Alessandro Pagano of the anti-migrant League party says he had intended to criticize government, not Silvia Romano, who was held captive in Somalia

Study suggests there could be many other unidentified sufferers from COVID-19 from period before disease was officially detected in Europe

Brazil emerges as new hotspot for infections as global infections pass 3 million, including 212,000 deaths; world mulls reopening schools

Pandemic empties Italian city of millions of tourists, giving marine life respite from the thousands of boats, taxis, vaporetti, and gondolas that usually cross them

In Spain, children go outside for first time in weeks; Italy eyes opening factories and New York announces first stage of a reopening could start on May 15

Italian PM to allow walks in parks and visits to relatives as country emerges from the world's longest coronavirus lockdown; schools to return only in September

Country has highest death toll apart from US; demographics, health care failings, and various political and business interests left Lombardy’s 10 million people terribly vulnerable

Umberto Marengo says delivering food has been rewarding, making up to 30 deliveries a day to locked down residents

Group of 13 countries calls for global cooperation to lessen economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic

Highest rates of daily fatalities yet in Turkey and Bulgaria; officials in Spain believe reported toll could be thousands short