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This Aug. 28, 2020 photo shows destroyed port warehouses at the scene of last month's massive explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon. A month after the giant explosion that killed and injured thousands and destroyed homes across the Lebanese capital, Beirut is still a wounded, grieving city struggling to come to grips with the calamity that struck abruptly on Aug.4. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Italy’s premier urges Lebanon to form Cabinet, start reforms

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

A health worker takes a nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. India's coronavirus cases have crossed 4 million, leading the world in new infections and deepening misery in the country's vast hinterlands where surges have crippled the underfunded health care system. Initially, the virus ravaged India's sprawling and densely populated cities. It has since stretched to almost every state, spreading through villages. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

The Latest: Nevada reports 390 new virus cases, 13 deaths

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FILE - A Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018 file photo showing a view of the Morandi highway bridge that collapsed in Genoa, northern Italy. Italy's government says it has scored a victory in a battle stemming from the deadly 2018 collapse of Genoa's bridge, with the Benetton fashion family agreeing to exit the holding company that manages and maintains most of Italy's toll roads and bridges. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)

Italy, Benettons reach deal after Genoa bridge collapse

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Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, left, is flanked by Erasmo Palazzotto, President of a Parliamentary investigative commission on the slain of Giulio Regeni, at the Senate in Rome, Thursday, June 18, 2020. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte was heard by a Parliamentary investigative commission on the slain of Italian researcher Giulio Regeni who was murdered in Cairo in 2016. Giulio Regeni, 28, an Italian doctoral student disappeared in Cairo on Jan. 25, the anniversary of Egypt's 2011 uprising, a day when security forces were on high alert and on the streets in force to prevent any demonstrations or protests. His body, stabbed repeatedly and exhibiting cigarette burns and other signs of torture, was reported found on Feb. 3. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)

Italy pressed on arms sale to Egypt amid torture-murder case

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Bianca Amodeo, 17, uses her tablet in her room at home in Ascoli Piceno, central Italy, Thursday, April 30, 2020 to chat with her boyfriend Francesco who lives in Ancarano, 15 minutes driving from home. Bianca and Francesco have not met for almost two months after Italy went in a general lockdown in a bid to fight the new coronavirus pandemic. While Italian Premier Conte announced the first relaxation of the circulation restrictions starting from May 4, Bianca and Francesco won't be able to meet yet because they live in different regions. ( AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Easing of lockdown begs the question: Who’s family in Italy?

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Doctors tend to a coronavirus patient in the intensive care unit at "Ospedale di Circolo" hospital, in Varese, Italy, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Italian P.M. Conte defends handling of coronavirus crisis: ‘Going back, I would do the same’

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

An ambulance and a Carabinieri car are parked in front of the ancient Colosseum in Rome Tuesday, March 31, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

Italy says EU has abandoned them during coronavirus pandemic

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 8, 2020, file photo, people wear mask as they stand in Duomo Square, in downtown Milan, Italy. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte's decision to lock down his entire country brought some welcome clarity to life in Italy after weeks of uncertainty about how to behave in a time of coronavirus, according to Associated Press reporter Colleen Barry. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)

Italy’s lockdown reshapes family life in time of coronavirus

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Opposition populist leader Matteo Salvini gestures during press conference at the Foreign Press association, in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. The Italian Senate voted by a large margin Wednesday to allow the prosecution of Salvini for making 131 rescued migrants to remain on a coast guard vessel for days when he was Italy's interior minister. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Coronavirus spread fuels anti-immigration opposition

By Madison Hirneisen - The Washington Times

Center-left candidate Stefano Bonaccini meets the media after polls closed in a regional election for the region of Emilia Romagna, in Bologna, Italy, late Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. Nearly complete results Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, of balloting for the governorship of the prosperous Emilia-Romagna region had the League's candidate some 8 percentage points behind the 51.4 percent garnered in Sunday's balloting, by the incumbent governor, of the center-left Democrats, Bonaccini. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Italy’s regional voters thwart hopes of right-wing forces

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Italy's premier Giuseppe Conte speaks during his year-end press conference at Villa Madama, in Rome, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019. Conte insists his squabbling coalition will last three more years, even after a minister recently quit in protest. (Giuseppe Lami/ANSA via AP)

Italy’s premier: Squabbling coalition will last 3 more years

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte speaks during a press conference at the end of a meeting with ArcelorMittal's top management, at the Chigi Palace in Rome, late Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. Conte says steelmaker ArcelorMittal has agreed to try for a negotiated solution over the fate of a southern Italian steel plant after four-hour-long talks between Conte and ArcelorMittal executives ending Friday before midnight. (Maurizio Brambatti/ANSA via AP)

Italian premier: ArcelorMittal will negotiate on steel mill

By FRANCES D’EMILIO - Associated Press

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte sits before testifying behind closed doors to COPASIR (Italian parliamentary intelligence committee) about a meeting between United States Attorney General William Barr and Italian intelligence, in Rome, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Media reports have indicated that Conte authorized the contacts -- one in August and one in September -- in violation of protocol. (Angelo Carconi/ANSA via AP)

PM Conte defends Italy’s intelligence contacts with US

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte intervenes in the debate at the Senate ahead of a second confidence vote on his coalition government, in Rome, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. Conte on Monday won the first of two mandatory confidence votes on his four-day-old coalition of rival parties, after a day of fielding insults during a boisterous Parliament session from an opposition outraged that Italy got a new government instead of a new election. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The Latest: Italy’s new pro-Europe govt wins confidence vote

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Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte intervenes in the debate at the Senate ahead of a second confidence vote on his coalition government, in Rome, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. Conte on Monday won the first of two mandatory confidence votes on his four-day-old coalition of rival parties, after a day of fielding insults during a boisterous Parliament session from an opposition outraged that Italy got a new government instead of a new election. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italy’s new pro-EU govt wins vote, now faces 2020 budget

By GIADA ZAMPANO - Associated Press

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte shakes hands with Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio after addressing parliament ahead of confidence vote later at the Lower Chamber in Rome, Monday, Sept. 9, 2019. The 5-Stars-PD alliance was the unexpected result of Italy's mid-summer crisis, which began when the League's Matteo Salvini, then the powerful interior minister and deputy premier, pulled the plug on the coalition hoping to trigger snap elections and win the premiership.(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Italy’s Conte wins first confidence vote in Parliament

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, bottom center, talks with lawmakers during a confidence vote at the Lower Chamber in Rome, Monday, Sept. 9, 2019. Conte is pitching for support in Parliament for his new left-leaning coalition ahead of crucial confidence votes. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The Latest: Italian premier wins first confidence vote

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Ministers of the new Italian government pose for the official photo during a swearing-in ceremony at the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte forged a new coalition government Wednesday that teams up the populist 5-Star Movement and center-left Democrats in an unusual alliance of rivals to banish for now the specter of early election that likely could have seen the triumph of Italy's fast-rising right-wing forces. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Italy’s new gov’t takes office, but how long will it last?

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, file photo, Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, right, is flanked by Deputy-Premier Matteo Salvini as he addresses the Senate in Rome. Italy's populist 5-Star Movement has asked, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, the nation's president to give caretaker Premier Giuseppe Conte the mandate to form a new coalition government, a week after the one he led for 14 months collapsed. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

The Latest: Democrat Gualtieri new Italian economy minister

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Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte meets the media at Rome's Quirinale Presidential Palace, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. The Italian presidential palace says Premier Giuseppe Conte has formed a new government, a coalition of the populist 5-Star Movement and left-leaning Democrats that shuts out of power right-wing leader Matteo Salvini. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italy’s Conte forms new coalition of populists and Democrats

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press