From Piedmont to Friuli-Venezia Giulia and up to Sicily, in Italy there are 13 historic train lines born between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on which we can still travel today to admire breathtaking views: previously abandoned, they have been recovered thanks to the project “Timeless tracks”, started in 2014 by the FS Italiane Foundation. These railway lines cross the ...
The Makkah Royal Clock Tower in Mecca. There Makkah Royal Clock Tower to There Meccain Saudi Arabia, is the tallest clock tower in the world. Completed in 2012, it is spread over 120 floorsfor a total of 601 meters high: it was built with deep foundations 30 meters in granite and poles from 2.5m in diameter to support 650,000 tons. ...
90% of European ZTLs are located in Italythis is what the research reported Cars and cities, beyond the ban published in 2026 by the Auto and Mobility Observatory of the Luiss Business School. If we also consider the other forms of restrictions on car access (such as low emission zones), in the Bel Paese there are quite a few 485 ...
Image created with AI for illustrative purposes The rules for rescue interventions by the Financial Police have officially changed. From now on, anyone who deliberately or through gross imprudence causes an emergency situation, as well as who alerts rescuers without real necessity or justified reason, will be required to reimburse the costs. No generalized payment is being introduced, the Fiamme ...
Fast versus stealthy, lean versus rugged, polka dots versus rosettes. Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) and leopard (Panthera pardus), spotted cats of Africa, may seem similar from afar, but they actually hide profound realities both physical and ethological differences. The first is thefastest land animal in the worldcapable of touching the 100 km/h during its daytime hunting trips, with a thinner body, ...
Cape Newenham is part of a network that tracks aircraft operating in Alaskan airspace, which includes this site at Fort Yukon. Credit: US AIR FORCE A charter plane he crashed into Western Alaskain one of the most remote areas of the United States, causing the death of all eight people on board. According to the first information released by the ...
The PEC could become mandatory for motorists There PEC is not yet mandatory for those who own a car or motorbike. This is the main concept that you should take home by reading this article. However, there is a big “but”, in that if the reform of the Highway Code contained in the current basic text were to pass, for ...
Fracture on the road surface produced by the reactivation and movement of the Pernicana Fault on 15 August 2026 following the 3.9 magnitude earthquake. Credits: Civil Protection The eastern flank Etna continues to tremble, with the reactivation of the Pernicana Fault. Six new shockswith maximum magnitude of 3.1, were recorded yesterday morning, August 20, 2026from the seismic monitoring network of ...
Bad weather in the province of Bergamo – Source: firefighters In the last 48 hours an intense phase of bad weather hit the regions of Northern Italy and the Tuscany. The phenomenon was triggered by the collapse of one Atlantic sagging towards the Iberian Peninsula. This atmospheric configuration triggered a lure of humid and warm currents from the south-west towards ...
An earthquake has hit the Ayacucho region, in the south of Peru. The earthquake occurred on Thursday 20 August at 1pm local time (8pm Italian time), with the epicenter located at 35 kilometers north of Coracora, province of Parinacochas, and epicenter located at a depth of 108 kilometers. The magnitude initially recorded and reported by the Geophysical Institute of Peru ...