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Oil prices are plunging amid concern a dispute among producers could lead a global economy weakened by COVID-19 to be awash in an oversupply of crude. Brent crude, the international standard, lost $11.44, or 25.3%, to $33.83 per barrel in...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 06, (THEWILL) – More than 40 people have been rescued following the collapse of a hotel used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in eastern China on Saturday, state media reported. Officials said around 70 people were initially...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 06, (THEWILL) – The Vatican and Cameroon on Friday reported its first coronavirus cases. The Vatican said it had suspended outpatient services at its health clinic after a patient tested positive for COVID-19. The clinic inside the tiny...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 05, (THEWILL) - Former UN chief Javier Perez de Cuellar, who was known for his peace-making efforts including brokering a ceasefire in the Iran-Iraq war, died Wednesday in his native Peru, aged 100, his son said. Perez...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 04, (THEWILL) - Egypt executed Wednesday an ex-special forces officer turned top Islamist militant, Hisham Ashmawy, over involvement in high-profile attacks, said the army. “The execution by hanging was carried out based on a decision by the...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 04, (THEWILL) - A Turkish fighter jet Tuesday downed a Syrian regime warplane in the northwestern Idlib province and the pilot was killed, a monitoring group said. It was the third such downing in three days amid...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 03, (THEWILL) - Pope Francis, who is suffering from a cold, has tested negative for the coronavirus, an Italian newspaper reported Tuesday, as Italy battles Europe’s worst outbreak. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni did not respond to a request...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 02, (THEWILL) - Tasnim news agency on Monday reported that Seyed Mohammad Mir-Mohammadi, a member of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council, died of COVID-19. His death comes as other top Iranian officials have contracted...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 02, (THEWILL) - The man appointed interim president of Guinea-Bissau by the side beaten in the December presidential election has stepped down because of death threats, less than two days after being nominated. “Given the death threats...

SAN FRANCISCO, February 28, (THEWILL) - Pope Francis postponed his official appointments Friday and was working from home, the Vatican said, a day after cancelling a scheduled appearance at mass because of “a mild ailment”. Francis, 83, had appeared earlier in...