AFP News Agency Profile picture
Jan 29 5 tweets 3 min read
Italy's warring parties were set Saturday to beg outgoing President Sergio Mattarella to stay for another term, fearing political chaos due to a possible failure to elect his successor
u.afp.com/wxHM
#UPDATE Italy's parties were set Saturday to vote for outgoing President Sergio Mattarella to stay on for another term, averting the political chaos a failure to elect his successor could have sparked in the eurozone's third-largest economy
u.afp.com/wxVh
#BREAKING Italy's President Sergio Mattarella re-elected: official
#UPDATE In the eighth round of divisive votes, Italy's parties finally decided Saturday for the outgoing president, 80-year-old Sergio Mattarella, to remain in his post for another seven-year term
#UPDATE Re-electing Mattarella to the Italian presidency ends weeks of hand-wringing over whether prized PM Mario Draghi should be elevated, with many fearing such a move would have left the government rudderless at a highly sensitive time
u.afp.com/wxjE

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with AFP News Agency

AFP News Agency Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @AFP

Jan 29
#BREAKING Ashleigh Barty wins Australian Open final
#UPDATE An imperious Ashleigh Barty became the first Australian to win her home Grand Slam in 44 years on Saturday, halting the charge of fearless American Danielle Collins in 6-3, 7-6 (7/2)
u.afp.com/wxrQ
#UPDATE Multi-talented Ashleigh Barty has been a professional cricketer, won a golf tournament and now taken her place among the giants of Australian tennis after winning her home Grand Slam on Saturday
u.afp.com/wxrC
Read 5 tweets
Jan 28
Tennis world number one Ashleigh Barty will look to become the first Australian woman for 44 years to win her home Grand Slam Saturday, but to do it she needs to get past a rejuvenated Danielle Collins in the form of her life u.afp.com/wxz6 #AFPSports #AusOpen Tennis world number one Ashleigh Barty
Ashleigh Barty vs Danielle Collins head-to-head profile ahead of their 2022 #AusOpen women's singles final
The final stages of the #AusOpen men's singles competition
Read 4 tweets
Jan 28
#BREAKING Top US general says Russian invasion of Ukraine would be 'horrific'
#UPDATE America's highest uniformed official, Mark Milley, told reporters Friday that a Russian invasion of Ukraine "would be horrific" and "would result in a significant amount of casualties"
#UPDATE The Pentagon said Friday that the destruction and human cost of a full-scale incursion by Russian forces into Ukraine would be "horrific," but that there was still time for diplomacy to avoid a war u.afp.com/wxzX
Read 4 tweets
Jan 28
#BREAKING Putin tells Macron that West 'ignored' Russia's security concerns: Kremlin
#UPDATE President Vladimir Putin told French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Friday that the US and NATO were ignoring Moscow's security concerns over #Ukraine, but added that Russia would hold off from taking action immediately, the Kremlin said u.afp.com/wxEK
#BREAKING US, European Union working to source alternative supplies of natural gas to the EU in case of Russia 'supply shocks:' joint statement
Read 8 tweets
Jan 27
Leftist Xiomara Castro is set to be sworn in as the first woman president of Honduras 🇭🇳, ending 12 years of rule by the right-wing National Party

u.afp.com/wxhs
#BREAKING Xiomara Castro sworn in as Honduras's first woman president Image
#UPDATE Xiomara Castro becomes first woman president of Honduras after swearing-in ceremony attended by US Vice President Kamala Harris and Spain's King Felipe VI ImageImageImage
Read 5 tweets
Jan 27
#BREAKING Top seed Barty crushes Keys 6-1, 6-3 to make Australian Open final #AFPSports #AusOpen ImageImage
#UPDATE A ruthless Ashleigh Barty swept into her first Australian Open final on Thursday, the top seed and home favourite outgunning a resurgent Madison Keys in a straight-sets demolition u.afp.com/wxmZ #AFPSports #AusOpen ImageImage
#BREAKING Collins overpowers Swiatek 6-4, 6-1 to set up Australian Open final with Barty #AFPSports #AusOpen ImageImage
Read 4 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

:(