https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A 14-year-old boy has survived after 42 minutes under water in the northern province of Milan, an "exceptional event" according to the child's doctor, Italian media has reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20150527/boy-survives-after-42-minutes-under-water Wed, 27 May 2015 19:08:26 +0200 boy-survives-after-42-minutes-under-water The body of a Japanese tourist was found off the Tuscan coast on Sunday evening, the fifth person to have died at the Italian seaside over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.it/20140818/five-drown-over-italys-holiday-weekend Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:23:00 +0200 five-drown-over-italys-holiday-weekend The Italian coastguard found Saturday the dead bodies of six clandestine migrants on a tourist beach in Sicily while nearly 100 others, thought to be Syrians and some Egyptians, were rescued in the latest desperate attempt to reach Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20130810/six-migrants-drown-100-rescued-off-sicily Sat, 10 Aug 2013 13:20:00 +0200 six-migrants-drown-100-rescued-off-sicily Three female migrants died during a treacherous voyage to Europe in a rubber dinghy and 174 others were rescued as they made their way to the Italian island of Lampedusa, media reported on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20130804/three-migrants-die-trying-to-reach-italy-by-dinghy Sun, 04 Aug 2013 19:37:15 +0200 three-migrants-die-trying-to-reach-italy-by-dinghy