
Messi sets goal record for a year; Falcao scores 5
Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Atletico Madrid's Radamel Falcao were unstoppable Sunday on a night when both stars again demonstrated why their teams ...

Italy's PM says he intends to quit over crisis
Premier Mario Monti told the Italian president Saturday he is resigning soon, saying he can no longer govern after Silvio Berlusconi's party withdrew ...

Berlusconi in comeback bid to become Italy premier
Billionaire media baron Silvio Berlusconi, who resigned in disgrace with Italy tottering through the European debt crisis, announced Saturday he was ...

Wagner wins over La Scala's ardent Verdi fans
Richard Wagner won over La Scala's ardent Verdi followers during the gala season premiere on Friday with a production of "Lohengrin" that packed ...

Monti gov't under fire as Berlusconi pulls support
Concerns over the stability of the Italian government grew on Thursday after Silvio Berlusconi's party withdrew its support from Premier Mario Monti, ...
Fiat Industrial and CNH reach merger agreement
The Italian heavy-duty vehicles maker Fiat Industrial reached an agreement Monday for a full merger with its U.S. subsidiary, the farm equipment maker ...
Turbulence on Cuba-Italy flight leaves 30 bruised
An airliner flying from Havana to Milan abruptly plunged some 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) when it hit unusually strong turbulence over the Atlantic on ...
6 arrested in extortion plot on Berlusconi
Italian police have arrested six people accused of trying to extort ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi for €35 million ($45 million) in exchange for ...
Fiat Industrial Q3 profits up 30 percent
Fiat Industrial SpA, the Italian maker of trucks, farming and construction equipment, reported a 30 percent increase in third-quarter earnings ...

I'm back: Berlusconi's post-conviction about-face
Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi has responded to his tax fraud conviction with a full-out attack on the government of Mario Monti, warning his party ...

Silvio Berlusconi convicted in Italy of tax fraud
Just two days after announcing he won't run in spring elections, former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was convicted of tax fraud and sentenced to ...
Silvio Berlusconi faces verdict in tax fraud case
An Italian court is set to deliver verdicts Friday against former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and 10 others in a six-year-old tax fraud trial.

Former premier Berlusconi says he won't run
Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi announced Wednesday that he won't run for a fourth term in spring elections and said his center-right ...

In court, Berlusconi denies sex with teen
Silvio Berlusconi made a rare court appearance Friday to deny some of the more salacious accusations at the center of a sex scandal in Italy that has ...
Fiat Industrial: CNH rejects merger proposal
U.S. farm and industrial vehicle group CNH has rejected a merger proposal from its parent, Fiat Industrial, the Italian company said in a statement ...

Leona Lewis at peace with One Direction fans
Leona Lewis understands that One Direction fans are protective of their lads. Since being linked with Liam Payne from the boy band, the British singer ...

Milan designers: Summer fashion should be fun
The looks were sheer and the message for next summer from Milan was crystal clear: Fashion should be fun. Many designers showing spring-summer ...
Prada first half profit up 60 percent
Luxury design house Prada SpA says its earnings rose 60 percent in the first six months of the year thanks to higher sales in Asia and to tourists in ...

Colors in, and black out, on Milan runway
At least the fashion world can agree on one antidote to the financial crisis: Color. Black, a wardrobe staple that might be a safe haven in a crisis, ...

Sharon Stone checked out before Milan auction
Sharon Stone helped raise more than $1.1 million (€846,000) for AIDS research at a charity auction, hours after a brief trip to a hospital during ...

Milan runway not all black and white
It's not all black and white in Milan this season. Women's collections coming off the runway for next year's warmer weather are all about the pastoral ...
Italy court upholds American convictions
Italy's highest criminal court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of 23 Americans in the abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect from a Milan street ...

Milan offers women color, patterns for next summer
After New York and London, it's Milan's turn to have a say as to how women will dress for the spring-summer 2013. If the first day of previews ...

No handshake, no goals as Chelsea, QPR draw 0-0
Anton Ferdinand's snub of John Terry in the pre-match handshake overshadowed Chelsea's 0-0 draw at Queens Park Rangers on Saturday. The result ended ...