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BEVERLY HILLS, March 09, (THEWILL) - Italy’s death toll from the new coronavirus shot up by 133 to 366 Sunday while the number of infections rose by a single-day record of 1,492 to hit 7,375. Italy has recorded the most...

Italy took a page from China’s playbook Sunday, attempting to lock down 16 million people — more than a quarter of its population — for nearly a month to halt the relentless march of the new coronavirus across Europe. Weddings...

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...