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Italian restaurant chain confirms over 30 locations will close down this year after CEO shakeup
The U.S. Sun
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August 18, 2025
A BELOVED Italian restaurant chain is conducting mass shutdowns after financial woes. Over 30 locations will close by the end of the year, forcing fans to head elsewhere for some of their favorite dishes. 2 A popular fast-casual restaurant chain...
Italian Climber Dies During Descent from Peak Pobeda in Kyrgyzstan
Times of Central Asia
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August 18, 2025
An Italian climber has died and several others were injured during a descent from Peak Pobeda (Victory Peak), one of Kyrgyzstan’s three seven-thousanders, according to the Kyrgyz Ministry of Defense. The injured include citizens of Germany and...
COMMENTARY: Pope Leo is becoming climate champion we need
News Tribune - Missouri
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August 18, 2025
While the leader of 340 million Americans furiously works to derail climate action, the leader of 1.4 billion Catholics is embracing it. In May, when Pope Leo XIV succeeded the late Pope Francis, I suggested he could be the kind of climate...
Top Italian mountaineer is accused of faking selfies from summits to inflate the number of peaks he has scaled
Daily Mail
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August 18, 2025
By TARYN KAUR PEDLER, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 08:09 EDT, 18 August 2025 | Updated: 08:26 EDT, 18 August 2025 One of Italy's most celebrated climbers has been accused of faking his place among the world's mountaineering elite by using...
Why amphibious, wet environments hold the key to climate adaptation
Nature
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Amphibious Anthropologies: Living in Wet Environments Edited by Alejandro Camargo, Luisa Cortesi and Franz Krause Univ. Washington Press (2025) Coastal zones, river basins, marshes and other amphibious environments — where the boundaries between...
Spain Premier pledges 'climate pact' on visit to fire-hit area
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Sunday pledged a "national pact" to address the climate emergency during a visit to Ourense, a region in the northwest grappling with severe wildfires. Spain is now in its third week of heatwave...
Africa: AI, data, climate action key to unlocking water finance
ESI Africa
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August 18, 2025
Africa must overhaul the way it finances water, combining regulatory reforms, better data and emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), if it is to close the investment gap in the sector. The role of AI in helping to reshape...
European Defense Training And Simulation Market Report 2025 Growth Opportunities Lie In Open-Source T&S Software, Joint Multi-Domain Synthetic Environments And Training As A Service (Taas)
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) The European defense T&S market sees opportunities in leveraging commercial off-the-shelf technology to address reduced military aid, enabling faster acquisition and delivery. Innovation and NATO's push for...
100-year plan to reach a black hole? Italian scientist discusses tiny spacecraft that could achieve this feat | INTERVIEW
The Week
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China-based Italian cosmologist Cosimo Bambi recently made headlines with his bold proposal to send a tiny spacecraft to a black hole—a mission he believes may take a century to become reality. He is currently a Professor of Physics at the Fudan...
Portugal’s New Village Tourism Rivals Italy’s Albergo Diffuso Hotels
Forbes
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Aldeia da Pedralva Courtesy of HUB “Portugal has a rich tapestry of history woven into its rural landscapes,” says Nuno Constantino, the CEO of the hospitality company HUB. “We have countless villages that have lost their populations to coastal...
WingFoil Racing World Cup // Double Gold for Italy in Istanbul
Live Sail Die
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August 18, 2025
Italy’s Alessandro Tomasi and Maddalena Spanu claimed top honours at the Audi 2025 WingFoil Racing World Cup Türkiye, delivering standout performances in a variety of testing conditions on the Bosphorus. Golden Ticket Drama Sets the Stage The...
French weekly weather forecast August 18 - 22: heatwave ends but storms rush in
The Connexion
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August 18, 2025
Temperatures in south-west will be 17C lower than at the end of last week Heatwave warnings are set to be quickly replaced by storm alerts Sebastian_Photography/Shutterstock The heatwave that has covered parts of France for more than a week is set...
14 Years Later, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Finally Gets Release Date for Official Golden Wind Sequel
Comic Book Resources (CBR)
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August 18, 2025
Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account The iconic JoJo's Bizarre Adventure franchise has had several story arcs aside from those in the anime that could easily become their own series, with characters such as Kishibe Rohan even...
Xinhua Silk Road: Waterfalls Forge Stronger China-Italy Bond
MENAFN
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August 17, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) This connection was formalized in December 2020 during the 50th anniversary of the establishment of China-Italy diplomatic relations, when the Jiulong Waterfalls in Luoping County, Qujing City, southwestern China's Yunnan...
Nearly 2,000 soldiers fighting Spain fires - as part of famous pilgrimage route closed
Sky News
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August 17, 2025
Spain has deployed another 500 soldiers to battle wildfires that have spread across parts of the country in scorching conditions - taking the total to 1,900. The fires have burned 158,000 hectares so far this year - an area roughly as big as...
NewPrinces To Acquire Carrefour Italy for 1 Billion Euros
Produce Report
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NewPrinces Group recently announced that it had reached an agreement with Carrefour to acquire its entire business in Italy for approximately 1 billion euros ($1.17 billion). Following the acquisition, NewPrinces Group will become the...
'Ocean architects’ expose hidden threats of climate change
Earth.com
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Bryozoans are tiny marine animals that live in colonies and quietly build underwater structures on which many species depend. These little invertebrates often go unnoticed, even though their work is essential to life in the sea. Now, research...
Pedro Sánchez visits wildfire-hit Galicia and pledges ‘national pact’ to address climate emergency
Spain in English
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August 17, 2025
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez pledged on Sunday to forge a ‘national pact’ to confront the climate crisis during a visit to the wildfire-ravaged region of Galicia in the northwest of the country. Spain is now in its third consecutive week...
Spain PM vows 'climate pact' on visit to fire-hit region
RTL Today
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Spanish leader Pedro Sanchez promised on Sunday a "national pact" to deal with the climate emergency, as he visited a western region battling devastating wildfires. Spain is entering its third week of heatwave alerts and firefighters are...
There’s no such thing as a ‘coolcation’ — you’ll be sweating buckets on your Arctic getaway
CNN
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August 18, 2025
Follow There used to be places to go to escape the heat on our summer vacations. You could venture to Norway to see its world-famous fjords. A trip to Scotland for a temperate round of golf. Visiting Sweden’s Lapland could bring you face to face...