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Milan's San Siro football stadium on course for demolition
AFP, Published on 30/09/2025
» MILAN - One of the world's most famous stadiums is set for demolition after Milan city hall early Tuesday approved the sale of San Siro, nicknamed football's La Scala, to the city's two football giants.
Naples fetes Italy's great tenor Caruso with new museum
AFP, Published on 20/07/2023
» NAPLES (ITALY) - A century and a half after his birth, Italian tenor and opera legend Enrico Caruso is finally being celebrated by his hometown of Naples with a new museum.
Glue, soup and grit: the new climate activism
AFP, Published on 26/05/2023
» PARIS: Police in Paris on Friday used teargas against activists who attempted to block the annual shareholders meeting of the French oil giant TotalEnergies — the latest standoff involving climate campaigners.
Hanae Mori: grande dame of Japanese fashion
AFP, Published on 18/08/2022
» TOKYO - Japanese designer Hanae Mori, who cracked the Parisian haute couture world and was dubbed "Madame Butterfly" for her signature motif, has died in Tokyo aged 96, her office told AFP.
Patriots and arias: Italian opera seeks Unesco recognition
AFP, Published on 17/05/2022
» NAPLES (ITALY) - Opera originated in Italy, it was sung by Italian patriots and some of the world's greatest arias came from the peninsula. Now Rome wants credit where credit is due.
'The bottom line': Scuba divers help preserve historic Bangkok mansion
AFP, Published on 08/03/2022
» A 200-year-old Chinese mansion in Bangkok's heart isn't an obvious place for a scuba school, but in a city relentlessly demolishing its architectural heritage the business is helping preserve the historic home.
Tears of joy as Milan's La Scala opera house reopens to public
AFP, Published on 11/05/2021
» MILAN: Milan's celebrated La Scala opera house erupted into huge applause on Monday to hail a stirring performance at its triumphant reopening after six months of silence imposed by the coronavirus pandemic.
India battles raging new wave of pandemic as Europe counts 50 million cases
AFP, Published on 29/04/2021
» NEW DELHI - India's coronavirus death toll soared through 200,000 on Wednesday with a wave of new cases swamping hospitals and sending desperate families off to scour the capital for oxygen and medicine as Europe's registered cases topped 50 million.
From opera to bread line: Italy's surge in the 'new poor'
AFP, Published on 14/05/2020
» ROME - Within 10 minutes, all the food was gone.
Sick of Italy's virus shutdown, Milan itches to get back to work
AFP, Published on 01/03/2020
» MILAN - Empty streets and subways. Shuttered museums and schools. Deserted cafes and restaurants.