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Topic: Italy

After yacht sinks off Italy, search resumes for 6 missing, including Morgan Stanley boss

Specialist divers had reached the ship on Monday at a depth of some 50 metres, but access was limited due to objects in the way.

Italy’s Valentina Petrillo to be first openly transgender athlete at Paralympic Games

The 50-year-old will represent Italy in women's 200 and 400-meter races in Paris this year. The sprinter transitioned in 2019.

Italy PM Meloni vows to relaunch bilateral ties with China

Meloni, who sees Chinese investment as a way to spur Italy's anaemic economic growth, will meet Xi and China's top legislator, Zhao Leji, third in the leadership hierarchy.

On ground zero in Italy, voices rise against ‘Capo’ system after death of farm worker from Punjab

Satnam Singh who entered Italy illegally died after his arm was amputated by machine while at work. His employer has been accused of gross negligence that led to his death.

‘Worst Italy’: Meloni rues death of Indian working at Lazio farm, terms employer attitude ‘disgusting’

'Gangmastering a plague’, says PM after Indian farmer Satnam Singh, said to be illegally employed at farm near Rome, died when his employer ‘dumped him on road with his arm severed’.

G7 draft confronts China’s ‘unfair’ business competition

The draft summit statement stressed the G7 was not trying to harm China or thwart its economic development but would 'continue to take actions to protect our businesses from unfair practices, to level the playing field and remedy ongoing harm'.

Will aim to address global challenges, says Modi in Italy for G7 Summit

This marks PM Modi’s first trip abroad after assuming office for the third consecutive term. The summit is taking place at the Borgo Egnazia resort in Apulia region from 13-15 June.

Meeting with Meloni on cards as Modi set to attend G7 summit in Italy, MEA mum on Ukraine peace summit

The Ukraine summit in Switzerland scheduled a day after G7 summit. Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra says India will be represented at an ‘appropriate level’.

‘Deplorable:’ India on defacement of Gandhi statue in Italy, day before Modi’s visit for G7 summit

Gandhi statue in Italian city of Brindisi was vandalised hours after its inauguration Wednesday.

Pope used vulgar Italian word to refer to LGBT people, Italian newspapers report

Francis, who is 87, has so far been credited with leading the Roman Catholic Church into taking a more welcoming approach towards the queer community.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.