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    Tg2 journalist Christiana Ruggeri dies at 57, science desk editor since May 2025

    Rai journalist Christiana Ruggeri, who joined Tg2 in 2000 and led its Science desk from May 2025, has died at 57. Colleagues and the Unirai Figec union publicly marked her death.

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