Human-caused climate change is "unequivocally" responsible for the intensity of a record-breaking heatwave scorching Europe, scientists said Friday, while experts consider the costs for an economy as productivity melts and growth becomes...

Soaring electricity demand triggered power cuts across Italy earlier this week, with grid operators warning of further disruption to come as the heatwave is set to reach its peak.

Public transport services in the Milan metro area were set to be affected by strikes on Friday, June 26th.

Heatwave blackouts hit Italian cities, defence minister hits back at NATO chief as air bases row escalates, and more news on Friday.

Once relics of a bygone way of life, the iconic dry-stone dwellings with conical roofs dotted across Puglia are in increasing demand as cool havens in Italy's sweltering south.