Milan explosion: Several vehicles in centre of Milan, Italy were on fire after a parked van carrying gas cylinders exploded on the streets, according to local reports. No further details of any death were reported.

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In Italy, thousands gathered in the city of Milan to protest against a move brought in by Giorgia Meloni's government. The measure restricts recognition of parental rights only to biological parents in families which have same-sex parents.

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In the Italian city of Milan, climate activists from the Last Generation movement have sprayed yellow paint on the statue of former Italian king, Victor Emmanuel II in the Duomo Square. @SaroyaHem brings you this report.

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<p>AC Milan progressed to the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time since 2012 as the Italian champions held out for a 0-0 draw at 10-man Tottenham to win 1-0 on aggregate.</p>

<p>A European elimination hot on the heels of an exit from the FA Cup means Tottenham's 15-year wait to win a trophy will extend for at least another season.</p>

<p>Antonio Conte's return to the touchline failed to inspire a response from his side as Tottenham were toothless in attack and had to play the final 12 minutes a man down as Cristian Romero was sent off for two bookable offences.</p>

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<p>Kick-off was delayed by 10 minutes after the later arrival of both sides due to traffic congestion, but it took far longer for the contest to get going.</p>

<p>Conte was back in charge after taking more time after the first leg to recover from gallbladder surgery.</p>

<p>The Italian was his usual animated self and was shown a yellow card by referee Clement Turpin for his protestations at a booking for Clement Lenglet.</p>

<p>However, his players lacked the same energy as Spurs failed to rise to the occasion.</p>

<p>Milan produced the one piece of imagination befitting of a Champions League knockout tie before the break as a well-worked free-kick found Junior Messias, but the Brazilian dragged his shot wide.</p>

<p>Spurs had lost four of their previous six games, including defeat to second-tier Sheffield United in the FA Cup.</p>

<p>The home support could not hide their frustration as the half-time whistle was met with a smattering of boos.</p>

<p>Conte was unable to provoke a response at the break as Spurs needed stand-in goalkeeper Fraser Forster to keep them in the tie.</p>

<p>Brahim Diaz scored the only goal of the first leg and his jinking run inside the Spurs box just lacked the finish as Forster's outstretched leg deflected the ball to safety.</p>

<p>Spurs at least forced Mike Maignan into a save 25 minutes from time as he tipped over Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg's strike.</p>

<p>Conte gambled by switching to a front four for the final 20 minutes with Richarlison joining Harry Kane, Dejan Kulusevski and Son Heung-min up front.</p>

<p>But there was still precious little service for Kane and hope of a Tottenham fightback disappeared with Romero.</p>

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<p>The Argentine often treads a fine line with his discipline and saw red for the third time in his Spurs career after lunging in on Theo Hernandez.</p>

<p>Kane came closest to an equaliser when his header from a Son free-kick was well saved by Maignan low to his right in stoppage time.</p>

<p>Milan should have made sure of victory on the night as well as on aggregate but Sandro Tonali wasted another glorious chance by going for goal himself with teammates in support before Divock Origi's effort came back off the inside of the post.</p>

<p>But it did not matter as the seven-time European champions held firm to end more than a decade of waiting to reach the last eight.&nbsp;</p>

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AC Milan progressed to the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time since 2012 as the Italian champions held out for a 0-0 draw at 10-man Tottenham to win 1-0 on aggregate.

AC Milan progressed to the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time since 2012 as the Italian champions held out for a 0-0 draw at 10-man Tottenham to win 1-0 on aggregate. A European elimination hot on the heels of an exit from the FA Cup means Tottenham's 15-year wait to win a trophy will extend for at least another season. Antonio Conte's return to the touchline failed to inspire a response from his side as Tottenham were toothless in attack and had to play the final 12 minutes a man down as Cristian Romero was sent off for two bookable offences. ALSO READ | Chelsea see off Dortmund to reach Champions League quarter-finals Kick-off was delayed by 10 minutes after the later arrival of both sides due to traffic congestion, but it took far longer for the contest to get going. Conte was back in charge after taking more time after the first leg to recover from gallbladder surgery. The Italian was his usual animated self and was shown a yellow card by referee Clement Turpin for his protestations at a booking for Clement Lenglet. However, his players lacked the same energy as Spurs failed to rise to the occasion. Milan produced the one piece of imagination befitting of a Champions League knockout tie before the break as a well-worked free-kick found Junior Messias, but the Brazilian dragged his shot wide. Spurs had lost four of their previous six games, including defeat to second-tier Sheffield United in the FA Cup. The home support could not hide their frustration as the half-time whistle was met with a smattering of boos. Conte was unable to provoke a response at the break as Spurs needed stand-in goalkeeper Fraser Forster to keep them in the tie. Brahim Diaz scored the only goal of the first leg and his jinking run inside the Spurs box just lacked the finish as Forster's outstretched leg deflected the ball to safety. Spurs at least forced Mike Maignan into a save 25 minutes from time as he tipped over Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg's strike. Conte gambled by switching to a front four for the final 20 minutes with Richarlison joining Harry Kane, Dejan Kulusevski and Son Heung-min up front. But there was still precious little service for Kane and hope of a Tottenham fightback disappeared with Romero. WATCH | UEFA blamed for security failure ahead of 2022 Champions League final The Argentine often treads a fine line with his discipline and saw red for the third time in his Spurs career after lunging in on Theo Hernandez. Kane came closest to an equaliser when his header from a Son free-kick was well saved by Maignan low to his right in stoppage time. Milan should have made sure of victory on the night as well as on aggregate but Sandro Tonali wasted another glorious chance by going for goal himself with teammates in support before Divock Origi's effort came back off the inside of the post. But it did not matter as the seven-time European champions held firm to end more than a decade of waiting to reach the last eight. You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here. WATCH WION LIVE HERE

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<p>The "Big Four," or the fashion capitals of the world, New York, London, Milan, and Paris, host the most prestigious fashion weeks. The most renowned fashion designers of the century are from these places, which has a beautiful fashion history. The four cities are regarded as the key centres for fashion in the twenty-first century. What can we expect from the upcoming seasons? Let's look at the official itinerary for fashion week in 2023.</p>

<p><strong>Here's the full Fashion Week 2023&nbsp;Schedule </strong></p>

<p>January 17 – 21: Berlin Fashion Week fall/winter 2023<br />
January 17 – 22: Paris Fashion Week men’s shows fall/winter 2023<br />
January 23 – 26: Paris Haute Couture Week fall/winter 2023<br />
January 31 – Feb 3: Copenhagen Fashion Week fall/winter 2023<br />
February 10 – 15: New York Fashion Week fall/winter 2023<br />
February 15 – 19: Madrid Fashion Week fall/winter 2023<br />
February 17 – 21: London Fashion Week fall/winter 2023<br />
February 21 – 27: Milan Fashion Week fall/winter 2023<br />
February 27 – March 7: Paris Fashion Week fall/winter 2023<br />
March 19 – 21: London Bridal Week<br />
March 24 – 26: Los Angeles Fashion Week<br />
April 19 – 23: Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week<br />
May 30 – June 4: Miami Fashion Week<br />
June 10 – 12: London Fashion Week, spring/summer 2024<br />
June 20 – 25: Paris Fashion Week men’s shows<br />
July 3 – 6: Paris Haute Couture Week<br />
August 30 – September 2: Amsterdam Fashion Week<br />
September 15 – 19, 2023: London Fashion Week, spring/summer 2024<br />
September 19 – 25, 2023: Milan Fashion Week, spring/summer 2024<br />
September 25 – October 3, 2023 – Paris Fashion Week, spring/summer 2024</p>

<h2><strong>Paris Fashion Week men’s shows schedule fall/winter 2023</strong></h2>

<p>Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter events are presented each year as part of Paris Fashion Week, a series of designer presentations held every two years in Paris, France. Paris Fashion Week men's, which at the time believed to be the year's trendiest fashion event, drew the fashion crowd to Paris in 2022. This year as well it is the most anticipated event of the year. Here is what is lined up for Paris Fashion Week.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Menswear from Tuesday, January 17 to Sunday, January 22, 2023</p>

<p>Haute Couture from Monday, January 23 to Thursday, January 26, 2023</p>

<p>Womenswear from Monday, February 27 to Tuesday, March 7, 2023</p>

<p>Menswear from Tuesday, June 20 to Sunday, June 25, 2023</p>

<p>Haute Couture from Monday, July 3 to Thursday, July 6, 2023</p>

<p>Womenswear from Monday, September 25 to Tuesday, October 3, 2023</p>

<h2><strong>New York Fashion Week schedule fall/winter 2023</strong></h2>

<p>International fashion collections are displayed to buyers, the media, and the general public at the semi-annual New York Fashion Week, which takes place in Manhattan in February and September of each year. American fashion shows are now spread out a little more evenly throughout the year than they once were. February 10–15, 2023 is when New York Fashion Week fall/winter 2023 will be held.</p>

<h2><strong>Milan Fashion Week schedule fall/winter 2023&nbsp;</strong></h2>

<p>Hotel reservations were made as soon as the dates for Milan Fashion Week in 2023, February 21–27, were made public. It will be a complete success with Prada, Valentino, Tod's, Moncler, Max Mara, and many more cutting-edge fashion businesses on schedule. One of the busiest weeks of the year, it is going to be full with swarms of people dashing from show to show in the fashion industry, cursing drivers, and heavy traffic. Hope it all adds to its appeal.</p>

<h2><strong>London Fashion Week schedule fall/winter 2023</strong></h2>

<p>The most unique fashion week of them all is without a doubt London Fashion Week, which runs from February 17–21, 2023. It's the week when up-and-coming designers get the attention they merit after being seen by influential members of the industry.</p>

<h2><strong>Berlin Fashion Week schedule fall/winter 2023</strong></h2>

<p>Berlin Fashion Week, which runs from January 17 to January 21, is the first event on the 2023 fashion week calendar. The subject Active Alliance for Positive Fashion touches with issues of innovation, sustainability, and the impact of many subcultures. The schedule will shortly be available.<br />
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The "Big Four," or the fashion capitals of the world, New York, London, Milan, and Paris, host the most prestigious fashion weeks. The most renowned fashion designers of the century are from these places, which has a beautiful fashion history.

