Bloomberg Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte tried to contain the alarm spreading through Europe’s fourth-biggest economy, unveiling drastic measures in the middle of the night to restrict the spread of the deadly coronavirus. In a hastily convened news conference on Sunday, the head of a government already hanging by a thread said that Italy will dramatically restrict movement and activity ...

Bloomberg In picking a running mate, Joe Biden has said he would want to recreate the dynamic he shared with Barack Obama — a working partner who shares his policy vision and also complements his skills and areas of expertise. But there’s so much more at stake in 2020. If the front-running Biden wins the Democratic presidential nomination in Milwaukee ...

Bloomberg An Iranian lawmaker died from the new coronavirus, the first member of parliament to succumb to the disease, as the government reported another surge in infections. Fatemeh Rahbar, 55, went into a coma on March 5 and never recovered, the Islamic Republic News Agency said. Rahbar, elected in February, is the nation’s seventh political figure to die from Covid-19 ...