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Taiwan's president to visit Tuvalu, Palau and Marshall Islands
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Lai Ching-te will visit Tuvalu, Palau and Marshall Islands in the Pacific, the presidential office said on Friday.
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US believes Russia's attack in Ukraine showcased new missile
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States believes that Russia fired a never-before-fielded intermediate-range ballistic missile on Thursday in its attack on Ukraine, an escalation that analysts say could have implications for European missile defense.
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Haiti blasts Macron's criticism of transition council as 'unfriendly and inappropriate'
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haiti's foreign minister met with the French ambassador to the nation on Thursday over what the ministry branded as "unfriendly and inappropriate" comments by French President Emmanuel Macron as he left the G20 summit in Brazil.
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Cote d'Ivoire, EU sign new fishing agreement
ABIDJAN, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Cote d'Ivoire and the European Union (EU) signed a new protocol agreement on sustainable fishing for the period 2024-2028 in Abidjan on Thursday.
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North Korea's Kim accuses US of stoking tension, warns of nuclear war
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has accused the United States of ramping up tension and provocations, saying the Korean peninsula has never faced a greater risk of nuclear war, state media KCNA said on Friday.
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Canada to give holiday tax break for groceries
OTTAWA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Canadian federal government announce Thursday that it will be introducing legislation in Parliament that would provide for a two-month tax break for groceries and holiday essentials.
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Slovak PM shooting suspect faces prolonged custody
BRATISLAVA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The custody of the suspect in the May shooting of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, has been extended by four months, Prosecutor-General Maros Zilinka announced Thursday.
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Gas Leak prompts evacuation of 150 people in Prague
PRAGUE, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- About 150 people were evacuated on Thursday in downtown Prague due to a gas leak, police and rescuers have confirmed.
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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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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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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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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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U.S. dollar ticks up
NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar advanced in late trading on Thursday.
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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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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.
