Italy temporarily stopped ChatGPT from operating in the country on Friday over unlawful data collection and problems in its age verification system. It launched a legal inquiry into the case. The ban came from Italy’s Guarantor for the Protection of Personal Data agency (GPDP), naming Microsoft-backed OpenAI, the developer and managing company of the artificial…
Italy Activates Anti-Mafia Commission to Investigate Chinese Infiltration
The Italian government has activated the Anti-Mafia Commission to investigate the infiltration of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the country. In addition to investigating the illegal activities of the Italian mafia, it will intensify efforts to combat the illicit activities of Chinese gangs, under the control of the CCP, infiltrating Italian society and collaborating…
Glitzy Positano: Not Just a Pretty Facade
For most, Positano is simply the most romantic and chic stop on Italy’s Amalfi Coast. South of Naples, the famous coast is blessed with beaches, sunshine, and picturesque towns spilling down steep hillsides. Many who visit Positano want only to shop and lay on the beach. But the tour guide in me simply must put…
Avalanche: 2nd Body Found of Swedish Skiers Near Mont Blanc
ROME—Rescue crews recovered a second body Monday in a search for two Swedish skiers who were caught in an avalanche near Mont Blanc on Italy’s northern border with France, authorities said. Two people who were part of the group of four off-piste skiers survived Sunday’s avalanche in the Val Veny, above Courmayeur, and had sounded…
Italy’s Highest Court Orders New Trial for US Tourists Over Policeman’s Murder
ROME—Italy’s highest court late on Wednesday ordered two American tourists to stand a new trial for the 2019 killing of a policeman in central Rome following a botched attempt to buy drugs, but upheld a murder sentence for one of them. Last year an appeals court had convicted Finnegan Lee Elder, who was 19 at…
Italy Finds 5 More Bodies From Feb. 26 Shipwreck, Taking Death Toll to 86
ROME—Italian authorities have found the bodies of five more victims of a shipwreck last month off the coast of Calabria, bringing to 86 the death toll from one of the worst migration disasters in recent European history. The tragedy was followed by another shipwreck on Sunday in which 30 people are missing and feared dead….
30 Migrants Missing in Shipwreck Off Libya
ROME—Thirty people are missing and 17 were rescued in the central Mediterranean on Sunday after the boat in which they were traveling from Libya capsized in bad weather, Italy’s coastguard said. The tragedy comes just weeks after a Feb. 26 shipwreck near the southern region of Calabria, in which at least 79 died. Alarm Phone,…
Italy: Migrants Paid 8,000 Euros Each for ‘Voyage of Death’
CROTONE, Italy—Rescue teams pulled more bodies from the sea on Tuesday, bringing the death toll from Italy’s latest migration tragedy to 65, as prosecutors identified suspected smugglers who allegedly charged 8,000 euros (nearly $8,500) for each person making the “voyage of death” from Turkey to Italy. Authorities delayed a planned viewing of the coffins to…
Italy Shipwreck Death Toll at 62, Including Children
CROTONE, Italy—Rescuers recovered three more bodies on Monday, a day after a wooden sailboat carrying migrants to Europe smashed onto rocks in stormy weather off southern Italy, bringing the death toll to 62, including at least 14 children. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said more than two dozen Pakistanis were believed to have been among…
Migrant Shipwreck in Italy Kills at Least 59
ROME–At least 59 people died when a wooden sailing boat carrying migrants to Europe crashed against rocks near the southern Italian coast early on Sunday, authorities said. The vessel, which sailed from Turkey and was carrying people from Afghanistan, Iran, and several other countries, sank in rough seas before dawn near Steccato di Cutro, a…
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