ROME (AP) – Europe’s most active volcano, Mount Atna, has frightened volcanologists who have erupted lava into the Sicilian skies in recent days. The latest eruption occurred overnight by around 0900 GMT on Tuesday, according to Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology. For a week now, Etna has been …
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CORTINA, Italy (AP) – The granite peaks, with Cortina d’Ampezzo glittering granite peaks being the most famous snowfall of the year, are a cruel joke of nature while the Covid-19 epidemic ravages Italy’s winter resorts. Cortina will be flashing on TV sports channels for two weeks this month, as past …
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ROME (AP) – From its newsstand at the bottom of two hilly streets in Rome, Armando Alviti has been sharing the excitement for newspapers, magazines and locals almost every evening for more than half a century. “CEO, Armando,” his clients greet him as part of their routine. “Kiao, Amor (love)” …
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) – Bethlehem began on Thursday, the eve of Christmas, with an influx of cheerful marching bands and the triumphant arrival of the top Catholic priest in the Holy Land, but few came there to welcome him as a coronavirus epidemic and one. Celebrations got wet with …
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