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Prosecutors question Italy’s Conte over slow virus lockdowns

ROME Prosecutors went to question Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte on Friday about the lack of a coronavirus lockdown on two towns in northern Italy’s Lombardy region that became one of the hardest-hit areas of the country’s outbreak. Doctors and virologists have said the two-week delay in quarantining Alzano and Nembro helped allow the virus to…

Families of Italy virus victims ask for justice

ROME Dozens of grieving relatives of coronavirus' victims on Wednesday filed their complaints at the prosecutors’ offices in Italy’s northern city of Bergamo, denouncing serious failures by local politicians and health officials in…

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Venice flooded by unusual high tide, 3rd highest for June

ROME A quarter of Venice has been submerged by a near-record high tide for June, a time of year when such flooding is rare. The water level in Italy’s lagoon city reached 116 centimeters (3 feet, 9.7 inches) late Thursday, the…

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No crowds delight art lovers in Italy at reopened museums

FLORENCE, Italy The Uffizi Galleries, the most-visited museum in Italy, is open after three months of COVID-19 lockdown, delighting art lovers who don’t have to jostle with throngs of tourists thanks to new social distancing rules. Uffizi…

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Italy reports 60 deaths, braces for border reopening

ROME Italy on Monday reported 60 more fatalities from the novel coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 33,475, as the debate over the risks of reopening the country’s internal and external borders next week heated up. The slowing trend…

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Rome: Demonstrators protest weak response to pandemic

ROME Hundreds of demonstrators blocked traffic and scuffled with police Saturday in central Rome as they protested against government institutions considered unfit to shield residents from the coronavirus pandemic fallout. Waving national…

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