Despite protests by animal rights activists, an alpine Italian province has confirmed the killing of a mother bear believed to be responsible for an attack on a French hiker earlier this month
July 30, 2024Venice city officials say the day-tripper tax netted 2.4 million euros during a test phase this summer, and that decisions on how to proceed would be made in the fall after a full analysis of the data
July 19, 2024
Venice is wrapping up a pilot program charging day-trippers a 5-euro entrance fee
July 14, 2024
The storied Italian lagoon city of Venice escaped inclusion on UNESCO’s list of world heritage in danger during a meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Saudia Arabia on Thursday, as member states commended efforts to preserve both the storied and fragile city and its lagoon
September 14, 2023
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen plans to travel on Sunday to the Italian island of Lampedusa amid an influx of migrants who arrived this week
September 16, 2023
Authorities in northern Italy have culled a brown bear they deemed dangerous to humans, drawing protests from animal rights activists and the scrutiny of Italy’s environment minister
February 06, 2024The post-pandemic surge in global sales of luxury handbags, shoes and apparel is on pace to stall this year amid a creativity crisis and price hikes focused on the biggest spending customers
June 18, 2024
It’s been creative director musical chairs at some of Italy’s top fashion houses, and the pressure is showing, at least on social media
June 17, 2024
Milan designers have expressed their concern over the global turbulence through their collections without making overt statements
June 16, 2024
Milan Fashion Week of mostly menswear previews has opened with two co-ed collections, underlining that the old calendar rules no longer apply
June 14, 2024
Designers have been making an impression at their new brands during Milan Fashion Week
February 23, 2024
A hush fell over the Fendi runway as the front-row filled with supermodels signaling the show was about to begin: Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista and Kate Moss had taken their seats
September 20, 2023
Thousands came out in a rain to watch an open-air Diesel show during Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday, making the denim-centric brand the hottest ticket in town
September 20, 2023
Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares has expressed dissatisfaction at the operation of some U.S. plants on Thursday as the automaker struggles with lower shipments and falling revenues
June 13, 2024
Automaker Stellantis says that the autoworkers strike in North America is expected to cost the company around 750 million euros ($795 million) in profits — less than its North American competitors
October 31, 2023
The Prada Group is expanding its production footprint in Italy, including dozens of new jobs at its knitwear factory in Umbria, leaning into “Made in Italy” as integral to the brand’s ethos
May 08, 2024
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni hosts this week’s summit of the Group of Seven industrialized nations as the most stable European Union leader
June 10, 2024
Seventeen years after she was accused of killing her British roommate, Amanda Knox returned to an Italian court to hear the outcome of a slander charge that has stuck long after she was exonerated of the murder
June 04, 2024
An Italian court has reconvicted Amanda Knox of slander, quashing her hope of removing a legal stain against her that has persisted after her exoneration in the brutal 2007 murder of her British roommate
June 05, 2024
Amanda Knox will be back in an Italian courtroom this week to defend herself against a 16-year-old slander conviction that she hopes to beat once and for all
June 04, 2024
While Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni adopts a reassuring Western-allied foreign policy, cultural wars at home are preserving her far-right credentials heading into European parliamentary elections
June 01, 2024
The fragile lagoon city of Venice launches a pilot program Thursday to charge day-trippers a 5-euro entry fee that authorities hope will discourage visitors from arriving on peak days and make the city more livable for its dwindling residents
April 25, 2024
Outsider, queer and Indigenous artists are getting an overdue platform at the 60th Venice Biennale contemporary art exhibition
April 20, 2024
A pair of nude feet — dirty, wounded and vulnerable — are painted on the façade of the Venice women’s prison chapel
April 19, 2024
Jeffrey Gibson’s takeover of the U.S. pavilion for this year’s Venice Biennale contemporary art show is a celebration of color, pattern and craft
April 18, 2024
Multiple people shot along I-75 south of Lexington, Kentucky, authorities say
Police say active shooter in Kentucky left numerous people shot
Musk says SpaceX to launch first uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years
Pope to bring in a ton of humanitarian aid to remote Papua New Guinea as he celebrates periphery
North Korean leader emphasises importance of strengthening naval power
Former director of Los Alamos National Laboratory dead after car crash in New Mexico
Tennis-Sabalenka survives Pegula storm to win U.S. Open women's title
Anderson .Paak's 'K-Pops' draws on an identity rooted in two cultures