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 Pope Francis condemned on Wednesday recent terror attacks around the world, including in New York where eight people were killed, saying he was "saddened" by events. https://www.thelocal.it/20171101/pope-francis-condemns-terror-attacks-around-the-world Wed, 01 Nov 2017 15:12:48 +0100 pope-francis-condemns-terror-attacks-around-the-world New York's state bank regulator fined Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo $235 million Thursday for "sweeping violations" of anti-money laundering laws and deliberately concealing information from bank examiners. https://www.thelocal.it/20161216/us-fines-italian-bank-235-million-for-laundering-violations Fri, 16 Dec 2016 11:14:48 +0100 us-fines-italian-bank-235-million-for-laundering-violations Pope Francis urged a more humane global system that respects the poor and the environment, as he criticized the economic order, in an address to the United Nations on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150925/pope-to-bring-world-problems-to-the-un Fri, 25 Sep 2015 10:50:29 +0200 pope-to-bring-world-problems-to-the-un Pope Francis is set to arrive in Washington on Tuesday, kicking off his first visit to the United States. Here's everything you need to know before the papal plane touches down. https://www.thelocal.it/20150922/pope-in-us-everything-you-need-to-know Tue, 22 Sep 2015 10:55:00 +0200 pope-in-us-everything-you-need-to-know Romans have taken to Facebook to hit back at the Italian capital's critics following a wave of bad publicity the city has received in the international press. https://www.thelocal.it/20150730/italians-defend-rome-saying-new-york-as-bad Thu, 30 Jul 2015 12:03:07 +0200 italians-defend-rome-saying-new-york-as-bad A New York mafia boss has been extradited to Italy after allegedly demanding €1 million from an Italian businessman, police said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150429/new-york-mafia-boss-extradited-to-italy Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:43:56 +0200 new-york-mafia-boss-extradited-to-italy Licia Albanese, an Italian-American soprano who for more than a quarter century starred at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, has died at age 105, her family said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140819/italian-opera-star-albanese-dies-at-age-105 Tue, 19 Aug 2014 10:57:00 +0200 italian-opera-star-albanese-dies-at-age-105 New York mayor Bill de Blasio will next week become an honorary citizen of Grassano, a town in the southern Italian region of Basilicata. https://www.thelocal.it/20140717/new-york-mayor-to-be-honoured-in-italy Thu, 17 Jul 2014 13:07:00 +0200 new-york-mayor-to-be-honoured-in-italy Italian police may have solved the murder of an American-Italian policeman who was killed in Palermo more than 100 years ago, it was revealed on Monday, as 91 mafia suspects were arrested in the Sicilian capital. https://www.thelocal.it/20140623/my-fathers-uncle-killed-joe-petrosino Mon, 23 Jun 2014 18:14:00 +0200 my-fathers-uncle-killed-joe-petrosino New York was given a touch of Italian colour this month when Rome-based artist Alice Pasquini painted a narrative triptych across its boroughs during a two-week painting programme. https://www.thelocal.it/20140415/rome-street-artist-paints-new-york Tue, 15 Apr 2014 14:54:00 +0200 rome-street-artist-paints-new-york The Italian mafia in the 1980s plotted to murder Rudolph Giuliani, the former New York mayor, an informant in Sicily revealed this week. https://www.thelocal.it/20140228/mafia-plot-to-kill-new-york-mayor-revealed Fri, 28 Feb 2014 12:30:00 +0100 mafia-plot-to-kill-new-york-mayor-revealed Italian and US officers arrested dozens of people on Tuesday in a joint operation that exposed alleged drug trafficking links between New York's Cosa Nostra Gambino family and the 'Ndrangheta mafia in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20140211/new-york-mafia-smuggle-drugs-to-italy-as-fruit Tue, 11 Feb 2014 11:32:00 +0100 new-york-mafia-smuggle-drugs-to-italy-as-fruit A small town in southern Italy where New York mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio's grandfather came from was preparing to celebrate his likely election on Tuesday, the mayor said. https://www.thelocal.it/20131105/italian-town-prepares-to-party-for-new-york-mayor Tue, 05 Nov 2013 17:10:00 +0100 italian-town-prepares-to-party-for-new-york-mayor An intrepid Italian fended off stiff competition to become the winner of the fourth season of the US version of MasterChef, bringing him one step closer to fulfilling his dream of opening an Italian restaurant in Manhattan. https://www.thelocal.it/20130913/italian-overwhelmed-after-us-masterchef-win Fri, 13 Sep 2013 18:09:00 +0200 italian-overwhelmed-after-us-masterchef-win US authorities blocked the sale of a Pablo Picasso painting following a request from Italy after the €8.8 million work of art's owners were charged with embezzlement and fraud, the US government said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20130625/us-blocks-sale-of-picasso-painting-on-italys-request Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:28:00 +0200 us-blocks-sale-of-picasso-painting-on-italys-request