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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Pence to get virus jab as new vaccine awaits + Kidnapped schoolboys freed in Nigeria + Sony pulls Cyberpunk 2077 over glitches + Fiji villages flattened by monster cyclone + Biden names first Native American to cabinet Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON US Vice President Mike Pence prepares to receive a coronavirus jab in public as the country nears approval of a second vaccine and several European leaders quarantine ahead of Christmas holidays. 700 words 1100 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-US-vaccine-Moderna,3rdlead Health-virus-France-Macron,FOCUS Nigeria-kidnapping-unrest,WRAP KANKARA, Nigeria More than 300 Nigerian schoolboys are released after being abducted in an attack claimed by Boko Haram, officials say, although it is unclear if any more remain with their captors. 600 words 1100 GMT by Aminu Abubakar. Video. Picture. Graphic Entertainment-Poland-Japan-games-Playstation-Cyberpunk2077,WRAP TOKYO Sony is pulling the much-hyped Cyberpunk 2077 from PlayStation stores around the world, after a flood of complaints and ridicule over bugs, compatibility issues and even health risks. 700 words 0930 GMT by Mathias Cena Also moved: Entertainment-Poland-Japan-games-Playstation-Cyberpunk2077,FACTS Fiji-Tonga-weather-cyclone,WRAP SUVA Super cyclone Yasa flattened entire villages as it tore through Fiji, aid agencies say, with a baby among two confirmed deaths as rescue workers race to the remote communities of the Pacific island nation. 600 words moved by Leon Lord. Picture. Video. Graphic US-vote-Biden-Cabinet-interior-indigenous,WRAP WASHINGTON US President-elect Joe Biden unveils his environment team, choosing congresswoman Deb Haaland to serve as the first Native American interior secretary and Jennifer Granholm, a former Michigan governor, as energy secretary. 650 words moved by Michael Mathes. File picture Also moved: US-politics-Biden-cabinet-interior-indigenous,PROFILE -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Africa,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG After being relatively spared by coronavirus, Africa is bracing for the pandemic's second wave, noting how the microbe has once more cut a swathe through rich countries in Europe and North Africa. 700 words moved by Claire Doyen with AFP bureaus in Africa. Graphic. Picture Health-virus-US-education-society-family,FOCUS NEW YORK Exhaustion, stress and worsening inequality: nine months into the coronavirus pandemic and most American children have not returned to classrooms, disrupting the lives of families and teachers and fueling concerns about the long-term impact on youngsters' development. 800 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. File picture Health-virus-Spain-parties-social,FOCUS MADRID "If you don't open the door, we'll break it down," shouts a policeman, sparks flying through the night as a circular saw cuts through the chained back entrance of a Madrid bar. 800 words moved by Hazel Ward. Video Health-virus-US-education-Texas,FOCUS HOUSTON The coronavirus pandemic may be raging in the Houston area, but tens of thousands of students in one district are headed back to the classroom in January because of poor results while learning from home. 600 words moved by Francois Picard. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany,FACTS BERLIN Long held up as a European success story in the fight against the pandemic, Germany has been hit hard by a second coronavirus wave that has brought record daily infection numbers and deaths. 700 words moved by Mathieu Foulkes. File picture Health-virus-Balkans-vaccines,FOCUS BELGRADE As Balkan governments scramble to secure coronavirus vaccines, another foe lurks: an anti-vaccination movement that has been gaining ground and is now trying to grab the spotlight. 1,000 words moved by Sally Mairs with AFP bureaus in the Balkans. File picture. Graphic -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP BRUSSELS British and EU negotiators launch into their "final hours" of talks on a post-Brexit trade deal, still deeply divided on how to share fishing rights when the UK completes its departure from the bloc. 600 words 0930 GMT by Dave Clark. Picture. Video Turkey-US-politics-trial,lead ISTANBUL Turkey's jailed civil society leader Osman Kavala is to appear before an Istanbul court on charges that rights groups say are part of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's effort to stifle dissent. 650 words 1000 GMT by Fulya Ozerkan with Burcin in Ankara. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Lifestyle-Tunisia-heritage-Jewish TUNIS Tunisia is struggling to protect North Africa's Jewish heritage, threatened by vandalism, looting and the smuggling of valuable artefacts bearing witness to the long history of the region's Jews. 750 words 1000 GMT by Najeh Mouelhi-Makni Israel-Palestinians-conflict-literature,FOCUS PSAGOT WINERY, Palestinian territories They shared a childhood in a West Bank Jewish settlement but as adults Yaakov and Yonatan Berg have developed radically different views about Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory. 600 words moved by Michael Blum. Picture. Video Algeria-media-rights,FOCUS TUNIS Algeria has announced tighter state controls over online media, sparking alarm in the North African country whose pro-democracy movement is under heightened pressure from the government. 650 words moved by Salsabil Chellali Syria-conflict-farming-livestock,FOCUS KFAR TAKHARIM, Syria To dodge skyrocketing prices for animal fodder in Syria's last major rebel bastion, farmer Ayman Ibrahim has turned to an aquatic fern used as a fertiliser in Asian rice paddies. 600 words moved by Aaref Watad. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Myanmar-conflict-justice-rights-women,FOCUS SITTWE, Myanmar After being gang-raped by soldiers, steely eyed Thein Nu went up against Myanmar's powerful military in a months-long fight for justice -- a fight that paid off with a rare legal victory. 750 words moved. Video. Picture HongKong-China-virus-tourism,PHOTOESSAY HONG KONG The red sails of the "Dukling" junk boat have glided across Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour for more than six decades but coronavirus restrictions mean its future is now far from certain. 450 words moved by Celia Cazale. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Venezuela-Trinidad-migration,FOCUS GUIRIA, Venezuela Head down, Venezuelan Jonhy Matey is despondent: tragedy has struck once again. Between 2018 and 2019 around 100 people disappeared while trying to make the perilous 100-kilometer (60-mile) journey from the northeastern port of Guiria to Trinidad. 550 words moved by Margioni Bermudez. Picture. Video. Graphic -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Austria-Swarovski-luxury-fashion-retail,FOCUS WATTENS, Austria Crystal-studded clouds reflected in a pond, an oversized crystal chandelier surrounded by mirrors: the headquarters of the Swarovski crystal empire are every bit as glitzy as you might expect -- but the sparkle can't distract from a bitter family feud over the company's future. 800 words 1000 GMT by Denise Hruby. Picture. Video. Graphic -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Japan-entertainment-film-anime-health-virus,FOCUS TOKYO An anime epic in which a teenager hunts down and beheads demons has become the surprise sensation of Japanese cinema during the pandemic, and could soon be the country's top-grossing film ever. 650 words moved by Mathias Cena and Katie Forster. Picture Entertainment-Britain-film-StarWars-Bulloch LONDON British actor Jeremy Bulloch who played infamous bounty hunter Boba Fett in the original "Star Wars" films dies at the age of 75. 550 words moved afp
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