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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
In this file photo from July 13, 2016, Boris Johnson waves as he leaves 10 Downing Street in London. (Oli Scarff/AFP)
June 22, 2019, 1:21 pm
Johnson ‘row’ blows UK leadership race open, as nationwide campaign begins
Frontrunner will face questions after police called to domestic incident with his partner, as month-long tour to win over grassroots Conservatives kicks off
By Dmitry Zaks
US President Donald Trump (L) and Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May attend a joint press conference at the Foreign and Commonwealth office in London on June 4, 2019. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool/AFP)
June 4, 2019, 9:17 pm
Trump vows phenomenal UK trade deal, rebuffs Corbyn, meets Brexit leader Farage
On second day of visit to Britain, US president says he turned down meeting with Labour leader, brands him a ‘somewhat negative force’
By Dmitry Zaks and Jerome Cartillier
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage reacts after the European Parliament election results for the UK South East Region are announced at the Civic Centre Southampton, Southern England, on May 26, 2019. (Tolga AKMEN / AFP)
May 27, 2019, 2:00 am
Anti-EU Brexit Party set for huge victory in vote Britain didn’t want to hold
Populist Nigel Farage’s party far ahead of rivals, according to preliminary results; Theresa May’s Conservatives suffer historic blow; Corbyn’s Labour fares poorly
By Dmitry Zaks
Models of prominent Brexit politicians are driven past the Houses of Parliament in London on March 12, 2019, ahead of the second meaningful vote on the government's Brexit deal. (Tolga Akmen/AFP)
March 12, 2019, 10:06 pm
British Parliament overwhelmingly rejects May’s Brexit deal
With just 17 days until it leaves the EU, the United Kingdom faces growing possibility of crashing out of the bloc without an agreement
By Alice Ritchie and Dmitry Zaks
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on March 12, 2019, before heading to the Houses of Parliament to open the debate on the second meaningful vote on the government's Brexit deal. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP)
March 12, 2019, 5:44 pm
As vote looms, May warns ‘Brexit could be lost’ if deal is rejected
British PM dealt blow ahead of vote with attorney general’s warning that accord could leave UK trapped in EU’s trade arrangements after leaving bloc
By Dmitry Zaks and Robin MILLARD
A painting, believed to be the second version of 'Judith Beheading Holofernes' by Italian artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, is picutred during a photocall in London on February 28, 2019, following its restoration. (Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)
March 2, 2019, 4:31 am
‘Lost Caravaggio’ unveiled ahead of $170 million auction
Oil painting, believed to be Renaissance master’s long-lost masterpiece, depicts Old Testament Jewish heroine Judith beheading Assyrian general
By Dmitry Zaks
A Kurdish prison security guard, left, escorts a 19-year-old former fighter of the Islamic State group, into the courtroom of a Kurdish-run terrorism court, in Qamishli, north Syria, April 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
February 18, 2019, 11:21 pm
Europeans reject Trump’s call to repatriate Syria jihadists
EU nations say captured fighters should be prosecuted for crimes where they occurred; Kurds say they lack resources to jail hundreds of suspects
By Francis Curta and Dmitry Zaks
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