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A worker is killed and five others are critically injured in an explosion at an aluminium processing plant in Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy.
2024-06-21

One person is killed and nine others injured by a fire in a high-rise building in Rome, Italy.
2023-06-2

Italy drops its mandatory mask wearing requirement in outdoor areas as all of 20 regions are classified as "white" level, signifying a low-risk region.
2021-06-28

In the floods that are affecting Italy, the death toll rises to 19 people.
2018-11-2

Heavy floods and strong winds continue to affect all of Italy. For the duration of the disaster across the country, the death toll is eleven people.
2018-10-29

Heavy floods and strong winds in the "comune" of Manduria in Taranto, Italy, destroys several buildings and roads, leaving at least one person injured.
2018-10-28

Heavy floods affect France and Italy: in the French city of Sainte Maxime, two people drown after their vehicle is swept away by floodwater. In the Italian city of Cagliari, a woman is found dead inside her car, while another man is missing. A bridge also collapses and roads are damaged.
2018-10-11

The American Academy of Pediatrics calls for pregnant women to abstain completely from alcohol during the entire three trimesters of the pregnancy, saying no amount of any type of alcohol should be considered safe since the risks, to the baby in particular (such as fetal alcohol syndrome, among many others), are too great. This puts the U.S. alongside other Western developed countries- except Italy and the United Kingdom, which still allow occasional small amounts- in urging complete abstinence. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the two other U.S. agencies that comment most about this issue, already recommend total alcohol abstinence.
2015-10-21

A deal on the formation of a new government has been reached in Italy, two months after the 2013 Italian parliamentary election was held.
2013-04-27

The Italy Parliament prepares to vote for a new President to succeed Giorgio Napolitano, in order to end a two-month impasse between political parties by forming a coalition government.
2013-04-17