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Infected and contagious, President Donald Trump briefly ventured out in a motorcade on Sunday to salute cheering supporters, a move that disregarded precautions meant to contain the deadly virus that has forced his hospitalization and killed more than 209,000...

BEVERLY HILLS, October 01, (THEWILL) - Turkey on Thursday entered a new phase of tight social media restrictions which threaten to erase the local presence of Facebook and Twitter should they fail to take down contentious posts. The legislation was...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 22, (THEWILL) - President Nana Akufo-Addo has identified poverty as a major threat to African States’ security. He bemoaned the worrisome terrorist activities in North East Nigeria, the Lake Chad Basin, Mali and the Greater Sahel,...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 21, (THEWILL) - Mali's former Defence Minister, Ba N'Daou has been named as president of the country's new transition government. The new president is meant to lead the country for several months before returning Mali to civilian...

The opposition coalition which led mass protests in Mali ahead of last month's coup has rejected a transition charter. On Saturday, the country's military leadership agreed to establish an 18-month interim government until an election could take place. It followed three...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recorded a record one-day rise in the number of new coronavirus infections, with 307,930 reported over 24 hours. The agency said that deaths rose by more than 5,500, bringing the global total to 917,417. The...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 12, (THEWILL) - Liberian President George Weah has declared rape a national emergency and has ordered new measures to tackle the problem after a recent spike of cases in the country. The move comes after thousands...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 03, (THEWILL) - The first international flight in more than five months, landed in China’s capital on Thursday. Chinese aviation authorities are allowing arrivals in Beijing under intense Covid-19 safety rules from Thailand, Cambodia, Pakistan, Greece, Denmark,...

BEVERLY HILLS, September 01, (THEWILL) - Pope Francis on Tuesday, called for the cancellation of debt owed by poor countries in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, saying “It is a time for restorative justice”. “I repeat my call for...

Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, said Friday he is stepping down because a chronic health problem has resurfaced. He told reporters that it was “gut wrenching” to leave many of his goals unfinished. Abe has had ulcerative colitis since...