation in torture death

ROME (AP) — Italian prosecutors on Thursday formally put four high-ranking members of Egypt’s security forces under investigation over the 2016 kidnapping, torture and killing of an Italian doctoral research student in Cairo.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

U.N. food agency to receive Nobel prize in online event

ROME (AP) — Calling food the “pathway to peace,” the head of the U.N. World Food Program on Thursday accepted the Nobel Peace Prize at the agency's headquarters in Rome, instead of in Oslo, Norway, in a break with pomp-filled tradition amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Pope makes surprise early morning prayer visit in rainy Rome

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Tuesday made a surprise early morning visit to the Spanish Steps in Rome to pray for people worldwide struggling in the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Lidia Menapace, Italian Resistance member, dies at age 96

ROME (AP) — Lidia Brisca Menapace, a Resistance member during World War II who later was an advocate of pacifism and women’s rights and was elected to the Italian Senate on a Communist party ticket, has died. She was 96.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Vatican: Pope to visit Iraq in March, pandemic permitting

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis will make a pilgrimage to Iraq in March, pandemic conditions permitting, the Vatican said Monday, in announcing what would be the pontiff's first trip abroad in more than a year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Italian police break up migrant trafficking ring, arrest 19

ROME (AP) — Italian police on Saturday arrested 19 suspects, dismantling what authorities say was a criminal organization that moved migrants from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Pakistan to Italy and then into northern Europe.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Pope, with new cardinals, warns church against mediocrity

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, joined by the church’s newest cardinals in Mass on Sunday, warned against mediocrity as well as seeking out “godfathers” to promote one's own career.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Bodies of man and his slave unearthed from ashes at Pompeii

ROME (AP) — Skeletal remains of what are believed to have been a rich man and his male slave attempting to escape death from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago have been discovered in Pompeii, officials at the archaeological park in Italy said Saturday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Italy, France consider giving Tunisia migrant boat alerts

ROME (AP) — Italy and France are considering deploying sea or air craft to alert Tunisia to the departure of clandestine boats ferrying migrants north to Italian shores, like the young Tunisian man who is the chief suspect in a fatal knife attack at a French church last week, the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Four Italian regions, including Milan, put under lockdown

ROME (AP) — Four Italian regions are being put under “red-zone” lockdown, with severe limits imposed on the circumstances under which people can leave home, Premier Giuseppe Conte announced on Wednesday night.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

New protests loom as Europeans tire of virus restrictions

MILAN (AP) — Protesters set trash bins afire and police responded with hydrant sprays in downtown Rome Tuesday night, part of a day of public outpouring of anger against virus-fighting measures like evening shutdowns for restaurants and bars and the closures of gyms and theaters — a sign of growing …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

New protests loom as Europeans tire of virus restrictions

MILAN (AP) — Protesters set trash bins afire and police responded with hydrant sprays in downtown Rome Tuesday night, part of a day of public outpouring of anger against virus-fighting measures like evening shutdowns for restaurants and bars and the closures of gyms and theaters — a sign of growing …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Italy closes gyms, shuts eateries early to fight COVID-19

ROME (AP) — Italy's leader imposed at least a month of new restrictions across the country Sunday to fight rising coronavirus infections, shutting down gyms, pools and movie theaters, putting an early curfew on cafes and restaurants and mandating that people keep wearing masks outdoors.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Protests in Italy over new virus crackdown turn violent

MILAN (AP) — Protesters turned out by the hundreds in Turin, Milan and other Italian cities and towns Monday to vent their anger, sometimes violently, at the latest pandemic restrictions that force restaurants and cafes to close early and shutter cinemas, gyms and other leisure venues.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Italy closes gyms, shuts eateries early to fight COVID-19

ROME (AP) — Italy's leader imposed at least a month of new restrictions across the country Sunday to fight rising coronavirus infections, shutting down gyms, pools and movie theaters, putting an early curfew on cafes and restaurants and mandating that people keep wearing masks outdoors.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Pope names 13 new cardinals, including 1st Black US prelate

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday named 13 new cardinals, including Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who would become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red hat.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Pope names 13 new cardinals, includes first Black US prelate

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday named 13 new cardinals, including Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who would become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red hat.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Pope names 13 new cardinals, includes US Archbishop Gregory

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday named 13 new cardinals, including Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who would become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red hat.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Italy closes gyms, shuts eateries early to fight COVID-19

ROME (AP) — Italy's leader imposed at least a month of new restrictions across the country Sunday to fight rising coronavirus infections, shutting down gyms, pools and movie theaters, putting an early curfew on cafes and restaurants and mandating that people keep wearing masks outdoors.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Pope names 13 new cardinals, includes WDC Archbishop Gregory

