Streets across Europe were quiet on Sunday as lockdowns aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus prompted countries to tighten borders and people to avoid public spaces.
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Italy faced an unprecedented lockdown on Tuesday that left streets in the capital Rome and other cities deserted after the government extended a clampdown across the entire country in a bid to slow Europe’s worst outbreak of the coronavirus.
Saudi Arabia on Monday suspended flights to and from nine countries as a precautionary measure to control and curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, the official Saudi Press Agency reported.
Italy is facing its “darkest hour” as it battles against the novel coronavirus crisis, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said in a Monday interview, quoting from Winston Churchill.
“Over the past days I thought back to about what I read on Churchill: it is our darkest hour but we will make it,” Conte said
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday sent messages to Presidents Hassan Rouhani and Moon Jae-in of Iran and South Korea respectively and the Prime Minister of Italy, Guiseppo Conte, expressing “deep sympathies” following increasing incidents of the deadly Coronavirus in their countries.
German airline Lufthansa on Wednesday said it would be cutting its capacity by the equivalent of 150 passenger planes in the face of plummeting demand due to the coronavirus epidemic.
Italy’s football governing has asked FIFA’s rule-making body, the International Football Association Board, if it can make some changes to the Video Assistant Referee system.
Semplici, who had been with the club since 2014 in Serie C (third tier) and gained back-to-back promotions to the top flight, leaves the club struggling in last place with 15 points after they lost eight of their last 10 matches.
The 33-year-old has become a contributor to Corriere Torino, the local news section for Turin, the north-eastern city where Marchisio and Juventus are based.
Nothing but a perfect record was at stake for the Italians on Tuesday as they had already qualified for Euro 2020.
The Director, Nigerian Army Legal Services, Major General Yusuf Ibrahim Shalangwa, has been formally elected President of the prestigious African Military Law Forum in San Remo, Italy.
Second half headers from Vivianne Miedema and Stefanie van der Gragt earned the Netherlands a 2-0 win over Italy in their quarter-final clash on Saturday at the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday welcomed the support of the Italian government to help recover and repatriate illegally deposited Nigerian assets in foreign countries.
Chelsea coach, Maurizio Sarri, has said he wants to return to Italy to be closer to his family after a ‘heavy’ first year in the English Premier League.
A newly-born baby from a family of migrants has died in Italy following a botched home circumcision, the second such incident in little over a week, news reports said on Wednesday.
Italy’s recession-hit economy is a concern and its government should do more to revive it, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Tuesday.
The senior men’s 3×3 national basketball team has been grouped alongside France, Germany and Italy in the qualification Group A for a place in the 2019 FIBA 3×3 World Cup.
Italian football has struggled to stop racist behaviour by fans.
This was after the side reached the latest landmark in a record-smashing start to the season.
Serie A said the annual fixture would take place at the King Abdullah Sports City stadium in Jeddah on Januart 16.