Much of the Italian centre left, but no party leaders, made a pilgrimage Saturday to Ventotene, the island south of Rome ...

Chief correspondent covering political and general news in Germany with experience in Argentina and in Cuba leading Reuters’ broader Caribbean coverage. Germany's Bundesrat upper house of ...

TV STAR Kym Marsh told yesterday how she had her phone swiped from her hand seconds after taking it from her bag to reply to a text. The BBC Morning Live host told the show: “I felt vulnerable ...

Saltmarsh sparrows are among the many species that depend entirely on the health of our coastal marshes. Their presence is a sign of a healthy marsh, as was highlighted in Jonah Chester's Feb. 16 ...

The US Fish and Wildlife Service is asking Americans to step up as conservationists and make a meal out of cat-sized rodents. The plea is part of the agency’s annual National Invasive Species ...

Only a handful of hitters last season had more pitches out of the strike zone (as defined by MLB’s Statcast) called strikes than Brandon Marsh did. Naturally, Marsh should be a fan of the ...

The latter returns to Rome to do what a long line of kings, emperors, popes, dukes, nobles could not do—drain the great Pontine marshes near Rome. The new Italian Ambassador to Washington ...

Otters are believed to be living at Rainham Marshes nature reserve for the first time in more than 25 years. The team at the RSPB site are thrilled by the recent sightings, which they say ...

Ever wonder where marshmallows get their name? It turns out they're indebted to a flower that grows in—where else?—the marshes. Althaea officinalis, known by its common name marshmallow (or marsh ...

[4] The Pontine Marshes surrounding Rome were notorious in this respect. (Early Greeks thought it was contracted by drinking swamp water; the Greek term is elonosia “disease of the marsh”.) ...

Diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPGs) are aggressive glial brain tumors that primarily affect children, for which there is no curative treatment. Median overall survival is only one year.