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BEVERLY HILLS, January 27, (THEWILL) - California Secretary of State, Alex Padilla, on Thursday gave the green light for the proposed initiative to start collecting signatures for a move to make California govern itself. If enough signatures are collected, “Calexit”...

President Donald Trump kept up his criticism of Mexico on Friday, saying it "has taken advantage of the U.S. for long enough," as a crisis over border security and trade deepened. "Massive trade deficits & little help on the very...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande underscored the need for European unity in the face of growing internal and external threats, including the rise of populism across Europe and U.S. threats to abandon free trade. "Europe faces...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 25, (THEWILL) - Italian police on Wednesday arrested four men accused of being the leaders of a human trafficking ring which smuggled people from Africa to Europe and forced women into the sex trade upon arrival...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 25, (THEWILL) - President Donald Trump on has signed two executive orders to order the construction of a U.S.-Mexican border wall. Trump also signed an executive order that could slash funding for so-called “sanctuary cities”, and reinstated...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 24, (THEWILL) - A nude painting of impeached South Korean president Park Geun-Hye met a violent end at the country’s parliament Tuesday, reports said, as supporters tore the work — which evokes Edouard Manet’s Olympia —...

More than $11m (£8.8m) is missing from The Gambia's state coffers following the departure of long-time leader Yahya Jammeh, an adviser to President Adama Barrow has said. Mai Ahmad Fatty said financial experts were trying to evaluate the exact loss. Luxury...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 20, (THEWILL) - Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on Friday, 6 p.m. Nigeria time, succeeding Barack Obama. Trump, wearing a dark suit with red tie, is taking control...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 20, (THEWILL) - Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t be watching the live ceremony of Donald Trump’s inauguration Friday, his spokesman said, rubbishing the idea of him being Moscow’s man in Washington. “I don’t think that he plans...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 19, (THEWILL) - With one day to go before he takes the oath of office as the 45th US president, Donald Trump arrives in Washington Thursday determined to transform US politics over the next four years. The...