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Mexico has committed to the arrest of a highlevel cartel leader under a deal with U.S. Attorney General William Barr to drop U.S. drug trafficking charges against a former Mexican defense minister, a senior Mexican source told Reuters.

Swiss doctors have urged those vulnerable to COVID19 complications to record their wishes for endoflife care in advance to help ease pressure on intensive care units, drawing criticism from an advocacy group.

U.S. Democratic Senator Chris Coons, who is seen as a contender for secretary of state in the incoming Biden administration, told Reuters on Friday he hoped to see a bipartisan policy on China that would "outcompete" Beijing.

At the Um Rakuba settlement in Sudan, refugees queue for helpings of cornflour porridge and put up makeshift shelters under scrubland trees, their lives upended by fighting in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.

Mainland China reported 17 new COVID19 cases on Nov. 19, up from 12 a day earlier, the country's health authority said on Friday.

Britain announced its biggest military spending increase since the Cold War on Thursday, pledging to end the "era of retreat" as it seeks a postBrexit role in a world Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned was more perilous than for decades.

Greece will shut one border crossing with Albania and conduct rapid COVID19 tests on all visitors at its land borders, its government spokesman said on Thursday, as cases in northern Greece continue to rise unabated.

South African Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo rejected on Thursday an application by former President Jacob Zuma for the judge to recuse himself from an inquiry into state corruption.

Liberia's supreme court has cancelled a national referendum scheduled for next month on constitutional changes that would reduce the length of the president's term and allow for dual citizenship, citing a procedural issue.

Hong Kong's High Court ruled on Thursday that the city government had failed to provide an independent mechanism to handle police complaints, breaching the Asian financial hub's Bill of Rights on torture and cruel treatment.

Australia said on Thursday that 19 current and former soldiers will be referred for potential criminal prosecution for allegedly killing 39 Afghan locals, the majority of whom had been captured and unarmed.

Australia on Thursday will release a longawaited report into alleged crimes committed by some members of its military in Afghanistan.

Poles who planned to blockade parliament to protest against a judicial ruling that amounted to a neartotal ban on abortion were kept away from the building by police on Wednesday, and dispersed around the city centre.

Poland reported a record 603 new coronavirusrelated deaths in the past 24 hours on Wednesday, but a senior official expressed optimism over a fall in new infections since restrictions were tightened.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired the director of the federal agency that vouched for the reliability of the 2020 election.

The United States will drop drug charges against former Mexican Defense Minister Salvador Cienfuegos and turn over the investigation of his alleged crimes to Mexico, officials said on Tuesday, after the Mexican government had chafed U.S. prosecutors' hand...