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Italian billionaire Leonardo Del Vecchio, luxury eyewear maker for Prada and Chanel, dies at 87
(FILES) This file photo taken and handout by Essilor on January 16, 2017 shows founder and chairperson of Italian eyewear manufacturer Luxottica, Leonardo Del Vecchio in Paris. - Leonardo Del Vecchio, founder of eyewear maker Luxottica and Italy's second-largest fortune, has died at the age of 87 in Milan, Italian media reported on June 27, 2022. (Photo by Handout / Essilor / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / ESSILOR / HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by HANDOUT/Essilor/AFP via Getty Images)
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Drone captures devastation of Italian drought
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The European Central Bank is running out of ammunition to fight a new debt crisis
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Director Paul Haggis detained in Italy in sex assault case: reports
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 16, 2015 Canadian film director Paul Haggis poses on the red carpet during the Rome Film Festival in Rome. - Oscar-winning Canadian director Paul Haggis was arrested in southern Italy on suspicion of aggravated sexual assault, Italian news agencies reported on June 19, 2022, citing local prosecutors. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) (Photo by TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Italy's largest river dries up after 110 days of no rain
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German, French, Italian leaders arrive in Kyiv
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Leaders of Germany, France, Italy, Romania meet Zelensky in Ukraine, dangling hope of EU membership
KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 16: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shakes hands with France's President Emmanuel Macron as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis look on June 16, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The leaders made their first visits to Ukraine since the country was invaded by Russia on February 24th. (Photo by Alexey Furman/Getty Images)
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European Central Bank pledges new crisis tool to help indebted southern states
(FILES) This file photo taken on May 8, 2022 shows the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) as a European flag is seen in the foreground, in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. - European Central Bank policymakers will gather for an exceptional meeting on June 15, 2022, as more indebted eurozone members came under stress from rising borrowing costs. (Photo by Yann Schreiber / AFP) (Photo by YANN SCHREIBER/AFP via Getty Images)
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Flights cancelled in Italy as workers at low-cost carriers strike
People stroll along the Riva degli Schiavoni embankment on April 21, 2022 in Venice. - As the crowds return after the pandemic, Venice says it will move forward with plans to make tourists book to visit the Italian lagoon city. (Photo by Vincenzo PINTO / AFP) (Photo by VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Kane penalty earns England draw against Germany; Italy downs Hungary 2-1
Soccer Football - UEFA Nations League - Group C - Germany v England - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - June 7, 2022 England's Harry Kane celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Heiko Becker
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Stanley Tucci’s summer hosting tips: Simple pasta, classic cocktails, and perfect al fresco dining
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (Documentary). Stanley Tucci travels across Italy to discover the secrets and delights of the country's regional cuisines. Courtesy of CNN
tennis
Leylah Fernandez eliminated in French Open quarter-finals
Canada's Leylah Fernandez plays a backhand return to Italy's Martina Trevisan during their women's singles match on day ten of the Roland-Garros Open tennis tournament at the Court Philippe-Chatrier in Paris on May 31, 2022. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP) (Photo by ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP via Getty Images)
golf
Thomas Bjorn named a European vice captain for 2023 Ryder Cup
SUTTON COLDFIELD, ENGLAND - MAY 11: Thomas Bjorn of Denmark, pictured here on May 4th 2022, is named as Henrik Stenson's first European 2023 Ryder Cup Vice Captain on May 11, 2022 in Sutton Coldfield, England. The 2023 Ryder Cup will take place Sept 25th - Oct 1st 2023 at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
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Italy, Greece relax COVID-19 restrictions before peak summer tourist season
People wear face masks as they step off a public transport bus in Rome, Sunday May 1, 2022. Face masks, for the first time since the start of the pandemic, are no longer required in supermarkets, bars, restaurants, shops and most workplaces throughout Italy, but remain mandatory on public transport, planes, trains and ships, theatres, cinemas, concert halls and for indoor sporting events. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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May Day rallies in Europe honor workers, protest govts
Protesters take part in the annual May Day (Labour Day) rally marking the international day of the workers on May 1, 2022 in Toulouse, southern France. (Photo by Valentine CHAPUIS / AFP) (Photo by VALENTINE CHAPUIS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Death toll from migrant shipwrecks off Tunisia coast rises to 17
A Tunisian national coast guard helps migrants to get off a rescue boat in Jbeniana, Safx, Tunisia April 23, 2022, in this screen grab taken from a handout video taken April 23, 2022. Wahid Dahech/ Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT.
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At least 12 African migrants dead, another 10 missing as four migrant boats sink off Tunisia
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Italy’s ‘Little Russia’ fears sanctions will keep oligarchs from visiting their Tuscan playground
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Vaccines have halved Italy’s COVID-19 death toll, study shows
A health worker plays a guitar as Francesco,8, old and Lorenzo, 11, receive their first dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Nuovo Regina Margherita Hospital, as Italy begins vaccinating 5-11 year-olds, in Rome, Italy December 15, 2021. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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Russia-Ukraine updates: Here’s what happened on April 9
Ukrainian soldiers carry the coffin of a fallen comrade toward Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church for the funerals of military personnel Ruslan Koval, 49; Viacheslav Ubyivovk, 44; and Liubomy Gudzeliak, 37, in Lviv, Ukraine, on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. They died in action in the Luhansk region, where heavy fighting rages as Russia refocuses its attention to the eastern areas of Ukraine. (Mauricio Lima/The New York Times)