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| - Duty Editor: Lachlan Carmichael Email: Lachlan.Carmichael@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Myanmar eases coup fears + Afghan leader urges Biden to up pressure on Taliban + WHO virus experts meet Wuhan Covid medics + Apocalyptic movies shot during pandemic hit Sundance Myanmar-politics-army,2ndlead YANGON Myanmar's military vows to abide by the country's constitution, in an apparent backtracking after its commander-in-chief spurred fears of a coup when he suggested the charter could be repealed. 500 words moved US-Afghanistan-conflict-Ghani,lead WASHINGTON Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani urges the new US administration to step up pressure on the Taliban and not rush to withdraw more troops. 550 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture Health-virus-China-WHO,2ndlead WUHAN, China A team of WHO experts investigating the origins of the coronavirus tours a propaganda exhibition celebrating China's recovery from the pandemic in Wuhan, after a meeting at the hospital that treated the first confirmed Covid-19 cases over a year ago. 550 words moved by Hector Retamal and Leo Ramirez. Picture. Video. Live Video. Entertainment-US-film-virus-Sundance,WRAP LOS ANGELES A virus horror and a last-day-on-Earth comedy -- both entirely devised, shot and edited during the pandemic -- bring an apocalyptic flavor to the Sundance film festival, which has moved online due to Covid. 550 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Morocco-prisoners-internet,FOCUS RABAT Moroccan former prisoners have moved out of their jail cells into the social media spotlight by sharing their thug life experiences on YouTube, making them minor celebrities. 750 words moved by Kaouthar Oudrhiri. Picture. Video Fbl-conflict-CHAN-Cameroon-AFR,FOCUS LIMBE, Cameroon A stone's throw from the Mungo River which partly marks the dividing line between Cameroon's anglophone and francophone regions stand armoured vehicles and trucks filled with soldiers all of whom have been on careful watch since football's African Nations Championship got underway. 700 words moved by Jean-Baptiste Ketchateng moved. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-vaccine-J&J,4thlead WASHINGTON Johnson & Johnson's single-dose Covid-19 vaccine has an overall efficacy of 66 percent, the company says after a huge multi-continent trial, but the shot does not protect as well against a variant first detected in South Africa. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed Health-virus-US,FOCUS WASHINGTON The trend line is now unmistakable: the US Covid outbreak is easing, with new cases and hospitalizations down two weeks in a row, even though the overall numbers still remain far higher than prior to the fall-winter surge. What's behind the slide? 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed Health-virus-Britain-vaccine-AstraZeneca,FOCUS LONDON Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is at the centre of a row over vaccine supplies that could hurt that Anglo-Swedish drugs group and provoke litigation. 600 words moved by Véronique Dupont. File Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain-NIreland-vaccines,lead LONDON Northern Ireland's First Minister Arlene Forster urges Britain to remove a post-Brexit protocol with the European Union after it became the focus of a diplomatic row over Covid vaccines. 400 words moved by Callum Paton. File Picture Belgium-heritage-architecture,VIDEOESSAY BRUSSELS An emblematic Art Nouveau mansion designed by Belgian architect Victor Horta has opened its doors to the public in Brussels, revealing a long hidden jewel of the city's Belle Epoque glory. 500 words moved by Matthieu Demeestere. Picture. Video US-racism-Nobel-peace-Norway PARIS Black Lives Matter, a movement which became a rallying cry after the killing by US police of an unarmed black man, has been proposed for the Nobel Peace Prize, a Norwegian MP says. 250 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-diplomacy-Iran-nuclear,lead WASHINGTON The new US administration has named Rob Malley, an architect of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, as its special envoy to resume talks with Tehran, defying pressure from hawks who accuse him of being too conciliatory toward the Islamic republic. 700 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi and Shaun Tandon. File picture -- ASIA -- India-agriculture-protests-security NEW DELHI Indian police tighten security around camps where farmers have been protesting against new agricultural reform laws, as thousands more arrive to join the campaign. 300 words moved. Picture Japan-crime,lead TOKYO A Japanese woman who says she hid her mother's corpse in a freezer in her apartment for a decade tells police she feared eviction if the death was discovered, media report. 200 words moved -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- France-environment-trade-Amazon-protest FOURNES, France Hundreds rally in several French towns and cities in protests called by anti-capitalist and environmental groups against Amazon, including at one site where the US e-commerce giant plans a massive warehouse. 300 words moved -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr-ManUtd-WestBrom-racism-internet LONDON England's Premier League has urged social media organisations to do more to combat racism following online abuse directed at the Manchester United duo of Axel Tuanzebe and Anthony Martial and West Brom's Romaine Sawyers this week. 450 words moved -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-music-Sundance,FOCUS LOS ANGELES What do Mike Myers, Neil Gaiman, Duran Duran and the Red Hot Chili Peppers have in common? They are all mega-fans of the cult, oddball, if-you-know-you-know band Sparks, according to a new documentary from Edgar Wright which premieres at the Sundance festival Saturday. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture afp
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