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SAN FRANCISCO, September 12, (THEWILL) - Liberian President George Weah has declared rape a national emergency and has ordered new measures to tackle the problem after a recent spike of cases in the country. The move comes after thousands...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 03, (THEWILL) - The first international flight in more than five months, landed in China’s capital on Thursday. Chinese aviation authorities are allowing arrivals in Beijing under intense Covid-19 safety rules from Thailand, Cambodia, Pakistan, Greece, Denmark,...

BEVERLY HILLS, September 01, (THEWILL) - Pope Francis on Tuesday, called for the cancellation of debt owed by poor countries in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, saying “It is a time for restorative justice”. “I repeat my call for...

Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, said Friday he is stepping down because a chronic health problem has resurfaced. He told reporters that it was “gut wrenching” to leave many of his goals unfinished. Abe has had ulcerative colitis since...

SAN FRANCISCO, August 27, (THEWILL) - Karim Keita, the son of deposed Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita who became a focus of public anger over his lifestyle, has fled the country. “He left Mali two days ago by road. He called...

BEVERLY HILLS, August 20, (THEWILL) - Pictures and video of the weekend electronic music party in Wuhan, where COVID-19 first emerged in December 2019 have gone viral, attracting a huge negative response in places where lockdowns are still in...

BEVERLY HILLS, August 18, (THEWILL) - Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned on Tuesday and dissolved parliament hours after mutinying soldiers detained him at gunpoint, plunging a country already facing a jihadist insurgency and mass protests deeper into crisis. Looking...

BEVERLY HILLS, August 18, (THEWILL) - Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was detained on Tuesday by mutinying soldiers in the capital Bamako, two security sources told Reuters. Soldiers had earlier in the day mutinied at the Kati military base about...

Telephone calls began ringing Sunday between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, marking the first concrete step of a U.S.-brokered diplomatic deal between the nations that required Israel to halt plans to annex land sought by the Palestinians. Anger over...

Russia on Tuesday became the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine, a move that was met with international skepticism and unease because the shots have only been studied in dozens of people. President Vladimir Putin announced the Health Ministry’s...