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BEVERLY HILLS, March 09, (THEWILL) - Sudan’s post-uprising Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok, escaped unharmed Monday as an assassination attempt using explosives targeted his convoy in the capital Khartoum, his top aide said. “An explosion hit as Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 09, (THEWILL) - The Chief Executive of Groupe ADP, the company which runs Paris’ two main international airports, Charles de Gaulle and Orly, has tested positive for the coronavirus, the group said Monday. Augustin de Romanet tested...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 09, (THEWILL) - Italy’s death toll from the new coronavirus shot up by 133 to 366 Sunday while the number of infections rose by a single-day record of 1,492 to hit 7,375. Italy has recorded the most...

Italy took a page from China’s playbook Sunday, attempting to lock down 16 million people — more than a quarter of its population — for nearly a month to halt the relentless march of the new coronavirus across Europe. Weddings...

Oil prices are plunging amid concern a dispute among producers could lead a global economy weakened by COVID-19 to be awash in an oversupply of crude. Brent crude, the international standard, lost $11.44, or 25.3%, to $33.83 per barrel in...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 06, (THEWILL) – More than 40 people have been rescued following the collapse of a hotel used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in eastern China on Saturday, state media reported. Officials said around 70 people were initially...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 06, (THEWILL) – The Vatican and Cameroon on Friday reported its first coronavirus cases. The Vatican said it had suspended outpatient services at its health clinic after a patient tested positive for COVID-19. The clinic inside the tiny...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 05, (THEWILL) - Former UN chief Javier Perez de Cuellar, who was known for his peace-making efforts including brokering a ceasefire in the Iran-Iraq war, died Wednesday in his native Peru, aged 100, his son said. Perez...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 04, (THEWILL) - Egypt executed Wednesday an ex-special forces officer turned top Islamist militant, Hisham Ashmawy, over involvement in high-profile attacks, said the army. “The execution by hanging was carried out based on a decision by the...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 04, (THEWILL) - A Turkish fighter jet Tuesday downed a Syrian regime warplane in the northwestern Idlib province and the pilot was killed, a monitoring group said. It was the third such downing in three days amid...