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Vaccine Firms’  Shares Nosedive With Success Of Merck’S COVID-19 Pill

October 02, (THEWILL) -Positive clinical trial results for Merck & Co's (MRK.N) experimental antiviral COVID-19 pill reverberated through the healthcare sector on Friday, sending the drugmaker's stock price soaring while denting high-flying shares of vaccine companies and makers of...

Raised Eyebrows Over Mali’s Plan For Russian Mercenaries To Replace French Troops

October 02, (THEWILL) – Mali's discussions with a controversial Russian private military company, the Wagner Group, has sparked concerns in some nations. However, many Malians themselves are eager to see the Russians replace French troops. The Wagner Group first came to the...

Lawyer Who Won $9.5bn Pollution Case Against Chevron Gets 6-Month Sentence

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October 02, (THEWILL) -A Harvard-trained lawyer, Steven Donziger, who spent decades battling Chevron Corp (CVX.N) over pollution in the Ecuadorian rainforest was sentenced Friday to six months' imprisonment for criminal contempt charges arising from a lawsuit brought by the...

Trump Sues Twitter Over Closed Account

October 02, (THEWILL) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump asked a Federal Judge in Florida on Friday to ask Twitter (TWTR.N) to restore his account that the company removed in January, citing a risk of incitement of violence. Trump filed...

Qatar Holds First Ever Legislative Polls

October 02, (THEWILL) - Qataris began voting on Saturday in the Gulf Arab state's first legislative elections. The elections are for two-thirds of the advisory Shura Council in a vote that has stirred domestic debate about electoral inclusion and citizenship. Voters...

Philippine President Duterte Retires From Politics

October 02, (THEWILL) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday he was retiring from politics, a surprise move that fuelled speculation he is clearing the way for his daughter to succeed him. "Today, I announce my retirement from politics,"...

Global COVID-19 Deaths Reach 5m

October 02, (THEWILL) - Global deaths related to COVID-19 surpassed 5 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, with unvaccinated people particularly exposed to the virulent Delta strain. The variant has exposed the wide disparities in vaccination rates between...

Fire In COVID-19 Hospital Kills 7

October 01, (THEWILL) - Seven people died on Friday when a fire broke out in a Romanian intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients. It is the country's third deadly hospital fire in less than a year. Video footage showed patients jumping out...

Venezuela Again Shaves 6 Zeros From Currency

October 01, (THEWILL) - Venezuela on Friday launched its second monetary overhaul in three years by cutting six zeros from the bolivar currency in response to hyperinflation, simplifying accounting but doing little to ease the South American nation's economic crisis. The...

Guinea Coup Leader, Col. Mamady Doumbouya, Sworn In As President

October 01, (THEWILL) - Col Mamady Doumbouya has been sworn in as Guinea's interim president after leading a coup that saw the overthrow of Alpha Condé. The former French legionnaire, 41, becomes Africa's second youngest leader, after Mali's Assimi Goïta, 38,...