Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Six dead as unexpected downpours swamp Italy’s Tuscany

downpours swamp Italy's Tuscany

Six dead as unexpected downpours swamp Italy’s Tuscany. Monia Monni emphasized the ongoing critical situation. Roughly 48,000 people in the region were without electricity. Six individuals lost their lives, and two others were reported missing due to rivers overflowing after a night of torrential rainfall in the central Italian region of Tuscany. Initial concerns had … Read more

Sicily judge weighs trial of migrant rescue NGOs

Sicily

Charities that run migrant rescue ships in the Mediterranean faced a pre-trial hearing in Sicily on Saturday for alleged collusion with people traffickers, After a controversial investigation that included extensive wiretapping. Twenty-one people have been charged with “aiding and abetting unauthorized entry into Italy” in 2016 and 2017, including members of Doctors Without Borders, Save … Read more

Pope meets with Hungary’s Orban at Vatican

Pope

Pope Francis received Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban for the primary time at the Vatican on  Thursday and expressed his gratitude for the safe haven given to refugees fleeing the Ukraine warfare. Francis spent about  40 mins with Orban,  a right-wing populist who received a fourth time period in the workplace in elections in … Read more