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday named 13 new cardinals, including Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who would become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red hat.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Europe faces more curfews, restrictions as virus cases swell

ROME (AP) — Curfews were largely expanded Thursday across France, which registered some 41.600 new confirmed virus cases to approach a total of 1 million, while similar overnight restrictions were slapped on Italy's three biggest cities — Rome, Naples and Milan — as rapidly rising caseloads across Europe prompted tighter …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Europeans face more curfews, restrictions, as virus surges

ROME (AP) — Italy's three largest cities face new curfews as regional authorities try to slow the spread of COVID-19 where it first struck hard in Europe, most of whose countries are now imposing, or mulling, new restrictions to cope with rapidly rising caseloads.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Americans brace for 'hardest, saddest' week of their lives

Americans are bracing for what the nation’s top doctor warned would be “the hardest and saddest week” of their lives because of the coronavirus
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Pope prays for 'fragile' humanity needing help in pandemic

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Praying in a desolately empty St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis on Friday likened the coronavirus pandemic to a storm laying bare illusions that people can be self-sufficient and instead leaves “all of us fragile and disoriented” and needing each other's help and comfort.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Pope prays for 'fragile' humanity needing help in pandemic

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Praying in a desolately empty St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis on Friday likened the coronavirus pandemic to a storm laying bare illusions that people can be self-sufficient and instead leaves “all of us fragile and disoriented” and needing each other's help and comfort.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Pope prays for 'fragile' humanity needing help in pandemic

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Praying in a desolately empty St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis on Friday likened the coronavirus pandemic to a storm laying bare illusions that people can be self-sufficient and instead leaves “all of us fragile and disoriented” and needing each other's help and comfort.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Italy records smaller increase in virus cases for 2nd day

ROME (AP) — Italy has recorded a smaller day-to-day increase in new coronavirus cases for the second straight day, officials said Monday while cautioning it was too soon to know if the worst is behind the country with the world's second-biggest caseload.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

As virus spreads, growing need for hospital beds, supplies

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic took an increasingly bleak toll Saturday in the U.S. and Europe, producing staggering caseloads in New York and Italy and setting off a desperate scramble to set up thousands of additional hospital beds as the disease notched another grim advance.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Italy virus cases soar again; NY eyes temporary hospitals

MINNEAPOLIS — The coronavirus pandemic took an increasingly bleak toll Saturday in the U.S. and in Europe, producing staggering caseloads in New York and Italy and setting off a desperate scramble to set up thousands of additional hospital beds as the disease notched another grim advance.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

AP PHOTOS: Virus redefines respecting personal space

ROME (AP) — Social distancing could qualify as an oxymoron in Italy, where walking arm-in-arm with friends, kissing neighbors in greeting and patting the heads of babies are part of the demonstrative culture.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

AP PHOTOS: Virus redefines respecting personal space

ROME (AP) — Social distancing could qualify as an oxymoron in Italy, where walking arm-in-arm with friends, kissing neighbors in greeting and patting the heads of babies are part of the demonstrative culture.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

AP PHOTOS: Virus redefines respecting personal space

ROME (AP) — Social distancing could qualify as an oxymoron in Italy, where walking arm-in-arm with friends, kissing neighbors in greeting and patting the heads of babies are part of the demonstrative culture.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Daily life near a standstill as nations try to halt pandemic

ROME (AP) — Meeting with friends, dining out, worshiping and other daily routines have nearly halted as nations take drastic steps to try to stop the coronavirus pandemic.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Daily life near a standstill as nations try to halt pandemic

ROME (AP) — Meeting with friends, dining out, worshiping and other daily routines have nearly halted as nations take drastic steps to try to stop the coronavirus pandemic.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Daily life near a standstill as nations try to halt pandemic

ROME (AP) — Meeting with friends, dining out, worshiping and other daily routines have nearly halted as nations take drastic steps to try to stop the coronavirus pandemic.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Pope goes on Roman walkabout, prays for end to pandemic

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis left the Vatican to make a surprise visit Sunday to two churches in Rome to pray for the end of the coronavirus pandemic — a move that came even as Italian health authorities insisted people stay home as much as possible to limit contagion …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Pope goes on Roman walkabout, prays for end to pandemic

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis left the Vatican to make a surprise visit Sunday to two churches in Rome to pray for the end of the coronavirus pandemic — a move that came even as Italian health authorities insisted people stay home as much as possible to limit contagion …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Pope goes on Roman walkabout, prays for end to pandemic

