Most 91-year-olds are racing to their recliners. Not Emma Maria Mazzenga.The Italian nonagenarian sprinted through a 200-meter dash in under a minute last year, crushing the previous world record for her age group. While others were gasping for air, Mazzenga was already sizing up her next race. Amazed by her speed, doctors investigated what makes t...
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READ MOREDenver International Airport (DEN) marked a historic day as United Airlines inaugurated its new non-stop flight to Rome, Italy, operated by a 257-seat B-787/9 Dreamliner. The aircraft took off from Denver yesterday, May 1st, 2025, at 5:50 pm local time, for a 10.5-hour flight to the Eternal City. The gate opening event was attended by dignitaries i...
READ MOREThe 2025 edition of the Giro d'Italia will be dedicated to Pope Francis with the last stage of the prestigious cycling race featuring a "symbolic" start from the Vatican, organisers said on Tuesday. The final stage of the 108th edition of the Giro d'Italia, scheduled to take place in Rome on 1 June, will pass through Vatican City for the first time...
READ MOREAs cardinals prepare to enter the Sistine Chapel in a few days to elect a new pope, they are engaged in intense discussions over plates of carbonara and bottles of wine in the Borgo, the village-like quarter of cobbled lanes, tiny piazzas and ornate fountains that lies a few yards from the walls of the Vatican City State. One is partial to grilled...
READ MOREThe prequalifications for the Italian Open, the tennis tournament held in Rome at the Foro Italico, one of the most important events in the ATP and WTA circuits, started yesterday. The main draw, from May 6 to 19, will feature the top champions of the sport in a tournament that has been held since 1930, for both men and women. This year, the world...
READ MOREAfter the successful editions held in Varese, Bologna and Florence, the Italian Federation of American Football (FIDAF), in collaboration with RGP Northwest Ohio, Jobs Ohio and the Rome City Institute, and under the patronage of the City of Rome, is pleased to announce the Fourth Italian Business Forum, scheduled for Monday, May 5, 2025, at the Rom...
READ MOREIf you thought Italians were only obsessed with soccer, think again. With the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor still days away, a different game has taken over the Eternal City. Welcome to “toto-cardinale” — a spirited, slightly irreverent, and utterly Italian ritual of guessing who will be the next pope, called by the betting market, proh...
READ MOREFaithful and pilgrims can visit the tomb of Pope Francis in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore starting from Sunday 27 April, the day after his funeral in the Vatican. The papal basilica, also known as St Mary Major, is located in the Esquilino area of Rome near Termini train station. The church is open every day from 07.00 to 19.00, with last en...
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