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Amid an unprecedented heat wave and ongoing wildfires, authorities on the island of Sicily report a record temperature of 48.8°C (119.8°F). If verified by the World Meteorological Organization, it would be the highest temperature ever recorded in both Italy and Europe.
2021-08-11

Italy reports 853 new deaths in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day total since late-March, which brings the nationwide death toll to 51,306.
2020-11-24

Italy reports a record high in new infections, topping 16,000 daily cases for the first time since the start of the pandemic. According to data from the Health Ministry, the nationwide total has reached 465,726 cases.
2020-10-22

Italy reports 11,705 new infections in the past 24 hours, the highest number in a single day yet since the outbreak started in February.
2020-10-18

A shooting in Macerata, Italy, leaves six African immigrants wounded. The suspect is arrested and the case is being treated as a racially motivated crime.
2018-02-3

At least three people are killed and over 100 injured in a train derailment near Milan, Italy.
2018-01-25

Four Italian Air Force crew members are missing after two Tornado jets collide in central Italy.
2014-08-19

In Italy, after failing to elect the President of Italy on the fourth ballot, Democratic leader Pier Luigi Bersani is to step down, pointing out traitors in his own party.
2013-04-19

Voters in Italy go to the polls for the first day of a general election.
2013-02-24

Three Italian aid workers, Matteo Dell'Aria, Marco Garatti and Matteo Pagani, accused of being involved in a plot to assassinate Governor of Helmand Gulab Mangal, are released after being found "not guilty".
2010-04-18