Italy

Italy shaken by brutal beating death of young Black man

11:11 pm September 12, 2020

Rome: Hundreds of people in Italy joined a funeral procession Saturday for a young Black man whose brutal beating death has shaken the country and drawn condemnation from the highest levels of the government. Premier Giuseppe Conte and Italy’s interior minister attended the funeral of 21-year-old Willy Monteiro Duarte, who was killed during a fight in Colleferro, a city on […]

Wipro plans to set up Digital Innovation Hub in Germany

7:35 pm September 8, 2020

New Delhi: Wipro on Tuesday said it plans to set up a Digital Innovation Hub at Düsseldorf in Germany that will serve as the IT services major’s flagship centre in Europe. The proposed Digital Innovation Hub will offer digital transformation expertise to companies in Germany, enabling organisations to cross skill and upskill besides supporting talent development in local communities, a […]

3 desperate migrants jump into sea from stranded Med tanker

7:59 pm September 6, 2020

Rome: Three migrants stranded aboard a tanker for over a month awaiting a port to disembark jumped into the Mediterranean Sea on Sunday in a sign of increasing despair on deck, the ship reported. Maersk Tankers A/S said the captain and crew of its chemical tanker Etienne quickly rescued the three migrants and brought them back aboard. But the […]

Pope again updates Vatican legal code amid scrutiny, probes

Pope set to make first trip since pandemic to saint’s town

6:49 pm September 5, 2020

Vatican: Pope Francis is next month set to make what would be his first visit outside Rome since Italy was put under lockdown in early March when it became the first country in Europe to feel the full brunt of the coronavirus pandemic. The pope is to journey to Assisi, the birthplace in the central Italian region of Umbria of his namesake saint, to […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

EU warns Hungary over selective use of virus border measures

8:53 pm September 1, 2020

Brussels: The European Union warned Hungary that it cannot close its borders to all foreigners and allow only its own citizens back in as the Hungarian government introduced those new measures Tuesday in response to what it said was a second wave of coronavirus infections in Europe. Hungarians returning from abroad will now need to quarantine for two weeks […]