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'Committed to immediate release of hostages': Italian PM to Israeli delegation
The Italian Prime Minister met with the delegation at the Presidential Palace in Rome on Tuesday. The families arrived in Rome on Tuesday morning as part of a series of meetings being organised by the Israeli Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism in collaboration with the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
Europe swept by extreme heatwave
The latest heatwave -- the third in Europe this summer -- comes as the continent is hosting a record number of tourists, the first record-setting summer of tourism since 2019, Xinhua news agency reported. Temperatures of above 48 degrees Celsius were provisionally recorded Sunday on the Italian island of Sardinia, in the southern Italian region of Apulia, and in La Palma, Spain.
Death toll rises to 13 from floods in Italy
Video footage from Thursday showed streets in the commune of Sant'Agata sul Santerno and in parts of the seaside town of Ravenna completely flooded, Xinhua news agency reported. The country's north-central region that includes the cities of Bologna and Modena was battered by heavy rainfall on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Italy conducting 2 operations to rescue 1,200 migrants
The two fishing boats are carrying 800 and 400 migrants, respectively, the BBC reported on Tuesday. The boat carrying 400 people, which is believed to have set out from Tobruk in Libya, was still without help late on Monday evening, according to an unofficial hotline for migrants in distress, Alarm Phone.It said it had raised an urgent alarm with the authorities of Italy, Greece and Malta on Sunday
Gulf of Mexico up for auction in a major blow to Joe Biden's climate change efforts
The US Department of the Interior has offered the huge chunk of the central and western Gulf, including deep water areas for drilling projects likely to stretch for decades long, much against scientists' warnings that fossil fuels be to putting an immediate halt to disastrous global warming that has melted icebergs and the unusual weather patterns have resulted in floods in several countries such as Pakistan recently.
Over 40 migrants killed after ship crashes into rock in Italy
The vessel sank after it rammed against rocks during rough weather, the Adnkronos news agency said. The accident occurred when the vessel was trying to land with more than 100 people aboard near the coastal town of Crotone, BBC reported. "Forty-three bodies have been found along the coastline," the Coastguard said in a statement.
Global maritime piracy incidents hit lowest level in decades
The latest report of the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) reaching Xinhua news agency on Thursday revealed that pirates boarded 107 vessels in 2022, while there were five attempted attacks, one vessel fired upon, and two vessels hijacked. The "continued and much needed" reduction is attributed to an overall decrease in piratical activity in the highly risky waters of the Gulf of Guinea.
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