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Italy's Lorenzo Pani scores a try during the Six Nations rugby union international match between Wales and Italy, at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, Saturday March 16, 2024. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP)

Italy win again in Cardiff and pass the Six Nations wooden spoon to Wales

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Vessels are docked at the port of Shengjin, northwestern Albania, one of two proposed places to house migrants, on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. Albania's Assembly, or Parliament, votes on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, and is expected to approve a deal with Italy under which thousands of migrants rescued at sea by Italian authorities would be sent to Albania while their applications for asylum in Italy are processed. (AP Photo/Armando Babani, File)

Albania is expected to approve a deal with Italy to process thousands of migrants’ claims for asylum

By Llazar Semini - Associated Press

Mamadou Kouassi, left, a migrant who made the journey from his native Ivory Coast to Italy in 2006, talks to The Associated Press during an interview in a migrant center in Castel Volturno, southern Italy, where he now dedicates his life to working with migrants, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Kouassi's odyssey through Africa inspired the movie Io Capitano (Me Captain) to Italian director Matteo Garrone and is among the nominees for the 2024 96th Academy Awards in the International Feature Film category. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Migrant’s 3 brutal years trying to reach Italy inspired the Oscar-nominated film ‘Io Capitano’

By Trisha Thomas - Associated Press

Sweden's Kurre Hamrin lines up on the field with his teammates in connection with the World Cup qualifying match at home against West Germany at the Råsunda soccer stadium, in Stockholm, Sept. 26, 1965. Former Fiorentina and Sweden great Kurt Hamrin has died at the age of 89. He was the last living player to take part in the 1958 World Cup final. The Swedish soccer federation announced the death on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. (File, Jan Collsiöö /TT News Agency via AP)

Kurt Hamrin, Sweden great who was the last living player from the 1958 World Cup final, dies at 89

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FILE - A view of the bobsled track in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, on Feb. 17, 2021. Organizers for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics are convinced that they can build a bobsled track in record time amid a standoff with the IOC, which wants an existing foreign venue used instead to cut costs. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti, File)

Milan-Cortina Olympics organizers confident they can build bobsled track amid standoff with IOC

By Andrew Dampf - Associated Press

Fans react during during the men's singles final match between Jannik Sinner of Italy and Daniil Medvedev of Russia at the Australian Open tennis championships at Melbourne Park, in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Soccer-mad Italy goes tennis crazy over Sinner after his Australian Open title

By Andrew Dampf - Associated Press

Italian President Sergio Mattarella delivers his speech in Rome Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. Italy’s president has denounced the rise in antisemitism and delivered a powerful speech in support of the Jewish people. President Sergio Mattarella commemorated Holocaust Remembrance Day, which has been overshadowed by Israel’s military campaign in Gaza and a rise in anti-Israel acts in Italy. (Paolo Giandotti/Italian Presidency via AP)

Italy’s leader denounces antisemitism; pro-Palestinian rally is moved from Holocaust Remembrance Day

By Nicole Winfield and Paolo Santalucia - Associated Press

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni answers journalists' questions during her year-end press conference, in Rome on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Italian Premier Meloni says curbing migrant arrivals from Africa is about investment, not charity

By Giada Zampano and Paolo Santalucia - Associated Press

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 8, 2023. From a hot dog vendor to head of the formidable mercenary army Wagner Group, Prigozhin's rise through Russian society could easily be described as meteoric. But it all came to a sudden end when the plane carrying him and others mysteriously exploded on Aug 23, 2023. (AP Photo, file)

Year in review: Influential people who died in 2023

By Bernard McGhee - Associated Press

Italy and deals with China illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wisely spurns deal with China

By James Jay Carafano and Stefano Graziosi

Austria's Marco Schwarz celebrates winning an alpine ski, men's World Cup slalom, in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Austrian skier Marco Schwarz wins night race in Italy to go top of overall and slalom standings

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Italy's Dominik Paris reacts after completing an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill race, in Val Gardena, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Paris wins Val Gardena downhill for first victory in more than a year. Kilde finishes second

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Italian Firefighters work on the balcony of a building of the San Giovanni Evangelista Hospital after a fire broke out causing the death of four people in Tivoli, Italy Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. (Italian Firefighters Via AP)

A hospital fire near Rome kills at least 3 and causes an emergency evacuation of all patients

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

People watch on a screen the funeral of Giulia Cecchettin, outside the Church of Santa Giustina in Padua, Italy, Tuesday Dec. 5, 2023. Mourners gathered at the Church of San Giustina in Padua for the funeral of Giulia Cecchettin, the 22-year-old killed by her former boyfriend, 21-year-old Filippo Turetta, on Nov. 11. (Lucrezia Granzetti/LaPresse via AP)

Father of slain Italian woman challenges men to be agents of change against femicide

By Colleen Barry - Associated Press

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 8, 2023. From a hot dog vendor to head of the formidable mercenary army Wagner Group, Prigozhin's rise through Russian society could easily be described as meteoric. But it all came to a sudden end when the plane carrying him and others mysteriously exploded on Aug 23, 2023. (AP Photo, file)

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2023

By Bernard McGhee - Associated Press

The Italian Davis Cup team celebrate with the trophy after defeating Australia during the Davis Cup final tennis matches in Malaga, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. Italy are the 2023 World Champions Davis Cup winners. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Jannik Sinner leads Italy to first Davis Cup title in nearly 50 years with 2-0 win over Australia

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Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic returns the ball against Italy's Lorenzo Musetti during a Davis Cup semi-final tennis match between Italy and Serbia in Malaga, Spain, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Serbia leads Italy 1-0 in Davis Cup semifinals. Djokovic to face Sinner in 2nd singles

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Italy's head coach Luciano Spalletti gestures during the Euro 2024 group C qualifying soccer match between Ukraine and Italy at the BayArena in Leverkusen, Germany, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Dinners, drones and apps: Spalletti’s plan for improving Italy after securing spot at Euro 2024

By Daniella Matar - Associated Press

People attend a candlelight vigil in front of the Milan Duomo Cathedral for 22-year-old Giulia Cecchettin, northern Italy, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. Her body, reportedly with multiple stab wounds, was found wrapped in plastic on Saturday in a ditch near Venice. Police in Germany over the weekend arrested Filippo Turetta, 21, who had been on the run since Nov. 11, when he was last seen arguing with Giulia Cecchettin. (Marco Ottico/LaPresse via AP)

Italy is outraged by the death of a young woman in the latest suspected case of gender violence

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Transgender women Claudia Vittoria Salas from Argentina, left, Andrea Paola Torres Lopez from Colombia, also known as Consuelo, center, and Carla Segovia from Argentina speak as they sit in the Beata Vergine Immacolata parish church in Torvaianica, Italy, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Pope Francis’ recent gesture of welcome for transgender Catholics has resonated strongly in this working class, seaside town south of Rome, where a community of trans women has found help and hope through a remarkable friendship with the pontiff forged during the darkest times of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

For this group of trans women, the pope and his message of inclusivity are a welcome change

By Nicole Winfield and Trisha Thomas - Associated Press