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FILE - Women's snowboardcross gold medalist Michela Moioli, of Italy, celebrates during the medals ceremony at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. Defending Olympic gold medalists Sofia Goggia and Michela Moioli both come from the Bergamo area that was the first epicenter of COVID-19 in Europe. Goggia skis with a design of Bergamo's skyline on the back of her racing helmet. Moioli lost her grandmother to the virus.  (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
From Bergamo to Beijing, Italy aims for more Olympic success

By Andrew Dampf Jan. 17, 2022 05:18 AM EST

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, accompanied by Italy's Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, right, speaks during a news conference at Fiera Roma in Rome, Monday, June 28, 2021. Blinken is on a week long trip in Europe traveling to Germany, France and Italy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
US warns that Islamic State extremists still a world threat

By Matthew Lee Jun. 28, 2021 06:49 AM EDT

Rescuers work by the wreckage of a cable car after it collapsed near the summit of the Stresa-Mottarone line in the Piedmont region, northern Italy, Sunday, May 23, 2021. A cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of some of northern Italy's most picturesque lakes plummeted to the ground Sunday and then tumbled down the slope, killing at least 13 people and sending two children to the hospital, authorities said. (Italian Vigili del Fuoco Firefighters via AP)
Italian cable car plunges to the ground, killing at least 14

By Nicole Winfield May. 23, 2021 08:08 AM EDT

Protesters chant slogans as they walk towards a police barricade blocking Taksim Square in central Istanbul during May Day protests, Saturday, May 1, 2021. Police in Istanbul detained several demonstrators who tried to march toward Istanbul's symbolic Taksim Square in defiance of the protests ban and the strict lockdown imposed by the government due to the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
May Day protesters demand more job protections amid pandemic

By Nicholas Garriga, Niniek Karmini And John Leicester May. 01, 2021 08:44 AM EDT

Flags fly at half-staff on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney as a tribute to Prince Philip, Saturday, April 10, 2021. Buckingham Palace officials say Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has died. He was 99. Philip spent a month in hospital earlier this year before being released on March 16 to return to Windsor Castle. (AP Photo/Mark Baker))
The Latest: Australia mourns Prince Philip

By The Associated Press Apr. 09, 2021 03:30 PM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020 file photo, Pope Francis puts on his face mask as he attends an inter-religious ceremony for peace in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, in Rome. Pope Francis and Italy's president have marked the nation's first annual day to honor doctors, nurses and other health care workers, exactly a year after the nation's first known native case of COVID-19 emerged. In a message to honor those caring for COVID-19 patients, Frances hailed the “generous involvement, at times heroic, of the profession lived as mission.”  (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
Italy: Pope, others hail health workers on COVID anniversary

By Frances D'emilio Feb. 20, 2021 08:44 AM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2021 file photo, 90-year-old Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre wears a face mask to curb the spread of COVD-19 as attends the debate at the Senate prior to a confidence vote, in Rome. On Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese expressed solidarity and closeness to Segre and denounced the “new and unacceptable attack she suffered on the (social media) network” marked by a “very dangerous mix of hate, violence and racism.” Segre's efforts to encourage other older adults to receive the anti-COVID-19 vaccine as she did have triggered a wave of anti-Semitic comments and other invective on social media. (Yara Nardi/pool photo via AP, file)
Italy: Holocaust survivor's plug for vaccine sparks hatred

Feb. 19, 2021 01:11 PM EST

Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi talks with Italy's Minister for Parliamentary Relations, Federico D'Inca, as he attends a lower Chamber session in the Italian Parliament, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, ahead of a confidence vote that would mark the start of his government. (Filippo Monteforte/Pool photo via AP)
Italy's 5-Stars divided over Draghi, expel 15 senators

By Nicole Winfield Feb. 18, 2021 08:33 AM EST

Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi attends a debate at the Senate, in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, before submitting his government to a vote of confidence. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)
Italy's Draghi easily wins Senate backing for unity gov't

By Nicole Winfield Feb. 17, 2021 06:11 AM EST

Italian Premier Mario Draghi sanitizes his hands as outgoing Premier Giuseppe Conte looks at him, as he enters Palazzo Chigi Premier office in Rome, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. Mario Draghi, credited with largely saving the euro currency, has formally taken the helm of Italy, focused on guiding the country through the pandemic and reviving its economy. Premier Draghi and his Cabinet ministers were sworn into office Saturday at the Quirinal presidential palace in front of President Sergio Mattarella. (Ettore Ferrari/Pool via AP)
Draghi takes helm in Italy, focused on pandemic recovery aid

