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Oil Price Slumps To $109 Per Barrel As Biden Pushes For US Fuel Cost Cuts

June 22, (THEWILL) – Oil prices tumbled on Wednesday, amid a push by U.S. President, Joe Biden, to bring down soaring fuel costs, including pressure on the country's major energy firms to help ease the pain for drivers during...

US Jury Finds Bill Cosby Guilty Of Sexual Assault

June 22, (THEWILL) – A jury in California has found entertainer, Bill Cosby, guilty of sexual assault on a teenager, Judy Huth, at the Playboy Mansion in 1975. Judy Huth, now aged 64, was on Tuesday, awarded $500,000 in damages...

Will Smith To Stage Comeback With I Am Legend 2

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June 15, (THEWILL) - Hollywood actor, Will Smith, is making moves to stage a comeback to the big screen, following the incident of the slap he gave Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards in March. The 53-year-old actor is...

Burkina Faso Declares Three Days National Mourning As Gunmen Kill 50 Civilians 

June 14, (THEWILL) - Burkina Faso’s government has announced three days of national mourning for 50 civilians killed over the weekend in the north of the country. Military leader, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, issued the decree late on Monday, for...

Scores Killed, Over 300 Injured In Bangladesh Container Depot Fire

June 05, (THEWILL) - A fire and a huge explosion have killed at least 49 people and injured hundreds more at a shipping container depot near the city of Chittagong in Bangladesh, officials said on Sunday. The toll was expected to rise, with...

Tunisia President Sacks 57 Judges 

June 02, (THEWILL) - President of Tunisia, Kais Saied, has sacked about 57 judges after accusing the judiciary of financial corruption and protecting “terrorists.” Among those sacked was Youssef Bouzaker, the former head of the Supreme Judicial Council, which Saied dissolved...

UAE President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Is Dead

May 13, (THEWILL) - United Arab Emirates President, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan, has died at age 73, state news agency, Wam, announced on Friday afternoon. The UAE Ministry of Presidential Affairs said there will be 40 days of official...

North Korea Orders National Lockdown After Reports Of First COVID-19 Outbreak

May 12, (THEWILL) - North Korea reported its first Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on Thursday, calling it the “gravest national emergency.” The government, therefore, ordered a national lockdown, with state media saying that an Omicron variant had been detected in the...

Over 20 Dead, Scores Injured As Explosion Rocks Cuba Hotel

May 07, (THEWILL) – At least 22 people have died and more than 60 hospitalised, after a massive explosion rocked one of Cuba’s most exclusive five-star hotels. It is believed that a gas tanker, which was parked outside the Saratoga...

DR Congo Confirms New Ebola Case

May 05, (THEWILL) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday, reported a new case of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, The Congolese Health Ministry confirmed the third case of Ebola in Mbandaka on Thursday, May 4, bringing the...