Europe relaxes virus restrictions but cases flare elsewhere

Berlin • Several European countries where coronavirus infections have slowed moved ahead Friday with relaxing border restrictions, while the U.S. reported a record drop in retail sales that threatened stores and weighed down the sinking economy. Infection flare-ups in Mexico and elsewhere served as a reminder the pandemic is far from over.Slovenia, which has been gradually easing strict lockdown measures, declared that the spread of the virus is now under control and that European Union res