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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + US Congress nears deal on stimulus package + Chinese spacecraft returns with Moon rocks + Fijians batten down as monster storm nears + Aussie Open delayed till February by Covid + Trump Twitter 'hacker' not to face charges US-economy-bank-rate-politics-stimulus,WRAP WASHINGTON Congressional leaders say they are nearing a long-awaited agreement on a stimulus package for the US economy, as the Federal Reserve cautioned that the economic outlook remains uncertain. 650 words moved by Heather Scott China-space,WRAP BEIJING An unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon return safely to Earth, completing the first mission in four decades to collect lunar samples. 650 words 0400 GMT by Helen Roxburgh and Laurie Chen. Video Fiji-Tonga-weather-cyclone,lead SUVA Fijians are warned that no part of the Pacific island nation will escape a pummelling from super cyclone Yasa, as Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama blames the unfolding emergency on climate change. 550 words 0200 GMT by Leon Lord. Graphic Tennis-AUS-Open-health-virus,2ndlead MELBOURNE The Australian Open will start three weeks late on February 8, the ATP announces, after the coronavirus disrupted preparations for the first Grand Slam of 2021. 500 words 0130 GMT Netherlands-US-crime-hack-hacking THE HAGUE Dutch prosecutors say a man had cracked US President Donald Trump's Twitter account in October despite denials from Washington and the company, but add that the so-called "ethical hacker" will not face charges. 200 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- France-drugs-politics-police,INVESTIGATION PARIS As Ousmane heats the small square of whitish powder, the "rock" crackles. One draw on his homemade pipe, and he is away with the spirals of smoke. Welcome to Paris, City of Lights -- and France's crack cocaine capital. 1,200 words 0300 GMT by Romain Fonsegrives. Picture. Video Pakistan-rights,FOCUS KARACHI Hani Baloch and her fiance Nasim never thought of themselves as dissidents, but one day in May -- just weeks before their wedding -- the students were snatched by armed and hooded men she says were from Pakistan's security services. 900 words 0400 GMT by Joris Fioriti and Ashraf Khan with Maaz Khan in Quetta. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP BERLIN European nations vow to get their coronavirus vaccination campaigns rolling before the end of the year while a surge in infections prompts tighter restrictions across several countries. 750 words 0130 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-vaccine-Kariko,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON Hungarian-American scientist Katalin Kariko's obsession with mRNA as a disease-fighting tool cost her a faculty position at a prestigious university, which dismissed it as a dead end. Now, her pioneering work -- which paved the way for the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines -- could save the world from a 100 year pandemic. 750 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video Health-virus-Gabon-science,FOCUS ZADIE CAVES, Gabon Six men in yellow biohazard suits clamber in suffocating heat towards a cave in the heart of the Gabonese jungle. Their quest: to unlock new knowledge on how pathogens like coronavirus leap the species barrier to humans. 800 words 0300 GMT by Adrien Marotte. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Venezuela-government-water,FOCUS CARACAS Alfredo Araya used to dig wells on farms or out in the countryside, but due to a failing water supply he says demand for his services has recently exploded in Venezuela's capital Caracas. 600 words 0130 GMT by Andrea Tosta. Picture. Video US-justice-execution-children,FOCUS CHICAGO In 2004, Lisa Montgomery strangled a pregnant woman to death and used a kitchen knife to remove the unborn baby from the victim's uterus so she could kidnap the girl. 750 words 0130 GMT by Robert Chiarito. File picture -- ASIA -- NZealand-economy-politics-health-virus,2ndlead WELLINGTON New Zealand roared back from a coronavirus-induced recession with record economic growth of 14.0 percent in the July-September quarter, official data shows. 500 words moved China-Oly-skiing-construction-entertainment,FOCUS CHENGDU, China Speeding down a steep slope, snowboarder Zhang Xu skids gracefully to a halt in a shower of white powder -- one of a new generation of winter sports fans in China learning in brand new skiing facilities. 500 words 0330 GMT by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-Tigray-conflict-aid-hunger,FOCUS EXCLUSIVE AYASU GEBRIEL, Ethiopia Tesfaye Berhe looks on with worry as his farmhands stripped leaves from sorghum stalks dried brown by the blaring sun, wondering how he could salvage a harvest disrupted by heavy fighting in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region. 900 words 0230 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Graphic -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Arab-revolution-anniversary,SPECIAL REPORT BEIRUT Ten years ago a wildfire of revolts in the Arab world touched off an unlikely series of events that swelled, then dashed many hopes, and irrevocably changed the region. 2,500 words 0330 GMT by Jean Marc Mojon. Picture. Video. Graphic. File picture. File video Also moving: Arab-revolution-anniversary-Tunisia,WRAP Arab-revolution-anniversary-Tunisia,FOCUS Arab-revolution-anniversary-Tunisia,INTERVIEW Arab-revolution-anniversary,CHRONO Sudan-politics,FOCUS KHARTOUM Sudan has experienced a whirlwind of change since its popular revolution kicked off two years ago, bringing an end to the three-decade reign of strongman Omar al-Bashir. 850 words 0300 GMT by Sammy Ketz. File picture -- EUROPE -- France-attacks-trial,WRAP PARIS A Paris court hands jail terms ranging from four years to life to more than a dozen people convicted of helping Islamist gunmen who attacked satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and customers at a Jewish supermarket in January 2015. 850 words moved by Valentin Bontemps with Anne-Sophie Lasserre. Video. Sketch Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP BRUSSELS British and EU negotiators are closing in on a deal to oversee fair competition in a post-Brexit trade deal, but remain deeply divided over fishing. 750 words moved by Dave Clark. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- eSports-IND-PAK-India-Pakistan-Kashmir,FOCUS NEW DELHI When India banned the hit PUBG mobile game over its diplomatic row with China, Zeyan Shafiq's eSports team was suddenly left without players. So Shafiq, who is based in war-torn Kashmir, did something very unusual: he reached across the border to Pakistan. 500 words 0200 GMT by Faisal Kamal. Picture Doping-RUS-Oly-2020-2021-court-WADA LAUSANNE Sport's highest court will deliver its verdict on whether to overturn Russia's four-year ban from international sport imposed following allegations of state-sanctioned doping in the latest chapter of the long-running saga. 600 words 0200 GMT afp
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