Ex-Italy PM Silvio Berlusconi in ICU with leukaemia, lung infection
- 07-Apr-2023
MILAN: Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been suffering from chronic blood cancer for some time and is currently in intensive care for a lung infection, his doctors said on Thursday. The 86-year-old, whose media empire has made him a billionaire, was rushed to the intensive care unit of Milan’s San Raffaele hospital on […]
Italian man held after driving through city shooting at black people
- 04-Feb-2018
ROME: An Italian man opened fire on African migrants in the central city of Macerata on Saturday, injuring six people before he was captured, in what police said was a racially motivated attack. The shootings happened just days after a Nigerian migrant was arrested in connection with the death of an 18-year-old Italian woman, whose […]
Which billionaire moguls have been elected to power?
- 09-Nov-2016
PARIS: Donald Trump, the real estate mogul, reality TV star and US president-elect whose worth Forbes estimates at $3.7 billion, joins an ultra-elite group of billionaire business tycoons who have come to power through the ballot box. Other political leaders who first made fortunes in businesses from chocolates to telecoms include: ITALY: Media mogul Silvio Berlusconi […]
Chinese consortium offers to buy AC Milan soccer club
- 30-Apr-2016
ROME: An unknown Chinese consortium has offered to buy AC Milan soccer club owned by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, sources reveal.
Man sets himself on fire outside ex-Italian PM’s home
- 16-Dec-2015
ROME: An Italian set himself on fire Monday in front of the house of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and was rushed to hospital in a serious but stable condition, Italian media said.