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Sweden, Denmark, Italy and Spain expel Russian diplomats after Bucha discoveries
Sweden, Denmark, Italy and Spain announced separately Tuesday that they will expel dozens of Russian diplomats following similar expulsions from other European Union countries. Why it matters: Several EU members, including Germany and France, have now announced Russian dismissals after evidence surfaced of atrocities in the Ukrainian town of Bucha in the wake of Russia’s …
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European markets look set to start the week on a negative note and are set to open flat-to-lower on Monday. London’s FTSE is expected to open 2 points lower at 7,065, Germany’s DAX down 39 points at 15,653, France’s CAC 40 down 13 points at 6,500 and Italy’s FTSE MIB 1 point lower at 25,520, according …
Italy cable car accident: At least 8 killed near Lake Maggiore
A group was riding in a Stresa-Mottarone cable car — which connects the town of Stresa on Lake Maggiore with the nearby Mottarone mountain — when it plunged into a wooded area Sunday morning, according to a spokesperson for the National Alpine Speleological Rescue Corps, which is leading the rescue operation. Italy’s national fire brigade …
Italy health chief distances himself from spiked WHO report
ROME (AP) — The head of Italy’s national health institute is distancing himself from a scandal over a spiked World Health Organization report into Italy’s coronavirus response. Dr. Silvio Brusaferro says he had no means to interfere with the U.N. agency and has never censored even inconvenient information from the public. Brusaferro was drawn into …
Italy coronavirus: Health workers must be vaccinated or face year suspension, report says
Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s cabinet on Wednesday issued a controversial decree demanding all health workers in the country receive a coronavirus vaccine in order to work. Reuters reported that there has been growing suspicions about the vaccines in the country and some hospital employees have flatly refused the jab. Doctors or nurses who refuse the vaccine could …
Winter break in Italy helped mend UW senior libero Giorgia Civita | College volleyball
“It was mentally what I needed,” she said. “It’s like when you’re so overwhelmed that you just need a break and sometimes the best thing you can do is see the people you love and that care about you.” With Italy in shutdown mode due to COVID-19, Civita’s routine was different from previous times when …
Italy’s health minister expects COVID cases to start falling in late spring
ROME (Reuters) – Italy is seeing a steady rise in coronavirus infections but a national vaccination campaign and tougher restrictions mean numbers should start improving in late spring, the health minister said. FILE PHOTO: Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza speaks to reporters after European health ministers from neighbouring countries to Italy held a meeting to …
AstraZeneca Covid vaccine suspended in some countries over blood clot fears
A health worker holds a box of the AstraZeneneca vaccine at the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute in Nonthaburi province on the outskirts of Bangkok. Chaiwat Subprasom | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images LONDON — The coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford has now been suspended in a number of …
Italy blocks shipments of AstraZeneca Covid vaccine
Vials of AstraZeneca vaccine against coronavirus (COVID-19) during the first day of a mass vaccination of Police and Firefighters in the Wanda Metropolitan Stadium. Marcos del Mazo | LightRocket | Getty Images LONDON — The European Union has made its first intervention into the supply of coronavirus vaccines, with Italy reportedly blocking a shipment of …