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EU curbs FAO spending as Chinese DG sidelines crocodile burger romeo

JAN FILIPOWICZ

ROME – FAO donors spearheaded by European Union countries have frozen funds for as many as 200 professional positions at the FAO because of disgruntlement with the way the Chinese Communist Director General Qu Dongyu is spending donor funds profligately as he launches a campaign for an unconstitutional third term of office and a salary increase, diplomatic sources say.

U.N., Embassy Row

20 Dec 2024

Umbrian gastronomic artist brings tastes of Italy to Caucasus

Dvalishvili Ruso

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TBILISI -- Located in the vibrant district of Vera, Vera Italiana offers an exceptional culinary journey that brings the rich flavors of Italy to Georgia’s capital. With its inviting atmosphere and commitment to traditional recipes, this Italian restaurant has quickly become a favorite for locals and visitors seeking an authentic Italian dining experience.

ITALIAN, Culture, World, Italy, Travel

20 Dec 2024

At least 20 migrants dead in Tunisian shipwreck

INSIDER NEWSDESK

ROME — At least 20 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off the Tunisian coast Wednesday night, judicial sources said.

Tunisian authorities said they had rescued five survivors, all of subsaharan origin. Recovery operations were still ongoing, they said.

The migrants' boat set out from Chebba, a small port city, just before midnight Wednesday. Their ship sank 13 nautical miles off the coast of La Louza, just south of their push-off point, a spokesman for the Tunisian National Guard said.

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World, Italy

19 Dec 2024

Trapped spelunker rescued after four days in cave

INSIDER NEWSDESK

ROME — A spelunking misstep last weekend left Ottavia Piana, 32, injured and trapped 585 metres deep in a Lombardy cave. Wednesday morning, eighty-odd hours after her fall, a 159-man rescue team lifted Piana out.

Piana sustained trauma to her vertebrae and ribs, Il Fatto Quotidiano reported, and fractured facial bones and one knee. On her release she was airlifted to a Bergamo hospital.

Lombardy emergency services spent two days freeing Piana from the same cave in July 2023, after a fall in which the caver broke her leg.

Italy

18 Dec 2024