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January 19, (THEWILL) - Indonesian lawmakers have passed a law, moving the nation’s capital from Jakarta in Java to Nusantara. The move is a step forward in one of the most ambitious projects initiated by the country’s President, Joko Widodo. The...

January 16, (THEWILL) - Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the former President of Mali who led the West African country from 2013 until he was ousted in a coup in 2020, died in Bamako on Sunday at the age of 76. “President IBK...

January 15, (THEWILL) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended Baricitinib, an arthritic drug, and Corticosteroids for the treatment of patients with severe or critical COVID-19. Baricitinib is a type of drug known as a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor,...

January 12, (THEWILL) - An opposition senator, Henry Kemende has been shot dead in western Cameroon where a bloody insurgency waged by anglophone separatists against the state and his party, an official said. The Lawmaker, whose body was found on Wednesday,...

January 07, (THEWILL) - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the arrest of unvaccinated people who violate stay-at-home orders aimed at curbing “galloping” coronavirus infections. Unvaccinated people among the capital’s 13 million people were ordered to stay home after infection numbers...

January 05, (THEWILL) - British opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer has tested positive for COVID-19, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. Starmer had been due to face Prime Minister Boris Johnson at a question and answer session in parliament. His deputy, Angela Rayner,...

January 05, (THEWILL) - President of Poland, Andrzej Duda has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating, his chief of staff Pawel Szrot said on Wednesday. “The president is fine, has no severe symptoms and is under constant medical care", Szrot...

January 05, (THEWILL) - While the world is grappling with the highly infectious Omicron strain of COVID-19, scientists in France have identified a new coronavirus strain, B.1.640.2, at the institute IHU Méditerranée Infection in Marseille. Named IHU, the new B.1.640.2...

January 04, (THEWILL) - The President of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi, and his wife, Isaura Nyusi, have tested positive for COVID-19. The President in a statement on Monday night, said he and his wife were asymptomatic. The statement read, “My wife and...

January 03, (THEWILL) - Cartel group, Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries  (OPEC) has elected Kuwait's former OPEC governor Haitham al-Ghais as new Secretary-general. Al-Ghais, who acted as the first-ever chairman of the OPEC+ Joint Technical Committee (JTC), was elected by...