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Feature: Skin disease patients in South Sudan find cure from Chinese medical team

NAIROBI, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Patients with fungal skin infections in South Sudan are increasingly flocking to the Juba Teaching Hospital, drawn by the expertise of Zheng Jianfeng, a Chinese dermatologist from the 12th batch of the Chinese medical team stationed in the country.

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Eurozone financial stability remains strained: ECB

FRANKFURT, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The European Central Bank (ECB) said on Wednesday in a report that financial stability vulnerabilities remain elevated in the euro area.

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Africa CDC chief underlines local manufacturing of drugs

LILONGWE, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Director General of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Jean Kaseya has urged African countries to invest in local manufacturing of drugs and reduce dependence on others outside the continent.

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U.S. Comcast to spin off MSNBC, CNBC and other cable channels

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. multinational telecommunications and media conglomerate Comcast Corporation is cleaving off a huge chunk of its television portfolio to create a new company composed of its cable channels, including MSNBC, CNBC and USA Network.

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Trump's lawyers say hush money case must be dismissed after election victory

(Reuters) - Donald Trump's lawyers told a judge that the Republican's conviction for illegally covering up hush money payments to a porn star should be dismissed because he won the U.S. presidential election and sentencing would threaten government stability.

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EU supports BiH's digital transformation to meet EU requirements

SARAJEVO, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The public services digitalization department of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and representatives of the EU delegation to BiH reviewed on Wednesday the progress in the country's digital transformation in line with EU accession process.

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U.S. oil imports, exports up last week

HOUSTON, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Both the U.S. crude oil imports and exports increased during the week ending Nov. 15, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Wednesday.

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Roundup: CATL to begin battery cell production in Hungary's Debrecen

DEBRECEN, Hungary, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's leading battery maker, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. (CATL), announced on Wednesday that it will start producing battery cells at its new facility in Hungary's second-largest city Debrecen next year.

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U.S. crude oil production down from last week

HOUSTON, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. crude oil production averaged 13.201 million barrels per day (b/d) during the week ending Nov. 15, down by 199,000 b/d from the previous week, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Wednesday.

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Italy to enforce helmets, insurance for e-scooter riders after accidents

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's parliament on Wednesday approved a bill that will require e-scooter riders to wear helmets and be insured, while also introducing tougher fines for rogue parking as part of a wider overhaul of the highway code.

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EU party chiefs reach deal on von der Leyen's commission nominees, sources say

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Parliament leaders have reached an agreement to approve the members of the next European Commission following elections earlier this year, two sources with knowledge of the negotiations told Reuters on Wednesday.

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Zimbabwe to leverage ties with China to accelerate industrialization: FM

HARARE, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe's quest to transform into a knowledge-driven and substantially industrialized upper-middle income economy by 2030 is achievable through deepening ties with China, Zimbabwe's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Amon Murwira said Wednesday.

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Netherlands delivers final two promised F-16's for training Ukrainian pilots

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands has handed the final two of 18 promised F-16 fighter jets to a training facility in Romania, where Ukrainian pilots and ground staff are being taught to fly and maintain the planes in battle, the Dutch Defence ministry said on Wednesday.

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Cargo traffic along Northern Sea Route close to 40 mln tons: Russian PM

MOSCOW, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The volume of cargo traffic along the Northern Sea Route this year is nearing 40 million tons, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Wednesday.

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Greek GDP expected to grow by 2.3 pct in 2025: budget

ATHENS, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Greek gross domestic product (GPD) is expected to grow by 2.3 percent in 2025, according to the draft budget submitted to the parliament on Wednesday.

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Migrant children could suffer most under Trump's plan: advocates

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- As U.S. President-elect Donald Trump continues to name people to his cabinet and strategizes how to fulfill his many tough-on-immigration promises, immigrant advocates and attorneys worry that one group will receive an outsized share of the punitive initiatives: children, reported USA Today on Wednesday.

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Greece gripped by 24-hour general strike

ATHENS, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Walkouts by staff across Greece's public and private sector were seen on Wednesday, as labor unions called a 24-hour nationwide general strike over the cost of living and inadequate salary increases.

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Welby to end official duties as Archbishop of Canterbury by Jan. 6

LONDON (Reuters) - Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the spiritual leader of Anglicans worldwide and the head of the Church of England, will complete his official duties by January 6, after saying last week that he would quit over an abuse scandal.

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"Bomb cyclone" kills 1, knocks out power to half mln homes across northwest U.S.

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- A major storm swept across the northwest United States, battering the region with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages and downing trees that killed at least one person, according to The Associated Press on Wednesday.

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Developed countries fulfilling commitments key to climate financing consensus: Chinese envoy

BAKU, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The key to reaching consensus on climate financing is for developed countries to fulfill their commitments by providing financial assistance to developing countries and meeting their pledged amounts, said Liu Zhenmin, China's special envoy for climate change.