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The Aquarius rescue ship last month as it entered the harbor of Senglea, Malta.

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Last Private Rescue Ship On Deadly Mediterranean Migrant Route Loses Its Registration

1:11pm September 24, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

International charities say it is a death sentence for hundreds of people trying to reach safety. They say Panama revoked the Aquarius 2's registration after pressure from Italy, which Italy denies.

An official wearing a protective suit gestures towards migrants as they sit on the deck of the Italian Coast Guard vessel the Ubaldo Diciotti in the Sicilian port of Catania, as they wait to disembark following a rescue operation at sea.

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Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Investigated After Migrants Kept Aboard Ship For 6 Days

1:00pm August 26, 2018

by Gabriela Saldivia

After six days, Matteo Salvini announced Saturday he would allow migrants off a ship docked in Sicily. He is now under investigation for his role in the migrants' detention.

On Wednesday, officials warned that other parts of the collapsed Ponte Morandi Bridge in Genoa, Italy, could give way.

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Death Toll In Genoa Bridge Collapse Rises To 39

4:56pm August 15, 2018

by Amy Held

Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said a private company responsible for maintaining the Ponte Morandi Bridge did not do its job and was responsible for the collapse.

President Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte participate in a joint news conference at the East Room of the White House Monday.

Trump Says 'No Problem' With Government Shutdown Over Border Wall Funding

11:12pm July 30, 2018

by Scott Horsley

Joined by Italy's prime minister, the president took questions from reporters Monday. He discussed border security and said he would be willing to meet with Iran's leaders with "no preconditions."

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Nigerian anti-trafficking activist Blessing Okoedion at the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C., in June.

A Victim Of Sex Trafficking, Blessing Okoedion Now Works To Save Others

1:52pm July 30, 2018

by Courtney Columbus

The Nigerian activist was honored by the U.S. State Department in June for her efforts to combat human trafficking in Italy and Nigeria.

New Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini applauds during the swearing-in ceremony for Italy's new government in Rome on June 1. He has promised to deport migrants.

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Ascendant 'Italians First' Politician Vows Mass Deportations And Challenges EU

4:38pm June 29, 2018

by Sylvia Poggioli

Meet Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, who has emerged as a powerful hard-liner driving tough anti-immigration stances in Italy's new government.

Former Italian Football Federation President Carlo Tavecchio looks on during a news conference held after his official resignation in Rome on Nov. 20, 2017. Tavecchio has been accused of sexual harassment, including unwanted groping, but prosecutors have

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Italy Reportedly Drops Case In Part Because Woman 'Too Old' To Be Harassed

4:41pm June 15, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The former president of Italy's soccer federation is accused of groping a colleague. The New York Times and The Guardian say prosecutors believe the woman, in her 50s, was too old to be intimidated.

Migrants wait to disembark from the rescue ship Aquarius in the Sicilian harbor of Catania, Italy, on May 27. This past weekend the ship picked up more migrants, but was turned away from ports in Sicily and the nearby country of Malta. Now it will head fo

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Migrant Ship, With Italian Support, Will Make Dayslong Journey To Spain

1:08pm June 12, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Italy and Malta turned away the migrant rescue ship Aquarius, leaving it stranded in the Mediterranean for days. Now that Spain is accepting the ship, Italian and Maltese navies are assisting.

The Aquarius, a former North Atlantic fisheries protection ship now used by humanitarian groups SOS Mediterranee and Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), is seen in December 2017 during a rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea. The rescu

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Italy And Malta Close Their Ports To Migrant Rescue Ship; Spain Takes It In

1:11pm June 11, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

A rescue ship picked up more than 600 migrants off the coast of Libya, and was left stranded after Malta and Italy turned it away. Italy's new government has vowed a tougher stance on immigration.

In a secret room located in Florence's church of San Lorenzo the walls are covered in drawings believed to be the work of Michelangelo and his disciples.

This Room Is Thought To Have Been Michelangelo's Secret Hideaway And Drawing Board

7:01am June 03, 2018

by Sylvia Poggioli

Sketches on the walls of a once hidden room of a museum in Florence help shed light on the Renaissance artist's creative process — and on a mysterious and dangerous period in his life.