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Autopsies reveal causes of death of two superyacht passengers killed when £30million Mike Lynch vessel sank in a thunderstorm off Sicily coast as authorities continue criminal probe into the tragedy
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Autopsies reveal causes of death of two superyacht passengers killed when £30million Mike Lynch vessel sank in a thunderstorm off Sicily coast as authorities continue criminal probe into the tragedy

Daily Mail  

Autopsies have been carried out on two victims who drowned when the super yacht Bayesian sank last month in a freak storm with the loss of seven lives. Mr Lynch's wife Angela Bacares, Hannah's mother, survived along with 14 others after the £30 million vessel sank off the coast of the Italian island of Sicily at Porticello near Palermo on …

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Morgan Stanley boss among 6 missing after yacht sinks off the coast of Sicily
4 months ago

Morgan Stanley boss among 6 missing after yacht sinks off the coast of Sicily

China Daily  

A picture shows the sailing boat named Sir Robert Baden Powell anchored in Porticello near Palermo, on Aug 20, a day after the British-flagged luxury yacht Bayesian sank with 22 people onboard. Six individuals, including Jonathan Bloomer, chairman of Morgan Stanley International bank, and Chris Morvillo, a lawyer from Clifford Chance, remain missing following the sinking of a luxury yacht …

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Search resumes for 6 from sunken superyacht off Sicily, including tech magnate Mike Lynch
4 months ago

Search resumes for 6 from sunken superyacht off Sicily, including tech magnate Mike Lynch

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rescue teams and divers were …

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One dead, six missing after luxury yacht sinks off Sicily
4 months ago

One dead, six missing after luxury yacht sinks off Sicily

Hindustan Times  

By Rosaura Bonfardino, Igor Petyx One dead, six missing after luxury yacht sinks off Sicily PALERMO, Sicily, - One man died and six people were missing after a luxury yacht was struck by an unexpectedly violent storm and sank off the Sicilian capital Palermo on Monday, the Italian coast guard said. The 56-metre-long sailboat was identified as the British-registered Bayesian …

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Where to visit in Sicily 2024
5 months ago

Where to visit in Sicily 2024

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Europe’s tallest active volcano is one of seven Unesco sites, which also include Roman palace Villa Romana del Casale near …

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The children leaving the Mafia
1 year, 3 months ago

The children leaving the Mafia

BBC  

The children leaving the Mafia Getty Images An aerial view of Palermo How should the state protect children raised in organised crime families? Getty Images "The Wall of Legality" in Palermo, with portraits of people who died in the fight against the mafia Growing up in the Mafia What's commonly referred to as "the Mafia" actually covers many different clans …

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Where are the fires in Italy today as temperatures rise to 47.6C on Sicily?
1 year, 4 months ago

Where are the fires in Italy today as temperatures rise to 47.6C on Sicily?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Yesterday, temperatures rose to 47.6C in some parts of eastern Sicily, close to the record European high of 48.8C …

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Fires kill three people in Sicily; Greece sees some wildfire respite
1 year, 4 months ago

Fires kill three people in Sicily; Greece sees some wildfire respite

Al Jazeera  

Wildfires raging across Greece for more than a week abate, while Italy counts three more deaths in devastating blaze. Wildfires have killed at least three elderly people on Italy’s southern island of Sicily as a heatwave and severe storms gripped continental Europe. In an overnight message on Facebook, Sicilian President Renato Schifani said “scorching heat and unprecedented devastating fires” had …

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Couple burned to death at home as toll mounts from Mediterranean wildfires
1 year, 4 months ago

Couple burned to death at home as toll mounts from Mediterranean wildfires

CNN  

CNN — Two elderly people found burned to death in their home in Italy are among at least 40 people killed as wildfires rage across huge swaths of the Mediterranean. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Wednesday that the fires and extreme weather disasters are putting the country “to the test.” She came short of announcing a state of …

