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 Chinese-Italian boy stood blindfolded in a Florence piazza, with a sign asking people to "hug him as a human being", as part of a social experiment in order to combat stereotypes and xenophobia. https://www.thelocal.it/20161004/im-chinese-im-italian-hug-me-as-a-human-being Tue, 04 Oct 2016 17:57:53 +0200 im-chinese-im-italian-hug-me-as-a-human-being Police have opened a murder investigation after a 29-year-old Italian doctoral student at the University of Geneva was battered to death on the street on Monday night. https://www.thelocal.it/20160414/italian-research-student-slain-in-geneva-street Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:48:46 +0200 italian-research-student-slain-in-geneva-street