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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + EU regulator to rule on AstraZeneca vaccine + Atlanta shooting suspect denies racist motive + North Korea says it will ignore US approaches + Tokyo Olympic official quits over pig insult + 'Cosmic web' reveals maze of dwarf galaxies Health-virus,WRAP THE HAGUE Europe's medical regulator is set to give its verdict on the safety of the AstraZeneca vaccine following a chaotic few weeks that has seen nations suspend its use over blood clot fears. 650 words 0330 GMT by Danny Kemp with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Graphic Also moving: Health-virus-EU-vaccines-EMA-AstraZeneca-questions,Q&A Also moved: Virus-vaccines-AstraZeneca,FACTS Health-virus-WHO-vaccines-Johnson,2ndlead Health-virus-travel-EU-world,Q&A US-shootings-spa,WRAP ATLANTA, Georgia A 21-year-old with what police describe as an addiction to sex is charged with murdering eight people in spas around the US city of Atlanta, in attacks that have deeply shaken the Asian-American community. 750 words 0300 GMT by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video. Graphic. Also moving: US-shootings-spa-race,SCENE Also moved: US-shootings-spa-suspect,FACTS US-SKorea-NKorea-diplomacy-defence,WRAP SEOUL North Korea says it will ignore all US efforts to foster contact or dialogue unless Washington changes course, hours before President Joe Biden's top envoys held talks in Seoul. 650 words 0400 GMT. Picture. Video Oly-Japan-Tokyo-2020-2021,WRAP TOKYO The creative director for Tokyo's Olympic ceremonies resigns after proposing a plus-size female comedian dress as a pig, in the latest headache for organisers of the delayed Games. 550 words 0200 GMT. File picture Science-cosmology-astronomy-universe PARIS Peering into the early Universe 12 billion years ago, scientists in France have for the first time seen the incandescent filaments of hydrogen gas known as the "cosmic web". 400 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Covid-reinfection PARIS Surviving Covid-19 protects most people against reinfection for at least six months, but elderly patients are more likely to be laid low by the virus a second time, researchers report. 550 words moved Health-virus-Colombia-doctor,FOCUS BOGOTA Colombian doctor Norberto Medina has lived all facets of the coronavirus epidemic. He has seen patients die and nursed others back to health. He contracted the virus himself, stared death in the face in intensive care, and donated blood plasma. Now he has gotten the vaccine and is back at work. 800 words 0300 GMT by Lina Vanegas. Picture. Video Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-conflict,FOCUS RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories As Israel pushes on with one of the world's most intense Covid vaccination campaigns, Palestinians without access to the jabs are flooding hospitals already at breaking point. 700 words moved by Hossam Ezzedine. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Kazakhstan-China-rights-diplomacy,FOCUS ALMATY Gulnur Kosdaulet's daily journey to protest over her husband's detention in China begins with a shared taxi that she hails outside her modest farm, where towering mountains give way to Kazakhstan's vast steppe. 800 words 0200 GMT by Chris Rickleton. Picture. Video Kenya-conservation-agriculture-animal-environment-food,FOCUS KIMANA, Kenya Just after dawn, Tolstoy lumbers into view. A wandering giant, with tusks almost scraping the earth, this great elephant has roamed beneath Mount Kilimanjaro for nearly 50 years but could be confronting a new threat to his natural realm: surging demand for avocados. 900 words 0400 GMT by Nick Perry. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-Russia-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON Russia calls its US ambassador back to Moscow for consultations after Joe Biden describes Vladimir Putin as a "killer" who would "pay a price" for election meddling, prompting the first major diplomatic crisis for the new American president. 850 words moved by Chris Lefkow and Francesco Fontemaggi. File picture US-IT-health-work-Amazon,WRAP WASHINGTON Amazon unveils plans to launch a health care service to employers across the United States, including telemedicine and home care visits, opening up a new market for the tech giant that has increasingly woven its way into the lives of consumers. 600 words moved by Rob Lever -- ASIA -- US-Afghanistan-conflict-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden has said that it will be "tough" to meet the deadline to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan by May 1, as agreed with the Taliban in a deal secured under Donald Trump. 600 words moved by Ben Sheppard. File picture Japan-Nintendo-leisure-entertainment-games OSAKA Here we go! After months of pandemic delays, Nintendo's much-anticipated Super Mario theme park opens in Japan to delighted fans. 500 words 0400 GMT. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Netherlands-vote,WRAP THE HAGUE Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte claims an "overwhelming" victory in elections, vowing to use his fourth term in office to rebuild the country after the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words 0200 GMT by Danny Kemp. Picture. Video. Graphic Turkey-politics-Kurds,WRAP ANKARA Turkey's pro-Kurdish party is fighting for its political survival after a prosecutor asks the country's top court to shut it down for alleged links to militants waging a deadly insurgency against the state. 750 words 0200 GMT by Raziye Akkoc. Picture. Video Britain-US-court-Depp-media LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depp's bid to overturn a high-profile British libel ruling over reports he assaulted his ex-wife Amber Heard will head back to court, as the actor seeks formal permission to appeal. 550 words 0230 GMT by James Pheby. File picture France-health-isolation,FOCUS TARASCON-SUR-ARIEGE, France A year after France entered uncharted territory with its first coronavirus lockdown, a small group of volunteers has embarked on a more extreme confinement: nearly six weeks underground, with no notion of time, to study the effects of acute isolation. 450 words 0230 GMT by Marison Rifai. Pictures Spain-euthanasia-law,WRAP MADRID Spain's parliament will give final approval to a law legalising euthanasia, becoming one of the few nations to allow terminally ill or gravely injured patients to end their own suffering. 650 words 0230 GMT by Diego Urdaneta. Picture. Video Also moving: Spain-euthanasia-law,FACTS -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iran-Ukraine-Canada-aviation-investigation,lead TEHRAN Iran releases its final report on the Ukrainian passenger jet it shot down last year killing 176 people, devoting two paragraphs to causes and absolving the armed forces. 600 words moved Israel-vote-Judaism,FOCUS JERUSALEM Before previous Israeli elections, Aharon had considered voting against the party that traditionally speaks for his ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, but after entering the polling booth he always remained loyal -- until now. 800 words 0300 GMT by Ben Simon. Picture Moved: Israel-vote-Michaeli,PROFILE Israel-vote-US-politics,FOCUS Jordan-Israel-diplomacy-US,FOCUS AMMAN When Jordan sabotaged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's triumphant pre-election trip to the United Arab Emirates last week, analysts say it was sending him a message: stop marginalising us. 800 words 0300 GMT by Mussa Hattar Yemen-women-energy,FOCUS SANAA Ten trailblazing Yemeni women have overcome scepticism and ridicule to bring electricity to their villages, illuminating lives with a micro-grid solar business they hope to expand across their war-torn region. 650 words 0330 GMT by correspondents in Sanaa with Mohamad Ali Harissi in Dubai. Lifestyle-Saudi-economy-tourism-health,FOCUS RIYADH Well-heeled Saudis frolic in an artificial oasis built on salmon-coloured dunes, splashing the cash after a year-long pandemic lock-in that dovetails with efforts to discourage citizens from splurging overseas. 750 words 0330 GMT by Anuj Chopra. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Tanzania-politics-death-Magufuli,WRAP DAR ES SALAAM Tanzanian President John Magufuli dies aged 61 from a heart condition, his vice president said, after more than five years of divisive, authoritarian rule capped by his refusal to take Covid-19 seriously. 800 words moved. Video. File picture Also moved: Tanzania-politics-Magufuli,OBIT Tanzania-politics-death-Magufuli-facts,FACTS Tanzania-politics-death-Magufuli-timeline,CHRONO SAfrica-royals,WRAP NONGOMA, South Africa Zulu mourners, many wearing traditional leopard skins, accompanied the body of their king Goodwill Zwelithini, the late leader of South Africa's largest ethnic group, to the royal palace ahead of his burial. 750 words moved by Susan Njanji. Picture. Video Germany-Gambia-crime-justice-timeline,FOCUS BANJUL An army hit squad assassinated AFP correspondent Deyda Hydara in The Gambia in 2004, in a case which shocked many but lay mostly dormant until German authorities arrested a man connected to the killing this week. 650 words moved by Emil Touray. File picture Also moved: Germany-Gambia-crime-justice,WRAP -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-television-Marvel,FOCUS LOS ANGELES "Avengers: Endgame" just lost its crown as the biggest box office hit of all time, but the Marvel superhero spectacular still looms large over parent company Disney's plans for the small screen with the release of "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier." 500 words 0200 GMT by Andrew Marszal. File picture. -- SCIENCE -- Biology-research-ethics-science-infertility,lead TOKYO Scientists have generated early-stage human embryo models that could help shed light on the "black box" of initial human development stages and improve research on pregnancy loss and birth defects. 750 words 0230 GMT by Sara Hussein. Graphic afp
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