The "Big Four," or the fashion capitals of the world, New York, London, Milan, and Paris, host the most prestigious fashion weeks. The most renowned fashion designers of the century are from these places, which has a beautiful fashion history. The four cities are regarded as the key centres for fashion in the twenty-first century. What can we expect from the upcoming seasons? Let's look at the official itinerary for fashion week in 2023. Here's the full Fashion Week 2023 Schedule January 17 – 21: Berlin Fashion Week fall/winter 2023 January 17 – 22: Paris Fashion Week men’s shows fall/winter 2023 January 23 – 26: Paris Haute Couture Week fall/winter 2023 January 31 – Feb 3: Copenhagen Fashion Week fall/winter 2023 February 10 – 15: New York Fashion Week fall/winter 2023 February 15 – 19: Madrid Fashion Week fall/winter 2023 February 17 – 21: London Fashion Week fall/winter 2023 February 21 – 27: Milan Fashion Week fall/winter 2023 February 27 – March 7: Paris Fashion Week fall/winter 2023 March 19 – 21: London Bridal Week March 24 – 26: Los Angeles Fashion Week April 19 – 23: Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week May 30 – June 4: Miami Fashion Week June 10 – 12: London Fashion Week, spring/summer 2024 June 20 – 25: Paris Fashion Week men’s shows July 3 – 6: Paris Haute Couture Week August 30 – September 2: Amsterdam Fashion Week September 15 – 19, 2023: London Fashion Week, spring/summer 2024 September 19 – 25, 2023: Milan Fashion Week, spring/summer 2024 September 25 – October 3, 2023 – Paris Fashion Week, spring/summer 2024 Paris Fashion Week men’s shows schedule fall/winter 2023 Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter events are presented each year as part of Paris Fashion Week, a series of designer presentations held every two years in Paris, France. Paris Fashion Week men's, which at the time believed to be the year's trendiest fashion event, drew the fashion crowd to Paris in 2022. This year as well it is the most anticipated event of the year. Here is what is lined up for Paris Fashion Week. Menswear from Tuesday, January 17 to Sunday, January 22, 2023 Haute Couture from Monday, January 23 to Thursday, January 26, 2023 Womenswear from Monday, February 27 to Tuesday, March 7, 2023 Menswear from Tuesday, June 20 to Sunday, June 25, 2023 Haute Couture from Monday, July 3 to Thursday, July 6, 2023 Womenswear from Monday, September 25 to Tuesday, October 3, 2023 New York Fashion Week schedule fall/winter 2023 International fashion collections are displayed to buyers, the media, and the general public at the semi-annual New York Fashion Week, which takes place in Manhattan in February and September of each year. American fashion shows are now spread out a little more evenly throughout the year than they once were. February 10–15, 2023 is when New York Fashion Week fall/winter 2023 will be held. Milan Fashion Week schedule fall/winter 2023 Hotel reservations were made as soon as the dates for Milan Fashion Week in 2023, February 21–27, were made public. It will be a complete success with Prada, Valentino, Tod's, Moncler, Max Mara, and many more cutting-edge fashion businesses on schedule. One of the busiest weeks of the year, it is going to be full with swarms of people dashing from show to show in the fashion industry, cursing drivers, and heavy traffic. Hope it all adds to its appeal. London Fashion Week schedule fall/winter 2023 The most unique fashion week of them all is without a doubt London Fashion Week, which runs from February 17–21, 2023. It's the week when up-and-coming designers get the attention they merit after being seen by influential members of the industry. Berlin Fashion Week schedule fall/winter 2023 Berlin Fashion Week, which runs from January 17 to January 21, is the first event on the 2023 fashion week calendar. The subject Active Alliance for Positive Fashion touches with issues of innovation, sustainability, and the impact of many subcultures. The schedule will shortly be available.

Fashion Week 2023 Schedule: Check dates of Paris, New York, Milan, London & other fashion events

<p>Arsenal defender Pablo Mari and five others were stabbed in a frenzied attack at a shopping centre near Milan, northern Italy.</p>

<p>One of the victims, who worked at the store, have reportedly succumbed to his injuries.</p>

<p>According to reports, the incident took place in a Carrefour near Milan at 5.30 pm on Thursday.</p>

<p>A 46-year-old man reportedly entered a store, took a knife that was placed on the shelves, and started stabbing people. The attacker was later stopped by the customers who were successful in overpowering him.</p>

<p>Police have arrested the man and taken him into custody. They are yet to determine the cause of the attack. The Italian media reported that the attacker had been mentally unstable for long.</p>

<p>All of the victims have been taken to hospital. Mari is said to have sustained minor injuries in the back while three others are in serious condition.</p>

<p>Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said Mari "seems to be ok". "He is in hospital. I will get a briefing now about what happened."</p>

<p>Arsenal issued a club statement on Thursday night, saying, "We are all shocked to hear the dreadful news about the stabbing in Italy, which has put a number of people in hospital including our on-loan centre-back Pablo Mari.</p>

<p>"We have been in contact with Pablo's agent who has told us he's in hospital and is not seriously hurt.</p>

<p>"Our thoughts are with Pablo and the other victims of this dreadful incident."</p>

<p>In a tweet, Monza CEO Adriano Galliani said, "Dear Pablo, we are all here close to you and your family, we love you, keep fighting as you know how to do, you are a warrior and you will get well soon."</p>

<p>The 29-year-old Spaniard is currently on loan with Italian club Monza. He joined Arsenal from Brazilian side Flamengo in January 2020.</p>

<p>He has only played 19 times for the Gunners and has made eight Serie A appearances this season.</p>

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Arsenal defender Pablo Mari and five others were stabbed in a frenzied attack at a shopping centre near Milan, northern Italy. One of the victims, who worked at the store, have reportedly succumbed to his injuries.

Arsenal defender Pablo Mari and five others were stabbed in a frenzied attack at a shopping centre near Milan, northern Italy. One of the victims, who worked at the store, have reportedly succumbed to his injuries. According to reports, the incident took place in a Carrefour near Milan at 5.30 pm on Thursday. A 46-year-old man reportedly entered a store, took a knife that was placed on the shelves, and started stabbing people. The attacker was later stopped by the customers who were successful in overpowering him. Police have arrested the man and taken him into custody. They are yet to determine the cause of the attack. The Italian media reported that the attacker had been mentally unstable for long. All of the victims have been taken to hospital. Mari is said to have sustained minor injuries in the back while three others are in serious condition. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said Mari "seems to be ok". "He is in hospital. I will get a briefing now about what happened." Arsenal issued a club statement on Thursday night, saying, "We are all shocked to hear the dreadful news about the stabbing in Italy, which has put a number of people in hospital including our on-loan centre-back Pablo Mari. "We have been in contact with Pablo's agent who has told us he's in hospital and is not seriously hurt. "Our thoughts are with Pablo and the other victims of this dreadful incident." In a tweet, Monza CEO Adriano Galliani said, "Dear Pablo, we are all here close to you and your family, we love you, keep fighting as you know how to do, you are a warrior and you will get well soon." The 29-year-old Spaniard is currently on loan with Italian club Monza. He joined Arsenal from Brazilian side Flamengo in January 2020. He has only played 19 times for the Gunners and has made eight Serie A appearances this season. (With inputs from agencies) WATCH WION LIVE HERE:

Arsenal defender Pablo Mari among five stabbed at Italian supermarket, one dead

Temperatures in Europe are the highest that they have ever been. In the last week more than 200 monthly temperature records were broken across France. In Milan, authorities are turning off public fountains amid warnings of daytime water rationing as Italy battles one of its worst droughts in decades.

Italy's heat wave to get worse

<p>Rihanna continues to slay with her maternity fashion!&nbsp;<br />
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Taking the fashion game a notch higher, parents-to-be A$AP Rocky and Rihanna stepped out and attended Milan Fashion week in all styles.&nbsp;<br />
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The couple, who are expecting their first child together, sat in the front row at Gucci’s Fall 2022 show on Friday 25 February.</p>

<p><a href="http://13.235.153.162/photos/birthday-special-rihanna-and-her-next-level-maternity-fashion-see-pics-454642" hreflang="en">Rihanna and her next level maternity fashion, see pics</a></p>

<p>Rihanna showed off her growing baby bump in a short leather crop top with dragon-printed black pants and was carrying a fluffy lavender coat with her black look.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Talking about her accessories, Riri was wearing a Cleopatra-style mirror glass headpiece and matched it with several necklaces.<br />
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Daddy-to-be A$AP also opted for an all-black look with mustard ski gloves and was also carrying a large Gucci suitcase.<br />
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Ever since she announced her pregnancy, Rihanna is continuously giving out some serious maternity looks. In an interview, she revealed how fashion helps her feel most confident these days. "Right now, being pregnant, some days you just feel like, 'Ugh, I just want to lay here on this couch all day.' But when you put on a little face and a little lipstick, you transform," she shared.<br />
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"You put some clothes on, and it's like, when you look good, you feel good," Rihanna continued. "I've heard that for a very long time, but it's true. It really can get you up off that couch and make you feel like a bad bitch."</p>

<p>Rihanna revealed last month that she's<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/rihanna-is-pregnant-expecting-her-first-child-with-beau-aap-rocky-449299">&nbsp;expecting&nbsp;</a>her first child with boyfriend A$AP Rocky. The couple has been dating since November 2020.</p>

<p>Milan Fashion Week ends Monday.&nbsp;</p>


Rihanna continues to slay with her maternity fashion! Taking the fashion game a notch higher, parents-to-be A$AP Rocky and Rihanna stepped out and attended Milan Fashion week in all styles.

Rihanna continues to slay with her maternity fashion! Taking the fashion game a notch higher, parents-to-be A$AP Rocky and Rihanna stepped out and attended Milan Fashion week in all styles. The couple, who are expecting their first child together, sat in the front row at Gucci’s Fall 2022 show on Friday 25 February. Rihanna and her next level maternity fashion, see pics Rihanna showed off her growing baby bump in a short leather crop top with dragon-printed black pants and was carrying a fluffy lavender coat with her black look. View this post on Instagram A post shared by R&B • RNB • SOUL • FUNK (@rnbmusic) × Talking about her accessories, Riri was wearing a Cleopatra-style mirror glass headpiece and matched it with several necklaces. Daddy-to-be A$AP also opted for an all-black look with mustard ski gloves and was also carrying a large Gucci suitcase. Ever since she announced her pregnancy, Rihanna is continuously giving out some serious maternity looks. In an interview, she revealed how fashion helps her feel most confident these days. "Right now, being pregnant, some days you just feel like, 'Ugh, I just want to lay here on this couch all day.' But when you put on a little face and a little lipstick, you transform," she shared. "You put some clothes on, and it's like, when you look good, you feel good," Rihanna continued. "I've heard that for a very long time, but it's true. It really can get you up off that couch and make you feel like a bad bitch." Rihanna revealed last month that she's expecting her first child with boyfriend A$AP Rocky. The couple has been dating since November 2020. Milan Fashion Week ends Monday.

