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Firms would be reimbursed with 75% of salaries of transgender people, if they hire 10% of workforce from community

Current Biology found that genetics play an outsized role in canines' interactive skills with people

So far, only 4.7% of the 950 million adult population have been given two vaccine doses

British foreign minister says equitable access to vaccines will be at the top of agenda when G7 leaders meet

Before the pandemic, some 2.5 million pilgrims used to visit the holiest sites of Islam in Makkah

The digital wallet will allow Europeans to digitally identify themselves when accessing public and private services

Vicious second wave of coronavirus in India has killed 160,000 people in eight weeks

On May 8, bombs outside a school in the same part of Kabul killed 80 people, most of them schoolgirls

Is Naftali Bennett a right-wing extremist, a pragmatist or merely an opportunist?

Starting the vaccinations for adolescents now would make it easier to avoid schools closures

The UK has relocated 1,360 locally employed Afghan staff throughout the whole of the 20-year conflict

Pakistan Air Force shot down 3 Israeli planes in 6-day war that ended with Israel’s victory

Yair Lapid, 57, a former TV host and finance minister, would take over after about two years

Move created a sense of fear and insecurity among local population, KMS reports

As many as 120,000 vaccines doses have recently been produced at Pakistan's National Institute of Health (NIH)

US departure without putting up credible governance structure in Afghanistan may plunge country into new civil war

Israel reported 275 cases of myocarditis between December 2020 and May 2021 among 5 million vaccinated people

ISPR says Gen Qamar, chief of Pakistan-Qatar Takaful Insurance Company discuss bilateral ties, Afghan reconciliation

The new drug substance production line will make ingredients for up to 300 million doses

The Gulf of Oman connects to the Strait of Hormuz where about a fifth of the world's oil passes

Developer says could produce six times more than previously planned 10 million doses a year

Top US medical advisor reciprocated next day, thanking Daszak for his 'kind note'

The election came as opposition scrambled to forge a coalition to unseat Netanyahu

To expand the COVAX dose-sharing portfolio available to poor countries

Latest in a series of such attacks in recent weeks as foreign forces withdraw

Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Emomali Rahmon will lead their respective sides in the delegation-level talks

Africa was the only continent where incidents of violence rose over the course of the pandemic

More than 800 people died in that outbreak, accounting for about 90% of Australia's total deaths

Ship is carrying 1,486 containers, including 25 tonnes of nitric acid, along with other chemicals and cosmetics

Threatens sanctions if a civilian-led government is not restored

Britain's overall death toll from the pandemic stands at 127,782

PM Imran, President Rahmon voice concerns over Afghanistan slipping into civil war

Eyewitnesses said there were about 30 casualties

Footage showed the ambassador's wife, Xiang Xueqiu, slap the face of a storekeeper in the South Korean capital

Speak Asad Qaiser calls for greater cooperation among member states to achieve regional development

Last week, the EU drugs regulator authorised Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for children as young as 12

Former US President Donald Trump called the new coronavirus 'the China virus' and other monikers

A third Chinese vaccine, produced by CanSino Biologics, has submitted clinical trial data

The pope reminded bishops that they were responsible for following the letter of the law

Washington has already handed over several military bases to Afghan forces before May 1

The doctors' association at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) called Ramdev's comments 'disgraceful'

Passengers from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, South Africa, India among others will be quarantined for 14 days

Tere are renewed calls for Canada to do more to uncover what happened

China's decision to allow families to have up to three children was met with scepticism

The man, a resident of the city of Zhenjiang, was hospitalised after developing a fever and other symptoms

Only 1.1% of the population has received at least one vaccine shot so far

More than 570,000 infections have been reported, with a string of new daily records last week

Nine new locally acquired COVID-19 cases were reported on Tuesday taking the total infections in the clusters to 54

Some Saudi Twitter users welcomed a reduction in noise in their areas

About 230 million Indians fell into poverty last year due to the pandemic