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Rugby
Feb 14, 2022
England bounces back by routing Italy in Six Nations contest
Marcus Smith put in a man-of-the-match performance to help England get its Six Nations campaign back on track with a 33-0 bonus-point win in Italy on Sunday, as Jamie George scored two tries and Ben Youngs matched his country's test cap record.
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BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2022
The delivery apps making gig work a 'digital wild west'
In Italy, where more experienced or highly ranked Glovo riders get priority when it comes to choosing working shifts, new apps are being used by novice gig workers to get orders.
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WORLD
Feb 1, 2022
COVID’s new divide: risk takers vs. the risk averse
In Italy, with its high vaccination rate, the social schism revolves less around who's gotten a shot, and more around lifestyles and comfort levels of living with the coronavirus.
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WORLD
Jan 8, 2022
Vaccine skeptics slammed across Europe as omicron variant rages
Amid a seemingly unstoppable surge in infections, officials are focusing restrictions on unvaccinated people rather than resorting to widespread clampdowns.
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 1, 2021
Will this Franco-Italian bromance save Europe?
Despite being founding members of the EU, France and Italy have not always worked in harmony, having recently fallen out over Libya, banks, shipbuilding, populism and even the Mona Lisa.
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JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 27, 2021
Japan’s vaccination rate hits G7 milestone but may top out at 80%
The nation is now ranked No. 3 for its vaccination rate among the Group of Seven industrialized countries, after only Canada and Italy.
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MORE SPORTS
Oct 12, 2021
A surprise sports hero broadens Italy’s image of itself
Lamont Marcell Jacobs, the son of a Black American father and white Italian mother, has broadened the public imagination of what Italian athletes, and Italians, can look like.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 8, 2021
Italy basks in Tokyo Games medal glory as COVID-19 gamble pays off
While other nations were shutting gyms, pools and tracks amid the pandemic, Italy provided an exemption for some 250 elite athletes to keep training for much of the past 18 months.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2021
Italy sprints to gold in men's 4x100-meter final; Japan does not finish
The athletes were already gone but it didn’t matter. The party in the stands went on without them as the members of the Italian delegation joyfully sang along with the song being played at National Stadium on another golden night for their nation at the Tokyo Olympics.
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OLYMPICS
Jul 26, 2021
U.S. softball team stages comeback win over Japan
The United States beat Japan 2-1 to end round-robin play on Monday but their failure to record a hit against a third-string pitcher until the sixth inning highlights the challenge they face when the sides meet again in the gold-medal match-up.
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SOCCER
Jul 12, 2021
Italy beats England on penalties to win Euro final
More penalty heartbreak for England as Italy crowned European champions after winning shootout 3-2.
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SOCCER
Jul 7, 2021
Italy reaches Euro final to continue comeback from World Cup failure
Players and coaches poured onto the pitch after Jorginho's kick booked their place in Sunday's final against either England or Denmark.
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JAPAN
Jun 30, 2021
Japan backs ASEAN's move to send envoy to Myanmar as coup continues
Since Myanmar's junta ousted the country's civilian government, more than 800 people have been killed in clashes between protestors and the military.
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SOCCER
Jun 27, 2021
Substitutes spare Italy's blushes in win over Austria
The Azzuri looked to be in danger of a round-of-16 Euro exit in London before Federico Chiesa and Matteo Pessina scored in extra time.
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BUSINESS
Jun 9, 2021
Tax deal by G7 countries exposes European policy rift on havens
The global deal on corporate tax looks set to pit large members such as Germany, France and Italy against Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 6, 2021
Tech giants and tax havens targeted by historic G7 deal
Japan and its G7 peers reached a landmark deal to squeeze more money out of multinational companies and reduce their incentive to shift profits to low-tax offshore havens.
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BUSINESS
May 1, 2021
Europe's Green Revolution? Italy's spending plans raise doubts
A closer look by environmentalists at the spending plans prepared by Italy raises questions about how green Rome's contribution will be to Europe's recovery plan.
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SOCCER
Apr 14, 2021
Italy approves opening stadium to fans at 25% capacity for Euros
Italy's government will allow fans to attend matches at this year's European Championship in Rome's Olympic Stadium with at least 25% capacity, the country's soccer federation (FIGC) said in a statement on Tuesday.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 24, 2021
Manslaughter probes in Italy worsen AstraZeneca vaccine troubles
Two doctors and a nurse in Sicily were placed under investigation following the sudden death of a navy officer hours after he received the shot.
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WORLD / Politics
Feb 25, 2021
EU has high hopes for Mario Draghi as he steps into new role leading Italy
The 73-year-old veteran has built a reputation for being calm, ruthless and completely on top of the brief, but may be facing his biggest challenge yet.

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