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NBC News
30-04-2025
- General
- NBC News
From Vietnam: 50 years after the war, Viet refugees share their family history
50 years after the fall of Saigon, a Vietnamese father sits down for a conversation with his America-born daughter to share their family 1, 2025
Yahoo
19-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
As Italy tightens citizenship laws, it makes exception for American author Frances Mayes who inspired millions to love Tuscany
ROME, April 19 — The Italian government has announced it will grant citizenship to American author Frances Mayes, whose memoir Under the Tuscan Sun became a global bestseller and helped spark a romanticised fascination with life in rural Italy. The Italian Cabinet approved the proposal – submitted by Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi – to confer citizenship on Mayes, 85, 'for special merits', The New York Times reported yesterday, citing an official government statement. Mayes, who was born in Georgia, the United States, splits her time between North Carolina and her longtime home in the Tuscan town of Cortona, where she famously restored a crumbling villa. 'Her lyrical descriptions of Tuscany have drawn countless readers to dream — and sometimes to follow — in her footsteps,' reported The New York Times. A general view of the Tuscany countryside in Italy, romanticised by America-born author Frances Mayes, in her bestseller 'Under the Tuscan Sun'. — Picture from Her 1996 memoir, which recounted her decision to buy and renovate an abandoned villa in the Tuscan hills, was adapted into a 2003 film starring Diane Lane. The book itself spent more than two years on The New York Times bestseller list, cementing Mayes' status as a literary ambassador of Italian culture to the English-speaking world. The decision to honour Mayes comes amid a tightening of Italy's citizenship laws. Just weeks ago, the government passed measures limiting citizenship by descent to those with an Italian parent or grandparent. Previously, applicants could claim citizenship with Italian ancestry going back four generations.
BBC News
27-02-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Canada's Marsch 'ashamed' of Trump's 51st state jibe
Canada's America-born manager Jesse Marsch is "ashamed" of US President Donald Trump's repeated comments about making Canada the 51st have been rising between the neighbouring countries over recent weeks following Trump's 51st state remarks as well as proposed severe trade tariffs between the former Leeds United boss took charge of Canada in May 2024 and could face the US in the final of the CONCACAF Nations League next month."If I have one message to our president, it's lay off the ridiculous rhetoric about Canada being the 51st state," said Marsch, who was born in Wisconsin and played twice for the US national team during a long MLS career. "As an American, I'm ashamed of the arrogance and disregard we've shown one of our historically oldest, strongest and most loyal allies."Canada and the US recently met across two fixtures in the 4 Nations ice hockey competition, with the former winning the first game descended into chaos with three fights breaking out between players in the first nine seconds, while the US national anthem was loudly the final, American supporters jeered the Canadian national anthem, which was sung with different lyrics in protest about Trump's Canada won in overtime, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrote on X: "You can't take our country - and you can't take our game."Marsch has won six of his 13 games in charge of Canada, who are seeking their first piece of silverware since 2000 in the Nations meet Mexico in the semi-finals on 21 March, with the winner facing either the US or Panama in the final two days later."Canada is a strong, independent nation that is deep-rooted in decency and it's a place that values high ethics and respect, unlike the polarised, disrespectful and often now hateful climate that is in the US," Marsch added."When I look forward to a month from now I know this will fuel our team, the mentality and will that we have to play for our country, the desire to go after this tournament in every way and to show on and off the pitch exactly what Canadian character is."Mexico manager Javier Aguirre and Panama coach Thomas Christensen were at the same press event as Marsch at SoFi Stadium in California while America were represented by USA Soccer vice-president Oguchi Onyewu, who refused to be drawn into any political comments.
