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July 02, (THEWILL) - The World Health Organisation said Friday that COVID-19 tests should be carried out in schools (even when no cases have been detected) to avoid the “harmful” effects of remote learning. Screenings in schools had previously only...

June 28, (THEWILL) - Hong Kong is to ban all incoming flights from the United Kingdom from July 1 to curb the more infectious Delta strain of the coronavirus. A government statement on Monday, said, “All passenger flights from the...

June 28, (THEWILL) - I am honoured and delighted to have been invited back to meet the members of your International Association of Journalists on matters of critical importance - Migration and Diaspora activity - especially with the purpose...

June 28, (THEWILL) - United States President Joe Biden is set to host Afghan leaders Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah for a meeting at the White House designed to demonstrate a continuing US commitment to Afghanistan as US troops...

June 28, (THEWILL) - Armed assailants killed 19 villagers in western Niger near the border with Mali, where Islamist militants have increasingly targeted civilians this year, the mayor of a nearby town said on Friday. The attack occurred on Thursday...

June 27, (THEWILL) - The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has ordered Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, to cease all regulated activities in the UK. Imposing a slew of rigorous conditions, the FCA banned Binance from advertising and establishing...

June 25, (THEWILL) - A Judge sentenced former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin to 22-1/2 years in prison on Friday for the murder of George Floyd during an arrest in May 2020, video of which galvanized a national protest...

June 23, (THEWILL)- The United States Department of Justice on Wednesday said it had seized 33 Iranian government-controlled media websites, as well as three of the Iraqi group Kataeb Hezbollah, which it said were hosted on US-owned domains in...

June 19, (THEWILL)- Catholic bishops in the United States have approved the drafting of a “teaching document” that disqualifies politicians, including President Joe Biden, from receiving Communion. The result of the vote (168 in favor and 55 against) was announced Friday...

June 18, (THEWILL)- A former Japanese Justice Minister, Katsuyuku Kawai, was on Friday, sentenced to a three-year jail term for vote-buying in an attempt to get his wife elected to a national office. He was fined 1.3 million yen ($11,800)...