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Venice becomes first city in the world to charge day trippers a tourist fee to enter

[ad_1] On Thursday, Venice, Italy became the first city in the world to charge day tourists a fee just to visit its historic canals and other attractions on peak days.  The measure is designed to counter over-tourism and mitigate the deleterious impact large crowds can have on some of the city’s fragile sites, while also persuading…

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Watch rare pink volcanic vortex bubbles spew out of Italy’s Mount Etna

[ad_1] A rare event was caught on camera over the weekend at Italy’s Mount Etna, the most active stratovolcano in the world. The Sicilian volcano was seen spewing rare and nearly perfectly circular volcanic vortex bubbles – at some points, appearing pink in color against the sky.  Giuseppe Barbagallo, a member of the South Etna…

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Inflation slows in France, rises in Italy

[ad_1] PARIS: Inflation in France eased further in March while it accelerated but remained low in Italy, official data showed Friday, fuelling hopes of interest rate cuts in coming months.French inflation fell to 2.3 percent, down from 3.0 percent in February, according to provisional figures from the INSEE statistics institute.Food price inflation slowed sharply last…

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90% of some of the world’s traditional wine regions could be gone in decades. It’s part of a larger problem.

[ad_1] Your favorite wines may soon cease to exist. Some of the world’s traditional wine regions, from Europe to Southern California, are at risk of almost completely disappearing within decades, researchers found, as the conditions necessary to produce their grapes grow more unfruitful due to climate change.  As humans continue to burn fossil fuels, the…

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Woman Claims She Is The Secret Granddaughter Of Lamborghini Founder, Has DNA Proof

[ad_1] Flavia Borzone, from Naples, has filed a lawsuit in a court in Italy. A woman in Italy has claimed that she is the secret granddaughter of the founder of Lamborghini sports car. Flavia Borzone, who works as a beautician in Naples, also said that she has the DNA evidence to prove it, after she…

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Newlyweds, 39 Guests Fall 25 Feet As Dance Floor Collapses During Wedding In Italy

[ad_1] As a result, the newlyweds had to spend their wedding day in the hospital. A newly married couple and dozens of guests were rushed to the hospital in Italy after the dance floor collapsed during their wedding reception. According to the New York Post, more than 30 of their guests fell 25 feet through…

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Ancient letter written by Roman emperor leads archaeologists to “monumental” discovery in Italy

[ad_1] A letter written by a Roman emperor helped lead a team of archaeologists to an ancient temple that “adds significant insights into the social changes” from pagan beliefs to Christianity in the Roman Empire, experts announced recently.  The lead archaeologist on the expedition, Douglas Boin, Ph.D., announced the “monumental discovery” at the annual meeting…

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Carrefour pulls Doritos and other PepsiCo products from shelves over price hikes

[ad_1] Global supermarket chain Carrefour will stop selling PepsiCo products in it stores in France, Belgium, Spain and Italy over price increases for popular items like Doritos, Lay’s potato chips, Quaker Oats, Lipton tea and its namesake soda. The French grocery chain said it pulled PepsiCo products from shelves in France on Thursday and added…

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Giorgia Meloni named ‘man of the year’ by daily; women rights activists denounce | World News

[ad_1] Italy’s first woman Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been named the ‘man of the year’ by Libero Quotidiano, a far-right daily published in Milan triggering a battle of sex that the newspaper said Giorgia won in 2023. The epithet did not go down well with women’s rights activists and several women politicians who saw…

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Italy’s 10-year bond yield heads for biggest monthly drop since 2013

[ad_1] LONDON: Italy‘s 10-year bond yield was on track for its biggest monthly fall since 2013 on Friday, even as yields ticked slightly higher as traders prepared to log off for the year. The Italian 10-year yield has fallen 60 basis points (bps) this month as a slowdown in euro zone inflation and the European…

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