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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump, Biden clash on Covid-19 in last debate + Nigerian leader warns protesters amid unrest + Tilting Venezuelan oil tanker threatens spill + Goldman Sachs agrees to pay $2.9bn over 1MDB + Ageing chimps become more socially selective US-vote,WRAP NASHVILLE, Tennessee President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden trade accusations of graft and clash on the Covid-19 pandemic but without landing a knockout blow 12 days before the election in a final debate that many saw as Trump's last big chance to change the narrative. 650 words moved by Eric Baradat with Sebastian Smith and Shaun Tandon in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: US-vote-debate-HunterBiden-China US-vote-Trump-Biden,POINTS Also moved: US-vote-debate,FACTCHECK Venezuela-environment-oil,LEAD CARACAS Trinidad and Tobago says a damaged oil tanker off the island's coast was "stable" after opposition politicians in neighboring Venezuela warned of a potential "environmental catastrophe." 500 words moved Nigeria-police-unrest-demonstration,WRAP LAGOS Nigeria's president urges an end to unrest sweeping the country but avoids mentioning the police shooting of unarmed demonstrators that sparked international condemnation and unleashed chaos in Africa's biggest city. 800 words moved by Sophie Bouillon. Picture. Video. Graphic US-Malaysia-bribery-corruption-1MDB-Goldman,WRAP NEW YORK Global financial titan Goldman Sachs agrees to pay $2.9 billion in penalties to settle criminal charges in the 1MDB Malaysian bribery scandal, the largest US fine ever in a corruption case, the Justice Department announces. 550 words moved Science-animal-chimpanzees WASHINGTON When it comes to friendships, people are known to become more selective with age. The same is true of male chimps, who have fewer yet more genuine pals to ape around with as they get older, according to a study published in the journal Science. 600 words moved by Issam Ahmed -- US VOTE -- US-vote-youth,FOCUS NEW YORK Most Americans under 30 don't vote. But this year, in a contest between two septuagenarians, experts predict a record number of younger people will cast ballots in the United States -- a development that could tip the result. 750 words moved by Laura Bonilla. File picture US-vote-diplomacy-nuclear-NKorea-SKorea,FOCUS SEOUL Donald Trump's fluctuating relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has gone from fire and fury to love letters, but Pyongyang's view of his rival is uncompromising: Joe Biden is a "rabid dog" who "must be beaten to death". 700 words moved by Sunghee Hwang. File picture US-vote-Germany,FOCUS KALLSTADT, Germany The mayor of Donald Trump's ancestral German village pledged before his surprise 2016 election that if he did anything great for America or the world, he would hang a plaque in the US president's honour. Four years on, there is still no plaque. 800 words moved by Deborah Cole. File picture. Video -- PLEASE SEE SPECIAL ADVISORY MOVING SEPARATELY FOR FULL FILING PLAN -- -- ASIA -- China-conflict-NKorea-SKorea-US-anniversary,WRAP BEIJING President Xi Jinping warns of China's military resolve to defeat "invaders", speaking on a 70th anniversary for the Korean War, the only time Chinese forces have fought the United States. 600 words 0600 GMT. Picture. Video China-telecommunication-Huawei-earnings SHANGHAI Huawei's revenue growth slowed significantly in the first nine months of 2020, the Chinese telecom giant says, citing "intense pressure" from the United States and the coronavirus. 650 words 0530 GMT by Dan Martin. Picture. File video Thailand-politics-royals-unrest-food,FOCUS BANGKOK With an intelligence network so good they have been compared to the CIA, Thai street vendors are often first on the scene at "guerilla" democracy protests in Bangkok. 550 words moved by Lisa Martin and Thanaporn Promyamyai. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Chile-referendum,ADVANCER SANTIAGO A year after months of social unrest began, Chileans vote Sunday in a referendum to change a dictatorship-era constitution seen as the bedrock of the nation's inequalities. 550 words 0630 GMT by Denis Barnett. Picture. Video Also moving: Chile-referendum-politics-protests,CHRONO Venezuela-social-poverty,FOCUS CARACAS Sunlight cannot penetrate, the air is fetid and fellow residents include rats and cockroaches -- but that's how 14 families are "dying slowly" in government accommodation in Venezuela's capital Caracas. 600 words moved by Margioni Bermudez. Picture. Video Entertainment-US-music-Springsteen,FOCUS NEW YORK The Boss got the band back together for his 20th studio album, a work that sees the ever-reflective Bruce Springsteen converse with his past selves while meditating on his own mortality. 700 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. File picture US-economy-employment-health-virus,FOCUS WASHINGTON Americans enduring a feeble economy and high unemployment because of the coronavirus pandemic are creating start-up companies at a record pace. 500 words moved by Julie Chabanas US-automobile-environment-merger-stocks-Lordstown,FOCUS LORDSTOWN, Ohio Could a new Tesla-like upstart be the savior of a once-mighty Ohio steel region ravaged by deindustrialization? Lordstown Motors has lofty ambitions for its flagship Endurance electric pickup truck to lead the way. 650 words 0600 GMT by John Biers. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus,WRAP PARIS France extends its anti-Covid curfew to cover two-thirds of the population and Ireland locks down again as governments warn of a dire situation in Europe where countries are registering record cases. 800 words moved by Joe Stenson with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Armenia-Azerbaijan-Karabakh-conflict,WRAP MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin says that weeks of fighting over the mountainous Nagorno-Karabakh province have left close to 5,000 people dead as world leaders scrambled to broker a truce. 650 words moved by Jonathan Brown. Picture. Video Kazakhstan-China-rights-Xinjiang-court,FOCUS ALMATY When Bikamal Kaken's husband vanished during a visit to northwestern China in 2017, she had good reason to believe he would not be returning home to Kazakhstan anytime soon. 900 words moved by Chris Rickleton. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Fbl-IRQ-Iraq-Mosul-reconstruction,FOCUS MOSUL, Iraq Mohamed Fathi, coach of Mosul's football club in northern Iraq, hardly recognises the ruined soccer stadium once used by Islamic State group fighters to fire rockets and lob mortars from. 750 words moved by Raad al-Jammas with Khalil Jalil in Baghdad. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr,FOCUS LONDON Five games into a Premier League season full of goals and drama, each of the traditional 'big six' have dropped at least five points, and the title race is wide open. 750 words moved by Kieran Canning afp
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