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Nations strive for climate funding consensus as COP29 deadline nears
BAKU, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Climate negotiators are striving to reach an agreement on new climate funding in a UN climate conference scheduled to close on Friday.
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Biden's shift on missiles for Ukraine informed by North Korean troops in Kursk, Trump's election victory
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden dropped his opposition to Ukraine firing U.S. missiles at targets deep inside Russia in response to North Korea's entry to the war, a shift in U.S. policy that took on added urgency following Donald Trump's Nov. 5 election win, sources familiar with the matter said.
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Wall Street top regulator to leave SEC when Trump takes office
NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler will step down as Wall Street's top regulator at the very end of the Joe Biden administration, he announced on Thursday.
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Football
Soccer-Guardiola signs two-year contract extension with Man City
LONDON (Reuters) -Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has signed a two-year contract extension that will keep him at the club until 2027, the Premier League champions said on Thursday.
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U.S. automakers plan to acquire Trump's nod to sell EVs: NYT
NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Three of the U.S. largest automakers, Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, are strategizing with other car manufacturers on how to make a delicate request of President-elect Donald J. Trump: don't scrap the federal regulations that compel the industry to sell electric vehicles (EV), reported The New York Times (NYT) on Thursday.
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Tennis
Tennis-Bryan defends doubles gamble after U.S. Davis Cup exit
MALAGA, Spain (Reuters) - United States skipper Bob Bryan stood by his decision to field debutant Ben Shelton in an inexperienced doubles duo after his side's Davis Cup quarter-final loss to Australia on Thursday.
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World
IMF forecasts 2.5 pct growth for BiH in 2024
SARAJEVO, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) economy is forecast to grow by 2.5 percent in 2024 and 3 percent in 2025, driven by increased private consumption, wage growth, and slight investment gains, according to a senior expert with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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World
Chinese ambassador hails economic partnership with UK
LONDON, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The economic partnership between China and the United Kingdom (UK) has always been "a ballast and propeller" for China-UK relations, Chinese Ambassador to the UK Zheng Zeguang said here on Thursday.
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World
U.S. dollar ticks up
NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar advanced in late trading on Thursday.
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World
Mexico's controversial judicial elections face possible delay
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's first round of elections of judges by popular vote, the product of a contentious constitutional overhaul passed in September, could be pushed back by around three months if the Senate accepts a request by the electoral authority to postpone them, the electoral body's head said on Thursday.
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US lawmakers seek to halt weapons sales to UAE, citing Sudan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen has introduced legislation seeking to halt American weapons sales to the United Arab Emirates until the United States certifies that the UAE is not arming the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan, according to an early version of his announcement seen by Reuters.
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World
Weekly storage of natural gas in U.S. decreases: EIA
HOUSTON, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Working gas storage in the contiguous United States was 3,969 billion cubic feet in the week ending Nov. 15, a net decrease of 3 billion cubic feet from the previous week, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Thursday in a report.
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BiH exports fall 4.8 pct amid rising imports in Jan.-Oct.
SARAJEVO, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) exports fell 4.8 percent to 13.39 billion KM (7.18 billion U.S. dollars) in the first ten months of 2024, while imports rose 3 percent to 23.87 billion KM, widening the trade deficit to 10.47 billion KM, according to the BiH Agency for Statistics.
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World
Germany's Scholz set to run for second term after potential rival bows out
BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was set to run for a second term in upcoming snap elections after his popular Defence Minister Boris Pistorius - a possible replacement - ruled himself out of the running on Thursday.
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World
Türkiye's electric car registrations up 64 pct in Jan.-Oct.
ISTANBUL, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Electric car registrations in Türkiye reached 73,817 in the first 10 months of 2024, up 64 percent year-on-year, state-run Anadolu Agency reported Thursday.
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World
Czech EV production plummets as overall car output rises
PRAGUE, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Electric vehicle (EV) production in the Czech Republic plunged 19.4 percent year-on-year to 127,222 units in the first ten months of 2024, even as total passenger car output grew 6.6 percent over the same period, according to data from the Czech Automotive Industry Association.
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World
Brazil police formally accuse 37 people in coup attempt
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's federal police have formally accused 37 people for their alleged involvement in a coup attempt and other crimes, it said in a statement on Thursday, without naming those accused.
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World
Germany's business bankruptcies surge amid economic struggles
BERLIN, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Business bankruptcies in Germany soared by 22.9 percent in October compared to the same month last year, reflecting the continued struggles of Europe's largest economy.
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World
EU-Croatia dispute deepens over minister's corruption case
(Reuters) - A dispute between Croatia and the European Union over who should investigate a high-profile corruption case involving a former minister deepened on Thursday after the bloc's chief prosecutor said Zagreb had problems upholding the rule of law.
