Matteo Renzi

• Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi resigns after referendum loss

  Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced he will resign Monday after suffering a stinging loss in a reforms referendum

  World

  Dec 4, 2016
  
• Police clash with anti-government protesters in Florence

  Hooded youths from an anti-government protest attacked Italian police in Florence with cobblestones, sticks and other objects Saturday, prompting police to respond with tear gas.

  Politics

  Nov 5, 2016
  
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• 22 dead, dozens injured in train crash in southern Italy

  The president of the southern Italian province where two commuter trains collided on Tuesday says the death toll is now 20.

  World

  Jul 12, 2016
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• Virginia Raggi elected Rome’s first female mayor

  Virginia Raggi of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement captured 67.2 per cent of the vote to become the first female mayor of Rome.

  World

  Jun 20, 2016
• Prime suspect in Mediterranean migrant smuggling extradited to Italy

  Medhane Yehdego Mered, a 35-year-old Eritrean, was flown to Rome overnight from Sudan, where he was arrested two weeks ago.

  World

  Jun 8, 2016
• Unionized workers in Italy stage strike against government reforms

  Thousands of union workers staging a general strike are marching through more than 50 Italian cities to protest government reforms that they say erode workers' rights.

  World

  Dec 12, 2014
• Obama spends morning on foreign policy crisis

  The White House says President Barack Obama is being briefed by his national security team on the latest military and political developments in Iraq and the situations in Ukraine and Gaza.

  World

  Aug 11, 2014
• West plans more Russia sanctions as military observers held in Ukraine

  The White House said U.S. sanctions could be announced as early as Monday.

  Canada

  Apr 26, 2014
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• Florence mayor expected to be asked to form new Italian government

  Matteo Renzi has been summoned to Italy's presidential palace, where the 39-year-old mayor of Florence is expected to be asked Monday to form a new government.

  World

  Feb 16, 2014