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| - Duty Editor: James Legge Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Myanmar's post-coup social media crackdown widens + ICC Palestinian claim paves way for war crimes probe + EU-Russia ties at 'low point' over Navalny + WTO set to appoint first woman, African chief + Oscar-winning Christopher Plummer dead at 91 Myanmar-politics-military YANGON Myanmar's military rulers broaden a crackdown on social media in a bid to stifle growing signs of popular dissent over a coup that has triggered global outrage. 650 words 0430 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Israel-Palestinian-conflict-ICC-warcrimes,WRAP THE HAGUE The International Criminal Court rules that it has jurisdiction over the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, paving the way for the tribunal to open a war crimes investigation. 650 words moved by Danny Kemp Russia-politics-EU-diplomacy-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW Russia expels diplomats from three European countries for taking part in protests in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, after the European Union said ties with Moscow had hit a new low. 700 words moved by Thibaut Marchand and Jonathan Brown. Picture. video Also moved: Russia-politics-Navalny,CHRONO WTO-US-Nigeria-trade-diplomacy,WRAP GENEVA US President Joe Biden's administration offers its "strong support" to Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to lead the World Trade Organisation (WTO), clearing a path for her to become the body's first female and first African leader. 550 words 0200 GMT by Nina Larson with Claire Lee in Seoul. Picture. File picture Entertainment-Canada-US-film-Plummer,OBIT LOS ANGELES Veteran Canadian actor Christopher Plummer, whose decades-long career featured an indelible star turn in "The Sound of Music" and an Oscar win late in life, has died. He was 91. 750 words moved by Laurent Banguet with Janet McEvoy in Paris. Picture. File picture. File video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA The World Health Organization calls on vaccine makers to dramatically boost production, as US president Joe Biden warns the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic is pushing the United States towards "breaking point". 850 words moved by Camille Bas-Wohlert with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-SAfrica-corruption,lead JOHANNESBURG South African special investigators say that around $17 million in coronavirus funds was siphoned off last year through corruption, fraud and inflated prices for protective gear supplied to government hospitals and departments. 450 words moved. File picture Health-virus-LatAm-oxygen,FOCUS MONTEVIDEO As a second, deadly wave of Covid-19 has battered Latin America, images have emerged from country after country of desperate people lining up for days on end to buy oxygen, sometimes at exhorbitant prices, to ease the suffering of infected loved ones fighting for breath at home. 750 words moved by Yemeli Ortega with AFP bureaus. Picture. File picture. File video -- MIDEAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Yemen-conflict,WRAP DUBAI Yemen's warring factions declare their readiness to act after US President Joe Biden called for renewed efforts to end their conflict, but experts say a real solution appears out of reach. 650 words moved by Shatha Yaish. File picture. Video. File video Libya-conflict-politics-UN,WRAP GENEVA Libyan delegates at UN-led talks outside Geneva make the surprise choice of Abdul Hamid Dbeibah as prime minister of a transitional unity government to take the war-ravaged country through to elections in December. 800 words moved by Robin Millard with Rim Taher in Tripoli. Live video. File Picture -- AMERICAS -- Brazil-corruption-politics-economy-investigation,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO One of the biggest corruption investigations in history, Brazil's "Operation Car Wash", which felled presidents and powerful players across Latin America, wrapped up this week after falling into scandal itself. 850 words 0200 GMT by Joshua Howat Berger. File picture US-space-astronomy-Loeb,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON Discovering intelligent life beyond our planet could be the most transformative event in human history -- but what if scientists decided to collectively ignore evidence suggesting it already happened? 800 words 0130 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Picture Lifestyle-US-skateboarding-minorities,FOCUS HOUSTON "What we've been through those last months, that's history in the making," 25-year-old Jerahn Thomas says. The reason for his excitement? Thrasher, the iconic skateboarding magazine, recently confronted a historic image of whiteness in his sport by placing 32 Black skaters on its front and back covers. 750 words 0230 GMT by Francois Picard. Picture. Video US-politics-economy-health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden seizes on feeble US employment data to argue the world's largest economy needs his $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package, which cleared a key Senate hurdle without support from the Republican opposition. 750 words moved by Chris Stein. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Space-China-Mars BEIJING China's Tianwen-1 space probe sends back its first image of Mars as it prepares to touch down on the red planet later this year. 400 words 0200 GMT. Picture. India-Kashmir-Pakistan-internet-unrest SRINIGAR, India An internet clampdown in Indian-administered Kashmir, described by rights groups as one of the world's longest, is set to end, authorities say just days after international criticism from celebrities over shutdowns in the national capital. 350 words moved -- EUROPE -- Russia-Belarus-politics-opposition,FOCUS MOSCOW For many in Russia, tactics used by demonstrators and police at recent protests in support of opposition figure Alexei Navalny, have brought to mind Belarus, where President Alexander Lukashenko has kept his grip on power despite tens of thousands taking to the streets. 800 words moved by Thibaut Marchand. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- ICoast-economy-environment-honey,FOCUS ASSOUNVOUE, Ivory Coast Night has just fallen in central Ivory Coast and the hour has come for two men, venturing forth in protective suits, veils and gloves, to steal honey from their bees. 750 words 0300 GMT by Patrick Fort. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- US-China-economy-trade-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON The US trade deficit surged in 2020 to its highest level since 2008, the government reports, in the pandemic-roiled year that upended the global economy. 600 words moved by Heather Scott -- SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT -- Environment-species-reptiles-Madagascar PARIS Scientists identify Earth's smallest known reptile, warning at the same time that sustained destruction of forests in northern Madagascar threatens its survival. 500 words moved by Marlowe Hood. Picture -- SPORT -- Amfoot-NFL-SuperBowl,ADVANCER LOS ANGELES The greatest quarterback in NFL history faces off with the pretender to his throne on Sunday when Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes go head-to-head in a Super Bowl clash of generations. 800 words moved by Rob Woollard. Picture Also moved: Amfoot-SuperBowl-NFL-women-Thomas afp
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