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Salvatore "Totò" Riina at his trial in 1993. Photo: Alessandro Fucarini/AFP The daughter and son-in-law of the late mafia boss Totò Riina have launched an online shop selling wares under the brand name ‘Uncle Totò’. By way of celebrating the mobster, who died last month aged 87, while making some money, Maria Concetta Riina and husband Antonino Ciavarello’s website (Zu Totò) will at first sell coffee capsules before expanding to olive oil. But the coffee isn’t available just yet, with the couple aiming to collect orders before establishing a bonafide business. “We want to sell some ‘Zu Totò brand products,” the couple wrote on the website. “We’re starting wi...

G7 countries and tech giants including Google, Facebook and Twitter on Friday agreed to work together to block the dissemination of Islamist extremism over the inteet. "These are the first steps towards a great alliance in the name of fre...

Pope Francis, pictured in Bologna on Sunday, has supported the summit. Photo: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP An inteational summit on how to protect children from poography threats online is taking place at a Catholic university in Rome this week with Pope Francis's support, organizers said on Monday. The conference comes just weeks after a Vatican diplomat was recalled from Washington for allege...

Giancarlo Cancelleri, pictured in 2012, was selected as the party's candidate for regional goveor. Photo: AFPA court in Palermo has 'suspended' the result of the regional primaries of the Five Star Movement party, presenting a potential setback just two months ahead of the Sicilian regional elections. The 'regionarie' - an online vote among Five Star members - took place in July to select its ca...