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Udinese's Rodrigo De Paul vie for the ball with Sampdoria's Morten Thorsby, left, during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Sampdoria, at the Dacia Arena stadium in Udine, Italy, Sunday, May 16, 2021. (Andrea Bressanutti/LaPresse via AP)
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A child wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus holds a dinosaur shaped balloon walks at a public park in Beijing, Sunday, May 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Italy's Berlusconi leaves hospital amid post-virus struggles

May. 15, 2021 02:31 PM EDT
MILAN (AP) — Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was released from Milan’s San Raffaele Hospital on Saturday, where he was treated for complications...

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2015, file photo, Mt. Everest is seen from the way to Kalapatthar in Nepal. China will draw a “separation line” atop Mount Everest to prevent the coronavirus from being spread by climbers ascending Nepal's side of the mountain, Chinese state media reported Monday. (AP Photo/Tashi Sherpa, File)
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Today in History

By The Associated Press Feb. 15, 2021 12:00 AM EST
Today in History Today is Monday, Feb. 15, the 46th day of 2021. There are 319 days left in the year. This is Presidents Day. ...

Italian Premier Mario Draghi sanitizes his hands as outgoing Premier Giuseppe Conte looks at him, as he enters Palazzo Chigi Premier office in Rome, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. Mario Draghi, credited with largely saving the euro currency, has formally taken the helm of Italy, focused on guiding the country through the pandemic and reviving its economy. Premier Draghi and his Cabinet ministers were sworn into office Saturday at the Quirinal presidential palace in front of President Sergio Mattarella. (Ettore Ferrari/Pool via AP)
Draghi takes helm in Italy, focused on pandemic recovery aid

By Frances D'emilio Feb. 13, 2021 07:09 AM EST

Soldiers march in the courtyard of the Quirinale presidential palace prior to the arrival of Former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, in Rome, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. Draghi has secured pledges of backing from nearly every party in the Italian Parliament as he wrapped up political consultations aimed at giving the pandemic-ravaged nation a new government. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Draghi forms new govt blending experts, political operatives

By Colleen Barry And Nicole Winfield Feb. 12, 2021 01:49 PM EST

Leader of the Democratic party, Nicola Zingaretti arrives to speak to the media after meeting Mario Draghi, at the Chamber of Deputies in Rome, Tuesday, Feb.9, 2021. Former European Central Bank chief Draghi is consulting Italy's fractious parties after being tapped by President Sergio Mattarella to try to pull together a government to guide the debt-riddled country through the health and economic crises it is confronting. (Alessandro Di Meo/Pool via AP)
Draghi nets wide support to lead Italian government, for now

By Frances D'emilio Feb. 09, 2021 02:02 PM EST

Five-Star Movement's Luigi Di Maio waves after meeting Mario Draghi, at the Chamber of Deputies in Rome, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Former European Central Bank chief Draghi is consulting Italy’s fractious parties after being tapped by President Sergio Mattarella to try to pull together a government to guide the debt-riddled country through the health and economic crises it is confronting. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)
Italy's Draghi wins support of 2 rival parties for new govt

By Colleen Barry Feb. 06, 2021 10:01 AM EST

FILE - In this Thursday, June 5, 2014 file photo, the President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi speaks during a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany. Italy's weary president on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 tapped "Super Mario," arguably the world's most famous Italian, to resolve a festering political crisis that threatens the ability of the eurozone's third-largest economy to manage the coronavirus pandemic and recover from the worst recession since World War II. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
Draghi wins support of ex-Italian PM who triggered crisis

By Colleen Barry Feb. 05, 2021 01:30 PM EST

Mario Draghi arrives at the Chamber of Deputies in Rome Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. As Mario Draghi works to secure the required backing in Parliament for him to govern, Italy's outgoing leader on Wednesday warned against the former European Central Bank chief's opting to lead the pandemic-battered country with a team of technocrats instead of politicians. Caretaker Premier Giuseppe Conte told reporters he had a long, “very open” talk a day earlier with Draghi, shortly after Italy’s president asked the banking expert to try to form a government to replace Conte’s collapsed coalition. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)
Italy's Conte: Draghi's new government should be political

By Frances D'emilio Feb. 04, 2021 11:03 AM EST

Former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi speaks to the media after accepting a mandate to form Italy's new government from Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Rome's Quirinale Presidential Palace, Wednesday Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)
Draghi brings market savvy, gravitas to tame Italy's crises

By Colleen Barry And David Mchugh Feb. 03, 2021 10:59 AM EST

A group of supporters hold placards reading "Draghi President" in front of the Quirinale Presidential palace in Rome Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi arrived for talks with Italian President Sergio Mattarella to discuss a mandate to form a new government. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)
Italy looks to 'Super Mario' Draghi to end political crisis

By Nicole Winfield And Colleen Barry Feb. 03, 2021 03:03 AM EST

FILE-- Italy's President Sergio Mattarella, left, welcomes reigning European Central Bank President Mario Draghi on the eve of the change at the head of the ECB in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. Italian President Sergio Mattarella has summoned Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi at the Quirinale Presidential Palace on Wednesday for talks, after two rounds of talks failed to seal an agreement among parties on a new premiership for the outgoing Giuseppe Conte. (Boris Roessler/Pool Photo via AP)
Ex-ECB's Draghi positioned to lead Italy after politics fail

By Frances D'emilio Feb. 02, 2021 10:11 AM EST

A man stands by the Quirinale presidential palace in Rome, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte resigned after a key coalition ally pulled his party's support over Conte's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, setting the stage for consultations this week to determine if he can form a third government. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Italian president opens talks to resolve political crisis

By Colleen Barry Jan. 27, 2021 01:18 PM EST

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte speaks during his final address at the Senate prior to a confidence vote, in Rome, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte fights for his political life with an address aimed at shoring up support for his government, which has come under fire from former Premier Matteo Renzi's tiny but key Italia Viva (Italy Alive) party over plans to relaunch the pandemic-ravaged economy. (Roberto Monaldo/ Lapresse via AP)
Italian premier to offer resignation as government wobbles

By Frances D'emilio Jan. 25, 2021 02:01 PM EST

A general view of the upper house of parliament at the Senate after a confidence vote, in Rome, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte fights for his political life with an address aimed at shoring up support for his government, which has come under fire from former Premier Matteo Renzi's tiny but key Italia Viva (Italy Alive) party over plans to relaunch the pandemic-ravaged economy. (Yara Nardi/pool photo via AP)
Italian PM Conte works to cement majority after narrow vote

By Nicole Winfield Jan. 20, 2021 05:10 AM EST

Premier Giuseppe Conte, top center, delivers his speech at the Senate, in Rome, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Conte fights for his political life with an address aimed at shoring up support for his government, which has come under fire from former Premier Matteo Renzi's tiny but key Italia Viva (Italy Alive) party over plans to relaunch the pandemic-ravaged economy. (Andreas Solaro/Pool via AP)
Italian PM wins crucial vote in Senate with very thin margin

By Frances D'emilio And Colleen Barry Jan. 19, 2021 04:15 AM EST

Tourists eat a meal in a nearly-empty restaurant terrace in Venice, Italy, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. In late February, Italy became the epicenter of COVID-19 in Europe and a cautionary tale of what happens when a health care system in even one of the wealthiest parts of the world collapses under the weight of pandemic sick and dead. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A pandemic atlas: Italy becomes Europe's viral epicenter

By Nicole Winfield Dec. 16, 2020 12:06 AM EST

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, third from left, waits with others as President Donald Trump prepares to leave the White House to go to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after he tested positive for COVID-19, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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