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| - Duty Editor: Ross Adkin Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Good vibes as Iran nuclear deal talks begin + US to 'discuss' China Olympics boycott call + Hunt on for missing after Indonesia cyclone + Polar bears snack on eggs as Arctic shrinks + Kim Kardashian on Forbes billionaires' list Iran-nuclear-diplomacy,WRAP VIENNA Russia says talks aimed at salvaging an international agreement on Iran's nuclear programme got off to a "successful" start, with the US calling it a "constructive" step as President Joe Biden looks for ways to rejoin a 2015 nuclear deal. 700 words moved by Julia Zappei. Picture. Video Oly-Beijing-2022-US-diplomacy,lead WASHINGTON The United States says it will discuss calls to boycott the Beijing Olympics with its allies after growing pressure to shun the Winter Games on human rights grounds. 450 words moved Indonesia-ETimor-disaster LAMBETA, Indonesia Helicopters drop food and other aid into remote Indonesian villages as rescuers hunt for dozens still missing after a cyclone disaster that killed over 150 in the archipelago and neighbouring East Timor. 400 words 0200 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic. Also moving: Indonesia-ETimor-disaster,SCENE Climate-environment-Arctic-polarbear PARIS Hungry polar bears are increasingly foraging on seabird eggs as climate change shrinks their Arctic hunting grounds, but research highlights the struggle these apex predators have to adapt to their rapidly changing environment. 650 words moved by Kelly Macnamara. File picture US-business-entertainment-billionaire-Kardashian WASHINGTON Reality television star, influencer and business owner Kim Kardashian West is officially a billionaire, according to an estimate from Forbes, making her debut on the exclusive global list only one year after her younger sister Kylie Jenner fell off of it. 300 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- Lebanon-politics-technology,FOCUS BEIRUT In a break from social media mud-slinging and Lebanon's perennially polarised debates, audio app Clubhouse is hosting a new kind of conversation in the crisis-hit country. 700 words moved by Hashem Osseiran -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden announces that all adults across America will be eligible for Covid-19 shots within two weeks, while economic powerhouse California set a June 15 target to fully reopen businesses. 800 words 0230 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video Health-virus-Yemen-conflict,VIDEO ESSAY TAEZ, Yemen Between the mountain ranges of Taez, dozens of fresh graves are being hastily dug in Yemen's third city to deal with a spike in deaths from Covid-linked complications. 450 words 0330 GMT by Taha Saleh. Video. Picture Health-virus-mental-disorders-longCovid PARIS One in three people who overcome Covid-19 suffer from a neurological or psychiatric diagnosis six months on, according to the largest study so far published on the mental toll that long-Covid takes on survivors. 500 words moved by Patrick Galey Health-virus-Denmark,FOCUS COPENHAGEN Denmark begins requiring people to use a new Covid certificate to enter certain businesses or face fines, one of the first European countries to do so, as it attempts to reopen society. 550 words moved by Camille Bas-Wohlert. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Brazil-prostitution,VIDEO ESSAY BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil Prostitutes in the city of Belo Horizonte in southeast Brazil have gone on strike for a week, demanding to be included in the group of front-line workers receiving priority coronavirus vaccines. 300 words 0200 GMT by Douglas Magno. Picture. Video US-racism-police-trial-Floyd,FOCUS MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota George Floyd's death unleashed a fierce debate over reforming the US police, but the trial of the officer accused of his murder has steered well clear of putting the force in the dock. 600 words moved by Joy Powell with Charlotte Plantive in Washington. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Palau-Taiwan-China-politics-diplomacy-US,INTERVIEW HONG KONG He leads one of the world's smallest nations, but Surangel Whipps says Palau will not be bullied by anyone into deciding its future -- least of all by China. 750 words 0300 GMT by Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Russia-space-Gagarin-legend,FOCUS MOSCOW Sixty years after he became the first person in space, there are few figures more universally admired in Russia today than Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, whose legend lives on as a source of national pride. 650 words 0300 GMT by Romain Colas. Picture. Video. File Picture. File Video Also moving: Russia-space-Gagarin-history,FACTS Russia-space-Gagarin-science-history,FACTS Russia-space-Gagarin-US-China, CHRONO Russia-space-Gagarin-aerospace,FOCUS Ukraine-Russia-conflict-NATO,WRAP KIEV Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urges NATO to speed up his country's membership into the alliance, saying it was the only way to end fighting with pro-Russia separatists. 750 words moved by Olga Shylenko. Picture. Video Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny,WRAP POKROV, Russia Russian police detained supporters of Alexei Navalny outside his penal colony east of Moscow after they were denied access to the jailed Kremlin critic, who is on hunger strike demanding proper medical treatment. 700 words moved by Ekaterina Anisimova. Picture. Video Also moved: Russia-politics-Navalny-filmmaker -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Sudan-Judaism-religion-Israel-diplomacy,FOCUS KHARTOUM In a corner of a shabby central Khartoum neighbourhood, Hebrew-lettered gravestones jut up from a rubble-strewn plot, remnants of the small but vibrant Jewish community that once lived in Sudan. 850 words 0400 GMT by Menna Zaki. Picture. Video Jordan-politics,WRAP AMMAN Jordan seeks to throw a veil over its public palace feud by ordering its media to stop reporting on an alleged plot the government says involves the half-brother of King Abdullah II. 700 words moved. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Jordan-politics-Hamzah Jordan-politics-royals-investigation,Q&A Israel-vote-LGBT-social JERUSALEM Hundreds of people demonstrate in Jerusalem against a group of newly elected Israeli lawmakers who oppose gay rights, in a Middle Eastern country seen as progressive in promoting LGBT equality. 500 words moved by Nir Kafri with Alexandra Vardi in Tel Aviv. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Egypt-Ethiopia-Sudan-RDCongo-dam-diplomacy,WRAP KINSHASA Ethiopia accuses Egypt and Sudan of obstructing talks on its contested dam on the Nile, which ended with recriminations and little progress. 600 words moved. File picture. Graphic -- BUSINESS, ECONOMY & TECH -- SKorea-economy-telecom-Samsung,WRAP SEOUL South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics flags a more than 40 percent jump in first-quarter operating profits, largely driven by robust sales of smartphones and the launch of its flagship Galaxy S21 series. 600 words 0200 GMT by Claire Lee. Picture afp
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