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the longest lockdown in Europe, success seemed to depend upon how relative the meaning of the word “relative” is.In preparing for the easing of the restrictions last month, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, not known for plain speaking, said that Italians could visit their congiunti, a word that could be translated as relatives, but is also…

Rome has survived sacking, floods, hearth and conquest. Now this? Unlike conquests, fires and floods, the coronavirus is clearly not a hazard to Rome’s magnificence. But what is going to it do to its spirit? Campo de’ Fiori, a sq. that’s normally house to a bustling, touristy market, was just about empty aside from slightly…

Springboks 2020-05-03 14:05 Bok coach Rassie Erasmus. (Getty Images) Director of Rugby Rassie Erasmus admitted that without SA Rugby's overseas-based player policy, the Springboks would not have won the Rugby World Cup last year.SIGN UP | Click to receive Rob Houwing's weekly 'Rucking with Rob' newsletter!Erasmus masterminded the Springboks' 32-12 Rugby World Cup final win over…

three movie theaters in the San Antonio area became some of the first in the country to reopen, a move that worried infectious disease experts but was applauded by those who went to the show.Elsewhere, protesters pressing for the loosening restrictions gathered in the capitals of Kentucky, Oregon and Florida, where the governor has already…

It's Friday morning in Alexandra township – a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of South Africa's largest city, Johannesburg – and dozens of people are gathered in a field outside a food distribution point, hoping today might be the day they get something to eat. "If you're hungry, it's easy to get sick from stress…