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| Coronavirus, Italy, Kim Jong-un: Your Monday Briefing | Coronavirus, Italy, Kim Jong-un: Your Monday Briefing |
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| Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte of Italy detailed plans to begin reopening the country on May 4, easing Europe’s longest lockdown. | Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte of Italy detailed plans to begin reopening the country on May 4, easing Europe’s longest lockdown. |
| People will be able to visit relatives on that date, though gatherings and parties remain banned, and special forms are required for travel. | People will be able to visit relatives on that date, though gatherings and parties remain banned, and special forms are required for travel. |
| Italy’s mayors, whose profanity-laced rebukes to their constituents went viral online, say they plan on enforcing new rules in place during the reopening. | Italy’s mayors, whose profanity-laced rebukes to their constituents went viral online, say they plan on enforcing new rules in place during the reopening. |
| They have launched insult-armed drones, confronted scofflaws on the streets and threatened to personally break up parties. | They have launched insult-armed drones, confronted scofflaws on the streets and threatened to personally break up parties. |
| But they say the clear, if colorful, warnings — a contrast with the message from the national government — have worked. | But they say the clear, if colorful, warnings — a contrast with the message from the national government — have worked. |
| Another angle: “Stay home” measures have helped Italy control the coronavirus, but infections tearing through families may also be paradoxically propping up the curve of the infections. | Another angle: “Stay home” measures have helped Italy control the coronavirus, but infections tearing through families may also be paradoxically propping up the curve of the infections. |
| Also: Children took to the streets of Spain on Sunday for the first time in six weeks. Rules allowed them to stroll for an hour near their home. | Also: Children took to the streets of Spain on Sunday for the first time in six weeks. Rules allowed them to stroll for an hour near their home. |
| Looking forward: Antibody tests are not reliable enough to guide policy on lockdowns and reopenings, though they may model how far it has spread, experts said. | Looking forward: Antibody tests are not reliable enough to guide policy on lockdowns and reopenings, though they may model how far it has spread, experts said. |
| Markets: Futures markets predicted strong openings in Europe and on Wall Street. Follow our live briefing. | Markets: Futures markets predicted strong openings in Europe and on Wall Street. Follow our live briefing. |
| The pandemic has now killed more than 200,000 people and sickened more than 2.9 million worldwide, according to data collected by The New York Times. | The pandemic has now killed more than 200,000 people and sickened more than 2.9 million worldwide, according to data collected by The New York Times. |
| Here are the latest updates and maps of the outbreaks. | Here are the latest updates and maps of the outbreaks. |
| The Times is providing free access to much of our coronavirus coverage, and our Coronavirus Briefing newsletter — like all of our newsletters — is free. Please consider supporting our journalism with a subscription. | The Times is providing free access to much of our coronavirus coverage, and our Coronavirus Briefing newsletter — like all of our newsletters — is free. Please consider supporting our journalism with a subscription. |
| Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain will resume leading the government’s response to the pandemic today, weeks after a stint in intensive care. | Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain will resume leading the government’s response to the pandemic today, weeks after a stint in intensive care. |
| He now faces what one cabinet member called “the political calculus of life and death”: how to ease the lockdown. And in his absence, a rotating roster of cabinet ministers, along with expert advisers, has given daily coronavirus updates from Downing Street — the antithesis of President Trump’s freewheeling briefings in the United States. | He now faces what one cabinet member called “the political calculus of life and death”: how to ease the lockdown. And in his absence, a rotating roster of cabinet ministers, along with expert advisers, has given daily coronavirus updates from Downing Street — the antithesis of President Trump’s freewheeling briefings in the United States. |
| While Mr. Trump’s message changes on his whims — at one point even suggesting injecting disinfectants could combat the virus — Downing Street has hammered the need for Britons to stay home to protect the National Health Service. | While Mr. Trump’s message changes on his whims — at one point even suggesting injecting disinfectants could combat the virus — Downing Street has hammered the need for Britons to stay home to protect the National Health Service. |
| The country had more than 152,000 confirmed cases as of Sunday and more than 20,000 deaths. | The country had more than 152,000 confirmed cases as of Sunday and more than 20,000 deaths. |
| Brexit: The government will stick to the year-end transition deadline, saying it would reject an extension even if the E.U. asked. | Brexit: The government will stick to the year-end transition deadline, saying it would reject an extension even if the E.U. asked. |
| In other news: | In other news: |
| Americans should expect social distancing guidelines to continue for months, a White House health expert said on Sunday, while New York’s governor suggested some “low-risk” businesses upstate could reopen in mid-May. | Americans should expect social distancing guidelines to continue for months, a White House health expert said on Sunday, while New York’s governor suggested some “low-risk” businesses upstate could reopen in mid-May. |
