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President Joe Biden is set to issue an executive order to reverse a Pentagon policy that largely bars transgender individuals from joining the military, dumping a ban ordered by President Donald Trump in a tweet during his first year in office, a person b...

The meeting took place at the peak of winter when sub-zero temperatures have forced both sides to reduce deployment.

In a meeting conducted by the registration board of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP), another vaccine has also been given EUA (emergency use authorisation) which was developed with the backing of Russian Development Investment Fund, the of...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in his first directive since taking office, has given his senior leaders two weeks to send him reports on sexual assault prevention programs in the military, and an assessment of what has worked and what hasn't.

American Magics race boat Patriot might have been battered and broken when it capsized at speed during the Americas Cup challenger series in Auckland, but skipper Terry Hutchinson says its proud heart is still beating.

Addressing the public at an event in Sindh province's Larkana city, the Opposition leader said he would talk to other Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leaders on the no-confidence motion as it would be better than continuing their protest movement.

Lloyd Austin, a retired Army general, made history on Friday by becoming America's first Black defense secretary, arriving at the Pentagon minutes after his Senate confirmation to a busy schedule that included a call with NATO's secretary general.

Johnson said however that all the current evidence showed both vaccines remained effective against old and new variants.

AstraZeneca has informed the European Commission that it will initially not be able to deliver the agreed volumes of its COVID19 vaccine when it obtains regulatory approval for the bloc, which is expected by endJanuary, German newspaper Bild reported on F...

Italy reported 472 coronavirusrelated deaths on Friday, against 521 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections fell to 13,633 from 14,078.

The new COVID19 variant identified in South Africa can evade the antibodies that attack it in treatments using blood plasma from previously recovered patients, and may reduce the efficacy of the current line of vaccines, scientists said on Wednesday.

Relatives of those killed in the Sriwijaya Air plane crash on Jan. 9 wept and threw red and white petals into the ocean on Friday after an Indonesian navy vessel took them to the site in the Java Sea where their loved ones perished.

Testing wristbands are in. Maskwearing is mandatory. Desks are socially distanced.

Google said on Friday it will disable its search function in Australia if the government proceeds with a media code that would force it and Facebook Inc to pay local media companies for sharing their content.

It is too early to say when the national coronavirus lockdown in England will end, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday, as daily deaths from COVID19 reach new highs and hospitals become increasingly stretched.

German researchers have enabled mice paralyzed after spinal cord injuries to walk again, reestablishing a neural link hitherto considered irreparable in mammals by using a designer protein injected into the brain.