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A person wearing white protective gear and gloves sits in the doorway of an ambulance.

Italy’s coronavirus response was a role model for Europe. What went wrong?

COVID-19

A little over a month ago, Italy was held up as a role model for their coronavirus response in Europe. But this week, Italy surpassed 1 million confirmed coronavirus infections, becoming one of the top 10 worst-affected countries globally.

Milan's "Open Streets" plan makes way for more cyclists and pedestrians. 

After lockdown, Milan rolls out plan to open more streets to cyclists and pedestrians

The Big Fix
A medical worker wearing a protective mask and suit speaks with a patient suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in an intensive care unit at the Oglio Po hospital in Cremona, Italy March 19, 2020.

‘We are seeing many doctors falling ill’ with coronavirus, Italian doctor says

COVID-19
Dozen's of empty tables with white table clothes and yellow chairs are shown in St. Mark's square.

Italy, Britain wield economic axes to try to counter coronavirus impact

COVID-19
A woman is shown wearing a white jacket and a face mask is shown standing in the middle of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II taking a photograph.

Streets deserted as Italy imposes unprecedented coronavirus lockdown

COVID-19
Several people are shown walking past a white electronic display and wearing jackets and face masks.

Coronavirus shock and oil price fall pummel world stocks

COVID-19

Global stocks plunged on Monday and prices for crude oil tumbled as much as 33% after Saudi Arabia launched a price war with Russia, sending investors already worried by the coronavirus fleeing for the safety of bonds and the yen.

Mona Lisa

Biographer Walter Isaacson, on Leonardo da Vinci’s art and science

Arts

“Leonardo was curious to know everything there was to know about everything you could know about creation, including how we fit into it,” Isaacson says.

"Smells of Auld Reekie on a very breezy day in 2011" -- Kate McLean's smell map of Edinburgh.

This graphic designer makes ‘smell maps’ of cities around the world

Arts, Culture & Media

Kate McLean pays close attention to what we smell and where we smell it. And she’s been mapping those smells in cities around the world.

"Smells of Auld Reekie on a very breezy day in 2011" -- Kate McLean's smell map of Edinburgh.

This graphic designer makes ‘smell maps’ of cities around the world

Arts, Culture & Media

Kate McLean pays close attention to what we smell and where we smell it. And she’s been mapping those smells in cities around the world.

Italy’s Berlusconi spends his first day performing community service

Global Politics

Silvio Berlusconi started his community service Friday. Italy’s flamboyant former prime minister showed up for his first shift at a clinic for Alzheimer’s patients near Milan. The billionaire tycoon will be working there a few hours a week for the next year as punishment for committing tax fraud.