Italy reported 553 coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday against 628 the day before, taking its total toll past 70,000, the health ministry said. The daily tally of new infections increased to 14,522 from 13,318. The first Western country hit by the virus, Italy becomes the fifth nation in the world to surpass 70,000 deaths, with an
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The Italian Court of Appeal in Milan has sentenced former Real Madrid forward Robinho to nine years in prison for participating in the gang rape of a young woman at a nightclub in the northern Italian city in 2013. Robinho and his friend, Ricardo Falco, have been accused of raping an Albanian girl who was
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Cristiano Ronaldo is under investigation for breaking coronavirus rules when he flew from Portugal to Italy after testing positive for the disease. Recall the five-time Ballon d’Or winner tested positive for Covid-19 while on international duty with Portugal earlier this month and flew back to Italy via a private air ambulance. When asked if Ronaldo
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Italy will reopen to tourists from early June and scrap a 14-day mandatory quarantine period, the government said Saturday, as it quickened the country’s exit from the coronavirus lockdown. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte enforced an economically-crippling shut down in early March to counter a global pandemic which official records show has killed over 31,500
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On Saturday, statistics showed that Italy topped the world chart on coronavirus death row which had risen above 10,000 with less significant measures to curb it. The 889 new fatalities reported by the civil protection service came a day after the nation of 60 million registered a world record of 969 deaths on Friday. Its
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Italy has placed up to 16 million people under quarantine as it battles to contain the spread of coronavirus. Anyone living in Lombardy and 14 other central and northern provinces will need special permission to travel. Milan and Venice are both affected. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte also announced the closure of schools, gyms, museums, nightclubs
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Three players from third-division Italian football club US Pianese have tested positive for coronavirus, the Tuscany side confirmed on Friday. “At the moment those infected are four, three players and a team official,” the Siena-based club said in a statement. “The first is a young player who had started to experience a slight rise in
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Six Germans were killed and 11 others injured when a speeding car ploughed into them in northern Italy on Sunday, Italian media reported. The accident happened at around 1:15 am (0015 GMT) in the South Tyrol region that borders Austria, the daily Corriere Della Sera said. After spending an evening at a restaurant, the group
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