In an interview with “Il Mattino” for the 130th anniversary of the newspaper, Pope Francis addresses a range of topics. The pope also emphsaises the need for everyone to work together.
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Traditionally, 24-25th August is the date of the deadly Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79AD. One of the worst in European history, it buried the ancient cities of Pompeii, Oplontis and Stabiae and Herculaneum.
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Another luxury yacht sinks off the Italian coast. On August 20th, MY SAGA, sank in the Gulf of Squillace, off the Calabrian coast whilst under tow.
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An Italian man is accused of stabbing his daughter and her girlfriend as he could not accept their relationship. The alleged attack took place in Salerno near Naples.
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An excavation at the back of the ‘enchanted garden’ uncovers a middle-class home with a cupboard unopened for 2,000 years. The latest Pompeii discovery reveals more about daily life in the ancient city.
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An American tourist sustained minor injuries after he fell into the crater of Mount Vesuvius. The man had been taking a selfie, dropping his phone as he did so. He fell several metres as he scrambled to retrieve his phone.
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Archaeologists unearth the remains of a land tortoise with its fragile egg kept in its carapace in a shop in via dell’Abbondanza, Pompeii.
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Two charity rescue ships that had been waiting for days to disembark were given permission to dock after one of them issued an ultimatum. There were over 430 on board the two vessels.
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Scientists successfully sequence the genome of a man who died in Pompeii in 79 AD for the first time. Their findings show that he shared similar DNA to modern central Italians and other people who lived in Italy during the Roman imperial age.
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The most recent eruption of Mount Vesuvius took place in March 1944, during the final stages of the Second World War, marking the volcano’s last recorded activity to date. It is the only volcano on mainland Europe to erupt in the last 100 years.
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