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Italians unhappy with Venus’ ‘virtual influencer’ …

People watch on a computer monitor the latest Italian Ministry of Tourism nine-million-euro campaign showing Botticelli's Venus depicted as a virtual influencer in Rome, Wednesday, May 3, 203. A nine-million-euro advertising campaign by Italy’s conservative government that has transformed “The Birth of Venus,” painted by Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli in Florence around 1485, into a virtual influencer has met with widespread derision. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Italy to miss World Cup again after loss

North Macedonia players celebrate as Italy players reacts after their team's elimination at the end of the World Cup qualifying play-off soccer match between Italy and North Macedonia, at Renzo Barbera stadium, in Palermo, Italy on March 24, 2022. North Macedonia won 1-0. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Italian court trims prison time for Bay Area men

Finnegan Lee Elder and his co-defendant Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, right, listen as the verdict is read in Rome on May 5, 2021, in the trial for the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer in Rome in summer 2019. (Gregorio Borgia/Associated Press)

Italian police allegedly urged death for Bay Area men …

Finnegan Lee Elder, right, shows a crucifix to co-defendant Gabriel Natale-Hjorth before a jury began deliberating their fate on May 5, 2021. (Gregorio Borgia/Associated Press)

Public health rules prompt protests in Austria, Italy, …

Demonstrators shout slogans and light flares during a demonstration against measures to battle the coronavirus pandemic in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021. Thousands of protesters are expected to gather in Vienna after the Austrian government announced a nationwide lockdown to contain the quickly rising coronavirus infections in the country. Banner reads: 'Controls the border. Not your people.' (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter)

Facebook hiring in Europe to build ‘metaverse’ that connects …

No stranger to battling pandemics, Venice, Italy opens …

Workers walk by a wall hiding the red carpet of the 78th edition of the Venice Film Festival from the view of the public at the Venice Lido, Italy on Aug. 30, 2021. (Domenico Stinellis/Associated Press)

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True Italian Taste returns to Los Angeles

Italy wins Euro 2020, beating England in penalty …

Italian team celebrates with the trophy after the Euro 2020 soccer final match between England and Italy at Wembley stadium in London, Sunday, July 11, 2021. (Catherine Ivill/Pool via AP)

G-7 leaders pledge to share COVID vaccine doses

President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson talk as they look over copies of the Atlantic Charter, during a bilateral meeting ahead of the G-7 summit, Thursday, June 10, 2021, in Carbis Bay, England.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

G-7 nations expected to pledge 1 billion COVID-19 …

President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson talk as they look over copies of the Atlantic Charter, during a bilateral meeting ahead of the G-7 summit, Thursday, June 10, 2021, in Carbis Bay, England.The Atlantic Charter is a copy of the original 1941 statement signed by FDR and Winston Churchill. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Cruise ships restart in Venice, Italy; protesters …

The the 92,409-ton, 16-deck MSC Orchestra cruise ship exits the lagoon as it leaves Venice, Italy, Saturday, June 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Italy investigators probe why cable car brake ‘didn’t …

Rescuers work by the wreckage of a cable car after it collapsed near the summit of the Stresa-Mottarone line in the Piedmont region, northern Italy, Sunday, May 23, 2021. (Vigili del Fuoco Firefighters via AP)

Italian cable car plunges to the ground, killing …

Rescuers work by the wreckage of a cable car after it collapsed near the summit of the Stresa-Mottarone line in the Piedmont region, northern Italy, Sunday, May 23, 2021. A mountaintop cable car plunged to the ground in northern Italy on Sunday, killing at least five people and sending at least three more to the hospital, authorities said. (Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico Piemontese via AP)