The lost days that made Bergamo a coronavirus tragedy
When Franco Orlandi, a usually hale former truck driver, arrived in mid-February with a cough and fever at an emergency room in the northern Italian province of Bergamo, doctors determined...
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Virus revives Italy’s age-old shadow safety net: The pawnshop
The economic picture for Italy, and for Italians in need of cash, does not look good.
Message received: Italians are staying home
On the first day of Europe's first nationwide restriction on movement and public gatherings to stem the rampant spread of the coronavirus, Italians steered clear of their streets, shops, churches...
White House: Salahis weren’t encouraged
The White House on Wednesday told a House committee there was no evidence that alleged gate-crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi received any encouragement to come to the White House for...
Maestro steps down at La Scala
After weeks of a theatrical power struggle that grabbed the opera world's attention, what appears to be the final curtain has fallen on Riccardo Muti's career as music director of...
Pontiff tries to heal Balkan scars
Pope John Paul II delivered an appeal for reconciliation at an open-air mass here Sunday, urging a Roman Catholic population that has been drastically diminished by the ethnic expulsions of...