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Italian manufacturing contraction softens in July, PMI shows
WKZO - Michigan
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ROME (Reuters) -The Italian manufacturing sector contracted for a 16th consecutive month in July but at a considerably slower rate than the month before, showing tentative signs of stabilisation, a survey showed on Friday. The HCOB Italy...
Turkey, Italy and Libya leaders discuss Mediterranean migration route, cooperation
Yahoo News
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ANKARA (Reuters) -The migration route from Libya across the Mediterranean, used by thousands seeking a way to get to Europe, was a top issue at a meeting on Friday between the leaders of Turkey, Italy and Libya in Istanbul, Turkey's presidency...
Little Italy Hotel Renovated in Major Makeover
San Diego Business Journal - California
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August 1, 2025
HOSPITALITY: Overhaul Includes Rebranding as a Courtyard by Marriott SAN DIEGO – A Little Italy hotel, formerly known as The Little Italy Hotel, has been renovated and rebranded as Courtyard by Marriott San Diego Downtown Little Italy at 1646...
Women’s Emancipation through Economic Transformation: A Conversation with Sandra Angeleri
Venezuelanalysis
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August 1, 2025
Historian Sandra Angeleri has just published a new book that tells the story of Nora Castañeda (1942-2015), a feminist economist who played an important role in the Bolivarian Revolution under Chávez’s governments. Based on interviews Angeleri did...
AXA to acquire Italian MGA Prima
Reinsurance News
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August 1, 2025
French insurer AXA has agreed to acquire Milan-headquartered Prima, an Italian direct insurance player acting as a managing general agent (MGA). The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of regulatory...
A taste of home: the 40-year legacy of Figaro's Italian Pizza
Pizza Marketplace
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August 1, 2025
After more than 40 years, Figaro's Italian Pizza continues to thrive as a nostalgic, small-town pizza franchise because of its innovative "We Bake or You Bake" model and a unique dough that other major chains couldn't replicate. Photo: Figaro's...
Political Collapse: Lessons From Fallen Empires – Part One
Perspectives in Anthropology
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August 1, 2025
Written by Richard E. Blanton Analyzing the collapses of four historical empires—Ming China, Mughal India, the High Roman Empire, and Renaissance Venice—to uncover patterns and lessons. Our investigation of the disastrous society-wide collapses of...
Exclusive-Prosus set to win EU nod for $4.74 billion Just Eat deal, sources say
Channel News Asia
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August 1, 2025
BRUSSELS :Dutch technology investor Prosus is set to win EU antitrust approval for its 4.1 billion euro ($4.7 billion) bid for Just Eat Takeaway, after agreeing to sell down its stake in Delivery Hero, people with direct knowledge of the matter...
Italy scrutinizes Meta over WhatsApp AI chatbot
TahawulTech
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August 1, 2025
The competition authority of Italy has started an investigation into Meta adding AI services to WhatsApp without user consent, citing concerns the move may be in breach of EU rules. In a statement, the Autorita Garante della Concorrenza e del...
‘Make Their Lives Impossible’: Italian Communist Party Targets Israel’s Honorary Consul in Tuscany
Media Line
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August 1, 2025
The Italian Communist Party ((n)PCI) has launched a campaign against Marco Carrai, Israel’s honorary consul in Tuscany, urging activists to boycott and disrupt his activities in Italy. In a statement, the (n)PCI described Carrai as a “war...
Meloni slams EU Court over asylum ruling, warns of political power grab
News.Az
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Italian PM clashes with European judges over migrant repatriation policy. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has sharply criticized a new ruling from the EU’s top court, accusing European judges of overstepping their authority after the...
Appalachian and Italian inspired ‘Nettie’s Tavern’ opens in Clarendon this month
Arlington Now - Virginia
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August 1, 2025
Nettie’s Tavern in Clarendon (staff photo by Katie Taranto) Nettie’s Tavern in Clarendon (staff photo by Katie Taranto) Homemade whisky bottle lamps at Nettie’s Tavern (staff photo by Katie Taranto) Nettie’s family photos and artwork on the walls...
Turkish, Italian, Libyan leaders meet to address migration and Libya's stability
Newsday - New York
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ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah in Istanbul on Friday for a summit centered on addressing migration, enhancing cooperation, and supporting...
SDB and Italian Alchimia School launch jewellery training in Aseer
GCC Business News
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August 1, 2025
The Social Development Bank (SDB) has launched a crafts training program in Aseer, a partnership with Italy’s Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School. The initiative, part of SDB’s 2025 specialized training program, offers artisans and freelance...
Turkey, Italy, and Libya hold trilateral talks on migration and security
Africanews
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August 1, 2025
Istanbul meeting addresses Libya’s stability and Mediterranean migration routes The leaders of Turkey, Italy, and Libya’s Tripoli-based government met in Istanbul on Friday to discuss pressing migration and security challenges in Libya, a country...
Top EU court strikes a blow against Italy’s Albania migrant camps scheme
Al Jazeera
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August 1, 2025
The European Union’s top court has backed Italian judges who questioned a list of “safe countries” drawn up by Rome, as it prepares to deport migrants to detention centres in Albania. The hard-right government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni...
Trump’s America or Constantine’s Rome?
Patheos
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August 1, 2025
AI: Constantine’s Rome Throughout the process of researching for the Kingdom of Man, I was surprised by just how little has changed throughout recent church history. For whatever reason, we seem to never learn from the mistakes of our past, making...
EU’s top prosecutor slams Bucharest for failing to report VAT fraud
EurActiv
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August 1, 2025
BUCHAREST – European Chief Prosecutor Laura Codruța Kovesi has criticised Romanian authorities for failing to properly detect and report VAT fraud, despite the country having the highest VAT collection gap in the EU. According to the latest...
Otto Aviation picks Italian specialist to design Phantom’s fuel system
FlightGlobal
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US firm Otto Aviation, which is developing a low-emission business jet, has selected Italian-based Secondo Mona to supply an integrated fuel system. Otto is developing the super-midsize Phantom 3500, which will have a lightweight and low-drag...
Erdoğan urges Gaza cease-fire in talks with Italy, Libya leaders
Sabah
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August 1, 2025
President Erdoğan called for an urgent cease-fire in Gaza and renewed support for a Palestinian state based on 1967 borders during a trilateral summit in Istanbul with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Libya’s Prime Minister Abdul Hamid...