Next year’s Olympic sliding races will be in Italy after all, international luge officials predicted Saturday in another ringing endorsement of the newly rebuilt track in Cortina d’Ampezzo.

Carlo Acutis will become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint at a solemn canonization Mass on April 27 in St. Peter’s Square.

Defending champion Spain and France have needed penalty shootouts to reach the Nations League semifinals and join Germany and Portugal.

King Charles III is scheduled to have an audience with Pope Francis during a state visit next month to the Vatican, suggesting the Holy See is optimistic the pontiff will be back at work by then.

Caribbean leaders are pushing back against a new U.S. policy that aims to crack down on Cuban medical missions, saying that the work of hundreds of Cuban medical staff across the region is essential.

Emily Sweeney is certain of having a home Olympics next winter.

Lewis Hamilton’s impact stretches far beyond Formula 1 and his quest to win a record-breaking eighth world title with his new team.

St. Francis is the medieval Catholic saint whose spirituality focused on loving the poor, creation, and peace.

Nearly a decade after Pope Francis plucked them from a refugee camp in Greece, a Syrian couple and their child have carved out a quiet life in suburban Rome.

The Dolce & Gabbana runway finished on the streets Saturday, letting the crowd of fashion fans gathered outside share the excitement of the normally closed and exclusive world of Milan Fashion Week.

Donatella Versace strutted a confident collection brimming with house codes during Milan Fashion Week amid speculation that the fashion house is on the market.

At age 90, Giorgio Armani has more than a few cards still up his sleeve.

Fausto Puglisi offered a grand tour of Pompeii in his latest collection for Roberto Cavalli presented Thursday during Milan Fashion Week.

Top model Irina Shayk injected buzz into Georgian designer David Koma’s debut as Blumarine creative director, opening the Fall-Winter 2025-26 preview show during Milan Fashion Week on Thursday in a mood-setting, sharply executed, shearling-trimmed coat.

Marni creative director Francesco Risso set up an impromptu jazz club and invited friends like Tracee Ellis Ross to model his latest collection during Milan Fashion Week previews on Wednesday for Fall-Winter 2025-26.

Italian prosecutors say they are seeking to drop a tax evasion investigation against Google after the tech giant agreed to pay a 326 million euro ($340 million) settlement.

It is National Drink Wine Day, and wine has a deep history that spans over many years and regions.

A transport strike during an official test event for the Milan-Cortina Olympics highlighted why organizers are negotiating with trade unions to avoid a similar scenario during next year’s Winter Games.

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner accepting a three-month doping ban deal was slammed by his fellow tennis professionals on Saturday.

Photographer Gérard Uféras has been granted full access to the La Scala ballet corps’ backstage over six years to produce a series of emotional and candid portraits at the heart of a new exhibition at the theater’s museum and a soon-to-be published book.

Conductor Daniel Barenboim says he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

The one-year countdown to the Milan Cortina Olympic Games is on.

Italy’s data protection authority has blocked use of Chinese tech startup DeepSeek’s AI application to protect Italians’ data and announced an investigation into the companies behind the chatbot.

Moments after Alexander Zverev’s loss in the Australian Open final, a person in the stadium yelled out the names of two of the tennis star's ex-girlfriends who have accused him of physical abuse in the past, saying “Australia believes” them.

Italy’s highest court has confirmed a slander conviction against U.S. defendant Amanda Knox for accusing an innocent man in her British flatmate’s 2007 murder, a sensational case that polarized trial watchers on both sides of the Atlantic.

The International Criminal Court has reminded Italy it is obliged to fully cooperate with its prosecutions.

Giorgio Armani’s menswear collection previewing on the final day of Milan Fashion Week was all about catching the light, which the 90-year-old designer achieved with shimmering textiles and a smattering of crystals.

Defending champion Jannik Sinner has defeated 46th-ranked Marcos Giron of the U.S. 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 at the Australian Open.

Lindsey Vonn took it easier in downhill training a day after crashing for the first time of her World Cup comeback at age 40.

Lindsey Vonn says she is “good” and has only a few bruises after falling toward the end of a World Cup downhill training run in Italy.

The defense ministers of Europe’s five top military spenders say they intend to continue increasing their investments in defense but described President-elect Donald Trump’s challenge for them to raise spending to 5% of their overall economic output as extremely difficult.

Jannik Sinner has started his Australian Open title defense with a challenging win over No. 35-ranked Nicolas Jarry.

Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner will go to sport’s highest court in April for the World Anti-Doping Agency’s appeal that seeks to ban him from the sport for at least one year.

