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Firefighters have been engaged in a total of "37,407 operations to fight forest fires since June 15, of which 717 interventions were carried out in the past 24 hours to tackle the emergency across the south-central regions," said Italys National Fire Corps.

The wildfire started with a car that caught fire after a crash, and has forced the evacuation of at least 1,500 people from their homes. It has devastated some 20,000 hectares of land so far.

This week, in what Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini called a "historic" move, Italys cabinet of ministers approved a ban on ships weighing more than 25,000 metric tons or longer than 180 meters (590 feet) entering the lagoon basin near Venices St. Marks Square, the narrow Giudecca Canal and the surrounding areas starting Aug. 1.

Aiming to protect a "national monument," Italys government Tuesday moved to ban massive cruise ships from sailing directly into Venice and limit access to its fragile lagoon, definitively altering mass-scale tourism to the City of Canals.

This is the teams first major title since it won its fourth World Cup 15 years ago and the win gave the team its first European Championship title since 1968.

Italy keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was the hero with two saves in the penalty shootout as Italy won the title 3-2 on penalties after the final against England ended 1-1 after extra time.

Italy qualified for the Euro 2020 final after beating Spain in a dramatic penalty shoot out at Wembley after 120 minutes football had ended 1-1.

Relentless Italians scored twice in the first half and advanced past Belgium 2-1 in an intense see-saw Euro 2020 quarterfinal encounter in the Football Arena Munich on Friday.

The Thai national volleyball team ended their dismal campaign in the preliminary round of the FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League, losing their last match to hosts Italy on Sunday.

Italy became the first side to assure their place in the knockout stages of Euro 2020 thanks to a 3-0 win against Switzerland in Rome on Wednesday. While Wales won 2-0 against Turkey.

ROME - An Alpine cable car plunged into forested mountains in northern Italy on Sunday, killing 14 passengers, according to rescue authorities. At least one of the victims was a child, among the two minors initially taken by helicopter to a hospital in Turin.

Delta Air Lines announced Friday that it will offer flights to Italy to all U.S. travelers regardless of vaccination or eligibility status, beginning Sunday. Travelers must undergo coronavirus tests before and after taking the designated flights.