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis left the Vatican to make a surprise visit Sunday to two churches in Rome to pray for the end of the coronavirus pandemic — a move that came even as Italian health authorities insisted people stay home as much as possible to limit contagion …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

AP PHOTOS: Italians cooped up by virus cope with creativity

ROME (AP) — Italians are cooped up at home by a government decree to combat the spread of coronavirus. They are coping creatively.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

AP PHOTOS: Italians cooped up by virus cope with creativity

ROME (AP) — Italians are cooped up at home by a government decree to combat the spread of coronavirus. They are coping creatively.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

AP PHOTOS: Italians cooped up by virus cope with creativity

ROME (AP) — Italians are cooped up at home by a government decree to combat the spread of coronavirus. They are coping creatively.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Virus lockdown means Italy's old are isolated from relatives

ROME (AP) — Natalina De Santis’ three adult children come to her front door, bringing food to keep her healthy and books to relieve her boredom, but she doesn’t let them in any more.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Virus lockdown means Italy's old are isolated from relatives

ROME (AP) — Natalina De Santis’ three adult children come to her front door, bringing food to keep her healthy and books to relieve her boredom, but she doesn’t let them in any more.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Italy quarantines north in drastic bid to slow virus spread

ROME (AP) — Italy took a page from China’s playbook Sunday, attempting to lock down 16 million people — more than a quarter of its population — for nearly a month to halt the relentless march of the new coronavirus across Europe.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Italy quarantines north in drastic bid to slow virus spread

ROME (AP) — Italy took a page from China’s playbook Sunday, attempting to lock down 16 million people — more than a quarter of its population — for nearly a month to halt the relentless march of the new coronavirus across Europe.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Italy quarantines north in drastic bid to slow virus spread

ROME (AP) — Italy took a page from China’s playbook Sunday, attempting to lock down 16 million people — more than a quarter of its population — for nearly a month to halt the relentless march of the new coronavirus across Europe.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Raphael fever hits Italy but art isn't immune from virus

ROME (AP) — The paintings, drawings, tapestries and sketches in the most ambitious exhibition of Renaissance superstar Raphael's works are collectively insured for 4 billion euros ($4.4 billion) against theft, vandalism or other damages.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Raphael fever hits Italy but art isn't immune from virus

ROME (AP) — The paintings, drawings, tapestries and sketches in the most ambitious exhibition of Renaissance superstar Raphael's works are collectively insured for 4 billion euros ($4.4 billion) against theft, vandalism or other damages.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Raphael fever hits Italy but art isn't immune from virus

ROME (AP) — The paintings, drawings, tapestries and sketches in the most ambitious exhibition of Renaissance superstar Raphael's works are collectively insured for 4 billion euros ($4.4 billion) against theft, vandalism or other damages.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Concordia declared vertical off Italy

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Salvage crews rush for chance to move Concordia

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Pope's annual speech focuses on Mideast

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Survivors, captain hear shipwreck evidence

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Two more bodies found, fuel removal to begin

ROME - Nudged gently by the tides off Tuscany, the capsized Costa Concordia has been deemed stable enough on its rocky perch for salvagers to begin pumping fuel oil from its giant tanks as early as today.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

A night of chaos

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Italy's borrowing rates skyrocket

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Time for someone else

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS AGO

Italian president tries to calm anxious markets

ROME - With markets tumbling around the globe, Italy's president promised emphatically Wednesday that Silvio Berlusconi will step down soon as premier and lavished honors on a leading economist, who instantly became Berlusconi's presumed successor.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS AGO

Pressure mounts on Italy's Berlusconi to quit

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS AGO

Pope urges courage for Catholics in China, Iraq

VATICAN CITY - Iraqi Christians celebrated a somber Christmas in a Baghdad cathedral stained with dried blood, while Pope Benedict XVI exhorted Chinese Catholics to stay loyal despite restrictions on them in a holiday address laced with worry for the world's Christian minorities.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Italy falling apart

ROME - For all of Italy's ancient wonders, the real wonder might be that so many are still standing, given the poor care they get.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO

'Eat Pray Love' exalts purists' gelato in Rome

ROME - Named for a saint and naturally tasting heavenly, San Crispino gelato already was a pass-the-word must for devotees of the Italian treat.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Vatican officials blast abuse accusations as anti-Catholic campaign

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican heatedly defended Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, claiming accusations that he helped cover up the actions of pedophile priests are part of an anti-Catholic "hate" campaign targeting the pope for his opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO