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The United States Delegation of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George recently announced its full participation in fundraising efforts by the Constantinian Order Charity Onlus to assist Southern Italian hospitals to fully minister to the needs of those affected by COVID-19. “The COVID-19 crisis shows us that we are part of a world...

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Pininfarina, the legendary Italian design house, is still almost fully operational despite its 650 staff and 250 contractors all working from home during coronavirus lockdown. Headquartered in Cambiano, just outside Turin in north-west Italy, Pininfarina is best known for its automotive designs and former decades-long partnership with Ferrari—but i...

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In the epic Latin poem “The Aeneid,” written between 29 and 19 BC, the Roman poet Virgil coined the phrase “Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes ” which translated into English means “Be wary of Greeks bearing gifts.” The adage is commonly used to warn of a supposed gift or act of virtue that is a hidden threat.  This timeless warning has even more import...

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How people will gather in person in the foreseeable future is unpredictable. But let's assume they won't be eager to rub shoulders with large numbers of strangers anytime very soon. So how will visitors approach places like North Beach, that swath of idiosyncratic, locally owned restaurants, coffeehouses, shops, bars, clubs and historic sites that...

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Four days before the first cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Italy on January 31, a small biotech firm in the outskirts of Rome announced it was pivoting its business. Researchers at Takis Biotech, which had been focused on cancer treatments, would instead set about developing a vaccine for the rapidly spreading coronavirus. With the virus now ra...

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John Joseph Corsano, loving son, brother, uncle, husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away April 8, 2020, of COVID-19-related complications. Corsano was born Nov. 5, 1926, in Bridgeport. A lifelong resident of Fairfield, he is the son of Carmella and Nicholas Corsano, both Italian immigrants. He is the brother to Mary Corsano...

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The coronavirus was already a disaster for Meorina Mazza. In March, it sickened her brother, killed her cousin and prompted officials in Italy’s southern region of Calabria to quarantine her seaside town of San Lucido. But the lockdown also cut her off from her off-the-books shifts as a kitchen hand and made it harder to apply for welfare. Now she...

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Il Governo statunitense, tramite l’Agenzia Federale USAID (United States Agency for International Development)  ha attivato un programma di assistenza finanziaria finalizzato a fronteggiare l’emergenza epidemiologica in atto e a sviluppare la capacità produttiva del tessuto industriale nazionale. Il programma di USAID prevede stanziamenti complessi...

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A task force set up by the Italian education ministry to help teachers during the COVID-19 emergency has brought in "twinning" between schools in wealthier areas and those in ones suffering social problems. Schools that have for years been experimenting with distance learning are helping out teachers from disadvantaged, outlying areas of the countr...

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“Quando la mia città chiama, io rispondo”. È così che Sal da Vinci, artista italiano tra i più amati e stimati in Italia e all’estero, ha dato il via ad una raccolta fondi per supportare l’Ospedale Cotugno di Napoli durante l’emergenza Covid-19, avvalendosi della collaborazione di una nostra eccellenza oltreoceano, l’oncologo italiano Antonio Giord...

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