Cardinal Angelo De Donatis has today issued a new decree, stating that some of Rome's churches will stay open, despite his initial order to close all of the religious sites just a day ago.

Speaking to daily Italian publication La Repubblica on Wednesday, the Pope said he had asked God to stop the epidemic in Italy 'with his hand'.

Some 5,476 people have died after testing positive for coronavirus across Italy, with more than 59,000 cases of the deadly virus confirmed.

Francis lead the ceremony inside the shelter of an empty St Peter's Basilica. He was joined only by his aides, some nuns and a few laypeople, who sat staggered throughout the pews.

Veteran employee Gilbert Serna, 36, and loyal customer Adria Gonzalez, 37, have been credited with saving dozens of lives by directing people to safety during the massacre on Saturday.

The family, who have not been identified, say their son became friendly with Patrick Crusius when they both attended Plano Senior High School just outside Dallas in 2017

Beto O'Rourke offered his personal cellphone to El Paso shooting witness, Sean Nixon, 20. The Democratic presidential candidate who is from El Paso has spent several days in the town.

Employees were sent were sent a memo on Thursday, which circulated online, instructing them to 'immediately' remove 'aggressive' displays, including hunting videos and combat games.

Democratic presidential candidates put pressure Friday on Walmart to stop selling firearms after a gun-toting killer massacred 22 people in the parking lot of an El Paso retail store.

The new fall-themed release will be available on Spam.com and Walmart.com starting on September 23. Hormel previously joked about releasing the product in 2017.

Drew Barrymore's nearly 40-year film career was expanded earlier this year when she launched her Flower Home decor line. Now she has expanded into colorful kid-themed home decorations.

Musk's credibility has been questioned by former employees and industry experts who say his plans for solar panels amount to nothing more than hot air.

Wence and Jerald Flores-Monge, aged 21 and 18 , were arrested after spewing racial profanities at a store worker in Kenner, Louisiana. A third family member, Sandy Monge also was charged.

The UK government is working with New York-based UiPath, co-founded by billionaire Daniel Dines whose £7billion company is viewed as a future Google of robotics and Artificial Intelligence.

Victor Jimmy Castro, 28, had ordered food from a McDonald's located inside of a Layton Walmart off Hillfield Road. During the assault, he told employees that they had gotten his order wrong.

Destin Garcia, 18, faces charges of aggravated assault and battery after allegedly drove to his co-worker's house in a rage and fired shots at her mom.

Frantic clientele at a Bank of America branch in the heart in midtown requested to retrieve tens of thousands of dollars to stockpile, which accounted for the shortage  according to The New York Times.

Donald Trump insisted Sunday that people stop panic buying and hoarding food and goods as the coronavirus death toll in the U.S. hit 63 and cases neared 3,500. 

Donald Trump urged Americans to stop stocking up on food and supplies and instead 'band together' as coronavirus cases in the U.S. surpassed 70 on Monday.

Walmart announced Tuesday it will check the temperatures of its store workers and provide them protective gloves and masks when they come to work.

Hundreds of thousands of employees will be tested each day for fevers. Amazon has reported virus cases among warehouse staff and faced protests.

Supermarkets in the United States are reporting their first employee deaths related to COVID-19. At least four employees at major chains like Walmart have died.

Jemon Best, of Belleville, posted the video to Youtube after he and Diangelo Jackson, of Wood River, experienced the 'terrifying' ordeal at the Wood River Walmart.

Doug McMillon (left), the president and CEO of Walmart, and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos (right) are pictured. The retail giants started temperature checks of employees at their facilities.

State Health officials shutdown a Walmart Supercenter in Aurora, Colorado, after two employees and spouse linked to the store died of coronavirus this month

Ernest Latiker, main. works at the now shuttered facility in Waterloo, Iowa. 'I wanted to believe to them and I needed the money at the same time', he said.

Workers at Amazon, Instacart, Whole Foods, Walmart, Target and FedEx plan to take part in the May 1 protest by calling out sick or walking off the job site, according to The Intercept.

Anna Campbell, 26, originally from Lewes, East Sussex, died fighting alongside Kurdish forces in the northern Syrian city of Afrin after it was hit by an air strike in March 2018.

Mohammed Reza Haque, known as the Jihadi Giant due to his 6ft 6in frame, fled the UK in 2014 and survived until the final days of the so-called IS 'caliphate' before he was killed in Syria.

Donald Trump charged Adam Schiff with being the 'biggest leaker in Washington,' claiming this as the reason he did not share plans of the raid on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's hideout with Congress.

Controversy erupted at the White House on Monday after officials had to issue a correction regarding the gender of Conan, the hero dog who helped run down terror leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Conan 'is in fact a GIRL,' according to a Defense Department official Tuesday, just a day after the most recent word out of the White House was that Conan was as male as his masculine name.

Membership of Islamic State (IS) is a hanging offence in Syria and President Bashar al-Assad has now said members of IS in the country will be brought to justice.

Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone strike Thursday, led Iran's feared Quds force for two decades, helping Shia militias kill US troops in Iraq and backing Assad as he slaughtered civilians.

Donald Trump's decision to order the killing of Qassem Soleimani, the leader of Iran's formidable Quds Force, could prove to be the spark that sets the whole of the Middle East on fire.

The Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media were praised as 'recognised experts and reputable scientists' by a senior Russian official last week. Pictured: White Helmets in Syria, 2017.

The Imam Al-Mahdi Scouts, which has 45,000 members - boys and girls - is officially recognised by the World Scouting Movement but the group is actually grooming its young recruits.

The event destroyed a village found in the Abu Hureyra dig site in Syria and splattered fragments of molten glass 'hot enough to melt cars' to the ground.

Londoners are getting riled up about the latest TfL announcements which inform travellers that their bus is about to move, but often only once the bus is already travelling away from the stop.

The 'hugely misjudged' quip was spotted by commuter Evelyn Clegg in south London this morning - the day after the 100-year anniversary of women getting the vote in Britain.

Amit Patel, 37, who suddenly lost his sight five years ago from a haemorrhage behind his eyes, was confronted by an irate commuter on an escalator at London Bridge on Tuesday (pictured).

This shocking footage shows two reckless children who risked their lives by hanging off the back of a moving London bus.

A passenger who was caught on video pulling an emergency lever on a London Tube during a furious row claims she did it because she was being racially abused.

The District Line driver had been qualified for 18 weeks but only drove for 11 of them, due to sickness, retraining and a compulsory removal from duty, London Underground said.

Commuters cooked in 97F heat inside crammed Tube carriages tonight on their way home from work. They wiped sweat from their brows and undone their shirts ahead of the sticky, stuffy journey.

Incredible thermal images captured today show the tropical heat commuters are braving on the London underground. London Underground staff said temperatures could soar past 104F.

A tiny dog abandoned on the tube in soaring heatwave temperatures is now looking for a loving new home. The poor Chihuahua cross - now named George Michael - was scared and confused.

The rather morbid cremation advert was spotted on what appeared to be the Circle Line by Spanish comedian Ignacio Lopez, who lives in Wales, whose tweet about it quickly went viral.

The colossal £14.8 billion Crossrail project had been expected to open this year bringing significantly reduced journey times to the capital - but now only a vague date next year has been given.

On Wednesday, November 6, commuters travelling on the London Underground won't be able to use the Central and the Waterloo and City Lines due to a Tube strike. Here is all you need to know