Coronavirus World News: Live Updates on U.K., Europe, Asia and Latin America - The New York Times

The MANAFORT Model.

Lebanon’s Economic Crisis Explodes, Threatening Decades of Prosperity - The New York Times

Could be more than Lebanon.

As coronavirus spreads in Egypt, Sissi sees opportunity to tighten his grip - The Washington Post

What a shame.

Coronavirus in Italy has led to 30,000 deaths, recession and soaring euroskepticism - The Washington Post

The Mediterranean will probably always remain a work in motion.

Herd Immunity, or Big 2nd Wave? Israel Antibody Testing Hopes to Find Out - The New York Times

How is the Mediterranean doing?

Coronavirus World Updates - The New York Times

What if we have reached the breaking point?

Greece Curbs Coronavirus, Defying Expectations - The New York Times

Impressive.

Lebanon's economic crisis spurs protests and violence - The Washington Post

Serious.

Spain, France, Greece: Coronavirus World News Live Updates - The New York Times

Huge problem.

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Really tough.

Presstalis : "Nous avons trois dangers de mort immédiats", s'alarme Éric Fottorino

Awful situation.

Comic Insults Aside, Mayors Act as Sentinels in Italy’s Coronavirus Tragedy - The New York Times

May be needed for a long time.

Tux, Gown, Masks: Arab Couples Scramble to Marry During a Pandemic - The New York Times

Will this help get us through the pandemic?

Isolating the Sick at Home, Italy Stores Up Family Tragedies - The New York Times

More of the same.

World Coronavirus News: Live Coverage - The New York Times

What more?

As Coronavirus Eases, More Italians Say, ‘I Want Justice’ - The New York Times

This could be messy.

Slow to Close Businesses, Italy’s Economic Hub Can’t Shake Off Coronavirus - WSJ

What will this mean? Who can possibly know?

Coronavirus World Updates: Missouri Sues China Over Outbreak - The New York Times

I imagine we will see much more of this. With what result?

Coronavirus World News: Live Updates - The New York Times

Very sad for Italy.

Coronavrus Dims Ramadan Celebrations - The New York Times

Weird for all of us.

In Spain, a Call to ‘Free Our Children’ From Coronavirus Confinement - The New York Times

Understandable. How long are we to rremain united in fighting this disease?

Le maire de Nice Christian Estrosi gagne son procès en appel contre le journaliste David Thomson - Nice-Matin

Hmm.

Italy coronavirus: As north ravaged by pandemic, there's trouble brewing down south - CNN

What a depressing picture.

Egypt’s Female Lion Tamers Show the Men How to Do It - The New York Times

Good, I guess.

When the World Stops, Traveling in John Keats’s ‘Realms of Gold’ - The New York Times

Why have other refuges not emerged?

Jordan Keeps Coronavirus In Check With One Of The World's Strictest Lockdowns : Coronavirus Live Updates : NPR

Offensive but perhaps brilliant.

‘We Take the Dead From Morning Till Night’ - The New York Times

Forever changed, I fear.

A Deluged System Leaves Some Elderly to Die, Rocking Spain’s Self-Image - The New York Times

The Mediterranean toll is incalculable.

Middle East refugee camps menaced by coronavirus epidemic - The Washington Post

The world is under assault,

Italy

Chilling account.

A New Hurt in Italy From the Coronavirus: A Banking Crisis - The New York Times

I am not reassured.

Netanyahu’s Bold Moves: Fighting a Virus or Risking Democracy? - The New York Times

How is the Mediterranean doing in confronting Covid-19?

Coronavirus obituaries fill the newspaper in Bergamo, Italy - The Washington Post

Such an incredibly sad part of this story.

Italy’s Coronavirus Victims Face Death Alone, With Funerals Postponed - The New York Times

Unimaginable.

Spain goes on nationwide lockdown as coronavirus cases surge - The Washington Post

So hard to imagine.

