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October 14, (THEWILL) – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Liz Truss, has sacked her newly appointed Chief Minister of Finance, Kwasi Kwarteng, over the worsening economic crisis. Kwarteng confirmed his dismissal in a letter posted on his Twitter handle. Recall...

October 4, (THEWILL) – The ongoing war in Ukraine has dimmed prospects of a post-pandemic economic recovery for emerging and developing economies in the Europe and Central Asia region, says the World Bank’s Economic Update for the region, released...

October 4, (THEWILL) – At least nine persons including a senior regional official, were killed in a twin car bomb in central Somalia on Monday. Two cars packed with explosives were detonated minutes apart outside local government offices in Beledweyne,...

October 3, (THEWILL) – Turkey's annual inflation reached a new 24-year high of 83.45 per cent in September, the Turkish Statistical Institute said in a report on Monday. Month-on-month, consumer prices rose by 3.08 per cent, the Institute added. It was...

October 3, (THEWILL) – Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who governed Brazil between 2003 and 2010, has won the first round election against the incumbent far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. However, Lula failed to secure the overall majority...

September 19, (THEWILL) – World leaders, Royals and the entire UK, on Monday, bid farewell to late Queen Elizabeth II at a grandeur funeral ceremony. The longest reigning monarch died on September 8 at the age of 96 at the...

September 18, (THEWILL) – In light of Russia's continued exclusion from international sports, Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has proposed that the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) establish "an association of sports organisations" and host "major sporting events" under its auspices. Putin's...

September 15, (THEWILL) – A motorist collided with a vehicle carrying Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, as his motorcade passed through Kyiv, his Press Secretary, Serhiy Nikiforov, said early Thursday. In a brief social media post, Nikiforov said President Zelensky was...

September 14, (THEWILL) – Gambia has ordered importers and shops to suspend sales of all brands of paracetamol syrup, while the government investigates a suspected link between the medicine and the deaths of dozens of young children. Last Thursday,...

September 13, (THEWILL) – Tens of thousands of spectators packed the Kasarani stadium in Nairobi, on Tuesday, to watch William Ruto being sworn in as Kenya's fifth president. "I William Samoei Ruto, in full realisation of the high calling I...