State may have to take over Italy motorways: Italy deputy PM
The Italian state will have to take over the country’s motorways if companies who have concessions are not able to do the job properly, deputy prime minister Luigi Di Maio said on Thursday.
Shares in Italian motorway operators hit after bridge collapse
Shares in Italy’s Atlantia and other toll road operators came under heavy pressure on Thursday after the government said it would look to revoke a motorway concession and tighten rules after a deadly bridge collapse.
Atlantia says concession stripping announcement may damage investors
Italy’s Atlantia said on Thursday the way the Italian government had announced it would revoke a motorway concession from one of its units following a deadly bridge collapse could damage investors in the infrastructure group.
Philippines’ Duterte could resign if Marcos Jr becomes VP: spokesman
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte could step down if the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos succeeds in overturning his 2016 vice presidential election defeat, Duterte’s spokesman said on Thursday.
China rebuffs Philippines president’s South China Sea rebuke
China rebuffed Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s call for Beijing to rethink its conduct in the South China Sea on Thursday, saying China had the right to react to foreign ships or aircraft that get close to its islands.
Gunmen attack intelligence service center in Afghan capital Kabul
Gunmen attacked an area around a security base and training center for Afghanistan’s intelligence service in the capital Kabul on Thursday, holding off security forces for hours before being killed.
Malaysia to continue trial of women charged with murder of North Korean
The trial of two women charged with the murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will continue, a Malaysian judge ruled on Thursday, adding that the evidence was insufficient to prove it was a political assassination.
Trump’s latest boost to the dollar: U.S.-Turkey spat
President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for a weaker U.S. dollar in a bid to help U.S. exporters, but his recent trade policies, including the imposition of import tariffs on some Turkish goods, have had the opposite effect of strengthening the gr…
Italian police say 38 died in Genoa bridge collapse
The Italian police said 38 people died this week in the port city of Genoa when a concrete bridge collapsed, revising an earlier count of 39 victims.
Death toll in suicide attack on Afghan students revised down to 34
Afghan authorities revised down on Thursday the death toll from a suicide bomb attack on an educational center in Kabul to 34 from 48, health ministry officials said.
