World-famous Italian film composer Ennio Morricone has died in Rome at the age of 91, family lawyer and friend Giorgio Assumma has told dpa. Morricone died early Monday and “kept his full lucidity and great dignity until the end,” saying goodbye to “his beloved wife Maria,” the lawyer said. The mae»»»

Video PlayerClose People walk across the flooded San Marco Square in Venice, Italy, Nov. 13, 2019. Residents of the flooded city of Venice are calling for an ambitious flood protection plan, first drawn up decades ago, to be completed, despite worries from environmental groups that the plan could c»»»

ROME－The ambitious plan to protect the Italian canal city of Venice from severe flooding went through its first dry run this week and had good early reviews. Venice, on Italy's northeastern coastline, was battered by record flooding in November. Waters rose 1.87 meters above normal, leaving two peo»»»