Topic: Giuseppe Conte

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said six regions in the country will face new COVID-19 restrictions beginning Friday as cases surged throughout Europe.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a new COVID-19 lockdown to take effect Thursday if passed by Parliament.

Coronavirus cases are surging at record levels in Europe where the disease has had an up, down and up situation since the pandemic hit early this year with nations adding restrictions to control spread.

Coronavirus cases are surging throughout to around 40 million, growing about 1 million every three days.

European nations are dealing with a new wave of coronavirus deaths and cases after largely containing the pandemic earlier this year.

With hopes to decrease tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean among allies, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held high-level meetings with Greece Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and other partners Monday.

Following nearly five days of heated negotiations, leaders of the European Union on Tuesday agreed on a landmark $2 trillion stimulus package and budget deal.

Ennio Morricone, an Oscar-winning film composer who scored westerns such as Sergio Leone's "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight," has died at age 91.

Deaths and cases in Brazil are skyrocketing as other nations, including epicenters at one time, have stabilized.

Five COVID-19 patients died at a hospital in St. Petersburg, Russia, when a fire was caused by faulty ventilators, emergency officials said Tuesday.