Dmitry Zaks

Wiley poses for photographers upon arrival at the NME 2017 music awards in London, February 15, 2017. (Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

July 30, 2020, 1:01 am

After Twitter ban, Wiley only sorry for ‘generalizing’ during anti-Semitic rant

In interview, rapper stands by posts that got him booted from social media, continues to rail against ‘Jewish lawyers,’ blaming them for ‘systematic racism’ in the industry

By Dmitry Zaks

Men pose for a photo, outside a pub as it reopened, in Borough Market, as coronavirus lockdown restrictions are eased across England, in London on July 4, 2020. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)

July 5, 2020, 7:57 pm

Tanked Brits can’t socially distance, police conclude as pubs reopen

Police chief describes night as ‘naked men, happy drunks, angry drunks, fights and more angry drunks,’ as PM Johnson faces push-back over timing of move

By Dmitry Zaks

People look at the statue of the founder of the Scout movement Robert Baden-Powell on Poole Quay in Dorset, England ahead of its expected removal to "safe storage" following pressure to remove it over concerns about his alleged actions while in the military and "Nazi sympathies" Thursday June 11, 2020. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)

June 12, 2020, 5:02 am

Statues of Scouts founder latest target as Britain re-examines colonialist past

Local authorities and others take steps to remove monuments and rename streets racist figures from country’s history, but group of ‘Football Lads’ vow to protect them

By Dmitry Zaks

Author JK Rowling accepts an award onstage during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Hosts 2019 Ripple Of Hope Gala and Auction In NYC, in New York City, on December 12, 2019. (Bennett Raglin / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

June 11, 2020, 2:14 pm

Defending gender remarks, JK Rowling says she’s a survivor of sexual assault

In blog post, author discusses her own struggles with sexual identity in her youth, says ‘huge numbers of women are justifiably terrified by the trans activists’

By Dmitry Zaks

The colors of the Italian flag are projected onto the Palazzo Senatorio building on Capitoline Hill (Campidoglio) in Rome, on April 26, 2020 during the country's lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection.(Photo by ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP)

April 27, 2020, 3:14 am

Conte unveils plan for Italian life to ‘coexist with virus’ after lockdown

Italian PM to allow walks in parks and visits to relatives as country emerges from the world’s longest coronavirus lockdown; schools to return only in September

By Dmitry Zaks

Pigeons fly over a deserted Piazza del Duomo in central Milan on April 12, 2020, during the country's lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection. (Piero CRUCIATTI/AFP)

April 13, 2020, 12:32 pm

Cautious global hope for pandemic peak as Italy, France, US see drops in deaths

With toll slowing in epicenters, some countries are starting to reopen their stalled economies, but signs loom that virus could be taking hold in vulnerable parts of the world

By HAZEL WARD and Dmitry Zaks

A faithful from a facing balcony follows the celebration of the Palm Sunday mass on the roof of the church of San Pio X, in Rome, Sunday, April 5, 2020. Churches are closed to faithful all over Italy due to the coronavirus outbreak. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)

April 6, 2020, 6:23 am

Italy’s virus deaths plunge to lowest since March 19

Officials ponder gradually lifting some social distancing restrictions and easing of a month-long national lockdown

By Dmitry Zaks

A police officer (L) stops a scooter rider to check traveling permits on a deserted road in central Rome during the country's lockdown following the COVID-19 new coronavirus pandemic, March 25, 2020 . (Filippo MONTEFORTE/AFP)

March 26, 2020, 7:50 am

Italy’s slowing infections seem to boost the case for lockdowns

Global policymakers are watching closely, as they weigh the potential health benefits of imposing national stay-at-home policies against the devastating economic side effects

By Dmitry Zaks

Hospital employees wearing protection masks and gear tend patients lying in bed at a temporary emergency structure set up outside the accident and emergency department, where any new arrivals presenting suspect new coronavirus symptoms are being tested, at the Brescia hospital, Lombardy, on March 13, 2020. (Miguel MEDINA / AFP)

March 15, 2020, 8:08 pm

Italy hit with one-day record 368 new coronavirus deaths

Number of infections reaches 24,747; total death toll in country stands at 1,809, the highest after China

By Dmitry Zaks

A man wearing a protective mask rides a bicycle past closed shops in a deserted street of central Codogno, southeast of Milan, on March 11, 2020, a day after Italy imposed unprecedented national restrictions to control the deadly COVID-19 coronavirus. (Miguel Medina/AFP)

March 11, 2020, 7:26 pm

Europe ramps up efforts to contain virus as infections rise

Multiple countries report their first coronavirus deaths; Italians grapple with new nationwide lockdown meant to halt spread of COVID-19

By Dmitry Zaks and Jastinder KHERA

(L-R) British Labour leadership candidates, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Jess Phillips, Emily Thornberry, Lisa Nandy and Keir Starmer are seen on stage during the Leader hustings event in Liverpool, England, on January 18, 2020. (Paul Ellis/AFP)

January 18, 2020, 8:15 pm

At first debate, UK Labour leadership rivals vow to take on anti-Semitism

Crop of contenders say no place for anti-Semites in British opposition party, after it’s been accused of not addressing scandals under outgoing chief Corbyn

By Dmitry Zaks

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers his Leader's speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, England, Oct. 2, 2019 (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

October 3, 2019, 4:10 am

UK’s Johnson unveils new Brexit plan with warning of no deal

British PM says proposal is ‘final’ offer, but his complex new solution meets an initially cool response from Brussels

By Alice Ritchie, Joe STENSON and Dmitry Zaks

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts as he greets NHS workers as they take afternoon tea inside 10 Downing Street in central London on September 3, 2019. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / various sources / AFP)

September 3, 2019, 8:51 pm

Britain’s Johnson loses majority ahead of Brexit Parliament showdown

In dramatic development, Tory MP defects to rivals during speech by prime minister; Johnson condemns as ‘surrender’ opposition plan to thwart no-deal Brexit

By Alice Ritchie and Dmitry Zaks

In this file photo taken on June 30, 2016 Brexit campaigner and former London mayor Boris Johnson is pictured as he addresses a press conference in central London on June 30, 2016 (LEON NEAL / AFP)

July 25, 2019, 6:25 am

Iran poses loyalty test for ‘British Trump’ Johnson

New UK prime minster’s response to crisis could be make-or-break moment for Europe’s entire Iran policy, potentially forcing the Continent to back a new nuclear deal

By Dmitry Zaks

This image released by Christie's on Tuesday, June 11, 2019, shows a 3,000-year-old stone sculpture of the famed boy pharaoh Tutankhamun at Christie's in London. (Christie's via AP)

July 1, 2019, 8:01 am

Tutankhamun sculpture’s London auction sparks Egyptian outcry

Ownership of art piece can apparently only be traced back to 1970s; Cairo wants representation of pharaoh’s head returned to its country of origin

By Dmitry Zaks