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Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte says German migrant rescue ship MV "Lifeline" will be permitted to dock in Malta in a deal that will see some of the migrants on board come to Italy. 2011-12-16 9562a14836a1412b420c52c1c25a9f213fd96906 9 Europe Italy 2 /feed/2011/12/16/fitch-ratings-lowers-france-s-rating-outlook-while-maintaining-a-aaa-rating-and-puts-the-grades-of-six-nations-including Fitch Ratings lowers France's rating outlook while maintaining a AAA rating and puts the grades of six nations including Spain and Italy on review due to Europe's failure to find a solution to the debt problem. 2010-07-22 9b9d06bbbaf1f9c0c7d698f4e69ab881d8997c4f 38 Italy Sicily 2 /feed/2010/07/22/a-woman-is-diagnosed-with-creutzfeldt-jakob-disease-human-mad-cow-disease-in-milan-then-hospitalised-in-livorno-onl A woman is diagnosed with Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease ("human mad cow disease") in Milan then hospitalised in Livorno, only the second case in Italy's history and the first since Sicily 2002. /feed/2021/08/11/amid-an-unprecedented-heatwave-and-ongoing-wildfires-regional-authorities-report-a-temperature-reading-of-488degc-119 BBC 11 1eb0fd8ecb3f57eb19c86633d09a8bc4a869d9aa 8 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58130893 2021 If the registered reading is verified, it will be hottest temperature ever recorded in Europe. Amid an unprecedented heatwave and ongoing wildfires, regional authorities report a temperature reading of 48.8°C (119.8°F) on the island of Sicily. If verified by the World Meteorological Organization it would be the hottest temperature ever recorded in both Italy and Europe.