| Wuhan, the original epicenter of the pandemic in China, now has no coronavirus patients in its hospitals, an official said on Sunday. | Wuhan, the original epicenter of the pandemic in China, now has no coronavirus patients in its hospitals, an official said on Sunday. |
| Governments worldwide have released hundreds of thousands of prisoners to curb the spread of the virus behind bars. Turkey has authorized the temporary release of 45,000 prisoners, and Indonesia has freed at least 30,000. | Governments worldwide have released hundreds of thousands of prisoners to curb the spread of the virus behind bars. Turkey has authorized the temporary release of 45,000 prisoners, and Indonesia has freed at least 30,000. |
| Under the autocratic rule of President Aleksandr Lukashenko, Belarus has not imposed any restrictions to slow the virus, although few believe official tallies. | Under the autocratic rule of President Aleksandr Lukashenko, Belarus has not imposed any restrictions to slow the virus, although few believe official tallies. |
| France and the Netherlands will provide an unprecedented taxpayer-funded bailout of 10 billion euros, about $10.8 billion, to save the airline Air France-KLM, which has been battered by the pandemic’s economic fallout. | France and the Netherlands will provide an unprecedented taxpayer-funded bailout of 10 billion euros, about $10.8 billion, to save the airline Air France-KLM, which has been battered by the pandemic’s economic fallout. |
| With tourists gone and thousands of affluent Parisians away, our France bureau chief Adam Nossiter has noticed echoes of the Paris of the 1960s. | With tourists gone and thousands of affluent Parisians away, our France bureau chief Adam Nossiter has noticed echoes of the Paris of the 1960s. |
| Working people perch at their windows, greeting passers-by or sunbathing like the woman above. But neighborhoods given over to luxury shops are silent. It’s so quiet you can hear ducks quacking on the river Seine. | Working people perch at their windows, greeting passers-by or sunbathing like the woman above. But neighborhoods given over to luxury shops are silent. It’s so quiet you can hear ducks quacking on the river Seine. |
| “Paris reduced to its architectural essence is grandiose but cold, an unreal postcard,” he writes. “Yet it is also a fertile theater for the imagination.” | “Paris reduced to its architectural essence is grandiose but cold, an unreal postcard,” he writes. “Yet it is also a fertile theater for the imagination.” |
| U.S. presidential campaign: Republicans are increasingly nervous that President Trump’s erratic handling of the coronavirus outbreak, along with the worsening economy, will lose them the presidency and the Senate in November. | U.S. presidential campaign: Republicans are increasingly nervous that President Trump’s erratic handling of the coronavirus outbreak, along with the worsening economy, will lose them the presidency and the Senate in November. |
| North Korea’s leader: Rumors continue swirling about Kim Jong-un’s health after spy satellites spotted a train “probably belonging” to Mr. Kim at an east coast town. Our video team spoke with experts about how they track Mr. Kim’s whereabouts. | North Korea’s leader: Rumors continue swirling about Kim Jong-un’s health after spy satellites spotted a train “probably belonging” to Mr. Kim at an east coast town. Our video team spoke with experts about how they track Mr. Kim’s whereabouts. |
| Saudi Arabia flogging: The state-run human rights commission has confirmed that flogging has been abolished as punishment in Saudi Arabia. The move was a “positive step,” human rights groups said, though the Saudi justice system still allows execution by beheading. | Saudi Arabia flogging: The state-run human rights commission has confirmed that flogging has been abolished as punishment in Saudi Arabia. The move was a “positive step,” human rights groups said, though the Saudi justice system still allows execution by beheading. |
| Yazidi trial in Germany: An Iraqi accused of being an Islamic State fighter went on trial in Frankfurt on charges of genocide, human trafficking and the murder of a 5-year-old Yazidi girl he had held as a slave — reportedly the first trial involving a charge of genocide in relation to the Yazidis. | Yazidi trial in Germany: An Iraqi accused of being an Islamic State fighter went on trial in Frankfurt on charges of genocide, human trafficking and the murder of a 5-year-old Yazidi girl he had held as a slave — reportedly the first trial involving a charge of genocide in relation to the Yazidis. |
| Global warming: The lab that coined the term has slowed its work during the coronavirus outbreak. But it warned that a climate crisis may be worse than the pandemic. | Global warming: The lab that coined the term has slowed its work during the coronavirus outbreak. But it warned that a climate crisis may be worse than the pandemic. |
| Snapshot: Above, a Russian couple recreate a 17th-century painting by Guido Reni. A Facebook group started in Russia in which members recreate artworks while stuck at home has attracted over 500,000 followers abroad. Toilet paper rolls become Renaissance-era neck ruffs — melding the banal with the sublime. | Snapshot: Above, a Russian couple recreate a 17th-century painting by Guido Reni. A Facebook group started in Russia in which members recreate artworks while stuck at home has attracted over 500,000 followers abroad. Toilet paper rolls become Renaissance-era neck ruffs — melding the banal with the sublime. |
| European football: The proposed takeover of Newcastle United by a consortium financed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign fund has attracted controversy. Our chief soccer correspondent explores the qualms. | European football: The proposed takeover of Newcastle United by a consortium financed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign fund has attracted controversy. Our chief soccer correspondent explores the qualms. |
