Eleven dead and dozens missing in two shipwrecks
At least 11 people have died and more than 60 are missing as a result of two shipwrecks off the coast of southern Italy, rescuers say. German charity RESQSHIP said it picked up 51 people from a sinking, wooden boat and found 10 bodies trapped in the lower deck near the island of Lampedusa on […]
Italy floods leave nine dead and force 13,000 from their homes
More than 20 rivers have burst their banks in Italy, leaving nine people dead and forcing 13,000 from their homes after six months’ rainfall fell in a day and a half. Almost every river flooded between the north-east coast at Rimini and the city of Bologna, 115km (70 miles) away. Some 280 landslides took place […]
ChatGPT banned in Italy over privacy concerns
Italy has become the first Western country to block advanced chatbot ChatGPT. The Italian data-protection authority said there were privacy concerns relating to the model, which was created by US start-up OpenAI and is backed by Microsoft. The regulator said it would ban and investigate OpenAI “with immediate effect”. Millions of people have used ChatGPT […]