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Wildfire closes Sicily airport; storms kill two in northern Italy
1 year, 5 months ago

Wildfire closes Sicily airport; storms kill two in northern Italy

Al Jazeera  

Car and train traffic also disrupted due to fire near Palermo’s airport as trees fall and buildings damaged in Milan. A wildfire has closed the Palermo airport in Sicily, and storms have killed at least two people in northern Italy as extreme weather batters the length of the country. The island’s main airport of Catania, Italy’s fifth biggest, was closed …

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Palermo city guide: Best things to do and where to stay in the energetic yet charming capital of Sicily
1 year, 6 months ago

Palermo city guide: Best things to do and where to stay in the energetic yet charming capital of Sicily

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Slender side streets emerge into crumbling squares lined with palazzi, and terracotta-toned landmark buildings embellish Palermo’s low-rise skyline. open image …

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Italy’s most-wanted Mafia boss nabbed after 30 years on the run
1 year, 11 months ago

Italy’s most-wanted Mafia boss nabbed after 30 years on the run

LA Times  

Top Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, right, is seen in a car with Italian Carabinieri officers soon after his arrest at a private clinic in Palermo, Sicily. “It was a debt that the Republic owed to the victims of those years.” Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni tweeted that Messina Denaro’s capture is a “great victory of the state, which shows that …

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The shipwrecks rewriting ancient history
2 years, 7 months ago

The shipwrecks rewriting ancient history

BBC  

The shipwrecks rewriting ancient history Soprintendenza del Mare For centuries, historians believed that any physical evidence of the pivotal Battle of the Aegates was long gone. "No other naval battle from antiquity has been documented this well," says Ferdinando Maurici, archaeologist and the head of Sicily's Soprintendenza del Mare, a section of the Department for Cultural Heritage and Identity which …

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Salvini on trial in Italy over 2019 migrant ship
3 years, 2 months ago

Salvini on trial in Italy over 2019 migrant ship

Associated Press  

PALERMO, Italy — Italy’s right-wing former interior minister, Matteo Salvini, went on trial Saturday charged with kidnapping for refusing in 2019 to allow a Spanish migrant rescue ship to dock in Sicily, keeping the people onboard at sea for days. It is the first trial to go ahead against Salvini for his actions preventing migrant landings while he served as …

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Trial opens against Italy's Salvini for blocked migrant ship
3 years, 2 months ago

Trial opens against Italy's Salvini for blocked migrant ship

The Independent  

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Court acquits associate of Italy’s ex-premier of Mafia deal
3 years, 3 months ago

Court acquits associate of Italy’s ex-premier of Mafia deal

Associated Press  

ROME — An appeals court in Palermo, Sicily, acquitted a close associate of former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday of having negotiated with the Mafia during the 1990s. In 2018, a lower court convicted Marcello Dell’Utri, who had been a senator for Berlusconi’s right-wing Forza Italia party, of acting as a liaison between Italian state institutions and Cosa Nostra …

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Palermo faith: Seeing Sicily’s capital through a migrant’s eyes
4 years, 4 months ago

Palermo faith: Seeing Sicily’s capital through a migrant’s eyes

The Independent  

In this part of the market, you can buy anything you like,” says my 19-year-old Gambian guide, Alagie Malick Ceesay, as we navigate our way through Palermo’s oldest market. “They’re about getting to know people’s stories.” open image in gallery A pani ca meusa in the making The location of our mid-morning walking tour is Mercato di Ballaro, a centuries-old …

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Palermo Open will bear losses to get Tour going again
4 years, 5 months ago

Palermo Open will bear losses to get Tour going again

The Hindu  

The Palermo Ladies Open will lose money when it gets the WTA Tour going again next month but tournament director Oliviero Palma says it will carry that burden to prove professional tennis can resume safely. ‘COVID-19 free’ “The draw is insane, almost like a Premier,” said Palma, with a host of players in the top 20, including two-times Grand Slam …

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