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SAN FRANCISCO, May 04, (THEWILL) - Four miners were killed and three others were trapped underground after an earthquake hit a gold mine outside Johannesburg, its owners said Friday. Thirteen miners were initially trapped about three kilometres (two miles) below the...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 03, (THEWILL) - The death toll in the deadly storm that hit India’s northern states of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday night has risen to around 80, with around 143 people injured, according to official sources. The...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 28, (THEWILL) – The plenary session of the Council of Administration of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), wrapped up on April 27, sending forward several proposals to be decided at the Extraordinary Congress in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,...

With a single step over a weathered, cracked slab of concrete, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made history Friday by crossing over the world’s most heavily armed border to greet South Korean President Moon Jae-in for talks on...

BEVERLY HILLS, April 24, (THEWILL) - Just days after burying his wife Barbara, who died at age 92, former U.S President George H.W. Bush has been hospitalised after an infection he contracted spread to his blood. Spokesman to the former president...

North Korea's announcement that it is halting nuclear and missile tests has received a broad international welcome. Leader Kim Jong-un said further tests were not needed, as the North had demonstrated it had nuclear weapons. Donald Trump described the move as...

Zimbabwe's parliament has summoned former President Robert Mugabe to give evidence about a claim he made about huge-scale diamond theft. Mr Mugabe accused foreign mining firms of "swindling" and "smuggling" in an interview on state-run TV in 2016. "The companies have...

SAN FRANCISCO April 20, (THEWILL) - King Mswati III of Swaziland has renamed his country as eSwatini to mark 50 years of independence from British rule. The King of Swaziland, one of the world’s few absolute monarchs in Africa announced...

Memos by ex-FBI director James Comey detailing his conversations with Donald Trump have been published. The memos cover the president's concerns about a lurid intelligence dossier and also go into his relationship with his former National Security Advisor, Michael Flynn. The...

BEVERLY HILLS, April 20, (THEWILL) - The Queen of England has appealed to Commonwealth leaders to appoint her son, Prince Charles, to succeed her as their head. She made this known on Thursday as she opened the Commonwealth Heads of Government...