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Banksy's 'Migrant Child' Gets a Lift

The 6-year-old work location along a Venice canal is taken down for restoration, future public display

(Newser) - Art restorers have removed a deteriorating piece of graffiti by the street artist Banksy titled "The Migrant Child" from the side of a building overlooking a Venetian canal to preserve the work for future public display, officials said Thursday. The removal from the wall of Palazzo San Pantalon was...

Italian Lawmakers Cry Foul Over Alligator Alcatraz

They say Italian detainees are being held in 'inhuman and degrading' conditions

(Newser) - The detention of two Italian nationals in the controversial "Alligator Alcatraz" facility in Florida has ignited a political storm in Italy, with lawmakers demanding action over reports of harsh conditions and civil rights concerns. The men, Gaetano Mirabella Costa, 45, and Fernando Artese. 64, are facing "inhuman...

Baumgartner Began to 'Spin Like a Top' Before Fatal Fall

Witnesses describe scene in Italy where famed daredevil died while paragliding

(Newser) - Beachgoers knew something was wrong when they heard a loud boom ring out as a paraglider spun out of control, killing its only occupant , extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, when it crashed next to a swimming pool near the Adriatic Sea. A 30-year-old mother watched the deadly descent unfold Thursday afternoon...

Putin-Linked Conductor Catches Ire of Navalny Widow

Russian leader's ally is set to perform at Italian festival, and Yulia Navalnaya isn't having it

(Newser) - Yulia Navalnaya, widow of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, is urging Italy to revoke an invitation extended to Valery Gergiev, a conductor with strong Kremlin ties, to perform at a major music festival later this month. Gergiev, known for his decades-long alliance with Vladimir Putin, is set to...

Italy's Risotto Crops Face Long-Legged Marauders

Flamingos are stirring up trouble and ravaging rice in Italy's northeast

(Newser) - An unusual pest is ravaging crops and irking farmers in northeastern Italy: the flamingo. Flocks of these relatively recent immigrants have set their hungry sights on the flooded fields that produce rice for risotto in Ferrara province, between Venice and Ravenna. The long-legged birds aren't interested in the seedlings;...

Man Gets Onto Tarmac, Is Sucked Into Jet Engine

Investigation underway to determine how the deceased breached Milan Bergamo Airport

(Newser) - A man was killed Tuesday at Italy's third-busiest airport after being sucked into a jet engine on the runway, airport officials confirmed. The victim was not a passenger or an airport employee, according to an official for Sacbo, the company that manages Milan Bergamo Airport, tells the New ...

Hero Sniffer Dog Killed With Nail-Laced Bait

'You fought your whole life to save humans and now it was a human who did this to you,' trainer says

(Newser) - In Italian, he was known as a "cane eroe"—a hero dog. Bruno, a 7-year-old bloodhound, died an agonizing death after eating sausages filled with nails that had been thrown into his kennel at a training center near Taranto in southern Italy, the Telegraph reports. The sniffer dog,...

Leo Brings Back the Papal Summer Vacation

He'll spend 2 weeks in Castel Gandolfo, which is hoping for a tourism boost

(Newser) - Pope Leo XIV is reviving a 400-year-old tradition this July, becoming the first pontiff in over a decade to summer in Castel Gandolfo, a small community about an hour south of Rome. The move, confirmed by the Vatican, has locals eager for a surge of tourists to the hillside...

Rosie O'Donnell Goes After Jeff Bezos' Wedding Guests

Comedian wasn't impressed with excess of nuptials to Lauren Sanchez, nor with stars who attended

(Newser) - Speaking out the loudest against the extravagant Jeff Bezos-Lauren Sanchez wedding on Friday in Venice, Italy: environmentalists, Venetian locals, and ... Rosie O'Donnell. BuzzFeed reports that the comedian has some thoughts on the nuptials— thought to cost around $25 million and even up to $50 million-plus—as revealed on her...

Lauren Sanchez's Wedding Dress Took 900 Hours to Make
What Was Up With Those
Bezos-Sanchez Invites?
THE RUNDOWN
Jun 28, 2025 7:00 AM CDT

What Was Up With Those Bezos-Sanchez Invites?

