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SAN FRANCISCO, January 7, (THEWILL) - The President of Washington-DC based World Bank, Jim Yong Kim Monday abruptly announced his resignation. He said he would leave on February 1. “It has been a great honor to serve as President of this remarkable...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 07, (THEWILL) - A coup by junior military officers has been foiled in Gabon, with government assuring that ‘the situation is under control.’ THEWILL recalls that a coup had happened in the West African nation, with President Ali...

Military officers in Gabon staged an apparent coup early Monday morning, seizing the state radio station and declaring their dissatisfaction with President Ali Bongo, who is recovering from a stroke in Morocco. A New Year’s eve address by Bongo “reinforced...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 06, (THEWILL) - Malaysia’s king has abdicated, royal officials said on Sunday, in a historic first for the country that ended weeks of speculation about his future after he took medical leave. Sultan Muhammad V’s decision to...

A woman said to have been in a vegetative state for at least a decade at a private health care facility in Phoenix reportedly gave birth recently, triggering a police investigation and reviews by state agencies in a situation...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 03, (THEWILL) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 struck Japan’s Kumamoto Prefecture in the central part of Southwestern Kyushu Island on Thursday, the Weather Agency said. There were no immediate reports of major damage...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 03, (THEWILL) - Troops and air strikes have killed more than 280 Boko Haram militants since the Nigerien Government started an operation against the group last week, the Defense Ministry said. Boko Haram has attacked Niger, Chad...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 02, (THEWILL) - Somalia’s government has ordered the top United Nations official in the country to leave, accusing him of interfering with national sovereignty days after he raised concerns about the actions of U.N.-supported Somali security forces. The...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 01, (THEWILL) - The spokesman for the Vatican and his deputy resigned suddenly on Monday, an official statement said. It gave no reason for the resignation of Greg Burke, an American, and Paloma Ovejero, a Spaniard. But they quit...

SAN FRANCISCO, December 26, (THEWILL) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 hit an area north of Catania on the slopes of Mount Etna in Sicily early on Wednesday, damaging buildings and injuring about 30 people, officials said. It occurred...