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Rome's bid to host 2024 Olympics buried CULTURE

Rome's bid to host 2024 Olympics buried

Rome's ill-fated bid to host the 2024 Olympics was definitively buried on Thursday when the city council voted in favour of the new mayor's request to withdraw support for it.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Italy PM Renzi suffers vote setback as 5-Star makes breakthrough INTERNATIONAL

Italy PM Renzi suffers vote setback as 5-Star makes breakthrough

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi was trounced by the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement in local elections in Rome and Turin, clouding his chances of winning a do-or-die referendum in October.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Rome set to elect first female mayor INTERNATIONAL

Rome set to elect first female mayor

Voters in the Italian capital went to the polls on Sunday with all signs indicating that they will elect Virginia Raggi as the first female mayor of the Eternal City.

4:45 AM November 25 2016