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Feb202021 by adminNo Comments
Italy’s president, pope mark year anniversary of first Italian COVID-19 case

Italy’s president, pope mark year anniversary of first Italian COVID-19 case

World
Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Italy's President Sergio Mattarella and Pope France marked the one-year anniversary of the first Italian COVID-19 case by honoring health workers. The first Italian COVID-19 case was identified in Lombardy on Feb. 20, 2020 in a 38-year-old man, a research article shows. Two tourists from China had tested positive in Rome on Jan. 30. A few days after the first Italian tested positive, additional cases popped up in the surrounding area, and soon other cases, mostly in the northern area. Areas in Lombardy and Veneto went into lockdown first and by March 8 lockdowns began nationwide. Advertisement Mattarella announced the creation of a National Day to honor "health, social welfare and volunteer personnel," in a message Saturday to the President of the National Federation of O...
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Jan292021 by adminNo Comments
Italy’s president: 4 days to see if coalition can be reborn

Italy’s president: 4 days to see if coalition can be reborn

World
Italy's president has tasked a parliamentary leader with determining whether the squabbling parties in caretaker Premier Giuseppe Conte's collapsed government can unite anew in a viable coalitionBy FRANCES D'EMILIO Associated PressJanuary 29, 2021, 8:58 PM• 3 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleROME -- Italy’s president on Friday tasked a parliamentary leader with determining by early next week whether the squabbling parties in caretaker Premier Giuseppe Conte’s collapsed government can unite anew to steer the country amid the pandemic.The announcement by President Sergio Mattarella’s office stopped short of saying whether Conte would ultimately be tapped to try to forge what would be his third coalition government since June 2018.Instead, it said that Chamber of De...
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Dec102020 by adminNo Comments
Paolo Rossi: Italy’s 1982 World Cup hero dies aged 64

Paolo Rossi: Italy’s 1982 World Cup hero dies aged 64

Sports
Last updated on 2 hours ago2 hours ago.From the section European FootballItaly's 1982 World Cup hero Paolo Rossi has died aged 64, his family says.Rossi became a household name after leading the Azzurri to victory at the tournament in Spain, finishing as top scorer and being named best player.At club level he first came to prominence as a prolific scorer for Vicenza, earning a move to Juventus and later playing for AC Milan.His death was announced on Thursday, following what Italian media report had been a long illness.Rossi's wife Federica Cappelletti posted a picture of them together on social media with the words "Per sempre" ("forever").She did not disclose the cause of his death.Rossi scored 20 goals in 48 appearances for the Italian national side, and more than 100 Serie A goals duri...
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May232020 by adminNo Comments
Italy’s genetic diversity goes back at least 19,000 years, study says

Italy’s genetic diversity goes back at least 19,000 years, study says

Science
May 22 (UPI) -- Italy has been a genetic melting pot for almost 20,000 years, according to a new study. Nowhere else in Europe hosts a greater mix of genetic heritage. In addition to the deep history of the region's genetic diversity, dating to the Late Glacial Maximum, the genomic survey of modern and ancient Italians showed people in the north and south of Italy have evolved unique genetic characteristics in response to the divergent environmental conditions. The genetic peculiarities of the people of those two regions at least partially explain why these populations a reduced risk of kidney inflammation, certain skin cancers, diabetes and obesity -- all of which favor a longer lifespan. Pockets of Italy are often included on lists of so-called "blue zones," places and populations char...
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