The port of Bari holds relics venerated by Orthodox Christians throughout the former Soviet bloc. Today it is also home to a spillover of tensions from Russia’s invasion.
Author: Jason Horowitz and Nadia Shira Cohen
The Circus Came to Town, Then It Couldn’t Leave
One of Italy’s famed family-owned circuses has been sitting out the coronavirus pandemic in a field outside Rome.
Rome Has Been Sacked, Conquered and Abandoned. Now It’s the Pandemic’s Turn.
The city’s turbulent history has forged an irreverent, anti-authoritarian and, in some ways, cynical character. Can that survive the coronavirus?