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Italy eases out of lockdown as 4 million people head back to work
By Matt Bradley, Bill O’Reilly, Yuliya Talmazan and Lidia Sirna[contfnewc]
ROME — Italy is turning ..

With factories and construction sites reopening, the government is enforcing new rules for traveling on public transportation by marking available seats on buses and subways.
Italians will also have the chance to feel the fresh air with parks and public gardens for the first time in eight weeks. They will be able to travel locally to see their families and order take-out, the government said.
These are small changes that will mean big lifestyle improvements for 60 million people who have rarely left their homes in nearly two months thanks to a virus that has killed more than 28,880 in the country.
The easing of the lockdown offers a much-needed boost for Italy’s economy, with big-name, export-oriented brands like Ferrari reopening for business.
The government first relaxed its lockdown measures last month, reopening some stores. But this prompted fears among business owners and employees that the country was moving out of the lockdown too early.
On Sunday, health officials said coronavirus deaths climbed by 174 — the smallest daily increase since March 10, when the country went into nationwide lockdown. The daily number of new cases also fell to 1,389 from 1,900 the day before.
But despite the promising numbers, many restrictions will still remain in place, with restaurants, bars, schools and museums still closed, as the prime minister cautioned Italians against lowering their guard.
Private parties and family gatherings are also still be banned, and social distancing is necessary even when visiting family members, the government said.
Outside of Italy, from Iceland to Poland, lockdown measures were also eased across the continent Monday.
Two of the worst affected nations in Europe — Spain and France — registered their lowest daily death tolls in weeks.
Spain reported its lowest number of deaths in nearly seven weeks Sunday, health officials said — in an encouraging sign after it loosened its lockdown by allowing adults to exercise outdoors for the first time since the lockdown started over the weekend.
Meanwhile, France registered 135 more deaths Sunday, the lowest number since March 1, its health ministry said, as it’s preparing to gradually lift some lockdown measures starting on May 11.
Matt Bradley, Bill O’Reilly, Lidia Sirna and Malou Visco Comandini reported from Rome; Yuliya Talmazan reported from London; Nancy Ing reported from Paris; and Hernan Muñoz Ratto reported from Madrid.
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Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša congratulates Donald Trump despite no election result
Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša has handed Donald Trump victory in the 2020 United States Presi..

The Slovenian Prime Minister’s tweet generated an immediate response from several MEPs, including German Nicola Beer from Renew Europe Group.
“Donald Trump has his deeply undemocratic, unjustified playbook on elections EU Member States should not play along,” tweeted Beer.
“The European Union, with all Member States, has a duty to show respect for every single vote. Period.”
No other EU leader has issued congratulations or themselves announced a result in the US election.
“While we wait for the election result, the EU remains ready to continue building a strong transatlantic partnership, based on our shared values and history,” said EU Vice-President Josep Borrell.
The electoral college votes have not all been counted at time of writing.
“More delays and facts denying … [the] bigger the final triumph for the President. Congratulations to the Republican Party for strong results across the US”.
The US election is currently locked in a stalemate, with hundreds of thousands of votes still to be counted, and the outcome still unclear in key states.
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