Jannik Sinner, the world number one was leading 6-3, 6-2, 5-1 before his body gave out in the Paris heat, handing Argentine qualifier Juan Manuel Cerundolo one of the most remarkable victories of his career, as he passes into the third round of the French Open.
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29 May 1415: Baldassare Cossa, reigning as Pope John XXIII, is formally deposed by the Council of Constance after fleeing the city in disguise. The Council’s decision brought one of the most colourful and scandalous careers in Church history to an end.
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A tourist’s insistence on drinking tap water at a five-star Alto Adige hotel has produced one of Italy’s more unusual legal precedents. It confirms what most Italian waiters have always assumed.
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A new report co-produced by Italy’s largest trade union and a leading consumer group describes a country where gambling has grown to 7.3% of GDP. The only clear winners are the companies running the industry.
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The killing of a 22-year-old at Certosa station has reignited a bitter political argument about urban safety, gang violence. A key question: has Italy’s government has delivered on its law-and-order promises.
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With general elections due next autumn and the centre-right currently ahead in the polls, opposition parties are accusing the government of rewriting the rules of the game in its own favour. The contentious issue, an electoral law overhaul.
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Ferrari made history twice on Tuesday: unveiling the Luce to the new pontiff at Castel Gandolfo, and absorbing a 6.6% drop in its stock price before markets closed.
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The Prime Minister used her annual speech to Confindustria to renew her assault on Brussels’ regulatory culture, calling it a bureaucratic behemoth, and pledge domestic reform.
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Italy’s main employers’ federation, Confindustria, used its annual assembly to challenge both government and opposition to act together on tax burden and public spending reform. They want to put business back at the centre of economic policy and recommend a €20billion reallocation.
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A forklift in Catania, a forklift in Reggio Emilia, a press in Lucca: three fatal workplace accidents in one day underline a toll that unions say claims an average of three lives every 24 hours.
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