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Italy imposes nationwide restrictions to contain new virus

MILAN — Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte says travel restrictions and other strict public health measures will be imposed nationwide starting Tuesday to try to stop the spread of the new coronavirus. Conte said Monday night that a new government decree will require people throughout the country of 60 million people to demonstrate a need to […]

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Led Zeppelin did not steal Stairway To Heaven riff, appeals court rules

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant and Jimmy Page gave evidence at a 2016 trial Led Zeppelin have triumphed in a long-running copyright dispute after a US appeals court ruled they did not steal the opening riff in Stairway To Heaven. The British rock legends were accused in 2014 of ripping

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2 Congressmen Who Spent Time With Trump Go Into Isolation Amid Fear of Coronavirus

Mr. Trump has asked advisers whether he needs to reduce how many hands he shakes, but he has shown reluctance to change his actual habits — long before the current outbreak, he made a habit of slathering his hands with sanitizer once he finishes with crowds. At a closed-door fund-raiser at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday, he

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Europe Is Probably in Recession. Can Its Leaders Move Fast and Deliver Relief?

LONDON — Europe had already been teetering toward trouble. Even before the coronavirus outbreak quarantined the industrial heart of Italy and emptied the teeming streets of Venice, before France banned public gatherings and major trade shows were canceled in Germany and Spain, economists were openly warning about the prospect of an economic downturn across the

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Prison riots hit Italy amid virus; 6 die in overdose

ROME — Tensions in Italy’s overcrowded prisons erupted Monday over new coronavirus containment measures, with riots in at least two dozen lock-ups and the deaths of six inmates who broke into an infirmary and overdosed on methadone. Italy’s national prisoner rights advocate urged wardens to take immediate measures to calm the situation and mitigate the

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