| What we’re reading: Grub Street’s testament to the unique status of the Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn, N.Y. “More than once in the last month, I have stood in line — gratefully — for an hour plus,” writes the Briefings editor, Andrea Kannapell. “The personal investment in the food supply chain kinda, sorta, maybe offsets the alienation imposed by capitalism, cubed by pandemic.” | What we’re reading: Grub Street’s testament to the unique status of the Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn, N.Y. “More than once in the last month, I have stood in line — gratefully — for an hour plus,” writes the Briefings editor, Andrea Kannapell. “The personal investment in the food supply chain kinda, sorta, maybe offsets the alienation imposed by capitalism, cubed by pandemic.” |
| Cook: For the easiest shortbread ever, Melissa Clark whisks the dough by hand. | Cook: For the easiest shortbread ever, Melissa Clark whisks the dough by hand. |
| Read: Here’s a letter of recommendation for bird-watching, which it turns out is one of the great activities for the housebound. | Read: Here’s a letter of recommendation for bird-watching, which it turns out is one of the great activities for the housebound. |
| Do: These five artists are interesting to follow on Instagram, with a bonus nod at New York’s own Bodega Cats, art in itself. You might read a novel that celebrates idleness, or stream the cast album for “Twelfth Night.” | Do: These five artists are interesting to follow on Instagram, with a bonus nod at New York’s own Bodega Cats, art in itself. You might read a novel that celebrates idleness, or stream the cast album for “Twelfth Night.” |
| At Home has our full collection of ideas on what to read, cook, watch, and do while staying safe at home. | At Home has our full collection of ideas on what to read, cook, watch, and do while staying safe at home. |
| Over the weekend, The Times published portraits of the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan around the world, which has proved popular with readers. We asked one of the photo editors, Craig Allen, to explain how it came about. | Over the weekend, The Times published portraits of the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan around the world, which has proved popular with readers. We asked one of the photo editors, Craig Allen, to explain how it came about. |
| Our international photo desk has editors in three hubs across the world. Last week, the editors most responsible for assigning photography in these regions — Gaia Tripoli in London, me in New York and Mikko Takkunen in Hong Kong — were thinking about ways to show readers what the beginning of Ramadan would look like this year, as the coronavirus crisis continues to transform the way people live. | Our international photo desk has editors in three hubs across the world. Last week, the editors most responsible for assigning photography in these regions — Gaia Tripoli in London, me in New York and Mikko Takkunen in Hong Kong — were thinking about ways to show readers what the beginning of Ramadan would look like this year, as the coronavirus crisis continues to transform the way people live. |
| A couple of weeks ago, we had put together a photo-led piece on Good Friday, with pictures from our photographers at the Vatican and in a number of the countries with strong communities of the world’s estimated 1.3 billion Catholics. Ramadan is observed by some 1.8 billion Muslims across the world, and we were ready for a more ambitious approach. We assigned 21 photographers in 21 cities to document the start of this most unusual Ramadan. | A couple of weeks ago, we had put together a photo-led piece on Good Friday, with pictures from our photographers at the Vatican and in a number of the countries with strong communities of the world’s estimated 1.3 billion Catholics. Ramadan is observed by some 1.8 billion Muslims across the world, and we were ready for a more ambitious approach. We assigned 21 photographers in 21 cities to document the start of this most unusual Ramadan. |
| Dan Balilty’s striking photograph of a man praying on a rooftop in Jerusalem during a sandstorm — with the Dome of the Rock in the background — led the essay. We got an intimate look into people’s homes as they celebrated the start of the holy month in Johannesburg, Mumbai and Kuala Lumpur. We saw grand mosques, empty or nearly so, in Brooklyn, New Delhi, Sarajevo, Paris, Dearborn and Bangkok. And we showed people distributing food for iftar in Myanmar, Indonesia and Egypt. | Dan Balilty’s striking photograph of a man praying on a rooftop in Jerusalem during a sandstorm — with the Dome of the Rock in the background — led the essay. We got an intimate look into people’s homes as they celebrated the start of the holy month in Johannesburg, Mumbai and Kuala Lumpur. We saw grand mosques, empty or nearly so, in Brooklyn, New Delhi, Sarajevo, Paris, Dearborn and Bangkok. And we showed people distributing food for iftar in Myanmar, Indonesia and Egypt. |
| We aimed for geographic, cultural and aesthetic diversity, asking photographers to document what they found in their own communities, from an intimate iftar supper in Jeddah to a solitary prayer on a lake in Kashmir. | We aimed for geographic, cultural and aesthetic diversity, asking photographers to document what they found in their own communities, from an intimate iftar supper in Jeddah to a solitary prayer on a lake in Kashmir. |
| If you’re celebrating, Happy Ramadan. | If you’re celebrating, Happy Ramadan. |
| Thank youTo Theodore Kim and Jahaan Singh for the rest of the break from the news. You can reach the team at briefing@nytimes.com. | Thank youTo Theodore Kim and Jahaan Singh for the rest of the break from the news. You can reach the team at briefing@nytimes.com. |
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