Pregnant Rihanna turns heads with her ravishing look at Milan

As the curtains would roll at the classic La Scala opera house in Milan history was made. For the first time in over two and a half centuries a woman conducted the opera at the venue. Watch this report for more.

For first time in two & half centuries woman conducts opera in La Scala opera house, Milan

<p>Canadian singer Bryan Adams said on Thursday he had tested positive for COVID-19 after flying into Italy and was going to hospital.<br />
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Adams, who is also a photographer, came to Milan to promote Pirelli`s 2022 calendar, which he had shot.<br />
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"Here I am, just arrived in Milano and I've tested positive for the second time in a month for Covid. So it`s off to hospital for me," he said in a post on Instagram, showing a photo of himself wearing a mask, sat behind a table.</p>

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<p>"Thanks for all your support," he said.<br />
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Adams wrote in a post-dated Oct. 31 that he had had COVID, but had not suffered any symptoms. He subsequently performed concerts in Las Vegas before heading to Italy.</p>


Canadian singer Bryan Adams said on Thursday he had tested positive for COVID-19 after flying into Italy and was going to hospital. Adams, who is also a photographer, came to Milan to promote Pirelli`s 2022 calendar, which he had shot.

Canadian singer Bryan Adams said on Thursday he had tested positive for COVID-19 after flying into Italy and was going to hospital. Adams, who is also a photographer, came to Milan to promote Pirelli`s 2022 calendar, which he had shot. "Here I am, just arrived in Milano and I've tested positive for the second time in a month for Covid. So it`s off to hospital for me," he said in a post on Instagram, showing a photo of himself wearing a mask, sat behind a table. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bryan Adams (@bryanadams) × "Thanks for all your support," he said. Adams wrote in a post-dated Oct. 31 that he had had COVID, but had not suffered any symptoms. He subsequently performed concerts in Las Vegas before heading to Italy.

Canadian singer Bryan Adams tests positive for COVID 19 after flying to Italy

<p title="title">There are no boundaries when it comes to fashion. Now men are equally comfortable in wearing cloths that come with a tag of 'only for women'. Proving how clothes are no longer defined by gender, Pushpak Sen, who hails from the east Indian city of Kolkata has created waves with his latest photoshoot.&nbsp;<br />
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Sen, a student of fashion marketing and communication, has grabbed the limelight with his Milan photoshoot, which has become the internet's new obsession. &nbsp;</p>

<p title="title"><strong>In pics:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/photos/love-breakups-parenthood-look-back-at-gigi-hadid-zayn-maliks-onoff-relationship-424965" hreflang="en">Love, breakups &amp; parenthood: Look back at Gigi Hadid &amp; Zayn Malik's on/off relationship</a></p>

<p title="title">Pushpak recently made the headline for his out of box photo shoot&nbsp;on the streets of one of the world's major fashion hubs, Milan.&nbsp;<br />
In the picture, he is wearing a black saree with a coat draped on it. He completed his viral look with a bold red bindi, cool sunglasses and white sneakers.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>"Being a man in a saree would take me nowhere they said. Guess who's walking in it on the streets of one of the major fashion capitals of the world?" Pushpak wrote while sharing the photos.<br />
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The pictures are doing rounds on social media and have garnered many reactions and tons of appreciative comments from netizens. Responding to the post, a user commented, "You really drape your sari very well. Stay blessed and enjoy what you do." Another added, "Slaying."</p>

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<p>This isn’t the first time when he's 'slaying' with his saree looks.</p>

<p>Earlier, he went viral for his stunning photoshoot wearing a bindi and a saree.&nbsp;</p>


There are no boundaries when it comes to fashion. Now men are equally comfortable in wearing cloths that come with a tag of 'only for women'. Proving how clothes are no longer defined by gender, Pushpak Sen, who hails from the east Indian city of Kolkata has created waves with his latest photoshoot.

There are no boundaries when it comes to fashion. Now men are equally comfortable in wearing cloths that come with a tag of 'only for women'. Proving how clothes are no longer defined by gender, Pushpak Sen, who hails from the east Indian city of Kolkata has created waves with his latest photoshoot. Sen, a student of fashion marketing and communication, has grabbed the limelight with his Milan photoshoot, which has become the internet's new obsession. In pics: Love, breakups & parenthood: Look back at Gigi Hadid & Zayn Malik's on/off relationship Pushpak recently made the headline for his out of box photo shoot on the streets of one of the world's major fashion hubs, Milan. In the picture, he is wearing a black saree with a coat draped on it. He completed his viral look with a bold red bindi, cool sunglasses and white sneakers. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pushpak Sen (@thebongmunda) × "Being a man in a saree would take me nowhere they said. Guess who's walking in it on the streets of one of the major fashion capitals of the world?" Pushpak wrote while sharing the photos. The pictures are doing rounds on social media and have garnered many reactions and tons of appreciative comments from netizens. Responding to the post, a user commented, "You really drape your sari very well. Stay blessed and enjoy what you do." Another added, "Slaying." View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pushpak Sen (@thebongmunda) × This isn’t the first time when he's 'slaying' with his saree looks. Earlier, he went viral for his stunning photoshoot wearing a bindi and a saree.

Smashing gender stereotypes! This Indian man is going viral for wearing saree & bindi in Milan

<p>A private plane crashed into an empty building on the outskirts of Milan, northern Italy, on Sunday, killing all eight people on board, reveals police.&nbsp;</p>

<p>As per the officials, the aeroplane had taken off from Milan's Linate city airport and was heading for the island of Sardinia. The crash occurred just outside a suburban metro station.</p>

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🔹 The crash occurred just outside a suburban metro station.<br />
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<p>People in the area could hear a blast when the plane collided with the two-storey building. The building was empty at the time as it was being renovated.</p>

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<p>"I heard the sound of an aeroplane above me, as if the plane was shutting down its engine", San Donato resident Giuseppe told Reuters.</p>

<p>"Then I heard a very loud explosion, the windows of our house started to shake so I opened the window and saw a huge cloud of smoke rising into the sky", he added.</p>

<p>Witnesses told that vehicles parked along the street caught fire. However, no casualties have been reported so far.</p>


A private plane crashed into an empty building on the outskirts of Milan, northern Italy, on Sunday, killing all eight people on board, reveals police. As per the officials, the aeroplane had taken off from Milan's Linate city airport and was heading for the island of Sardinia.

A private plane crashed into an empty building on the outskirts of Milan, northern Italy, on Sunday, killing all eight people on board, reveals police. As per the officials, the aeroplane had taken off from Milan's Linate city airport and was heading for the island of Sardinia. The crash occurred just outside a suburban metro station. 🇮🇹✈️💥 A small private plane crashed into an empty building on the outskirts of Milan, northern Italy, on Sunday, killing all eight people onboard, police said. 🔹 The crash occurred just outside a suburban metro station. via @PiQSuite https://t.co/LKXPkdfCbN pic.twitter.com/6sDzaRzugx — PiQ (@PriapusIQ) October 3, 2021 × People in the area could hear a blast when the plane collided with the two-storey building. The building was empty at the time as it was being renovated. Also read | New fissures erupt in Canary Islands volcano "I heard the sound of an aeroplane above me, as if the plane was shutting down its engine", San Donato resident Giuseppe told Reuters. "Then I heard a very loud explosion, the windows of our house started to shake so I opened the window and saw a huge cloud of smoke rising into the sky", he added. Witnesses told that vehicles parked along the street caught fire. However, no casualties have been reported so far.

Plane crashes into building near Milan, eight people killed so far

Climate change has taken centrestage these days. After natural disasters hit the world badly in 2020, an exhibition has been organised by climate activists in Milan and Italy to spark conversation about the climate crisis.

Exhibition uses art as means to spark conversation on climate change

<p>Prada deconstructed dresses at Milan Fashion Week on Friday, using elements including trains and corsets in a spring collection that explored seduction through clothes.<br />
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Co-creative directors Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons, who joined the Milan-based, Hong Kong-listed luxury group last year, added silk trains on miniskirts, put corset lacing on the front of jackets and mimicked brassiere cups on knitwear.</p>

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The spring/summer 2022 collection, called "Seduction, stripped down," also featured long back-baring dresses in pink, lime and tangerine that was cinched at the waist.<br />
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Short dresses were also slit behind and had trains while biker jackets were given a worn look and paired with the brightly coloured miniskirts.<br />
"We thought of words like elegant - but this feels so old-fashioned. Really, it’s about a language of seduction that always leads back to the body," Prada said in a statement.<br />
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"Using these ideas, these references to historical pieces, this collection is an investigation of what they mean today, what seduction means."<br />
For accessories, there were belted armbands and pointy slingback shoes in bright colours.</p>

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Like New York and London, Milan Fashion Week is hosting both in-person shows and digital presentations this season following virtual editions in February due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<br />
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"I strongly disagree with the idea of a return to ‘normal’ - we must draw lessons from this moment. We have learned that we, in fashion, engage with a much wider world," Prada said.</p>

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Prada held simultaneous shows in Milan and Shanghai, live streaming both. "Doing these shows simultaneously demonstrates a new possibility: that a Prada show can happen anywhere," Simons said. "It’s about sharing - not just sharing imagery, not just sharing through technology but sharing a physical event."<br />
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Singer Dua Lipa opened and closed the Versace show, which built on the fashion`s house`s printed silk scarf, or foulard.<br />
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Designer Donatella Versace transformed the scarf into lining for dress slits and asymmetric hems, jacket sleeves, shirts, trouser flares and knotted headscarves.<br />
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The line featured latex dresses and shiny miniskirts in neon colours. Some designs bore large safety pins. For men, there was casual wear, loose suits and relaxed printed shirts.<br />
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"The foulard is a fundamental component of Versace`s heritage and character," Versace said in show notes. "...This season (it) turns everything on its head, it is no longer fluid or dreamy, the scarf is provocative, sexy, wound tight."</p>


Prada deconstructed dresses at Milan Fashion Week on Friday, using elements including trains and corsets in a spring collection that explored seduction through clothes.

Prada deconstructed dresses at Milan Fashion Week on Friday, using elements including trains and corsets in a spring collection that explored seduction through clothes. Co-creative directors Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons, who joined the Milan-based, Hong Kong-listed luxury group last year, added silk trains on miniskirts, put corset lacing on the front of jackets and mimicked brassiere cups on knitwear. Gucci to Saint Laurent: Luxury fashion brands that are vegan, eco-friendly and anti-fur The spring/summer 2022 collection, called "Seduction, stripped down," also featured long back-baring dresses in pink, lime and tangerine that was cinched at the waist. Short dresses were also slit behind and had trains while biker jackets were given a worn look and paired with the brightly coloured miniskirts. "We thought of words like elegant - but this feels so old-fashioned. Really, it’s about a language of seduction that always leads back to the body," Prada said in a statement. "Using these ideas, these references to historical pieces, this collection is an investigation of what they mean today, what seduction means." For accessories, there were belted armbands and pointy slingback shoes in bright colours. French fashion brand Saint Laurent goes fur-free Like New York and London, Milan Fashion Week is hosting both in-person shows and digital presentations this season following virtual editions in February due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "I strongly disagree with the idea of a return to ‘normal’ - we must draw lessons from this moment. We have learned that we, in fashion, engage with a much wider world," Prada said. After Met Gala, Sudha Reddy makes it to Times Square billboard in NYC Prada held simultaneous shows in Milan and Shanghai, live streaming both. "Doing these shows simultaneously demonstrates a new possibility: that a Prada show can happen anywhere," Simons said. "It’s about sharing - not just sharing imagery, not just sharing through technology but sharing a physical event." Singer Dua Lipa opened and closed the Versace show, which built on the fashion`s house`s printed silk scarf, or foulard. Designer Donatella Versace transformed the scarf into lining for dress slits and asymmetric hems, jacket sleeves, shirts, trouser flares and knotted headscarves. The line featured latex dresses and shiny miniskirts in neon colours. Some designs bore large safety pins. For men, there was casual wear, loose suits and relaxed printed shirts. "The foulard is a fundamental component of Versace`s heritage and character," Versace said in show notes. "...This season (it) turns everything on its head, it is no longer fluid or dreamy, the scarf is provocative, sexy, wound tight."

Prada strips dresses back, foulard inspires Versace in Milan

<p>There was disco fever on the Milan catwalks Wednesday as Fendi kicked off the first fashion week for almost 18 months with predominantly live audiences.</p>

<p>Coronavirus restrictions meant a reduced guest list, but photographers still gathered outside to get a glimpse of stars including Vogue legend Anna Wintour and influencer Chiara Ferragni.</p>

<p>"It is difficult not to get excited," said Fendi chief Serge Brunschwig.</p>

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<p>"It's the first time in 18 months that we have the public back, with the feeling of something like a return to normal."&nbsp;</p>

<p>Fendi is not alone -- from Prada to Versace, Dolce &amp; Gabbana, Missoni, Ferragamo and Etro, almost all the big fashion houses have opted for in-person shows for the spring/summer of 2022 women's collections in Milan.</p>

<p>Out of 65 catwalk shows over the next five days, 43 will have a physical audience, as well 77 out of the 98 presentations -- and many of the parties are back.</p>

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<p>Covid-19 still made its presence felt. Guests have to show proof of vaccination or a negative test and wear masks.</p>

<p>- Disco vibe -</p>

<p>But at Fendi, the atmosphere was pure 1970s disco, with a soundtrack of Diana Ross and Chic and looks and attitudes reminiscent of Grace Jones and Jerry Hall.</p>

<p>There were immaculate white silhouettes, including wide trouser suits, on which designs by renowned fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez gradually encroached on the collection.</p>

<p>Artistic director Kim Jones was inspired by a hand-drawn Fendi logo by Lopez that he found in the archives.</p>

<p>"Lopez was a friend of Karl Lagerfeld and has always been someone who inspired me," Jones said in the show notes.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"He was avant-garde, inclusive, admired by everyone, from Andy Warhol to Steven Meisel and David Hockney. I wanted to introduce him to a new generation."</p>

<p>Lopez' brushstrokes appeared on kaftans, silk blouses and bags, while figurative designs with the faces of women became coloured motifs on leather or lace.</p>

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<p>- 'Moment of rebirth' -</p>

<p>Elsewhere in Milan, Roberto Cavalli is back, under new artistic director Fausto Puglisi, while MM6 Maison Margiela and Luisa Spagnoli have shown for the first time.</p>

<p>Gucci is not on the catwalk schedule in Milan but will unveil a new project entitled The Vault, while Giorgio Armani celebrates 40 years of his Emporio line with a retrospective exhibition.</p>

<p>Italy was the first European country to face a wave of coronavirus cases in February 2020, sparking a nationwide lockdown that plunged the eurozone's third-largest economy into recession.</p>

<p>But a successful vaccination campaign has brought hopes of a return to some kind of normality -- and economic growth.</p>

<p>Carlo Ferro, president of the Italian Trade Agency, said the resumption of physical events in Milan "shows the courage of the organisers, the tenacity of the companies and the support of Italian industry".</p>

<p>The numbers on the Italian fashion industry -- including the textile, clothing, leather, shoe and leather goods sectors -- are encouraging.</p>

<p>Turnover in the first quarter of 2021 was up 24 per cent compared to the same period in 2020.</p>

<p>That is still 15 percent lower than before the pandemic, but industry players are hoping a sharp increase in orders will make up some of the difference by year-end.</p>

<p>The collections this week "mark a moment of rebirth", said Carlo Capasa chairman of Italy's national fashion chamber, the CNMI.</p>


There was disco fever on the Milan catwalks Wednesday as Fendi kicked off the first fashion week for almost 18 months with predominantly live audiences. Coronavirus restrictions meant a reduced guest list, but photographers still gathered outside to get a glimpse of stars including Vogue legend Anna Wintour and influencer Chiara Ferragni.

There was disco fever on the Milan catwalks Wednesday as Fendi kicked off the first fashion week for almost 18 months with predominantly live audiences. Coronavirus restrictions meant a reduced guest list, but photographers still gathered outside to get a glimpse of stars including Vogue legend Anna Wintour and influencer Chiara Ferragni. "It is difficult not to get excited," said Fendi chief Serge Brunschwig. Johnny Depp decries 'cancel culture' before receiving San Sebastian's top prize "It's the first time in 18 months that we have the public back, with the feeling of something like a return to normal." Fendi is not alone -- from Prada to Versace, Dolce & Gabbana, Missoni, Ferragamo and Etro, almost all the big fashion houses have opted for in-person shows for the spring/summer of 2022 women's collections in Milan. Out of 65 catwalk shows over the next five days, 43 will have a physical audience, as well 77 out of the 98 presentations -- and many of the parties are back. James Corden slammed for calling BTS Army '15-year-old girls', deletes video Covid-19 still made its presence felt. Guests have to show proof of vaccination or a negative test and wear masks. - Disco vibe - But at Fendi, the atmosphere was pure 1970s disco, with a soundtrack of Diana Ross and Chic and looks and attitudes reminiscent of Grace Jones and Jerry Hall. There were immaculate white silhouettes, including wide trouser suits, on which designs by renowned fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez gradually encroached on the collection. Artistic director Kim Jones was inspired by a hand-drawn Fendi logo by Lopez that he found in the archives. "Lopez was a friend of Karl Lagerfeld and has always been someone who inspired me," Jones said in the show notes. "He was avant-garde, inclusive, admired by everyone, from Andy Warhol to Steven Meisel and David Hockney. I wanted to introduce him to a new generation." Lopez' brushstrokes appeared on kaftans, silk blouses and bags, while figurative designs with the faces of women became coloured motifs on leather or lace. Prosecution details R. Kelly sex crime 'universe' in closing arguments - 'Moment of rebirth' - Elsewhere in Milan, Roberto Cavalli is back, under new artistic director Fausto Puglisi, while MM6 Maison Margiela and Luisa Spagnoli have shown for the first time. Gucci is not on the catwalk schedule in Milan but will unveil a new project entitled The Vault, while Giorgio Armani celebrates 40 years of his Emporio line with a retrospective exhibition. Italy was the first European country to face a wave of coronavirus cases in February 2020, sparking a nationwide lockdown that plunged the eurozone's third-largest economy into recession. But a successful vaccination campaign has brought hopes of a return to some kind of normality -- and economic growth. Carlo Ferro, president of the Italian Trade Agency, said the resumption of physical events in Milan "shows the courage of the organisers, the tenacity of the companies and the support of Italian industry". The numbers on the Italian fashion industry -- including the textile, clothing, leather, shoe and leather goods sectors -- are encouraging. Turnover in the first quarter of 2021 was up 24 per cent compared to the same period in 2020. That is still 15 percent lower than before the pandemic, but industry players are hoping a sharp increase in orders will make up some of the difference by year-end. The collections this week "mark a moment of rebirth", said Carlo Capasa chairman of Italy's national fashion chamber, the CNMI.

Disco and live audiences in Milan as Italy fashion seeks 'rebirth'

<p>Fire ripped through a 20-storey residential building in&nbsp;Milan, northern Italy, on Sunday, leaving rescue workers scrambling to make sure no one had been caught in the spectacular flames and thick smoke.</p>

<p>The blaze started on the upper floors of the tower on the southern outskirts of the capital of the Lombardy region.</p>

<p>"The flames then spread to the lower levels," causing thick smoke, the fire services said on a Twitter account.</p>

<p>Residents of the building which houses around 70 families were being contacted but no one had so far been identified as missing, they added.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>"The firemen are going from apartment to apartment, knocking down doors to make sure no one remains inside,"&nbsp;Milan&nbsp;mayor Giuseppe Sala told the Corriere della Sera newspaper.</p>

<p>"But we are optimistic because people had time to get out," he added.</p>

<p>The daily said about 20 residents suffered slight smoke inhalation.</p>

<p>Dozens of ambulances and fire engines were at the scene.</p>


Fire ripped through a 20-storey residential building in Milan, northern Italy, on Sunday, leaving rescue workers scrambling to make sure no one had been caught in the spectacular flames and thick smoke.

Fire ripped through a 20-storey residential building in Milan, northern Italy, on Sunday, leaving rescue workers scrambling to make sure no one had been caught in the spectacular flames and thick smoke. The blaze started on the upper floors of the tower on the southern outskirts of the capital of the Lombardy region. "The flames then spread to the lower levels," causing thick smoke, the fire services said on a Twitter account. Residents of the building which houses around 70 families were being contacted but no one had so far been identified as missing, they added. Also read | North Korea appears to have restarted nuclear reactor: UN agency "The firemen are going from apartment to apartment, knocking down doors to make sure no one remains inside," Milan mayor Giuseppe Sala told the Corriere della Sera newspaper. "But we are optimistic because people had time to get out," he added. The daily said about 20 residents suffered slight smoke inhalation. Dozens of ambulances and fire engines were at the scene.

