(Adnkronos) – At least 21 people have died and several others have been injured by lightning strikes in the eastern Indian states of Jharkhand and Bihar in the past 48 hours. According to local authorities today, most of the victims were working

(Adnkronos) – Italy backs the European Union’s trade chief Maros Sefcovic in his work on tariff negotiations with the United States and is looking “to offer good ideas” which are also in national industries’ interests, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Tuesday 

(Adnkronos) – Italy and the United States have a “super-positive” relationship and the US is “our best friend in the world,” foreign minister Antonio Tajani said in an interview with Fox Business at the start of a visit to Washington on Tuesday. 

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani is “optimistic” that the United States and the European Union will clinch a deal on tariffs, he told the Fox News TV network at the start of a visit to Washington on Tuesday.  “I think

(Adnkronos) – The oldest marathon runner has died at the age of 114 after being hit by a hit-and-run car in his native village in Punjab, India, police said. Fauja Singh, a dual Indian and British national, had become a global icon.

(Adnkronos) – Recognizing dolphins with the same legal status as human beings, that is, as “legal persons”, in order to confer on them the same rights as humans and make their protection easier by guaranteeing their safety. This is the objective of

(Adnkronos) – The lower and upper houses of parliament’s foreign and European affairs committees are set on Wednesday to question ambassador to Italy Peter Taksoe-Jensen on Denmark’s priorities for its six-month rotating European Council presidency from July to December.  The hearing will

(Adnkronos) – Members of Italy’s NATO Parliamentary Assembly met exiled Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, underlining the Italian parliamentary delegation’s solidarity with her and the fight to regain freedom and democracy in her country, the parliament said in a statement on Tuesday. 

(Adnkronos) – Israel’s over-20-month-old war in Gaza against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is on the agenda during a visit by Italian foreign minister Antonio Tajani to Washington on Tuesday centred on bilateral and transatlantic ties, according to a foreign ministry statement.  “The

(Adnkronos) – Heavy rains and flooding are affecting New York, where basement residents have been warned of the possibility of having to evacuate, while New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has declared a state of emergency after flash floods occurred. In particular, Western

(Adnkronos) – Australian aborigines living on a series of islands threatened by climate change have lost a landmark court case to hold the government accountable for missed emissions targets.  “Any additional greenhouse gas that may have been emitted by Australia as a

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(Adnkronos) – The two crew members and two passengers of the small plane that crashed yesterday shortly after takeoff at Southend Airport, south of London, turning into a “ball of fire”, have died. Airport authorities announced this today, explaining that the airport

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign under-secretary Maria Tripodi on Monday took part in the European Foreign Affairs Council in its trade configuration, where EU-US tariff negotiations, free trade and EU-China trade relations topped the agenda.  “Great unity among partners, Italy supports the efforts

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s relations with the United States, and the main international conflicts including Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine will top the agenda during foreign minister Antonio Tajani’s visit to Washington on Tuesday, according to a foreign ministry statement.  During his visit,

(Adnkronos) – NATO is reportedly transforming Moldova into an “advanced outpost” on the eastern front in preparation for a possible armed conflict with Russia. This is what the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), the Kremlin’s external intelligence, claims in a note released and

(Adnkronos) – The ultra-Orthodox parties will leave Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israeli government, causing its collapse, if a bill to exempt the Haredi ultra-Orthodox from military service is not presented in the next few hours. Haaretz reports this, citing sources within the parties in

(Adnkronos) – Former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol refused to appear for questioning in the investigation into his controversial declaration of martial law last December, after which he was impeached. Prosecutors announced that they are evaluating alternative measures to compel him to

(Adnkronos) – The European Union must keep calm in its talks with US officials and seek a tariff deal like the United Kingdom’s to avoid a trade war, Italy said on Monday after US president Donald Trump threatened 30% tariffs against the

(Adnkronos) – It was supposed to be a preview of the great sporting event scheduled for next year, but the final of the FIFA Club World Cup played yesterday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford ended up raising more questions than sporting

(Adnkronos) – An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on the Richter scale was recorded off the coast of Almeria in Andalusia, in southern Spain. El Paìs reports this, explaining that hundreds of calls were made to rescuers after the tremors were felt mainly

(Adnkronos) – French police officers carried out 176 arrests in the Paris metropolitan area, compared to 156 last year, as part of the reinforced security measures for the July 14 celebrations. The Paris police prefect, Laurent Nunez, declared on Europe 1, specifying

(Adnkronos) – ”Iran’s principled positions on its nuclear program will not change from before the war if potential negotiations take place” with the United States. This was stated by Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi in an interview with state television. ”Iran’s rights

(Adnkronos) – A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the Indonesian islands of the Moluccas, in the east of the country, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake, which occurred at a depth of 80 kilometers, was located about 177 kilometers

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani is taking part an event in Croatia at the weekend centred on dialogue and international cooperation as a means of ensuring European security and stability and resolving conflicts, starting with the Russia-Ukraine war, a foreign

(Adnkronos) – The blades of the Moulin Rouge are spinning again, restored a year after the collapse. Big party in Paris, where in Montmartre in front of France’s most famous cabaret a company of 90 people danced the can-can outside to celebrate

(Adnkronos) – The Pkk demands the release of its leader detained in Turkey, Abdullah Ocalan, to advance the peace process. This was stated to Afp by the president of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Bese Hozat.  “It is our first demand and a

(Adnkronos) – The switches controlling the fuel flow to the two engines of the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which crashed in June, were off. Therefore, someone inside the cockpit, perhaps a pilot, would have turned them off, causing a loss of

(Adnkronos) – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that the suspension of asylum applications for people from North Africa, voted on today by parliamentarians, is “absolutely necessary” in the face of increased migration flows. “We have taken the difficult but absolutely necessary

(Adnkronos) – Since Kash Patel took over as director of the FBI last February, the agency has significantly increased its use of lie detector tests, normally reserved for cases of employees who may have betrayed their country or have proven unreliable in