Apr 12, 2020
ROME: The mayor of an Italian town famous for its bonfire celebrations on Good Friday was forced to apologise after locals turned up to pray with the priest in defiance of a coronavirus lockdown. The southeastern town of San Marco in Lamis holds an annual ritual that...
Apr 11, 2020
ROME: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Friday (Apr 10) extended a nationwide lockdown to contain the coronavirus until May 3, though he said a few types of shops would be allowed to reopen next week. The draconian curbs on movement and the closure of most...
Apr 9, 2020
ROME: Italy and Spain, the two European countries worst-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, are looking to ease restrictions in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus, leaders of the two countries have said. Italy may start gradually lifting some restrictions by the...
Apr 9, 2020
WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday (Apr 8) surpassed 14,600 COVID-19 deaths, the second-highest in the world after Italy. The pandemic has now claimed the lives of at least 14,695 people in the United States, which leads the world in the number of confirmed...
Apr 7, 2020
ROME: Italy on Monday (Apr 6) unveiled a record 400 billion euro (US$430 billion) stimulus to help businesses hurt by a month-long national lockdown that is like to run on for many more weeks. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told the nation to be patient in the face of...
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