'Clip art,' one columnist described them, though the rest of the affair in Venice was rife with luxury, celebs

(Newser) - The event we've all been hearing about for months has finally wrapped. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are now husband and wife, after an elaborate wedding in Venice, Italy, that attracted a fair amount of pushback from locals and activists and backlash overall . Both USA Today and...

Stars Descend on Venice for Bezos-Sanchez Nuptials

Among those said to be attending in Venice: Oprah, Bill Gates, Mick Jagger, and more

(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey arrived in Venice, Italy, on Thursday, leading a star-studded guest list of celebrities descending on the lagoon city for the weekend wedding of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez. Winfrey's private jet landed at Venice's Marco Polo Airport. Ivanka Trump, her husband Jared Kushner, and...

Bezos' Venice Wedding Illustrates Rise of Tackiness

Flaunting one's wealth is in, writes Amy Odell

(Newser) - "Stealth wealth" is out. "Swaggy and braggy" is in, or so it seems as we approach the nuptials of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez. The occasion has Amy Odell taking a look at how wealth is manifesting itself these days: Being understated and quiet about it is no...

After 20 Years, Florence Sheds Its Ugly Crane

City's skyline is finally clear as Uffizi Galleries' construction crane comes down

(Newser) - Florence's skyline, long defined by Renaissance landmarks like Brunelleschi's dome and Giotto's bell tower, has finally shed an unexpected addition: a 197-foot yellow crane that stood above the Uffizi Galleries for almost two decades. The crane, installed in 2006 to support museum expansion efforts, became a...

Venetians to Block Guests From Bezos Wedding

Activists say rumored $10M event is a symbol of 'exploitation'

(Newser) - Activists in Venice are protesting against Jeff Bezos' plans to take over an island in the city next week for his wedding to Lauren Sanchez, which has a rumored $10 million budget. Banners reading "No Space for Bezos" were unfurled from the bell tower of the San Giorgio Maggiore...

Top 10 Countries for Life Expectancy

Monaco has world's highest life expectancy, at 88.6 years on average, per Visual Capitalist rankings

(Newser) - Life expectancy in the United States is an average of 78.6 years , but that doesn't hold a candle to how long people can expect to live in some other nations. Using data from the UN's World Population Prospects portal, Visual Capitalist looked at life expectancy at birth...

Tourists Flee as Etna Erupts Again
Mount Etna Reawakens
Jun 2, 2025 7:44 AM CDT

Mount Etna Reawakens

Strombolian eruption triggers high ash cloud over Sicily

(Newser) - Europe's most active volcano has awakened from its brief nap. Mount Etna, which drew tourists from around the world when it began spewing lava in February , began erupting anew on Monday morning, sending ash high into the air above the Italian island of Sicily. Italy's National Institute of...

Art Thief Behind Churchill Heist in Canada Is Sentenced

Jeffrey Wood stole a renowned photo of former British PM from a hotel

(Newser) - The man who pulled off a brazen art theft in Canada will spend the next two years behind bars. A judge in Ottawa sentenced Jeffrey Wood on Monday, reports the CBC . At some point during the pandemic, Woods stole a renowned photograph of Winston Churchill from Ottawa's Chateau...

DNA Connects 5 Men to Leonardo da Vinci

One of them invented a new plane propellor

(Newser) - An 89-year-old man in Italy who built model airplanes before acquiring a pilot's license, and whose inventions included a new plane propellor, has a better idea now where those interests came from. Dalmazio Vinci and four other men living in Tuscany all have DNA matching segments of the Y...

Cops: Italian Visitor Kidnapped in NYC Over Bitcoin Password

Suspect is charged after victim escapes Manhattan apartment

(Newser) - Police in New York City have charged a man in a bizarre case that involves bitcoin and allegations of torture. Authorities arrested John Woeltz, described as a 37-year-old cryptocurrency investor, and accused him of holding a visitor from Italy prisoner in a Manhattan apartment for about two weeks, reports CBS...

US, Italy Push to Recover Missing WWII Soldiers' Remains

New agreement also pledges to safeguard archaeological sites in Italy in the process

(Newser) - The United States and Italy have formalized an agreement aimed at intensifying the search for the remains of American soldiers who went missing in action during World War II and are still unaccounted for. The pact, announced Tuesday, was signed by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and Italy'...

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