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US President Joe Biden is set to issue an executive order to reverse a Pentagon policy that bars transgenders from joining the military, dumping a ban ordered by former President Donald Trump during his first year in office, a person briefed on the decision told The Associated Press.

Outgoing United States President Donald Trump has faced a lot of criticism as an anti-Muslim figure.

Democrat Joe Biden has been elected President of the United States in the 2020 US election.

United States President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris addressed the nation from the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, after winning the 2020 elections.

Democratic nominee Joe Biden will become the 46th President of the United States, according to reports.

The United States Presidential race between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden remains as nail-biting as it did when the counting of votes had first started.

United States President Donald Trump will be making a statement shortly as the US voted for the 2020 Presidential elections on Tuesday (local time).

Republican President Donald Trump is set to take the US state of Florida in the 2020 Presidential elections.

At least 19 people were killed and 22 wounded as gunmen stormed the Kabul University in Afghanistan on Monday, the Interior Ministry said.

At least 12 people were killed and over 100 injured in a suicide car bombing in the western Ghor province of Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said.

Four people were injured in a knife attack near the former offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in France capital Paris, AFP reported on Friday, citing sources privy to the development.

Disgraced lawyer Michael Cohen has claimed that United States President Donald Trump ogled at his teenage daughter in his tell-all memoir.

A person was shot and killed in Portland city in the US state of Oregon on Saturday night. The shooting occurred as supporters of President Donald Trump clashed with Black Lives Matter protesters.

Violent protests broke out in the Swedish town of Malmo late Friday after a Quran-burning incident earlier in the day.

Much like Facebook, Google is also heavy on tracking the web activity and location data of its users for advertising purposes.

Residents of a Swiss town were in for a surprise when they noticed their surroundings covered in what looked like chocolate snow.

Across the United States, new clusters of the coronavirus outbreak have started popping up at universities as the fall semester begins.

Serum Institute of India (SII) is set to source the COVID-19 vaccine developed by American biotech company Novavax.

Iran has issued an arrest warrant against United States President Donald Trump and dozens of others for the killing of its top commander Qassem Soleimani.

The death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, has sparked protests across the United States. Floyd died after a white cop knelt on his neck for several minutes during an arrest in Minneapolis.

As COVID-19 continues to batter different parts of the world, scientists are racing to find a way to fight the pandemic as soon as possible.

Stuff Limited, one of New Zealand's largest media organizations, is set to be purchased by its CEO for a single NZ dollar (61 cents).

With recent reports that North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un is not keeping well, the question arises: who will succeed him?

Amid a global outcry over China's handling of the coronavirus outbreak, 10,000 Americans have reportedly signed a class-action lawsuit against the country.

Bill Withers, the beloved singer and songwriter behind hits from the 1980s such as Lean on Me and Ain't No Sunshine, has passed away aged 81 due to heart complications, his family told the Associated Press in a statement.

Legendary swimmer Michael Phelps is worried about the athletes after the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

According to an International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound, it has been decided that the upcoming Tokyo Games will postponed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic.

Around the world, the coronavirus outbreak has compelled authorities to impose strict regulations advising social distancing and urging people to stay indoors.

The United States has initiated clinical human trials of the first experimental vaccine to protect against the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19.

The United Nations has confirmed to have been hacked in, what looks like, a state-sponsored espionage operation.

In a matter of months, China will have the competition for the US Global Positioning System (GPS) up and running.

On Sunday, Venice was hit by a record third major tide in one week, while other parts of Italy faced a series of weather woes, ranging from high winds to avalanche.

If you have ever gotten into an argument with your boss about how a sick leave is totally warranted after a night of heavy weekday drinking, don't worry, a German court is here to back you up.

A nasty break-up ended up costing a 19-year-old woman thousands of dollars, albeit the damage was self-inflicted.

Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan returned to Mumbai on Saturday after undergoing treatment for cancer in London, United Kingdom.

F.R.I.E.N.D.S completes 25 years this month (feeling old yet?).

The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has refused to accept international aid to deal with the devastating fires that have ravaged the Amazon rainforest for weeks.

In what could cut legal immigration to the United States by half, the Trump administration said yesterday that those seeking public benefits could be denied green cards.

If there's one thing that Game of Thrones' Arya Stark got wrong, it's making every other person with a silicone mask believe that they can slip in and out of places unnoticed.

Imagine being so affectless to the prevailing racism in your country, that you design a rag doll, meant to be abused, and specifically make it the color black.