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The words spoken by America's top military officer carried a familiar ring, but in the midst of a chaotic week at the Pentagon, they were particularly poignant.

Guatemala on Wednesday requested that the United States allow Guatemalans in the country to remain on humanitarian grounds following the devastation caused by storm Eta last week.

Ron has been invaluable to me over the many years that we have worked together, Biden said in a statement.

British police said they had detained a man who crashed a car into a north London police station on Wednesday.

Cyprus put its entire southwest under a strict 19day lockdown Wednesday, banning any nonessential movement of people and shuttering bars and restaurants after a string of escalating restrictions failed to curb a sharp increase in coronavirus infections.

Political talks on Libya's future have reached agreement on holding elections within 18 months, the United Nations acting Libya envoy said on Wednesday, hailing a "breakthrough" in a peacemaking process that still faces great obstacles.

Swiss drugmaker Roche's chairman, Christoph Franz, favours requiring people to get a vaccination against COVID19 when one is available and proven safe and effective, newspaper Handelszeitung reported on Wednesday, citing an interview.

Presidentelect Joe Biden quietly pushed forward with the business of preparing to become America's next commander in chief on Wednesday, ignoring President Donald Trump's unprecedented push to block his Democratic rival's transition.

Thousands of people took part in an annual farright march in Warsaw to mark Poland's Independence Day on Wednesday, defying a ban imposed by city hall due to coronavirus restrictions.

South Africa should aim to cover 10% of its population via a global coronavirus vaccine scheme while also negotiating directly with manufacturers, a group of experts has advised the government.

Chinese firm Tibet Rhodiola Pharmaceutical Holding said on Wednesday it had obtained the nonexclusive rights to develop, manufacture, import or commercialize Russia's COVID19 vaccine, Sputnik V, in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Stocks gained and bonds dropped on Wednesday as prospects of an effective COVID19 vaccine outweighed nagging worries over surging infections, fuelling a rotation towards cutprice losers from the coronavirus pandemic such as travel stocks.

Thousands of Ethiopian refugees were fleeing into neighbouring Sudan on Wednesday as federal troops continued to battle local forces in the closedoff northern Tigray region.

As COVID19 cases in Japan rise again, an expert advising the government said regions must take localised approaches to counter a possible surge during winter.

The Philippines has suspended its decision to scrap a twodecadeold Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States for a second time as the allies work on a longterm mutual defence arrangement, Manila's foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

Of the hundreds of ART members, more than half are women, and approximately 40 per cent represent communities historically underrepresented in the federal government, including people of colour, people who identify as LGBTQ+, and people with disabilities....