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FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2020 file photo, a medical worker wearing protective gear collects a swab from a person sitting inside a car during Covid-19 tests at the the Santa Maria della Pieta' health center in Rome. Vacationers returning from Mediterranean Sea resorts abroad as well as on the Italian island of Sardinia have accounted for upward leaps in daily new case numbers. On Saturday, Italy registered 1,071 new cases, the highest daily number since mid-May, and only weeks after the nation had seen the number of day-to-day new infections plunge to about 200. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Returning vacationers drive Italy’s surge in COVID cases

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Spanish tenor Placido Domingo gestures during an interview with the Associated Press in Naples, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020. Opera legend Placido Domingo denied ever abusing his power during his management tenure at two U.S. opera houses, as he embarks on a full-throttle campaign to clear his name after two investigations found credible accusations he had engaged with "inappropriate conduct" with multiple women over a period of decades. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Opera’s Domingo denies abusing power, seeks to clear name

By Colleen Barry - Associated Press

Palestinian laborers cross illegally into Israel from the West Bank through an opening in a fence near the West Bank town of Hebron, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

The Latest: As virus spikes, S. Korea tightens restrictions

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Spezia promoted to Italy’s Serie A for 1st time despite loss

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FILE -- May 31, 1988 file photo of Gianni Agnelli, right, chairman of Italy's auto giant FIAT, and chief operating officer Cesare Romiti, as they leave the Banca d'Italia (Bankitalia)in Rome. Romiti has died Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, in his house in Milan at the age of 97, according to Italian media. (AP Photo/Gianni Foggia, file)

Cesare Romiti, who steered Fiat through tough times, dies

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

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)

Colombia warlord asks US court to force deportation to Italy

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Fashion designer Stella Jean talks during an interview with the Associated Press, in Rome, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Stella Jean, a Haitian-Italian designer born and raised in Rome, launched her appeal this summer. She asked the Italian National Fashion Chamber and the global powerhouses steering it, including Prada, Ferragamo and Zegna, to back their social media pledges supporting the Black Lives Matter movement with concrete, transparent commitments toward greater racial diversity. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Black creatives in Italian fashion demand cultural reform

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Passengers arriving in Rome from four Mediterranean countries receive instructions by airport staff, right, as they line up with their suitcases at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport to be immediately tested for COVID-19, Sunday, Aug.16, 2020. Italy's health minister issued an ordinance requiring the tests for all travelers arriving in Italy from Croatia, Greece, Malta or Spain. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

1st Mediterranean cruise sets sail after virus tests

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Garbage is seen next to beach at Fiumicino, near Rome, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. Italy produced 10% less garbage during its coronavirus lockdown, but environmentalists warn that increased reliance on disposable masks and packaging is imperiling efforts to curb single-use plastics that end up in oceans and seas. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Italy garbage dips with virus lockdowns, but plastics rise

By PAOLO SANTALUCIA and NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

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)

Warlord’s release from US prison ups tension with Colombia

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2019 file photo, model Arizona Muse, left, is flanked by designer and Officina del Poggio owner Allison Hoeltzel Savini as they present a creation of the Officina del Poggio women's Fall-Winter 2019-2020 collection, in Milan, Italy. The United States’ fumbling response to the pandemic is casting doubt on its economic prospects and making it one of the chief risks that could undermine the rebound. Officina del Poggio sells 60% its vintage motorcycle-inspired satchels to U.S. customers. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, file)

Virus surge makes US weak link in global economic recovery

By DAVID McHUGH and PAUL WISEMAN and JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

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List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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FILE - In this March 21, 2009 file photo, Italian actress Franca Valeri attends Italian State RAI TV program &quot;Che Tempo che Fa&quot;, in Milan, Italy. Valeri, an elegant, ironic and versatile actor, who pioneered Italian female comic roles in the post-war years, died in her sleep at her home in Rome, nine days after her 100th birthday, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, file)

Italy’s pioneering comic actor, Franca Valeri, dies at 100

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

FILE -- In this file photo migrants sit on the quay after disembarking at Lampedusa harbor, Italy, on June 29, 2019. Small boats filled with more Tunisian migrants have reached a tiny Italian island, which had no room to quarantine them Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020, amid the pandemic. Sicilian daily Giornale di Sicilia quoted Lampedusa Mayor Toto' Martello as saying the island can’t wait until the government sends a ferry as promised so they can be safely isolated for 14 days as part of anti-COVID-19 measures. (AP Photo/Annalisa Camilli)

Tests: 2.5% of Italians had COVID-19, far more in the north

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

FILE -- In this file photo migrants sit on the quay after disembarking at Lampedusa harbor, Italy, on June 29, 2019. Small boats filled with more Tunisian migrants have reached a tiny Italian island, which had no room to quarantine them Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020, amid the pandemic. Sicilian daily Giornale di Sicilia quoted Lampedusa Mayor Toto' Martello as saying the island can’t wait until the government sends a ferry as promised so they can be safely isolated for 14 days as part of anti-COVID-19 measures. (AP Photo/Annalisa Camilli)

Italian island runs out of room to quarantine new migrants

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

In this June 1, 2020, file photo, waiters prepare the terrace of a restaurant in order to respect distancing measures in Paris as France gradually lifts its lockdown due to the coronavirus. France's economy shrank by nearly 14% in the second quarter when the country was in coronavirus lockdown, a third consecutive quarter of negative growth in a worsening recession, the national statistics agency said Friday, July 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Eurozone economy suffers record drop during lockdown months

By John Leicester and David McHugh - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, April 12, 2020, Italian singer Andrea Bocelli stands next to Archbishop of Milan Mario Delpini prior to performing outside the Duomo cathedral, on Easter Sunday, in Milan, Italy. Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, who had COVID-19, says the pandemic lockdown in his country made him feel “humiliated and offended” for depriving him of freedom. Bocelli spoke at a panel held on Monday in a Senate conference room, where he was introduced by right-wing opposition leader Matteo Salvini, who has railed against the government's stringent measures aimed at reining in the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

Andrea Bocelli, who had COVID, says lockdown humiliated him

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Attention turns to Chicago’s last standing Columbus statue

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