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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Vatican law toughens sex abuse penalties + Biden in Tulsa for massacre anniversary + WHO authorizes second Chinese vaccine + Italians outraged at mob boss release + Osaka crisis sheds light on mental health Vatican-religion-children-abuse-pope,WRAP VATICAN CITY Pope Francis updates the Catholic Church's criminal code by adding details on punishing sexual abuse crimes of minors by priests, measures long sought by activists against paedophilia. 650 words moved by Alexandria Sage. File picture. Video US-politics-racism-massacre-history,WRAP TULSA US President Joe Biden travels to Oklahoma to honor the victims of a 1921 racial massacre in the city of Tulsa, where African American residents are hoping he will hear their call for financial reparations 100 years on. 700 words 2100 GMT by Lea Dauple. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-racism-Biden,POINTS Health-virus-WHO-vaccines-China-Sinovac,2ndlead GENEVA The World Health Organization approves the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use -- the second Chinese jab to receive the UN agency's green light. 600 words moved by Robin Millard. Video Italy-mafia-prison,WRAP ROME Italians are outraged as a notorious mob boss is released from prison, where he served 25 years for a string of grim crimes, including assassinating a famous prosecutor and dissolving a boy's body in acid. 650 words moved by Alexandria Sage Tennis-FRA-Open-Osaka,WRAP PARIS Naomi Osaka's decision to withdraw from the French Open, after revealing her battle with depression and anxiety, casts a harsh light on the mental health of the sport's superstars with one expert accusing the media of "voyeurism". 650 words moved by Dave James Also moved: Tennis-FRA-Open-Osaka-Japan,lead -- SPOTLIGHT -- Canada-indigenous-school-politics,FOCUS KAMLOOPS, Canada The discovery of the remains of 215 children at one of several boarding schools set up a century ago to forcibly assimilate Canada's indigenous peoples has forced the nation to confront its painful past. 650 words 2100 GMT by Gavin Kennedy with Melinda Trochu in Vancouver. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-opposition-investigation,WRAP MOSCOW Russian police raid the homes of opposition activists and detain a prominent Kremlin critic after stopping his foreign-bound plane as it taxied down a runway and yanking him off the flight. 650 words 2000 GMT by Anna Smolchenko. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli politicians battling to unseat veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu race against the clock in talks to build a "change" coalition of bitter ideological rivals. 800 words 1930 GMT by Daniella Cheslow. Picture. Video. Graphic Lebanon-economy,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon's economic collapse is likely to rank among the world's worst financial crises since the mid-19th century, the World Bank says in a damning report. 550 words by Jean-Marc Mojon. File Picture Syria-conflict-toll,WRAP BEIRUT A decade of conflict in Syria has left nearly half a million people dead, a war monitor says, in a new toll that includes 100,000 recently confirmed deaths. 500 words moved by Rouba El-Husseini. File Picture -- AFRICA -- Uganda-politics-unrest,WRAP KAMPALA Uganda's transport minister is shot in what police said was a "targeted drive-by shooting" which left the former top general's daughter and bodyguard dead. 550 words moved by Grace Matsiko and Michael O'Hagan. Picture. Video Ethiopia-Tigray-conflict-UN-food,WRAP GENEVA More than 90 percent of people in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region need emergency food aid, says the United Nations, as it appeals for over $200 million to scale up its response. 600 words moved by Robin Millard. Video DRCongo-volcano,WRAP GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo Defying warnings, inhabitants of the DR Congo city of Goma start to return home five days after an exodus triggered by fears that the nearby Nyiragongo volcano could erupt catastrophically. 550 words moved by Heritier Baraka Munyampfura. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: DRCongo-volcano,PHOTOESSAY ICoast-politics,FOCUS ABIDJAN Supporters of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo are seeking to allay misgivings over his expected return, insisting his homecoming a decade after civil war will heal divisions, not deepen them. 600 words moved by Stephane Barbier. File picture -- ASIA -- Thailand-Myanmar-politics-military-coup BANGKOK Three Myanmar journalists who crossed illegally into Thailand to flee a military crackdown have been fined and placed on probation and could be deported, a member of their legal team says. 350 words moved. File picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-Brazil-Australia-cyberattack-food-JBS,WRAP WASHINGTON An American subsidiary of Brazilian meat processor JBS told the US government that it has received a ransom demand in a cyberattack it believes originated in Russia, the White House says. 600 words 1930 GMT by John Biers. File picture Australia-OECD-economy-politics,WRAP PARIS Former Australian finance minister Mathias Cormann becomes head of the influential Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, kicking off the job with a pledge to keep the global body focused on the fight against climate change. 650 words moved by Adam Plowright and Jurgen Hecker. Picture. Video Also moved: OECD-economy-politics-Australia-Cormann,PROFILE -- SPORT -- Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus-Australia-softball,WRAP OTA, Japan Australia's softball team become the first athletes to arrive in Japan for the Olympics, in a major step forward for the pandemic-postponed Games as organisers battle coronavirus fears. 700 words moved by Harumi Ozawa with Sara Hussein in Tokyo. Picture. Video Also moved: Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus-sponsors,FOCUS Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Rafael Nadal begins his bid for a record-setting 21st Grand Slam title with a straight sets win at the French Open as the fallout from Naomi Osaka's revelations over depression and anxiety send shockwaves through Roland Garros. 650 words 2000 GMT by Dave James. Picture. Graphic Fbl-ESP-Liga-RealMadrid-Ancelotti,WRAP MADRID Carlo Ancelotti will return to Real Madrid as coach for the next three seasons, the Spanish club says, following last week's resignation of Zinedine Zidane. 500 words 1930 GMT. File picture Also moved: Fbl-ESP-Liga-RealMadrid-Ancelotti,PROFILE Fbl-Copa-2021-health-virus-BRA,WRAP SAO PAULO Unexpectedly picked to host the Copa America two weeks from kick-off, Brazil seeks to reassure doubters the tournament will happen, fending off the threats of a Covid-19 surge, political divisions and a court battle. 700 words moved by Rodrigo Almonacid. Picture. File picture afp
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