Why no one thought to close Italy’s crumbling bridge

[ad_1] ROME/MILAN (Reuters) – People living under the Italian bridge that collapsed last week with the loss of 43 lives had known for years it was crumbling: pieces kept falling…

As coronavirus slams Italy, paralysis and anxiety spread

[ad_1] By Emilio Parodi, Angelo Amante MILAN (Reuters) – At the epicenter of Europe’s worst outbreak of coronavirus to date, daily lives have taken on an eerie, aimless calm. It’s…

Italy’s firms shake lockdown using shortcut in coronavirus law

[ad_1] By Giselda Vagnoni, Valentina Za ROME/MILAN (Reuters) – Weeks into Italy’s coronavirus lockdown, thousands of Italian entrepreneurs have been given a bureaucratic shortcut to market. A worker wears a…

Special Report: How oil majors shift billions in profits to island tax havens

[ad_1] By Tom Bergin, Ron Bousso (Reuters) – Bermuda and the Bahamas aren’t exactly big players in the oil-and-gas world. They don’t produce any of the fuels at all. Yet…

Special Report: Ortega media enrich his family, entrench his hold on Nicaragua

[ad_1] By Drazen Jorgic, Ismael Lopez MANAGUA (Reuters) – In early 2010, Nicaragua’s Canal 8, an independent television network, had a new owner. FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator holds a sign…