Tag: years

The appeal of a Russian girl
rekindles hopes for Denise,
missing for sixteen years

[GTranslate]MAZARA DEL VALLO (Trapani) – Sixteen years ago an Italian mother, Piera Maggio, denounced the disappearance of her four-year-old daughter: Denise Pipitone, who vanished into thin air while playing in front of her house in Mazara del Vallo, in the Trapani area, in Sicily. Today, the appeal of a Russian girl who is looking for her family rekindles hope: she is Olesya Rostova, 20 years old.

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Italian journalist Alessandra Galloni
first woman in 170 years
to lead the Reuters news agency

 

[GTranslate]LONDON – For the first time in its 170-year history, the British news agency Reuters will be led by a woman. Italian, to be precise. Alessandra Galloni (in the ‘tweet’ above), 47 years old, born in Rome: she will replace Stephen J. Adler who will retire in the next few days after leading the editorial office for the last ten years. (more…)

Covid-19 in Canada, 88.4% of victims is over 70 years old

[GTranslate]TORONTO – On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the rapid spread of Covid-19 a pandemic. A year later, with over 2.6 million deaths and 117 million cases worldwide, it is time to present a first, partial balance sheet, for a phenomenon that is still ongoing and represents a continuous threat, with the third wave also on the horizon in Canada and with the real risk represented by the variants of the virus. In Canada, according to data from Health Canada, a whole of 897,292 cases of Covid-19 have been recorded. The deaths ascertained by the health authorities attributed to the coronavirus in our country reached 22,286, most of them in Quebec – over 10,400 – and Ontario, over 7 thousand. (more…)