Xinhua world news summary at 0045 GMT, Nov. 9
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Two employees of the Serbian embassy were kidnapped on Sunday in Libya, the Serbian Foreign Ministry confirmed in a press release.
The press release reads that communication officer Sladjana Stankovic and a driver Jovica Stepic were taken in the afternoon in the city of Sabratha in the northwest of Libya, and that ministry had notified security services in Libya about this. (Serbia-Embassy-Kidnapping)
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BRATISLAVA -- The Slovak police have detained some 700 illegal migrants at the country's borders since the spring of 2015, confirmed Slovak Interior Minister Robert Kalinak on Sunday.
"They were economic migrants. They were detained between April-May and the present," said Kalinak, adding that Slovakia is gradually repatriating them. "We do this constantly, every week," he stated. (Slovakia-Migrants)
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WASHINGTON -- Climate change could push an additional 100 million people into extreme poverty by 2030 if the world fails to take actions, the World Bank warned in a report released Sunday.
The report, titled Shock Waves: Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty, found that poor people are already at high risk from climate-related shocks, including crop failures from reduced rainfall, spikes in food prices after extreme weather events, and increased incidence of diseases after heat waves and floods. (U.S.-World Bank-Climate Change)
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JERUSALEM -- The Israeli police shot and killed a Palestinian teenager on Sunday after he carried out a run-over attack in the West Bank that left three Israeli settlers injured, Israeli officials said.
The police said the attacker rammed his vehicle at commuters who were standing at the Tapuah Junction, south of Nablus. Border police opened fire toward him and "neutralized." (Israel-Palestinian-Attack)
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DAMASCUS -- Syrian troops killed 58 militants with the Islamic State (IS) group in the country's eastern province of Deir al-Zour on Sunday, the state news agency SANA reported.
The Syrian forces killed the IS militants who were trying to attack an airbase in the countryside of Deir al-Zour. (Syria-IS-Attack) Endi