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SAN FRANCISCO, July 06, (THEWILL) - Madagascar has placed its capital Antananarivo under a fresh lockdown following a new surge in coronavirus infections, two months after the restrictions were eased, the presidency announced Sunday. “The Analamanga region (under which the...

BEVERLY HILLS, July 05, (THEWILL) - Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has gone into self-isolation for two weeks as a precautionary measure despite testing negative for coronavirus, the government said, after one of his contacts was confirmed to have the illness. The...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 01, (THEWILL) - A powerful explosion at a clinic in northern Tehran killed at least 19 people on Tuesday, Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency reported. The blast at Sina At’har health centre caused damage to buildings in...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 29, (THEWILL) - An Iranian prosecutor has revealed that the country has issued an Interpol arrest warrant for United States president Donald Trump for his role in the assassination of a leading military commander earlier this...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 26, (THEWILL) - The European Medicines Agency said it has recommended authorising the use of the anti-viral drug remdesivir to treat the new coronavirus. “Remdesivir is the first medicine against COVID-19 to be recommended for authorisation in...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 25, (THEWILL) - The United Kingdom has begun human trial of a COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine is developed by a team of researchers from the Imperial College, London and this is the first time it will be...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 24, (THEWILL) – A plane crash which killed 97 people in Pakistan last month was because of human error by the pilot and air traffic control, according to an initial report into the disaster released Wednesday. The...

U.S. regulators on Monday revoked emergency authorization for malaria drugs promoted by President Donald Trump for treating COVID-19 amid growing evidence they don’t work and could cause serious side effects. The Food and Drug Administration said the drugs hydroxychloroquine and...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 14, (THEWILL) - Lockdowns were imposed in parts of Beijing on Saturday to try to prevent the spread of a new coronavirus cluster, highlighting the challenges that lie ahead even for places where outbreaks are under...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 09, (THEWILL) - Burundi's President of 15 years, Pierre Nkurunziza, aged 55, has died of a heart attack, the government says. Burundi was planning to make him a "supreme guide to patriotism", according to the official title that...