As Italy shuts down from the novel coronavirus, air pollution declines steeply - The Washington Post

How do we continue the good of all this, like this number?

Woody Allen’s French publisher vows to push through with memoir’s release - The Washington Post

Hmmm.

Italy Announces Restrictions Over Entire Country in Attempt to Halt Coronavirus - The New York Times

Unimaginable.

Opinion | This Is Life Under Lockdown in Italy - The New York Times

I cannot imagine this being sustainable.

On Day 1 of Lockdown, Italian Officials Urge Citizens to Abide by Rules - The New York Times

Good luck.

Coronavirus: Northern Italy to 'quarantine 16 million people' - BBC News

Astounding.

Greece, Turkey trade barbs over migrants crossing into Europe | News | Al Jazeera

Borders pose such a painful problem and reflect so much more than a line.

Election-Weary Israelis Vote for Third Time to Try to Break Deadlock - WSJ

Why is this the only election in the region that ever gets much coverage? Is it that important?

Turkey and Syria

Where will this end?

Libya

Need more of this.

‘It’s Like the End of the World’ - The New York Times

Horrific.

He Observed a Protest. Now He Faces a Possible Life Sentence. - The New York Times

Justice means so many different things, especially int he hands of tyrannical people.

800,000 Syrians Have Fled in Three Months. This Is What it Looks Like. - The New York Times

So hard to grasp the real impact of all this on the people involved. It must be worse than anything we can imagine.

Thalassa - Replay et vidéos en streaming - France tv

Such an important series!

Why Matteo Salvini Wouldn’t Mind Being Prosecuted - The New York Times

Italy is like that.

A Knight in Gucci Armor Helps Charge a Geothermal Dragon - The New York Times

How to power ourselves and our things has become mystifyingly complicated.

Italy Election Deals Blow to Nationalist Leader Salvini - The New York Times

Like so many places in the world, including the US, the divisions are stark and entrenched. Generations.

Italian Prosecutor Fights the Mafia—and Fears for His Life - WSJ

Hard to grasp.

Salvini Remains at the Eye of Italy’s Political Storm - The New York Times

Dark clouds.

What’s Behind the EU’s Decline - WSJ

Seems like a lot of troubled water ahead.

U.S. journalist detained during Lebanon protests on suspicion of sending footage to Israel - The Washington Post

Bad news.

As Libya Descends Into Chaos, Foreign Powers Look for a Way Out - The New York Times

And the other....

As Five Star Party Risks Implosion, Italy Fears the Fallout - The New York Times

One side of the Mediterranean.

Troubles at an Aging Steel Mill Mirror Italy’s Own - The New York Times

The world may be changing far more and more quickly than we realize.

Mediterranean diet tops U.S. News 2020 Best Diets | PhillyVoice

Yes!

Mario Balotelli’s Italian Homecoming - The New York Times

Hmm.

Erdogan Prepares a New Military Intervention, This Time in Libya - The New York Times

Not sure what to make of this.

Netanyahu Seeks Immunity From Israeli Corruption Charges - The New York Times

Why so much interest in this? Interesting, but important in the grand scheme of Mediterranean things?

Italy pot

I wonder how the rest of the Mediterranean is dealing with this issue.

Italian Soccer’s Anti-Racism Campaign Features Paintings of Monkeys - The New York Times

The stupidity of it all.

Anna Karina, luminous star of French New Wave films, dies at 79 - The Washington Post

I don't remember her very well. Need to brush up!

For African Migrants, Hope and a Home in a Vacant French School - The New York Times

This should not be.

France — Writeaways

Interesting idea. One of the key people in Chapel Hill?

They Came to Play Table Tennis. They Were Deported at Gunpoint in the Dark. - The New York Times

Want more of this story. Sounds awful.

Israel Heads to Record Third Election, Extending Deadlock - The New York Times

Why so much focus on just one Mediterranean country? Hmmm.

