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Washington, Dec 18 (AP) President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, will be getting their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on Monday. That's according to Biden's incoming press secretary, Jen Psaki..

As Israel prepares to give COVID19 vaccines to its citizens, Palestinians in the Israelioccupied West Bank and Gaza are scrambling to secure their own doses, which health authorities say are still months away.

Police in Greece have detained a Turkish consular official on suspicion of spying, a senior Greek source said on Friday, in a case likely to further strain troubled relations between the two NATO allies.

Pence's move comes as inoculation efforts unfurl across the globe, with officials mounting campaigns to quash skepticism about the record-fast development of the jabs.

A deaf South Korean pastor was charged in a Malaysian court on Friday with sexually assaulting two men in separate incidents dating back to 2013, his lawyer said.

The U.S. COVID19 vaccination campaign has begun, and the few available doses are mostly going into the arms of healthcare workers and nursing home residents.

All five babies born to women with COVID19 infection during a study in Singapore have had antibodies against the virus, although the researchers said it is not yet clear what level of protection this may offer.

Turkey will not reverse its purchase of Russian S400 missile defence systems and will take reciprocal steps after evaluating U.S. sanctions imposed over the acquisition, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday.

French President Emmanuel Macron met numerous heads of state and highlevel officials in the 10 days before he tested positive for COVID19 on Thursday, including most European leaders at a summit on Dec 1011.

When the coronavirus pandemic surged across Europe in April and hospitals were desperate for ventilators, Poland’s government turned to an unlikely supplier: an arms dealer.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus and will be quarantining although he has tested negative, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.

Before this week, few people were aware of SolarWinds, a Texas-based software company providing vital computer network monitoring services to corporations and government agencies around the world.

In southern Taiwan's pigproducing heartland, the government's contentious decision to ease restrictions on imports of U.S. pork is rankling some producers and dividing families.

Environmental and Alaska Native groups asked a federal court in Anchorage on Tuesday to stop the U.S. Interior Department from opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas exploration before President Donald Trump leaves office next m...

The test will sell for around $30 and the company plans to roll out three million units in January 2021, and millions more in subsequent months.

President Donald Trump is considering pushing to have a special counsel appointed to advance a federal tax investigation into the son of Presidentelect Joe Biden, setting up a potential showdown with incoming acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen.