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China Frees 2 Canadians After Their Country Releases Huawei Boss

September 25, (THEWILL) - A diplomatic row between China and the West appears to be ending, after the release of two Canadians held in China and a Chinese tech executive in Canada. Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, arrested on a US...

Malala Urges UN Leaders To Protect Afghan Girls’ Education Under Taliban

September 25, (THEWILL) - Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by a Taliban gunman in Pakistan as she left school in 2012, pleaded with the world on Friday not to compromise on the protection of Afghan...

Bob Marley Invoked By Barbados Leader To Move United Nations

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September 25, (THEWILL) - The Barbados Prime Minister on Friday sought to spur meaningful action from the 193-member United Nations on crises from climate and COVID-19 vaccines to poverty and education, invoking singer Bob Marley: "Who will get up...

UN, Army Disagree On Safety Of Mozambican Returnees Amidst Islamists Threats

September 24, (THEWILL) - Rwandan forces patrolled burnt-out streets once besieged by Islamist fighters in northern Mozambique, saying it was now safe for civilians to return to the gas-rich region, despite U.N. warnings of a continuing militant threat. But United Nations...

France, UK Leaders Make Tentative Phone Call

September 24, (THEWILL) - French President Emmanuel Macron spoke over the phone on Friday with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Macron's office said, during which Johnson had told Macron that Britain wanted to restore its cooperation with France. The phone...

China’s Banning Of Crypto Currencies Rattles Bitcoin

September 24, (THEWILL) - China's most powerful regulators on Friday intensified the country's crackdown on cryptocurrency with a blanket ban on all crypto transactions and crypto mining, hitting bitcoin and other major coins and pressuring crypto and blockchain-related stocks. Ten...

Global Anxiety As China Evergrande Fails To Pay Investors

September 24, (THEWILL) - China Evergrande inched closer on Friday to the potential default that investors fear, missing a payment deadline in one of the clearest indications yet that the developer whose debt struggles have spooked markets is in dire...

Gunman Kills 1, Wounds 12, Shoots Himself Dead In US Supermarket

September 24, (THEWILL) - A gunman killed one person, wounded 12 and shot himself dead at a Tennessee supermarket on Thursday, pursuing panicked shoppers and employees as they fled down the aisles while some took refuge in store freezers. Of the...

Mexico Gives Haiti Asylum Seekers Controversial Option

September 24, (THEWILL) - Mexican officials are urging Haitians on the Texas border trying to reach the United States to give up and return to Mexico's frontier with Guatemala to request asylum, even as discontent grows over the treatment...

‘No Jab, No Sex’ Plan Mooted In South Africa Province

September 24, (THEWILL) - The official for health policy in a province of South Africa has suggested that women should withhold sex from men who have not been vaccinated. “I think it is a good idea to say, ’no vaccine,...