Sicily's international airport in Catania, a top Italian tourist destination, remained closed on Wednesday due to ongoing ash emissions from Mount Etna.

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Saturday is Italy’s Ferragosto public holiday. But how will transportation, supermarkets, shops and museums be impacted?

For hundreds of people recently kicked out of a social centre in Rome, extreme heat is proving an added strain on top of a dispute highlighting the Italian capital's housing crisis.

Four regions under storm alerts as heatwave drags on, Italy gears up to watch partial solar eclipse, and more news on Wednesday.