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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Chinese spacecraft returns with Moon rocks + Fijians batten down as monster storm nears + US Congress nears deal on stimulus package + Europe rushes vaccinations, US record toll + Aussie Open delayed till February by Covid China-space,WRAP BEIJING An unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon returned safely to Earth early Thursday, completing another chapter in China's effort to become a space superpower.. 650 words 0830 GMT by Helen Roxburgh and Laurie Chen. Picture. Video. Graphic Fiji-Tonga-weather-cyclone,WRAP SUVA Fijians are warned that no part of the Pacific island nation will escape the wrath of approaching super cyclone Yasa, expected to bring huge waves and widespread destruction. 650 words 0700 GMT by Leon Lord. Photo. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP BERLIN European nations vow to get their coronavirus vaccination campaigns rolling before the end of the year, while the United States records a shocking new peak of more than 3,700 deaths in one day. 750 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-economy-bank-rate-politics-stimulus,WRAP WASHINGTON Congressional leaders say they are nearing a long-awaited agreement on a stimulus package for the US economy, as the Federal Reserve cautioned that the economic outlook remains uncertain. 650 words moved by Heather Scott Tennis-AUS-Open-health-virus,2ndlead MELBOURNE, Australia The Australian Open is pushed back to February 8 after weeks of negotiations as coronavirus disruption hits a second Grand Slam tennis season. 600 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- France-drugs-politics-police,FOCUS PARIS As Ousmane heats the small square of whitish powder, the "rock" crackles. One draw on his homemade pipe, and he is away with the spirals of smoke. Welcome to Paris, City of Lights -- and France's crack cocaine capital. 1,200 words moved by Romain Fonsegrives. Picture. Video Pakistan-rights,FOCUS KARACHI Hani Baloch and her fiance Nasim never thought of themselves as dissidents, but one day in May -- just weeks before their wedding -- the students were snatched by armed and hooded men she says were from Pakistan's security services. 900 words 0530 GMT by Joris Fioriti. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-vaccine-Kariko,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON Hungarian-American scientist Katalin Kariko's obsession with mRNA as a disease-fighting tool cost her a faculty position at a prestigious university, which dismissed it as a dead end. Now, her pioneering work -- which paved the way for the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines -- could save the world from a 100 year pandemic. 750 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video Health-virus-Gabon-science,FOCUS ZADIE CAVES, Gabon Six men in yellow biohazard suits clamber in suffocating heat towards a cave in the heart of the Gabonese jungle. Their quest: to unlock new knowledge on how pathogens like coronavirus leap the species barrier to humans. 800 words moved by Adrien Marotte. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Moderna WASHINGTON US experts meet to decide whether to recommend approval of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine, potentially paving the way for rollout early next week. 650 words 0530 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Picture Venezuela-government-water,FOCUS CARACAS Alfredo Araya used to dig wells on farms or out in the countryside, but due to a failing water supply he says demand for his services has recently exploded in Venezuela's capital Caracas. 600 words moved by Andrea Tosta. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- NZealand-economy-politics-health-virus,2ndlead WELLINGTON New Zealand roared back from a coronavirus-induced recession with record economic growth of 14.0 percent in the July-September quarter, official data shows. 500 words moved China-Oly-skiing-construction-entertainment,FOCUS CHENGDU, China Speeding down a steep slope, snowboarder Zhang Xu skids gracefully to a halt in a shower of white powder -- one of a new generation of winter sports fans in China learning in brand new skiing facilities. 500 words moved by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-Tigray-conflict-aid-hunger,FOCUS EXCLUSIVE AYASU GEBRIEL, Ethiopia Tesfaye Berhe looks on with worry as his farmhands stripped leaves from sorghum stalks dried brown by the blaring sun, wondering how he could salvage a harvest disrupted by heavy fighting in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region. 900 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Graphic -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Arab-revolution-anniversary,SPECIAL REPORT BEIRUT Ten years ago a wildfire of revolts in the Arab world touched off an unlikely series of events that swelled, then dashed many hopes, and irrevocably changed the region. 2,500 words moved by Jean Marc Mojon. Picture. Video. Graphic. File picture. File video Also moving: Arab-revolution-anniversary-Tunisia,WRAP Arab-revolution-anniversary-Tunisia,FOCUS Arab-revolution-anniversary-Tunisia,INTERVIEW Arab-revolution-anniversary,CHRONO -- EUROPE -- France-attacks-trial,WRAP PARIS A Paris court hands jail terms ranging from four years to life to more than a dozen people convicted of helping Islamist gunmen who attacked satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and customers at a Jewish supermarket in January 2015. 850 words moved by Valentin Bontemps with Anne-Sophie Lasserre. Video. Sketch Health-virus-Sweden,FOCUS STOCKHOLM Despite a sharper tone from authorities and new restrictions, Sweden, which has famously relied on non-coercive measures, is struggling to contain a strong second wave of Covid-19 it thought it could avoid. 700 words 0530 GMT. File picture Also moving: Health-virus-Sweden,Q&A Serbia-health-children-fundraising,FOCUS BELGRADE For Serbian mother Timea Gajodi, watching her eleven-month old baby grow is a nerve-wracking race against the clock to raise more than $2 million to treat his rare disease. 800 words 0530 GMT by Miodrag Sovilj. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- eSports-IND-PAK-India-Pakistan-Kashmir,FOCUS NEW DELHI When India banned the hit PUBG mobile game over its diplomatic row with China, Zeyan Shafiq's eSports team was suddenly left without players. So Shafiq, who is based in war-torn Kashmir, did something very unusual: he reached across the border to Pakistan. 500 words moved by Faisal Kamal. Picture Doping-RUS-Oly-2020-2021-court-WADA LAUSANNE Sport's highest court will deliver its verdict on whether to overturn Russia's four-year ban from international sport imposed following allegations of state-sanctioned doping in the latest chapter of the long-running saga. 600 words moved afp
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