Milan tower block goes up in flames

<p>Juventus started the season looking to win a 10th straight Serie A title but instead find themselves in danger of missing out on a Champions League spot after a 3-0 home defeat by top-four rivals AC Milan on Sunday left them fifth with three games left.</p>

<p>Goals from Brahim Diaz, Ante Rebic, and Fikayo Tomori secured the win and sent Milan up to third on 72 points from 35 matches, leaving Juve a point behind fourth-placed Napoli and needing teams to drop points as they battle for a top-four finish.</p>

<p>Brahim curled home a stunning opener just before the break to give the visitors the halftime lead and they had a chance to extend the advantage in the 56th minute only for Franck Kessie's penalty to be saved by Wojciech Szczesny.</p>

<p>That miss did not prove costly, however, as substitute Rebic arrowed a fine strike into the net 12 minutes from time before defender Tomori, on loan from Chelsea, headed the third goal to seal a crucial win for Milan four minutes later.</p>

<p>"It was a very special night for us," Tomori told Sky Sport Italia. "This result and my goal made the night special.</p>

<p>"This victory gives us an advantage but nothing has been decided yet in the top-four race. Now we have to continue like this and stay focused for the next match against Torino."</p>

<p>Used to battling it out for the Scudetto in the past, Juve and Milan looked like two teams who were unsure of a top-four finish in a nervous first half.</p>

<p>Other than a header from Giorgio Chiellini, Juve struggled to create anything, with Cristiano Ronaldo unusually quiet.</p>

<p>Brahim lit up a poor first half after Szczesny did not get enough on a punch, with the Real Madrid loanee finding the top corner on his first start for Milan since March.</p>

<p>After the break, Juve did improve, with Ronaldo finally getting a shot away, but he could not find the target with his left foot, while Milan had to withdraw their top goalscorer this season, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, due to an injury.</p>

<p>Chiellini's clumsy handball gifted Milan the chance to extend their lead, after a lengthy VAR review. However, Szczesny came to the rescue - the Pole's third penalty save from the last four spot-kicks he has faced in Serie A against Milan.</p>

<p>It was Ibrahimovic's replacement Rebic who effectively ended Juve's hopes of getting something from the match before Tomori picked an opportune moment to score his first goal for Milan.</p>

<p>The final whistle was greeted with wild scenes of celebration from Milan staff and players, with their first away league win at Juve since March 2011 putting them in a strong position to return to the Champions League, potentially at their opponent's expense.</p>


Juventus started the season looking to win a 10th straight Serie A title but instead find themselves in danger of missing out on a Champions League spot after a 3-0 home defeat by top-four rivals AC Milan on Sunday left them fifth with three games left.

Juventus started the season looking to win a 10th straight Serie A title but instead find themselves in danger of missing out on a Champions League spot after a 3-0 home defeat by top-four rivals AC Milan on Sunday left them fifth with three games left. Goals from Brahim Diaz, Ante Rebic, and Fikayo Tomori secured the win and sent Milan up to third on 72 points from 35 matches, leaving Juve a point behind fourth-placed Napoli and needing teams to drop points as they battle for a top-four finish. Brahim curled home a stunning opener just before the break to give the visitors the halftime lead and they had a chance to extend the advantage in the 56th minute only for Franck Kessie's penalty to be saved by Wojciech Szczesny. That miss did not prove costly, however, as substitute Rebic arrowed a fine strike into the net 12 minutes from time before defender Tomori, on loan from Chelsea, headed the third goal to seal a crucial win for Milan four minutes later. "It was a very special night for us," Tomori told Sky Sport Italia. "This result and my goal made the night special. "This victory gives us an advantage but nothing has been decided yet in the top-four race. Now we have to continue like this and stay focused for the next match against Torino." Used to battling it out for the Scudetto in the past, Juve and Milan looked like two teams who were unsure of a top-four finish in a nervous first half. Other than a header from Giorgio Chiellini, Juve struggled to create anything, with Cristiano Ronaldo unusually quiet. Brahim lit up a poor first half after Szczesny did not get enough on a punch, with the Real Madrid loanee finding the top corner on his first start for Milan since March. After the break, Juve did improve, with Ronaldo finally getting a shot away, but he could not find the target with his left foot, while Milan had to withdraw their top goalscorer this season, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, due to an injury. Chiellini's clumsy handball gifted Milan the chance to extend their lead, after a lengthy VAR review. However, Szczesny came to the rescue - the Pole's third penalty save from the last four spot-kicks he has faced in Serie A against Milan. It was Ibrahimovic's replacement Rebic who effectively ended Juve's hopes of getting something from the match before Tomori picked an opportune moment to score his first goal for Milan. The final whistle was greeted with wild scenes of celebration from Milan staff and players, with their first away league win at Juve since March 2011 putting them in a strong position to return to the Champions League, potentially at their opponent's expense.

Juventus in danger of missing out on top four after loss to Milan

Giorgio Armani paid tribute to Milan in his haute couture collection, unveiled without an audience on Tuesday (January 26) at the Palazzo Orsini.

Armani pays tribute to Milanese elegance in cloistered couture show

<p>Inter Milan`s eight-match winning run in Serie A came to an end as two of their former players, Antonio Candreva and Keita Balde Diao, struck to give Sampdoria a shock 2-1 win in Genoa on Wednesday.<br />
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Candreva converted from the penalty spot before Keita guided home a finish to give the hosts a two-goal lead at the interval, and a Stefan De Vrij header was all Inter could muster in response.<br />
<br />
Alexis Sanchez had a penalty saved by Emil Audero early on but Inter struggled to threaten in the absence of striker Romelu Lukaku, who was only fit enough to feature for the final half hour and couldn`t inspire a comeback.<br />
<br />
It meant Antonio Conte’s side squandered the chance to go top of the table ahead of AC Milan, who play Juventus later on Wednesday.<br />
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Inter remain in second place on 36 points, one behind their city rivals, while Sampdoria are 11th on 20 points.</p>


Inter Milan`s eight-match winning run in Serie A came to an end as two of their former players, Antonio Candreva and Keita Balde Diao, struck to give Sampdoria a shock 2-1 win in Genoa on Wednesday.

Inter Milan`s eight-match winning run in Serie A came to an end as two of their former players, Antonio Candreva and Keita Balde Diao, struck to give Sampdoria a shock 2-1 win in Genoa on Wednesday. Candreva converted from the penalty spot before Keita guided home a finish to give the hosts a two-goal lead at the interval, and a Stefan De Vrij header was all Inter could muster in response. Alexis Sanchez had a penalty saved by Emil Audero early on but Inter struggled to threaten in the absence of striker Romelu Lukaku, who was only fit enough to feature for the final half hour and couldn`t inspire a comeback. It meant Antonio Conte’s side squandered the chance to go top of the table ahead of AC Milan, who play Juventus later on Wednesday. Inter remain in second place on 36 points, one behind their city rivals, while Sampdoria are 11th on 20 points.

Inter Milan winning run ends with shock Sampdoria defeat

The crystalline silence of snow was felt in Milan as snow hit overnight and in the early hours of the morning, leaving a white layer covering the financial hub and bringing a Christmassy feel to the iconic Duomo square by the cathedral.

Heavy snowfall blankets the city of Milan

<p>Inter Milan scored three times in the last 15 minutes as they came from behind to win 3-1 at Cagliari in a dramatic Serie A match on Sunday.<br />
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Inter, knocked out of the Champions League on Wednesday after finishing bottom of their group, missed a flurry of chances in the first half hour, and Riccardo Sottil made them pay when he volleyed midtable Cagliari ahead in the 42nd minute.<br />
<br />
The visitors lost their way after the break but levelled out of the blue when Nicolo Barella volleyed home against his old club in the 77th minute before substitute Danilo D`Ambrosio headed a second seven minutes later, less than a minute after coming on.<br />
<br />
Romelu Lukaku broke away to score a third in stoppage time as Inter moved back into second place with 24 points from 11 games, two behind leaders AC Milan who play at home against Parma later on Sunday.</p>


Inter Milan scored three times in the last 15 minutes as they came from behind to win 3-1 at Cagliari in a dramatic Serie A match on Sunday. Inter, knocked out of the Champions League on Wednesday after finishing bottom of their group, missed a flurry of chances in the first half hour, and Riccardo Sottil made them pay when he volleyed midtable Cagliari ahead in the 42nd minute.

Inter Milan scored three times in the last 15 minutes as they came from behind to win 3-1 at Cagliari in a dramatic Serie A match on Sunday. Inter, knocked out of the Champions League on Wednesday after finishing bottom of their group, missed a flurry of chances in the first half hour, and Riccardo Sottil made them pay when he volleyed midtable Cagliari ahead in the 42nd minute. The visitors lost their way after the break but levelled out of the blue when Nicolo Barella volleyed home against his old club in the 77th minute before substitute Danilo D`Ambrosio headed a second seven minutes later, less than a minute after coming on. Romelu Lukaku broke away to score a third in stoppage time as Inter moved back into second place with 24 points from 11 games, two behind leaders AC Milan who play at home against Parma later on Sunday.

