Two San Francisco men, she said, instigated a “violent, deadly, disproportionate attack” in a confrontation with plainclothes military police officers.
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Your Friday Briefing
The female heroes of Myanmar’s protests.
Desperate Italy Blocks Exports of Vaccines Bound for Australia
The move, under new E.U. rules, is part of an intensifying global competition for doses as vaccine shortages hamper rollouts and variants raise fears of virus surges.
American Accused of Killing Italian Officer Says He Acted in Self-Defense
Finnegan Elder, of San Francisco, told a Rome court that the officer did not identify himself and that he “panicked” and believed the officer would kill him.
His Books Inspired Lovestruck Teens to Put Locks on Bridges
Federico Moccia, the Italian writer likened to Nicholas Sparks and John Green, is releasing his Rome Novels in English for the first time.
Italian Cliffside Cemetery, and Its Coffins, Carried Away by a Landslide
Scuba divers are working to retrieve coffins from the sea, but many more are buried under the debris of the landslide.
Giving Hope, and a Place to Mourn: Memorials to the Pandemic
How should we memorialize those who’ve died from Covid-19? In Italy and Britain, artists and architects are beginning to come up with answers.
Italian Ambassador Among Three Killed in Attack on U.N. Convoy in Congo
The attack, on a World Food Program convoy headed to a school in North Kivu Province, left the ambassador, Luca Attanasio, an Italian embassy official and a driver dead.
Italy’s New Prime Minister Appeals for Unity and Sacrifice
In Mario Draghi’s first speech as head of government, the former European Central Bank chief laid out plans for societal changes and a recovery from the pandemic.
Your Tuesday Briefing
New hotel quarantines in Britain.