More Notes From Europe
ON OUR LAST NIGHT IN ROME, we went over to St. Peter's Basilica to see it in the evening light. I have fallen in love with this city, its people, its beauty.
View ArticleDoing the rounds! Matthew McConaughey cuts a dapper figure as he...
He is one of Hollywood's most sought after actor, so it's hardly surprising Matthew McConaughey looked every inch the dashing star on Saturday. The 44-year-old heartthrob put on a dapper display when...
View ArticleProtesting Italian workers clash with police over job cuts
Police clash with some 600 employees of German industrial group ThyssenKrupp's Italian stainless steel plant in Terni during a protest in front of the German Embassy in Rome, Italy, yesterday. ROME:...
View ArticleEbola fears spark claims of racism in Europe
Italian mothers in suburban Rome recently organized a petition drive to keep a 3-year-old black girl from attending kindergarten after her family traveled to Uganda - a country thousands of miles away...
View ArticleItaly phases out sea rescues to save migrants
In this Tuesday, May 13, 2014 file photo, the Italian Navy frigate "Grecale", carrying victims and survivors of a migrant boat which sank in the Mediterranean Sea, arrives at the Catania harbor,...
View ArticleBonhams to offer rare Ferrari 275 GTB Alloy Berlinetta for Bond Street sale
From 1964 to 1968 almost 800 275 Berlinettas were produced, but just a fraction were the highly desirable longnose alloy variants. Photo: Bonhams.
View ArticlePope on All Saints Day: Beatitudes will lead us to God
Rome, Italy, Nov 1, 2014 / 12:30 pm .- During Mass for the Solemnity of All Souls at Rome's Verano cemetery, Pope Francis exhorted believers to follow the way of the beatitudes, calling it the path...
View ArticleEurope's Great Cities Guide: Rome
I sit down to write about Rome as it is today. I plan to dip into 25 centuries of history and refer to the city's ability to constantly reinvent itself.
View ArticleOnce again, members of the public take moral lead in restitution
A Canadian tourist has returned fragments they removed from the ancient city of Pompeii. This restitution took place fifty years after the fragment was originally removed.
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A group of jeepney operators yesterday urged the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board to adopt a fare adjustment mechanism dependent on the real-time price of fuel. The Pangkahalatang...
View ArticleView: Body Beautiful enters final days
This weekend is the final opportunity to view an exhibition of extraordinary artefacts from the British Museum's Greek and Roman collection. View of the exhibition featuring the Marble Sphinx, from...
View Articlebob.ip.flandmark added to PyPI
This package is a simple Python wrapper to the open-source facial landmark detector Flandmark , version 1.0.7 .
View ArticlePiadina stretches quality-food lead
Rome, November 4 - The culinary pride of Romagna, the time-honoured piadina flat-bread sandwich, has kept up Italy's lead in Europe's quality-food stakes. The piadina, which dates back to Roman times,...
View ArticleDebate flares on Colosseum killing floor
Rome, November 3 - The proposed restoration of the Colosseum's killing floor has sparked a keen debate in Italy after the culture minister suggested the storied stage for ancient gladiatorial and...
View ArticleCarrara swamped, red alert in 8 regions, Rome schools to close
Rome, November 5 - Strong winds battered Rome Wednesday, bringing down trees and snarling traffic, while heavy rains with more to come triggered severe weather alerts in the Italian capital and across...
View ArticleSnow Monkeys Chill Out With a Hot Bath
When they are in the pools, the primates -- Japanese macaques -- are almost human-like in their behavior.
View ArticleExorcisms on the rise: Occult activity sparks 'pastoral emergency'
Rome, Italy, Nov 6, 2014 / 04:01 am .- Catholic experts say occult activity and the resulting need for exorcisms has reached a critical level. Just prior to the season of all things supernatural, the...
View ArticleTechnip Forms an Alliance with Biochemtex for Bioethanol Technology Facilities
Technip in Italy and Biochemtex, who is the majority shareholder of Beta Renewables who controls the world's leading second generation bioethanol technology , announce today that they have signed an...
View ArticleRome's Fiumicino Airport trialling automated border control e-gates
A total of eight iBorders BorderAutomation ABCGates have been installed as part of an ongoing pilot in Fiumicino-Leonardo da Vinci Airport's Terminal 3. Rome's Fiumicino-Leonardo da Vinci International...
View ArticleRed alert Rome braced for 'water bombs'
Rome, November 6 - Rome remained on high alert Thursday as violent storms pelted the Italian capital with heavy rains, hail, and thunderstorms, closing subway stations and forcing aviation authorities...
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