Serie A: Inter fight back late to win 3-1 at Cagliari

<p>LONDON — Dr. Chiara Lepora had never imagined being deployed in her home country of Italy. As a physician for the international relief agency Doctors Without Borders, she was accustomed to caring for people in countries like Yemen and South Sudan, amid extreme poverty and war.</p>

<p>But early this year, as the novel coronavirus spread from Asia to Europe, Lepora found herself pressed into service in the northern Italian region of Lombardy, one of the wealthiest places on earth.</p>

<p>Anchored by Milan, Italy’s financial and fashion capital, Lombardy boasts sophisticated industry and world-class medical facilities. Yet it was overwhelmed by the first wave of the global pandemic, forcing doctors to ration ventilators and hospital beds while having to decide who lived and who died.</p>

<p>The catastrophe in Italy’s most affluent region was in part a consequence of having entrusted much of the public health care system to private, profit-making companies while failing to coordinate their services. Over the previous quarter-century, substantial investment has flowed into lucrative specialties like cardiac surgery and oncology. Areas on the front lines of the pandemic, like family medicine and public health, have been neglected, leaving people excessively reliant on hospitals for care.</p>

<p>As Italy now contends with a brutal second wave, Lombardy is again near the breaking point, with three-fourths of its hospital beds occupied by COVID-19 patients — nearly double the level considered dangerous by the national Health Ministry.</p>

<p>“If you consider profit to be the endgame of health care instead of health, some people are going to be left out,” Lepora said. “The pandemic exposes all of those weaknesses.”</p>

<p>Unlike the United States, where more than 30 million people lack health insurance, Europe remains a land of universally accessible, government-furnished medical care — Italy included. Yet in Lombardy, the hardest-hit region, the pandemic has revealed the pitfalls of a poorly executed push to open the system to private providers.</p>

<p>“Specializations such as hygiene and prevention, primary health care, outpatient clinics, infectious diseases and epidemiology have been considered not strategic assets, not sexy enough,” said Michele Usuelli, a neonatologist in Milan who holds a seat on the regional assembly, representing the center-left Più Europa party.</p>

<p>“That is why we have a health system very well prepared to treat the most complicated diseases but completely unprepared to fight something like a pandemic,” Usuelli added.</p>

<p>The same could be said about many wealthy countries, including the United States and Britain, where state-of-the-art medical care has provided no immunity against the pandemic. Only a handful of places — among them Taiwan, South Korea and New Zealand — stand out for their effective responses to the pandemic.</p>

<p>But Lombardy claims distinction as an outlier among the worst-hit places on earth. Italy has suffered more than 760 deaths per million people, according to the World Health Organization, more than the United States and nearly as many as Britain. By mid-October, about half of Italy’s deaths had transpired in Lombardy. The number of the country’s deceased now stands at more than 47,000.</p>

<p>The roots of Lombardy’s alteration go back to 1995, when a flamboyant politician named Roberto Formigoni became the regional governor. He championed legislation that allowed private providers to serve patients while collecting payment from the taxpayer-financed regional health care system.</p>

<p>Many embraced the change as an innovation that brought competition, forcing public hospitals and clinics to improve. But privatization was laced with corruption.</p>

<p>Formigoni would serve more than five years in prison for a scheme in which he accepted jaunts on yachts, holidays at lavish Caribbean resorts and sundry gifts from a lobbyist for private medical providers in exchange for steering the region’s business his way.</p>

<p>The scandal was less an outlier than an indicator of the forces driving privatization, a reality that continued even after Formigoni left office in 2013, experts say.</p>

<p>Many argue that the problems plaguing the regional health care system are an indictment not of privatization but of the failure of local government leaders to ensure that private companies delivered needed services.</p>

<p>“The problem is in the governance of hospitals and clinics,” said Francesco Paolucci, professor of health economics and policy at the University of Bologna.</p>

<p>Regional officials could have conditioned their willingness to pay for treatments at cutting-edge cancer centers on promises that private providers would furnish less lucrative services like geriatric care. But that mindset was trumped by the profits to be made.</p>

<p>“They gave permission to the private sector to more or less open whatever they wanted,” Usuelli said. “It was a complete missed opportunity to hold private companies accountable to their social responsibility.”</p>

<p>The focus on profitable specialties created incentives for doctors to seek jobs in those areas while forsaking general medicine.</p>

<p>In 2016, Lombardy — home to more than 10 million people — saw only 90 medical school graduates go on to pursue specialized studies toward becoming general practitioners. They received annual scholarships of 11,000 euros (nearly $13,000), less than half those secured by people preparing for specialties like cardiology. The numbers have grown in recent years, but not enough to replace retiring general practitioners, medical associations say.</p>

<p>With the best medical minds focused on advanced treatments, Lombardy’s capacity to provide basic medical care and safeguard public health gradually deteriorated. Over the past decade, total health care spending in Lombardy increased 11%, while support for primary care was cut 3%, according to official data analyzed by Usuelli.</p>

<p>Lombardy appears to have compounded its problems with a 2015 law that centralized services for chronic diseases like hypertension in hospitals, further diminishing the role of general practitioners in helping keep their patients healthy.</p>

<p>“This was about rationalizing the costs and avoiding waste,” said Marco Cambielli, a gastroenterologist who heads an association of doctors and dentists in the city of Varese. “But it caused the loss of the relationship between patients and their general practitioners.”</p>

<p>In the neighboring region of Veneto, a health care system centered on so-called community care — in which family doctors and nurses made home visits with an eye toward prevention — performed far better. There, primary care physicians and an effective contact-tracing effort prevented a surge of people from reaching hospitals.</p>

<p>“Family doctors are a cost,” said Filippo Anelli, president of the national federation of doctors and dentists. “If the mentality is that you need to make money from health care, the investment in community medicine looks clearly less remunerative.”</p>

<p>When the first wave hit, Milan — a city of more than 1.3 million — had only five doctors expert in public health and hygiene, said Roberto Carlo Rossi, president of Milan’s Doctors’ and Dentists’ Guild. They were responsible for setting up a testing and contact-tracing regimen.</p>

<p>The region has since hired more. Yet as recently as last month, Lombardy’s health department notified doctors that the agency “can no longer conduct prompt epidemiological investigation.” That notice was as untimely as it was disturbing; Italy’s daily COVID deaths have nearly tripled over the past two weeks, with Lombardy again leading the trend.</p>

<p>Lepora, the Doctors Without Borders physician, was en route to her base in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in February, returning from a trip to the United States, when she stopped to visit her family in the northern Italian region of Piedmont. The pandemic shut down the airports, leaving her marooned.</p>

<p>Two dozen other Italians working with Doctors Without Borders were similarly stuck. They set up a support unit at a public hospital in the city of Lodi.</p>

<p>The doctors were experienced in disaster zones and astonished to see that Italy had become one. Their Italian colleagues were venturing into intensive care units full of COVID patients without adequate protective gear.</p>

<p>Lepora tried to institute a rationing system by limiting the number of people entering the hospital. But she said that plan collided with the operations of private companies that provided meals and cleaning services. They refused to limit their visits, concerned that they could be accused of breaching their contracts.</p>

<p>By the time she returned to the Middle East in June, Lepora had diagnosed a worrying problem.</p>

<p>“The service rather than the patient had been put at the center of attention,” she said.</p>

<p>In Milan, Erika Conforti, 35, opened her own practice as a family doctor in February, just in time for the pandemic. She had taken over a practice from a retired doctor, working out of a private office in an apartment building.</p>

<p>Under the rules governing Lombardy’s health care system, general practitioners were supposed to be responsible for no more than 1,500 patients, but Conforti initially inherited 1,800, including 500 elderly people.</p>

<p>She had been drawn to general practice out of a desire to help people with everyday ailments.</p>

<p>“I love to speak with patients,” she said.</p>

<p>As the pandemic spread, she found herself working 12 hours a day and still failing to keep up with the barrage of calls and emails. She struggled to visit patients stricken by the coronavirus. The regional system lacked protective gear like masks and gloves, so she bought her own.</p>

<p>As the second wave gathers force, Conforti frets that the same afflictions are at work. The region has added hospital beds but lacks nurses and anesthesiologists.</p>

<p>“If there’s not enough people who know how to work in the hospital setting, then increasing the number of beds is pointless,” she said.</p>

<p>At her own practice, 30 of her patients tested positive for COVID-19 on a recent day, while over 50 more were quarantined, awaiting tests that took five and six days to yield results.</p>

<p>“I’d like to be able to contact positive COVID patients at least once a day, but I just don’t have the time,” Conforti said. “I’m worried that every minor distraction that I have has very serious consequences. I’m scared as I’m working.”</p>

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LONDON — Dr. Chiara Lepora had never imagined being deployed in her home country of Italy. As a physician for the international relief agency Doctors Without Borders, she was accustomed to caring for people in countries like Yemen and South Sudan, amid extreme poverty and war.