Inside Rawabi: A new West Bank city built by Bashar Masri for Palestinians - 60 Minutes - CBS News

I hope it flourishes!

Opinion | A Journalist’s Murder in Malta Puts Democracy on Trial - The New York Times

Tough times.

Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat resigns amid Daphne Caruana Galizia killing probe - The Washington Post

It's not over yet.

Turkey's Ilisu dam is about to flood Hasankeyf, one of the oldest continuously settled places on Earth - The Washington Post

Bad move.

Benjamin Netanyahu will be indicted on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust - CNN

The inevitable meets the present.

Israel’s West Bank Settlements Do Not Violate International Law, U.S. to Say - The New York Times

Obnoxious move.

Holocaust Survivor Is Swept Up in Italy’s Storm of Vitriol - The New York Times

Discouraging to say the least.

Le roi Mohammed VI gracie Hajar Raissouni, la journaliste condamnée pour avortement illégal

Bon.

Catalan Separatist Leaders Get Lengthy Prison Terms for Sedition - The New York Times

Does not seem like the right result to me.

Egypt Curbs Online Dissent With Street Searches: ‘He Asked to See My Phone’ - WSJ

Pretty bad.

Voters in Portugal, a Beacon of Stability in Europe, Head to the Polls - The New York Times

I hope it goes well.

Emmanuel Macron déclare sa flamme à la presse régionale - Nice-Matin

Hmm.

Nice-Matin

Kids Matin! Neat. Fix your own price!

The Story Behind the Times Correspondent Who Faced Arrest in Cairo - The New York Times

Such a risky business.

Arabic Readers in Israel Have to Hope the Border Guards Are Sloppy - The New York Times

This undermines so many core principles.

‘We’re at War’: A Covert Social Media Campaign Boosts Military Rulers - The New York Times

Bad.

Mark Bittman on Twitter: "Much of Iowa's landscape has been reshaped to make large-scale mechanical farming productive. 50% of the corn is used to produce ethanol. Crops look like food, but no one's eating it. Inside a system that traps farmers + screws up the planet: https://t.co/PLQ9yNGWAi @heatedmag" / Twitter

He was on MSNBC Morning Joe today talking about a variation on this........ fascinating stuff.

Italy’s Politics Go to the Beach - The New York Times

Lots of evolution.

The US should live up Lazarus poem, not change it | Durham Herald Sun

So well put.

“As a nation, we began by declaring ‘all men are created equal.’ We now read it ‘all men are created equal, except Negroes.’ When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read ‘all are equal, except Negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.’ When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”

Why Markets Are Not Panicking About Italy (Yet) - The New York Times

Interesting story.

Sardinia sand stealing: French couple could get six years in prison

How about a belly full of Sardinian food? Illegal to leave until that is digested and returned to Sardinian sewers?

Scorched Portugal Turns to the Goat as a Low-Cost Firefighter - The New York Times

So much more of this to come.

Spain’s Most Celebrated Writer Believes the Fascist Past Is Still Present - The New York Times

So much suffering because of really bad history.

Le milliardaire franco-libanais Iskandar Safa retire son offre de reprise de « Nice-Matin »

Such a tortured path.

In an Epic Standoff, Unarmed Algerians Get the Army to Blink - The New York Times

A suivre.

‘The Era of People Like You Is Over’: How Turkey Purged Its Intellectuals - The New York Times

Scary.

Pour limiter l'impact du tourisme de masse, ils lancent une mobilisation citoyenne en Méditerranée - Nice-Matin

I look forward to the details.

In Firing Central Bank Chief, Turkey’s Leader Trades Credibility for Growth - The New York Times

How will this get resolved?

La mer n'a jamais été si chaude début juillet... Quelles conséquences ? - Nice-Matin

For the rest of the Mediterranean?

Ship Captain Who Landed Migrants in Italy Sails Into Political Storm - The New York Times

There is an elephant swimming in these waters and it is one side not wanting free movement of people and the other determined to do just that.