By Frances D'emilio Feb. 13, 2021 07:09 AM EST

Soldiers march in the courtyard of the Quirinale presidential palace prior to the arrival of Former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, in Rome, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. Draghi has secured pledges of backing from nearly every party in the Italian Parliament as he wrapped up political consultations aimed at giving the pandemic-ravaged nation a new government. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Draghi forms new govt blending experts, political operatives

By Colleen Barry And Nicole Winfield Feb. 12, 2021 01:49 PM EST

FILE -- In this Feb. 9, 2021 file photo, Five Star Movement's Beppe Grillo arrives to meet with former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi, at the Chamber of Deputies, in Rome. The populist 5-Star Movement, the Italian Parliament’s largest party, is holding off for now on committing to back the new government Mario Draghi is trying to assemble. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)
Italian populists dither over support for Draghi government

By Frances D'emilio Feb. 10, 2021 02:02 PM EST

Leader of the Democratic party, Nicola Zingaretti arrives to speak to the media after meeting Mario Draghi, at the Chamber of Deputies in Rome, Tuesday, Feb.9, 2021. Former European Central Bank chief Draghi is consulting Italy's fractious parties after being tapped by President Sergio Mattarella to try to pull together a government to guide the debt-riddled country through the health and economic crises it is confronting. (Alessandro Di Meo/Pool via AP)
Draghi nets wide support to lead Italian government, for now

By Frances D'emilio Feb. 09, 2021 02:02 PM EST

FILE - In this Thursday, June 5, 2014 file photo, the President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi speaks during a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany. Italy's weary president on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 tapped "Super Mario," arguably the world's most famous Italian, to resolve a festering political crisis that threatens the ability of the eurozone's third-largest economy to manage the coronavirus pandemic and recover from the worst recession since World War II. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
Draghi wins support of ex-Italian PM who triggered crisis

By Colleen Barry Feb. 05, 2021 01:30 PM EST

Mario Draghi arrives at the Chamber of Deputies in Rome Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. As Mario Draghi works to secure the required backing in Parliament for him to govern, Italy's outgoing leader on Wednesday warned against the former European Central Bank chief's opting to lead the pandemic-battered country with a team of technocrats instead of politicians. Caretaker Premier Giuseppe Conte told reporters he had a long, “very open” talk a day earlier with Draghi, shortly after Italy’s president asked the banking expert to try to form a government to replace Conte’s collapsed coalition. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)
Italy's Conte: Draghi's new government should be political

By Frances D'emilio Feb. 04, 2021 11:03 AM EST

Former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi speaks to the media after accepting a mandate to form Italy's new government from Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Rome's Quirinale Presidential Palace, Wednesday Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)
Draghi brings market savvy, gravitas to tame Italy's crises

By Colleen Barry And David Mchugh Feb. 03, 2021 10:59 AM EST

A group of supporters hold placards reading "Draghi President" in front of the Quirinale Presidential palace in Rome Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi arrived for talks with Italian President Sergio Mattarella to discuss a mandate to form a new government. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)
Italy looks to 'Super Mario' Draghi to end political crisis

By Nicole Winfield And Colleen Barry Feb. 03, 2021 03:03 AM EST

FILE-- Italy's President Sergio Mattarella, left, welcomes reigning European Central Bank President Mario Draghi on the eve of the change at the head of the ECB in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. Italian President Sergio Mattarella has summoned Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi at the Quirinale Presidential Palace on Wednesday for talks, after two rounds of talks failed to seal an agreement among parties on a new premiership for the outgoing Giuseppe Conte. (Boris Roessler/Pool Photo via AP)
Ex-ECB's Draghi positioned to lead Italy after politics fail

By Frances D'emilio Feb. 02, 2021 10:11 AM EST

Italian President Sergio Mattarella leaves after talking to the media at the Quirinale presidential palace in Rome Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte resigned after a key coalition ally pulled his party's support over Conte's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, setting the stage for consultations this week to determine if he can form a third government. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)
Italy's president: 4 days to see if coalition can be reborn

By Frances D'emilio Jan. 29, 2021 02:49 PM EST

A man stands by the Quirinale presidential palace in Rome, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte resigned after a key coalition ally pulled his party's support over Conte's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, setting the stage for consultations this week to determine if he can form a third government. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Italian president opens talks to resolve political crisis

By Colleen Barry Jan. 27, 2021 01:18 PM EST

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