LONDON — Dr. Chiara Lepora had never imagined being deployed in her home country of Italy. As a physician for the international relief agency Doctors Without Borders, she was accustomed to caring for people in countries like Yemen and South Sudan, amid extreme poverty and war. But early this year, as the novel coronavirus spread from Asia to Europe, Lepora found herself pressed into service in the northern Italian region of Lombardy, one of the wealthiest places on earth. Anchored by Milan, Italy’s financial and fashion capital, Lombardy boasts sophisticated industry and world-class medical facilities. Yet it was overwhelmed by the first wave of the global pandemic, forcing doctors to ration ventilators and hospital beds while having to decide who lived and who died. The catastrophe in Italy’s most affluent region was in part a consequence of having entrusted much of the public health care system to private, profit-making companies while failing to coordinate their services. Over the previous quarter-century, substantial investment has flowed into lucrative specialties like cardiac surgery and oncology. Areas on the front lines of the pandemic, like family medicine and public health, have been neglected, leaving people excessively reliant on hospitals for care. As Italy now contends with a brutal second wave, Lombardy is again near the breaking point, with three-fourths of its hospital beds occupied by COVID-19 patients — nearly double the level considered dangerous by the national Health Ministry. “If you consider profit to be the endgame of health care instead of health, some people are going to be left out,” Lepora said. “The pandemic exposes all of those weaknesses.” Unlike the United States, where more than 30 million people lack health insurance, Europe remains a land of universally accessible, government-furnished medical care — Italy included. Yet in Lombardy, the hardest-hit region, the pandemic has revealed the pitfalls of a poorly executed push to open the system to private providers. “Specializations such as hygiene and prevention, primary health care, outpatient clinics, infectious diseases and epidemiology have been considered not strategic assets, not sexy enough,” said Michele Usuelli, a neonatologist in Milan who holds a seat on the regional assembly, representing the center-left Più Europa party. “That is why we have a health system very well prepared to treat the most complicated diseases but completely unprepared to fight something like a pandemic,” Usuelli added. The same could be said about many wealthy countries, including the United States and Britain, where state-of-the-art medical care has provided no immunity against the pandemic. Only a handful of places — among them Taiwan, South Korea and New Zealand — stand out for their effective responses to the pandemic. But Lombardy claims distinction as an outlier among the worst-hit places on earth. Italy has suffered more than 760 deaths per million people, according to the World Health Organization, more than the United States and nearly as many as Britain. By mid-October, about half of Italy’s deaths had transpired in Lombardy. The number of the country’s deceased now stands at more than 47,000. The roots of Lombardy’s alteration go back to 1995, when a flamboyant politician named Roberto Formigoni became the regional governor. He championed legislation that allowed private providers to serve patients while collecting payment from the taxpayer-financed regional health care system. Many embraced the change as an innovation that brought competition, forcing public hospitals and clinics to improve. But privatization was laced with corruption. Formigoni would serve more than five years in prison for a scheme in which he accepted jaunts on yachts, holidays at lavish Caribbean resorts and sundry gifts from a lobbyist for private medical providers in exchange for steering the region’s business his way. The scandal was less an outlier than an indicator of the forces driving privatization, a reality that continued even after Formigoni left office in 2013, experts say. Many argue that the problems plaguing the regional health care system are an indictment not of privatization but of the failure of local government leaders to ensure that private companies delivered needed services. “The problem is in the governance of hospitals and clinics,” said Francesco Paolucci, professor of health economics and policy at the University of Bologna. Regional officials could have conditioned their willingness to pay for treatments at cutting-edge cancer centers on promises that private providers would furnish less lucrative services like geriatric care. But that mindset was trumped by the profits to be made. “They gave permission to the private sector to more or less open whatever they wanted,” Usuelli said. “It was a complete missed opportunity to hold private companies accountable to their social responsibility.” The focus on profitable specialties created incentives for doctors to seek jobs in those areas while forsaking general medicine. In 2016, Lombardy — home to more than 10 million people — saw only 90 medical school graduates go on to pursue specialized studies toward becoming general practitioners. They received annual scholarships of 11,000 euros (nearly $13,000), less than half those secured by people preparing for specialties like cardiology. The numbers have grown in recent years, but not enough to replace retiring general practitioners, medical associations say. With the best medical minds focused on advanced treatments, Lombardy’s capacity to provide basic medical care and safeguard public health gradually deteriorated. Over the past decade, total health care spending in Lombardy increased 11%, while support for primary care was cut 3%, according to official data analyzed by Usuelli. Lombardy appears to have compounded its problems with a 2015 law that centralized services for chronic diseases like hypertension in hospitals, further diminishing the role of general practitioners in helping keep their patients healthy. “This was about rationalizing the costs and avoiding waste,” said Marco Cambielli, a gastroenterologist who heads an association of doctors and dentists in the city of Varese. “But it caused the loss of the relationship between patients and their general practitioners.” In the neighboring region of Veneto, a health care system centered on so-called community care — in which family doctors and nurses made home visits with an eye toward prevention — performed far better. There, primary care physicians and an effective contact-tracing effort prevented a surge of people from reaching hospitals. “Family doctors are a cost,” said Filippo Anelli, president of the national federation of doctors and dentists. “If the mentality is that you need to make money from health care, the investment in community medicine looks clearly less remunerative.” When the first wave hit, Milan — a city of more than 1.3 million — had only five doctors expert in public health and hygiene, said Roberto Carlo Rossi, president of Milan’s Doctors’ and Dentists’ Guild. They were responsible for setting up a testing and contact-tracing regimen. The region has since hired more. Yet as recently as last month, Lombardy’s health department notified doctors that the agency “can no longer conduct prompt epidemiological investigation.” That notice was as untimely as it was disturbing; Italy’s daily COVID deaths have nearly tripled over the past two weeks, with Lombardy again leading the trend. Lepora, the Doctors Without Borders physician, was en route to her base in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in February, returning from a trip to the United States, when she stopped to visit her family in the northern Italian region of Piedmont. The pandemic shut down the airports, leaving her marooned. Two dozen other Italians working with Doctors Without Borders were similarly stuck. They set up a support unit at a public hospital in the city of Lodi. The doctors were experienced in disaster zones and astonished to see that Italy had become one. Their Italian colleagues were venturing into intensive care units full of COVID patients without adequate protective gear. Lepora tried to institute a rationing system by limiting the number of people entering the hospital. But she said that plan collided with the operations of private companies that provided meals and cleaning services. They refused to limit their visits, concerned that they could be accused of breaching their contracts. By the time she returned to the Middle East in June, Lepora had diagnosed a worrying problem. “The service rather than the patient had been put at the center of attention,” she said. In Milan, Erika Conforti, 35, opened her own practice as a family doctor in February, just in time for the pandemic. She had taken over a practice from a retired doctor, working out of a private office in an apartment building. Under the rules governing Lombardy’s health care system, general practitioners were supposed to be responsible for no more than 1,500 patients, but Conforti initially inherited 1,800, including 500 elderly people. She had been drawn to general practice out of a desire to help people with everyday ailments. “I love to speak with patients,” she said. As the pandemic spread, she found herself working 12 hours a day and still failing to keep up with the barrage of calls and emails. She struggled to visit patients stricken by the coronavirus. The regional system lacked protective gear like masks and gloves, so she bought her own. As the second wave gathers force, Conforti frets that the same afflictions are at work. The region has added hospital beds but lacks nurses and anesthesiologists. “If there’s not enough people who know how to work in the hospital setting, then increasing the number of beds is pointless,” she said. At her own practice, 30 of her patients tested positive for COVID-19 on a recent day, while over 50 more were quarantined, awaiting tests that took five and six days to yield results. “I’d like to be able to contact positive COVID patients at least once a day, but I just don’t have the time,” Conforti said. “I’m worried that every minor distraction that I have has very serious consequences. I’m scared as I’m working.”

Why COVID caused such suffering in Italy's wealthiest region

<p>The coronavirus is battering Milan’s prestigious La Scala opera house, with 18 singers and nine musicians testing positive for the disease, an official said on Wednesday.</p>

<p>All the members of the chorus were in quarantine along with the wind section of the orchestra, while the theatre awaited results from tests of other staff members.</p>

<p>“All rehearsals have been suspended,” Paolo Puglisi, a union representative at La Scala told reporters.</p>

<p>La Scala reopened in July after being shut for four months during Italy’s first wave of COVID-19. This week, public performances were again suspended because of a government decree issued on Sunday that shut theatres and cinemas across Italy in an effort to contain a resurgence of infections.</p>

<p>The closure order expires on Nov. 24 and Puglisi said the musicians and singers had hoped the opera house would be in a position to stage its traditional performance marking the start of a new season on Dec. 7, a highlight of Italy’s cultural life.</p>

<p>Milan and the surrounding Lombardy region have been particularly hard hit by the virus, registering a record 7,558 new cases on Wednesday. The next worst-affected area in Italy was the neighbouring Piedmont region with 2,827 cases.</p>


The coronavirus is battering Milan’s prestigious La Scala opera house, with 18 singers and nine musicians testing positive for the disease, an official said on Wednesday.

The coronavirus is battering Milan’s prestigious La Scala opera house, with 18 singers and nine musicians testing positive for the disease, an official said on Wednesday. All the members of the chorus were in quarantine along with the wind section of the orchestra, while the theatre awaited results from tests of other staff members. “All rehearsals have been suspended,” Paolo Puglisi, a union representative at La Scala told reporters. La Scala reopened in July after being shut for four months during Italy’s first wave of COVID-19. This week, public performances were again suspended because of a government decree issued on Sunday that shut theatres and cinemas across Italy in an effort to contain a resurgence of infections. The closure order expires on Nov. 24 and Puglisi said the musicians and singers had hoped the opera house would be in a position to stage its traditional performance marking the start of a new season on Dec. 7, a highlight of Italy’s cultural life. Milan and the surrounding Lombardy region have been particularly hard hit by the virus, registering a record 7,558 new cases on Wednesday. The next worst-affected area in Italy was the neighbouring Piedmont region with 2,827 cases.

Coronavirus sweeps through Milan's La Scala opera house

<p>Milan residents on Sunday woke up to find a statue of Italian journalist Indro Montanelli vandalised -- covered in red paint with the words 'racist, rapist' -- written on its base.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The statue of Indro Montanelli, located at the central Milan park named after the prominent right-wing Italian journalist and writer who died in 2001, was constructed in the year 2006.</p>

<p>Paint was thrown over the bronze monument, with the words "racist, rapist" sprayed on the base, in reference to the fact that Montanelli bought a 12-year-old Eritrean girl as his wife while serving in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War in 1936.</p>

<p>The incident occurred on the night of June 13, three days after anti-fascist activists wrote a public letter calling on Milan mayor Beppe Sala to remove the statue, in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests that have broken out across the world following the killing of George Floyd, a black man, in Minneapolis, US.</p>

<p>The letter called on the city to remove the statue and rename the public gardens after "someone who is more worthy to represent the history and memory of our city."</p>

<p>To this end, Italian politicians and intellectuals had leapt to the defence of Montanelli.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/churchills-picture-mysteriously-vanishes-from-list-of-british-pms-google-to-explore-why-305777"><strong>Also read |&nbsp;Churchill's picture mysteriously vanishes from list of British PMs; Google to 'explore' why</strong></a></p>

<p>A police investigation is now underway into the incident.</p>

<p>There have been demonstrations around the world against racism and police abuses since the death of African American George Floyd in Minneapolis, USA last month.</p>

<p>Statues of historical figures including Winston Churchill were boarded up to prevent them from becoming flashpoints or being defaced by protesters who say such monuments celebrate racists.</p>


Milan residents on Sunday woke up to find a statue of Italian journalist Indro Montanelli vandalised -- covered in red paint with the words 'racist, rapist' -- written on its base.

Milan residents on Sunday woke up to find a statue of Italian journalist Indro Montanelli vandalised -- covered in red paint with the words 'racist, rapist' -- written on its base. The statue of Indro Montanelli, located at the central Milan park named after the prominent right-wing Italian journalist and writer who died in 2001, was constructed in the year 2006. Paint was thrown over the bronze monument, with the words "racist, rapist" sprayed on the base, in reference to the fact that Montanelli bought a 12-year-old Eritrean girl as his wife while serving in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War in 1936. The incident occurred on the night of June 13, three days after anti-fascist activists wrote a public letter calling on Milan mayor Beppe Sala to remove the statue, in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests that have broken out across the world following the killing of George Floyd, a black man, in Minneapolis, US. The letter called on the city to remove the statue and rename the public gardens after "someone who is more worthy to represent the history and memory of our city." To this end, Italian politicians and intellectuals had leapt to the defence of Montanelli. Also read | Churchill's picture mysteriously vanishes from list of British PMs; Google to 'explore' why A police investigation is now underway into the incident. There have been demonstrations around the world against racism and police abuses since the death of African American George Floyd in Minneapolis, USA last month. Statues of historical figures including Winston Churchill were boarded up to prevent them from becoming flashpoints or being defaced by protesters who say such monuments celebrate racists.

'Racist, rapist' written on Montanelli statue in Milan

Italy is the most infected coronavirus country of Europe. The city of Milan is now witnessing some unprecedented burials of people who died due to coronavirus infection. Watch report.

