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Former Interior Minister and Leader of League Party Matteo Salvini attends a party rally in San Giovanni La Punta, near Catania, Sicily, Fridayday, Oct. 12, 2020. Salvini next Saturday, Oct. 3 will be attending a preliminary hearing in Catania for allegedly blocking 131 migrants on board of a coast guard ship from disembarking for 5 days in July 2019. (Mauro scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)

Italy’s Salvini faces possible charges for blocking migrants

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Alexandra Ichim, a 20-year-old Romanian, works during a grape harvest in Rocca de Giorgi, Italy, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. Though from a Romanian region famed for its wine, Ichim had never worked in vineyards before traveling to Italy's Lombardy region for the September grape harvest, known in Italian as the vendemmia — the pay is too low in Romania and the working conditions too harsh, she says. Instead, the 20-year-old came on a 12-hour bus ride and returned by plane to her native Arad region when the harvest was done. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Harvest workers among COVID world’s last regular travelers

By LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

Models wear creations part of the Joy 2021 women's spring-summer collection at the &quot;We are Made in Italy - Black Lives Matter in Italian fashion Collection&quot; event during the Milan's fashion week in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Milan fashion gives small opening to Black Lives Matter

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 18, 2020 file photo, a view of the Rinascente department store the day it reopened in Milan, Italy. The Italian fashion industry is trying to inject optimism into the most dismal year on record for the luxury sector, staging 23 live runway shows and 37 presentations during a hybrid live-digital Milan Fashion Week that launches Wednesday. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Fendi kicks off hybrid Milan Fashion Week with optimism

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Democratic Party leader Nicola Zingaretti talks to the media during a press conference, in Rome, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. On Sunday and Monday Italians voted nationwide in a referendum to confirm a historical change to the country's constitution to drastically reduce the number of Members of Parliament from 945 to 600. Eighteen million of Italian citizens will also vote on Sunday and Monday to renew local governors in seven regions, along with mayors in approximately 1,000 cities. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Italy’s right makes inroads, but Democrats hold off sweep

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The stands around the Central Court of the Foro Italico are empty during a match between Serbia's Novak Djokovic and Italy's Salvatore Caruso, at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. The tournament at the Foro Italico was rescheduled from May because of the pandemic and is being played without fans in attendance. (Alfredo Falcone/LaPresse via AP)

Pushed to the limit, Djokovic finds a way to win in Rome

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

Fans wait for the start of a friendly match between Parma and Empoli at the Ennio Tardini stadium in Parma Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020. For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the stadium was opened for 1,000 fans. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

US-based Krause Group takes control of Parma soccer club

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FILE - In this Aug.1, 2020 file photo, Juventus' Giorgio Chiellini and Juventus' Leonardo Bonucci hold up the trophy as Juventus players celebrate winning an unprecedented ninth consecutive Italian Serie A soccer title, at the end of the a Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Roma, at the Allianz stadium in Turin, Italy. With the new Serie A season set to begin this weekend, the annual question arises: can anyone stop Juventus? (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Handful of clubs aim to end Juventus’ dominance in Serie A

By DANIELLA MATAR - Associated Press

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, is flanked by Italian President Sergio Mattarella after visiting the Duomo gothic cathedral, in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Steinmeier is scheduled to meet doctors, medical staff and former patients to discuss the coronavirus pandemic and Germany's support to Italy during his two-day visit. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Italian virus survivor tells German leader: Germany saved me

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses the plenary during her first State of the Union speech at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will set out her vision of the future in her first State of the European Union address to the EU legislators. Weakened by the COVID-19 pandemic and the departure of the United Kingdom, she will center her speech on how the bloc should adapt to the challenges of the future, including global warming, the switch to a digital economy and immigration. (AP Photo, Francisco Seco)

EU wants better coordination on virus, announces summit

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Italian former Premier Silvio Berlusconi wears a face mask as he leaves the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, Italy, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. Berlusconi had been admitted to the hospital as a precaution to monitor his coronavirus infection after testing positive for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Berlusconi’s back: Ex-Premier leaves hospital after COVID

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

People light candles during a torch light procession in memory of Willy Monteiro Duarte, in Paliano, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Hundreds of people have walked in a funeral procession honoring a young Black man whose brutal beating death during a fight has convulsed Italy and drawn condemnation from the highest levels of the government. Premier Giuseppe Conte and Italy’s interior minister attended the funeral Saturday for 21-year-old Willy Monteiro Duarte, who was killed in the early hours of Sept. 6 in Colleferro, a city on the outskirts of Rome. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

Italy shaken by brutal beating death of young Black man

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Italy's Nicolo Barella, center scores his side's first goal during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between The Netherlands and Italy at the Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, Sept. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Barella scores for Italy to beat Netherlands 1-0

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Alberto Zangrillo, Silvio Berlusconi's longtime physician, talks to reporters at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi, who tested positive for COVID-19 this week, has an early-stage lung infection but was breathing on his own Friday after being hospitalized in Milan, his personal physician said. Alberto Zangrillo, who is also on the staff of San Raffaele hospital, where Berlusconi was taken in the early hours of the day, told reporters that test results are reassuring and “makes us optimistic” for his recovery over the next “hours and days.” (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)

Doctor: Berlusconi in “delicate” phase of virus treatment

By NICOLE WINFIELD - 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 - In this Nov. 21, 2019 file photo, Silvio Berlusconi, Italian former Premier and President of Forza Italia (Go Italy) party speaks during the European Peoples Party (EPP) congress in Zagreb, Croatia. Italy’s former prime minister and right-wing leader Silvio Berlusconi has tested positive to coronavirus after a precautionary check, his press office said on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. The three-time-premier and media tycoon had been recently seen with his old-time friend and businessman Flavio Briatore, who was recently hospitalized after testing positive to Covid-19 last month. Berlusconi had tested negative at the time. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Former Italian premier Berlusconi tests positive for COVID

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People disinfect as a precaution against the coronavirus at a local market in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

The Latest: Beijing airport receives international flights

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People wear face masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 while Pope Francis waves as he arrives for his first general audience with faithful since February when the coronavirus outbreak broke out, in the San Damaso courtyard at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope prays for Lebanon during 1st public audience in months

By GIADA ZAMPANO - Associated Press

Hong Kong activist Nathan Law holds a banner reading in Chinese &quot;Go Hong Kong&quot; as he takes part in a protest during a meeting of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, in Rome, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

China’s FM visits Italy, in 1st foreign trip since pandemic

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FILE - In this May 13, 2008 file photo, Colombian paramilitary warlord Salvatore Mancuso is escorted by U.S. DEA agents upon his arrival to Opa-locka, Florida. A legal battle is quietly brewing in the U.S. in 2020 over Colombia’s request that this former paramilitary warlord be sent home after completing his drug sentence in the U.S. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

US signals it will deport Colombian warlord to Italy

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press