• Wines Of The Week: Classics From France And Italy
  
  My two Wines of the Week today are reminders of why the classics of France and Italy remain such benchmarks.
  By Brian Freedman, Contributor.  Forbes.  Thu, 21 Feb 2019 20:38:00 -0500.
• Italy: Teacher's 'experiment' with black pupil arouses anger
  
  An elementary school teacher in central Italy who told his students a black classmate was "ugly" is learning about the outrage his action caused.
  Fox News.  Thu, 21 Feb 2019 20:48:41 GMT.
• Prada contrasts two sides of romance at Milan Fashion Week
  
  Italian luxury label Prada added a touch of romance to Milan Fashion Week on Thursday with a winter collection looking at both sides of a love story. ...
  Yahoo.  Thu, 21 Feb 2019 14:30:14 -0500.
• Ciao Karl: Fendi says goodbye to Lagerfeld at Milan show
  
  Fendi said farewell to Karl Lagerfeld on Thursday, presenting the last line the veteran fashion designer created for the Italian luxury label before his death.
  Reuters.  Thu, 21 Feb 2019 14:19:14 -0500.
• WATCH: Vatican holds summit to address sex abuse
  
  Abuse survivors from around the world are also gathering in Rome as the Catholic Church holds a first-of-its-kind meeting.
  ABC News.  Thu, 21 Feb 2019 12:44:48 -0500.
• Malaria could be wiped out by hermaphrodite mosquitoes
  
  Experts at a lab in Terni, Italy, believe that gene-editing the insect's DNA to make them more male is the answer. This is because only females have mouths big enough to bite human beings.
  Daily Mail.  Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:21:28 GMT.
• 'I could be deported to Iran because Sweden doesn't believe I'm gay'
  
  An Italian student in Stockholm is campaigning to save his boyfriend from being deported to Iran, after the 19-year-old's asylum application was rejected.
  The Local.  Thu, 21 Feb 2019 12:21:27 +0100.
• Italian 'post-fascist' far-right party joins Tories' EU-wide political group set up by David Cameron
  
  Brothers of Italy, or Fratelli d'Italia, sit with Tory MEPs
  Jon Stone.  The Independent.  Thu, 21 Feb 2019 10:59:00 +0000.
• 'For me, it was like dying': Deaf Italians recall clergy abuse as Pope's landmark summit gets underway
  
  Dozens of men who suffered physical and sexual abuse by clergy at a school for deaf boys in Verona, Italy, are still looking for justice. They'll travel to the Pope's summit this weekend to demand it.
  Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.  Thu, 21 Feb 2019 04:00:33 EST.
• France-Italy railway construction exposes political rifts
  
  Protesters and Italy's Five Star Movement may derail a massive project between France and Italy.
  Al Jazeera.  Wed, 20 Feb 2019 17:47:15 GMT.
• Daughter of missing North Korean diplomat 'abducted and sent back home'
  
  Italy warned there would be consequences to pay if the daughter of missing diplomat Jo Song Gil had been secretly whisked back to Pyongyang.
  Sydney Morning Herald.  Thu, 21 Feb 2019 02:40:12 +1100.
• E.U. Parliament Chief Asked to Step Down Over Divisive Remarks
  
  Comments made at a ceremony commemorating Italian victims of World War II massacres led to calls for Antonio Tajani to resign.
  Una Hajdari.  New York Times.  Tue, 19 Feb 2019 22:23:08 GMT.
• Target drone sees first action [IDEX19D3]
  
  Leonardo's new M-40 target drone has completed its first live missions for the Italian Navy during a recent training exercise at an armed forces test range.
  Janes 360.  Tue, 19 Feb 2019 02:11:00 GMT.
• Struggling Italian football team loses 20-0
  
  If you think your team was on the receiving end of a poor result this weekend, then spare a thought for Italian minnows Pro Piacenza.
  BBC News.  Sun, 17 Feb 2019 20:05:55 GMT.
• From Bogart to millennials: Italian hat maker tries new look
  
  SPINETTA MARENGO, Italy (AP) - Hats off, Bogie. ...
  Colleen Barry.  Washington Times.  Sun, 17 Feb 2019 05:01:12 -0500.
• Family acquitted over Italy woman's Pakistan 'honour killing'
  
  Sana Cheema, 26, died in April 2018 while visiting her family in Pakistan.
  BBC News.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 15:39:34 GMT.
• 'Italian Job' thieves hunted over mall raid
  
  CCTV footage of smash-and-grab raiders driving though a shopping centre has been likened by police to a scene from the 1960s crime classic The Italian Job.
  Sky News.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 11:46:00 +0000.
• Huntsman rolls out five new footwear technologies
  
  Global chemicals company Huntsman has rolled out five new footwear technologies ahead of the upcoming SIMAC 2019 show in Milan, Italy.
  Just Style.  Thu, 14 Feb 2019 13:37:00 GMT.
• Princess Cruises Announces Leadership Team for New Ship Sky Princess
  
  Princess Cruises has announced the leadership team for its latest ship, Sky Princess, with seasoned master Captain Heikki Laakkonen to take the helm and bring the ship into services from the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy.
  Travel Industry Wire.  Tue, 12 Feb 2019 13:05:24 EST.
• Rome-Paris spat grows as Italy blames French foreign policy for migrant crisis
  
  France's pro-EU government and Italy's populist leaders sparred anew this weekend, as business giants from both countries appealed for calm amid the neighbours' biggest diplomatic spat since World War II.
  Irish Independent.  Sun, 10 Feb 2019 18:30:00 +0000.

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