Milan buries unclaimed coronavirus dead : 61 unclaimed victims laid to rest

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<p>As Italy gears up to restart its economic activities after the coronavirus crisis which claimed more than 24,000 lives, Milan is all set to introduce one of Europe’s most ambitious schemes reallocating street space from cars to cycling and walking.</p>

<p>The new measure comes in response to <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/will-italys-coronavirus-epidemic-fuel-the-far-right-293275">coronavirus crisis</a>.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Under the nationwide lockdown, motor traffic congestion has dropped by 30-75%, along with air pollution.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;City officials hope to fend off a resurgence in car use as residents return to work looking to avoid busy public transport.</p>

<p>The city has announced that 35km (22 miles) of streets will be transformed over the summer, with a rapid, experimental citywide expansion of cycling and walking space to protect residents as <a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/coronavirus-india-to-send-medical-team-to-italy-eam-calls-iran-italy-extreme-situations-285607">COVID-19 restrictions </a>are lifted, according to a report in The Guardian.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Marco Granelli, a deputy mayor of Milan, said: “We worked for years to reduce car use. If everybody drives a car, there is no space for people, there is no space to move, there is no space for commercial activities outside the shops.</p>

<p>“Of course, we want to reopen the economy, but we think we should do it on a different basis from before.</p>

<p>“We think we have to reimagine Milan in the new situation. We have to get ready; that’s why it’s so important to defend even a part of the economy, to support bars, artisans and restaurants. When it is over, the cities that still have this kind of economy will have an advantage, and Milan wants to be in that category.”</p>


As Italy gears up to restart its economic activities after the coronavirus crisis which claimed more than 24,000 lives, Milan is all set to introduce one of Europe’s most ambitious schemes reallocating street space from cars to cycling and walking.

As Italy gears up to restart its economic activities after the coronavirus crisis which claimed more than 24,000 lives, Milan is all set to introduce one of Europe’s most ambitious schemes reallocating street space from cars to cycling and walking. The new measure comes in response to coronavirus crisis. Under the nationwide lockdown, motor traffic congestion has dropped by 30-75%, along with air pollution. City officials hope to fend off a resurgence in car use as residents return to work looking to avoid busy public transport. The city has announced that 35km (22 miles) of streets will be transformed over the summer, with a rapid, experimental citywide expansion of cycling and walking space to protect residents as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, according to a report in The Guardian. Marco Granelli, a deputy mayor of Milan, said: “We worked for years to reduce car use. If everybody drives a car, there is no space for people, there is no space to move, there is no space for commercial activities outside the shops. “Of course, we want to reopen the economy, but we think we should do it on a different basis from before. “We think we have to reimagine Milan in the new situation. We have to get ready; that’s why it’s so important to defend even a part of the economy, to support bars, artisans and restaurants. When it is over, the cities that still have this kind of economy will have an advantage, and Milan wants to be in that category.”

Milan announces ambitious plan to reduce car usage after lockdown

WION gets you an exclusive report from the airport in Milan, where Indian students were stranded at the airport with no help from authorities.

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<p>Tottenham Hotspur will be without winger Steven Bergwijn for the rest of the season and full-back Ben Davies will also miss their Champions League last-16 return leg at RB Leipzig on Tuesday but Jose Mourinho is confident his team can turn the tie around.</p>

<p>The Premier League club, who lost 1-0 in the first leg in London last month, are already without injured England captain Harry Kane and their South Korea striker Son Heung-min, while Bergwijn was injured in Saturday's 1-1 draw at Burnley.</p>

<p><strong>Also Read:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/champions-league-qualification-very-difficult-for-spurs-mourinho-285569">Champions League qualification very difficult for Spurs: Mourinho</a></strong></p>

<p>Checks on Monday showed the Dutch international suffered a serious sprain to his left ankle and is unlikely to play for the rest of the season, coach Mourinho told a news conference.</p>

<p>"Ben, out one week, two weeks," Mourinho said on Monday. "Steven, I don't expect him to play this season."</p>

<p>The Portuguese said he was in an unusual position to prepare for a big game without several key players.</p>

<p>"No," he answered when asked if he had ever been in such a position. "That's what it is. We're used to it. We were psychologically more down with the other injuries (of Kane and Son). When you have three, four or five or six or seven it's the same.</p>

<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/champions-league-10-men-barcelona-see-their-way-out-against-napoli-282793">Champions League: 10-men Barcelona see their way out against Napoli</a></strong></p>

<p>"I am very motivated, very calm, very positive. But if you want to imagine Leipzig tomorrow without Timo Werner, Schick, Christopher Nkunku, Yussuf Poulsen, Emil Forsberg I am pretty sure the coach Julian Nagelsmann would not be laughing as much as I am now."</p>

<p>Spurs have failed to win any of their last five matches in all competitions, including their first-leg defeat.</p>

<p>That poor run also covers being knocked out of the FA Cup on penalties by the Premier League's basement club Norwich City.</p>

<p>"Tomorrow we have to give everything. Or we win or we leave everything on that pitch," Mourinho said.</p>

<p><strong>Also Read:<a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/injuries-frustrate-jose-mourinho-spurs-continue-to-struggle-without-kane-and-son-281721"> Injuries frustrate Jose Mourinho, Spurs continue to struggle without Kane and Son</a></strong></p>

<p>"It is not an easy situation. We feel hurt by the fact that we recovered 11 points to go to the fourth position in the Premier League and then arrive in a situation where we are really in trouble.</p>

<p>"But tomorrow is one game. We are losing 1-0 at halftime and we have a second half now to play and we go with everything we have."</p>

<p>"The momentum is negative. We lost and drew the last two matches and (with) one defeat on penalties so the momentum is not the best but I feel the boys deserve something special."</p>


Tottenham Hotspur will be without winger Steven Bergwijn for the rest of the season and full-back Ben Davies will also miss their Champions League last-16 return leg at RB Leipzig on Tuesday but Jose Mourinho is confident his team can turn the tie around.

Tottenham Hotspur will be without winger Steven Bergwijn for the rest of the season and full-back Ben Davies will also miss their Champions League last-16 return leg at RB Leipzig on Tuesday but Jose Mourinho is confident his team can turn the tie around. The Premier League club, who lost 1-0 in the first leg in London last month, are already without injured England captain Harry Kane and their South Korea striker Son Heung-min, while Bergwijn was injured in Saturday's 1-1 draw at Burnley. Also Read: Champions League qualification very difficult for Spurs: Mourinho Checks on Monday showed the Dutch international suffered a serious sprain to his left ankle and is unlikely to play for the rest of the season, coach Mourinho told a news conference. "Ben, out one week, two weeks," Mourinho said on Monday. "Steven, I don't expect him to play this season." The Portuguese said he was in an unusual position to prepare for a big game without several key players. "No," he answered when asked if he had ever been in such a position. "That's what it is. We're used to it. We were psychologically more down with the other injuries (of Kane and Son). When you have three, four or five or six or seven it's the same. Also Read: Champions League: 10-men Barcelona see their way out against Napoli "I am very motivated, very calm, very positive. But if you want to imagine Leipzig tomorrow without Timo Werner, Schick, Christopher Nkunku, Yussuf Poulsen, Emil Forsberg I am pretty sure the coach Julian Nagelsmann would not be laughing as much as I am now." Spurs have failed to win any of their last five matches in all competitions, including their first-leg defeat. That poor run also covers being knocked out of the FA Cup on penalties by the Premier League's basement club Norwich City. "Tomorrow we have to give everything. Or we win or we leave everything on that pitch," Mourinho said. Also Read: Injuries frustrate Jose Mourinho, Spurs continue to struggle without Kane and Son "It is not an easy situation. We feel hurt by the fact that we recovered 11 points to go to the fourth position in the Premier League and then arrive in a situation where we are really in trouble. "But tomorrow is one game. We are losing 1-0 at halftime and we have a second half now to play and we go with everything we have." "The momentum is negative. We lost and drew the last two matches and (with) one defeat on penalties so the momentum is not the best but I feel the boys deserve something special."

Tottenham's Bergwijn out for season but manager Mourinho confident

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<p>In a drastic new attempt to try to contain a rapidly growing outbreak of coronavirus,&nbsp;Italy on Sunday announced a virtual lockdown that will affect more than 16 million people in Milan and Venice until April 3.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The draft decree signed by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte says 'those who violated the measures could be jailed'.</p>

<p>Conte signed the decree in the early hours of Sunday, enacting forced quarantine for the<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/coronavirus-death-toll-rises-to-145-in-iran-over-200-dead-in-italy-284958"> region of Lombardy</a> – home to more than 10 million people and the financial capital, Milan – and 14 other provinces, totalling around 16 million residents.</p>

<p>Thousands of people left Lombardy on Saturday night, before the decree was made official, crowding the motorways and train stations in the region, which will be locked down until 3 April.</p>

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<p>Second-worst affected after China, Italy has reported 233 deaths and 5,883 positive cases so far.</p>

<p>In all the areas covered by the decree, including towns in the northern regions of Emilia-Romagna, Veneto and Piedmont, schools will be closed at least until 3 April, as will museums, gyms and swimming pools.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Leave is cancelled for all <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/china-reports-27-new-virus-deaths-lowest-rise-in-cases-since-january-284962">healthcare workers</a>.</p>

<p>So far the decree has been signed by the prime minister, but it will not be an official executive order until the council of ministers approves it.&nbsp;</p>

<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)&nbsp;</em></p>


In a drastic new attempt to try to contain a rapidly growing outbreak of coronavirus, Italy on Sunday announced a virtual lockdown that will affect more than 16 million people in Milan and Venice until April 3.

In a drastic new attempt to try to contain a rapidly growing outbreak of coronavirus, Italy on Sunday announced a virtual lockdown that will affect more than 16 million people in Milan and Venice until April 3. The draft decree signed by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte says 'those who violated the measures could be jailed'. Conte signed the decree in the early hours of Sunday, enacting forced quarantine for the region of Lombardy – home to more than 10 million people and the financial capital, Milan – and 14 other provinces, totalling around 16 million residents. Thousands of people left Lombardy on Saturday night, before the decree was made official, crowding the motorways and train stations in the region, which will be locked down until 3 April. Watch | 5 suspected cases of Covid-19 in Kerala × Second-worst affected after China, Italy has reported 233 deaths and 5,883 positive cases so far. In all the areas covered by the decree, including towns in the northern regions of Emilia-Romagna, Veneto and Piedmont, schools will be closed at least until 3 April, as will museums, gyms and swimming pools. Leave is cancelled for all healthcare workers. So far the decree has been signed by the prime minister, but it will not be an official executive order until the council of ministers approves it. (With inputs from agencies)

Coronavirus: Italy government's lockdown to affect 16 million in north

Italian fashion house Fendi on Thursday (February 20) staged a star-studded, size and age inclusive show in Milan, presenting a Fall/Winter collection of fitted feminine looks.

Fendi holds starry, inclusive Fall Winter show

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