Ski great Lindsey Vonn has been 10th fastest in a training run in Austria for her first World Cup downhill race in six years.

Italy’s Premier Giorgia Meloni says her government is in talks with private companies, including Elon Musk’s SpaceX, over the country’s telecoms security system, but denied having discussed the issue privately with Musk.

An upcoming cat-centric event in Brevard County promises to be the furr-st convention on the Space Coast all about felines.

Karolina Muchova turned on the style during a 6-2, 6-2 victory over fourth-ranked Jasmine Paolini at the United Cup to help the Czech Republic secure a win over Italy and a semifinal spot against the United States.

French standout Cyprien Sarrazin is in intensive care with a head injury and will undergo surgery later Friday after a crash during training for a World Cup downhill race on the slope set to be used for the 2026 Winter Olympics.

A court in Sicily is expected to announce its verdict on whether Italy’s vice premier, Matteo Salvini, is guilty of illegally detaining 100 migrants aboard a humanitarian rescue ship when he was interior minister.

President Joe Biden will travel to Italy next month to meet with Pope Francis and top Italian officials for what is expected to be the final international trip of his presidency.

The ATP men’s tennis tour is paying out $1.3 million to a total of 26 players in 2024 under a new financial program called Baseline that guarantees minimum annual incomes for players ranked in the top 250.

UEFA says prize money for the 2025 Women’s European Championship will more than double.

European Union countries have agreed a draft law aimed at preventing and countering migrant smuggling, which critics say could be abused to target people or charity groups that try to help migrants in trouble.

A humanitarian rescue group says its sailboat plucked from the central Mediterranean an 11-year-old girl believed to be the only survivor of a shipwreck in stormy seas.

Milan’s famed Teatro alla Scala presents Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” for its gala season premiere Saturday for the first time in 59 years, seeking to shake the opera's reputation for bringing bad luck.

Jannik Sinner completed quite an eventful 2024 by leading Italy to its second consecutive Davis Cup title.

Rafael Nadal wanted to play his last match before retiring at home in Spain and as part of Spain's Davis Cup team.

No. 1-ranked Jannik Sinner has led defending champion Italy to a comeback victory over Argentina for a return to the Davis Cup semifinals.

A final verdict in the doping case involving top-ranked Jannik Sinner likely won’t come until early next year.

Apologetic rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine has been sentenced to 45 days in prison after repeatedly violating probation, disappointing a federal judge who rewarded his cooperation in a criminal case against him with leniency five years ago.

Italy has opened up an administrative procedure against China’s Sinochem, the largest shareholder in Italian tiremaker Pirelli, over possible violations of restrictions placed by Rome to protect strategic assets.

Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine has struck a deal to end his current jail stint, agreeing to serve a month behind bars for violating the terms of his release after a felony conviction.

Top-seeded Jannik Sinner has pulled out of the Paris Masters, citing a virus.

An international conference for Lebanon in Paris raised $1 billion in pledges for humanitarian aid and military support.

Christian Pulisic scored direct from a corner kick to to set AC Milan on the way to its first victory in this season’s Champions League.

Jannik Sinner beat Carlos Alcaraz for the championship in the Six Kings Slam exhibition event after Novak Djokovic topped Rafael Nadal for third place in what might have been the final match in one of tennis' great rivalries.

European Union leaders have lauded a groundswell of support for tightening their borders and making the bloc a more hostile destination for migrants and asylum seekers.

Italy on Wednesday criminalized citizens who go abroad to have children through surrogacy, while opponents slam it as “medieval” and discriminatory to same-sex couples.

There were snipers on the roof of the stadium and a heavy police presence throughout the city of Udine for Italy’s home match against Israel on Monday.

Lebanon’s health ministry says at least 22 people have been killed and 117 wounded in Israeli airstrikes that hit two areas in central Beirut.

One of Giovanni Airoli’s sows tested positive for African swine fever in late August.

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner will play rival Carlos Alcaraz in the final of the China Open after recording a 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory over home favorite Bu Yunchaokete.

Italy's main metalworkers union says workers in the automotive sector will go on strike on Oct. 18 in protest of declining output from Stellantis, the biggest carmaker in the country.

A man has smashed a sculpture by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei during the private opening of his exhibition in the northern Italian city of Bologna.

The fashion palate cleanser of the season: white.

As the northern hemisphere started transitioning from summer to fall, Milan Fashion Week invites fashionistas to dream about the next warm weather season.

Italy’s Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and Britain’s INEOS Britannia are on the verge of advancing in the America’s Cup after extending their leads in the semifinals.

United Airlines says it will offer free WiFi service on flights using the satellite-based Starlink service from Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Michael Kors created a unique runway in a cavernous raw space in a midtown for his spring/summer 2025 collection at New York Fashion Week, that included stark metal benches and gigantic faux black rocks scattered about.

Former Spice Girl Mel B is among dozens of Black Britons urging Parliament to update the country’s equality laws and prohibit Afro hair discrimination.

U.S. Open men’s runner-up Taylor Fritz has returned to the top 10 in the ATP rankings at No. 7, and women’s runner-up Jessica Pegula is up to No. 3 in the WTA list.

Time is running out for appeals to be filed in the case that exonerated U.S. Open champion Jannik Sinner from doping.

Taylor Swift is at the U.S. Open to watch another Taylor perform.

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner has reached the U.S. Open semifinals for the first time by getting past 2021 champion Daniil Medvedev 6-2, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Top-seeded Jannik Sinner has reached the U.S. Open quarterfinals by beating No. 14 Tommy Paul 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-1.

Rafael Nadal has told a Spanish television show that he doesn’t think Jannik Sinner intended to use a banned substance and that the current No. 1-ranked man didn’t receive preferential treatment when he was cleared of doping after testing positive twice in March for trace amounts of an anabolic steroid.

Italian prosecutors say a 17-year-old high school student, who confessed to stabbing to death his 12-year-old brother and parents, had been suffering a general sense of “malaise,” but has been unable to provide a motive for a triple homicide that has shocked Italy.

Charles Leclerc secured Ferrari a rare win at the Italian Grand Prix, much to the home fans’ delight, as the team's bold one-stop strategy paid off.

Jude Law plays an FBI agent investigating the violent crimes of a white supremacist group in “The Order,” which premieres Saturday at the Venice Film Festival.

Alfonso Cuarón is the first to admit that he does not know how to make a television series.

The northern bald ibis, or the Waldrapp, once soared over North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and much of Europe.

The Italian coast guard says the body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch is among those recovered off the coast of Sicily from the wreckage of a superyacht whose builders had called unsinkable.

The U.N. refugee agency has agreed to monitor the first three months of a contentious accord between Italy and Albania to process migrants' asylum requests at two centers in Albania.

Hunter Biden reportedly asked the U.S. ambassador to Italy for help with an energy project a Ukrainian gas company was pursuing while his father was vice president.

IOC President Thomas Bach says the “hate speech” directed at two women boxers at the Paris Olympics is “totally unacceptable.”.

“The Redemption Tour” ended in a familiar spot for Simone Biles: atop the Olympic podium.

Swimming’s next generation of stars claimed the spotlight at the Paris Olympics on Monday night, a brash group that comes from all over the globe.

For Nic Fink, this was a long time coming.

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says Italy and China have signed a three-year action plan to implement past agreements and experiment with new forms of cooperation.

The U.S. military is celebrating an all-Japanese U.S. Army unit that was key in liberating Italy’s central Tuscan region from Nazi-Fascist forces in July 1944, even while their family members were interned at home as enemies of the state following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.

Venice is wrapping up a pilot program charging day-trippers a 5-euro entrance fee.

Eritrean rider Biniam Girmay has become the first Black rider to win a Tour de France stage in the last leg in Italy.

Defending champion Italy has crashed out of the European Championship with a 2-0 defeat to Switzerland in Berlin.

Mark Cavendish has appeared to struggle with stomach and heat issues during the opening stage of the Tour de France.

Italy substitute Mattia Zaccagni has scored in the last minute of stoppage time for Italy to advance to the knockout stage of Euro 2024 with 1-1 draw against Croatia.

Spain has advanced to the round of 16 at Euro 2024 after a 1-0 win against defending champion Italy.

The post-pandemic surge in global sales of luxury handbags, shoes and apparel is on pace to stall this year amid a creativity crisis and price hikes focused on the biggest spending customers.

U.N. agencies say 64 people are missing after a shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea and several were rescued by the Italian coast guard.

Milan designers have expressed their concern over the global turbulence through their collections without making overt statements.

Ferrari has made it two in a row as it outlasted Toyota to win a weather-affected 24 Hours of Le Mans with the trio of Nicklas Nielsen, Antonio Fuoco and Miguel Molina crossing the line in the No. 50 car 14 seconds ahead of the No. 7 of Nyck de Vries, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez.