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Tag: Italy

23Aug By AdminsNo Comments

Body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch among those recovered from yacht wreckage, officials say

The Italian coast guard said the body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch is among those recovered off the coast of Sicily from the wreckage of a superyacht whose builders had called unsinkable. One woman remains missing. She has not been identified, but Hannah Lynch, Lynch's 18-year-old daughter, is reportedly unaccounted for. The family had been celebrating his recent acquittal on fraud charges with the people who defended him at trial in the United States. Five others were recovered by rescue crews following Monday's tragedy. British tech giant Mike Lynch, his lawyer and four other people are among those missing after their luxury superyacht sank during a freak storm off Sicily early on Monday, August 19, 2024. (Composite) The Bayesian, a 56-metre British-flagged ...
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‘Leaning tower’ in Italy on ‘high alert’ for collapse
2Dec By AdminsNo Comments

‘Leaning tower’ in Italy on ‘high alert’ for collapse

It's the 'leaning tower' that has stood tipsily – but steadily – for nearly 1000 years. But now, the days of the Garisenda tower in Bologna, Italy, could be numbered. Following investigations last month, the city is instigating a civil protection plan for the "sudden and unexpected collapse of the tower," which has dominated the Bologna skyline since the 12th century. A protective metal cordon will be erected to "contain debris resulting from a possible collapse, to reduce the vulnerability of surrounding buildings and the exposure to the population, as well as blocking access to the off-limits area," the city council said in a statement. The cordon will be fixed into the ground, and will include specially designed rockfall protection nets, also made of metal and ...
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14Apr By AdminsNo Comments

Endangered bear attacks and kills jogger on woodland path in Italy

An endangered bear has attacked and killed a jogger who was running on a woodland path in Italy's north-east. The man was out jogging at Val di Sole valley, near his village in Caldes, in the Trentino region, on Wednesday when he was fatally mauled. Local media have identified the jogger as 26-year-old Andrea Papi. Andrea Papi, 26, was out jogging when he was attacked by a bear. (Supplied) Alpine brown bears are endangered and were reintroduced to the province. (Getty Images/iStockphoto) His mauled body was found by a search team, hours after his girlfriend reported him missing. Trentino region's president, Maurizio Fugatti, said the bear that killed Papi would be identified and killed. Alpine brown bears are endangered species in the province of Trenti...
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