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Italy vows to close airports if Germany sends back migrants

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Italian Deputy Premier and Labour Minister Luigi Di Maio speaks during a question time session at the Senate, in Rome, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. Stocks in Europe rose after Italy's economy minister backed down on spending plans that would keep the country's deficit at an elevated level for three years. That relieved investors who were worried about Italy's debts and the possibility of tensions between the country and the European Union. (Maurizio Brambatti/ANSA via AP)

Italy says ‘no plan B’ to spending plans despite EU alarm

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FILE - In this April 25, 2018 file photo, Toronto FC's Sebastian Giovinco celebrates scorng against Chivas during the CONCACAF Champions League final soccer match in Guadalajara, Mexico. Italy coach Roberto Mancini included the 31-year-old Toronto FC forward in the 28-man squad he named Friday, Oct. 5, 2018 for upcoming matches against Ukraine and Poland. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, file)

Giovinco back in Italy squad after 3-year absence

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A migrant takes a photo with his phone of Italian Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini standing at a balcony, top right, his visit to Naples, southern Italy, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. Salvini is in Naples to attend a meeting on public order and security at the Naples' prefecture. (Ciro Fusco/ANSA via AP)

Italy-flagged migrant rescue ship challenges Italian policy

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Italy digs in on spending, jolting markets and worrying EU

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici, right, speaks with Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos during a round table meeting of eurogroup finance ministers at the European Council building in Luxembourg, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Eurozone nations sharply criticize Italian spending plan

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

FILE - This Wednesday, June 6, 2018 file photo Italian premier Giuseppe Conte, left, and Italian Economy Minister Giovanni Tria talk at the Lower House, ahead of a confidence vote on the government program, in Rome, Wednesday, June 6, 2018. Italy’s economy minister says that the first budget by Italy’s new government will include a basic income scheme sought by one of the main governing parties, the 5-Star Movement. (Riccardo Antimiani/ANSA via AP)

Italian stocks plunge on populist government’s plans

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FILE- This Dec. 21, 2016, file photo shows the New York Stock Exchange. The U.S. stock market opens at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Markets Right Now: Stocks close out big quarterly gains

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Italy, Tunisia vow to cooperate more over migrants

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FILE - In this Sunday, May 6, 2018 file photo Genoa forward Giuseppe Rossi celebrates after scoring his side's first goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Genoa and Fiorentina at the Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genoa, Italy. Italy's anti-doping agency Nado Italia announced on Tuesday Sept. 25, 2018 that Rossi will stand trial next week after testing positive for and eye drug that can be used as a masking agent.(Simone Arveda/ANSA via AP)

Giuseppe Rossi faces 1-year ban for doping case in Italy

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Spain saves some 440 migrants; new crackdown on rescue boat

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

The Latest: Panama pulls migrant rescue boat’s registration

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Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini blows a kiss to a supporter as he arrives at the Brothers of Italy political meeting in Rome, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Bannon dubs the far-right Europe’s “new elite” patriots

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FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2017 file phtoo, the pinnacles of the Duomo gothic cathedral are lit by the afternoon sun and backdropped by the new Business Center, in Milan, northern Italy. Italy's three-pronged bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics has been reduced to a two-city candidacy featuring Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. Following Turin's exclusion, the Italian Olympic Committee is sending a delegation featuring Milan and Cortina representatives to meet with IOC leaders on Wednesday to update the situation. The move comes after government undersecretary and sports delegate Giancarlo Giorgetti told the Senate on Tuesday that the three-pronged proposal &quot;is dead.&quot; (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

With Turin out, Italy moves forward with Milan-Cortina bid

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The Latest: UN office defends visits to check on migrants

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Italy, Austria sharpen criticism of UN over migrants

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2108, a view of the Starbucks store in Milan, Italy. Starbucks opens its first store in Italy Friday, betting that premium brews and novelties like a heated marble-topped coffee bar will win patrons in a country fond of its espresso rituals. Decades ago, Milan’s coffee bars had inspired the chain’s vision. Starbucks hopes clients will linger at Starbucks Reserve Roastery, where they can watch beans being roasted, sip Reserve coffee or have cocktails at a mezzanine-level bar in a cavernous space that once was a post office near the city’s Duomo, or cathedral. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Will espresso-loving Italy embrace country’s 1st Starbucks?

By LUCA BRUNO and FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Italy, Spain see economic growth falter to multi-year lows

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Italian national soccer team's head coach Roberto Mancini speaks during a press conference ahead of Friday's Nations League soccer match against Poland, at the Coverciano training center near Florence, Italy, Monday, Sept. 32018. (Claudio Giovannini/ANSA via AP)

Mancini pleads with Italian clubs to play more Italians

By DANIELLA MATAR - Associated Press

Italian minister meets Hungary premier, vows historic change

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