| schema:articleBody
| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Jury begins deliberations in Floyd trial + FIFA chief 'disapproves' of Super League + NASA flies mini-chopper on Mars + Doctors denied access to Navalny prison hospital + Cape Town blaze 'almost contained' US-racism-trial-police-Floyd,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Jurors begin mulling the fate of the white ex-Minneapolis policeman accused of killing African-American George Floyd, a death that sparked a nationwide reckoning on racism and which prosecutors called a "shocking abuse of authority". 850 words moved by Robin Legrand with Chris Lefkow in Washington. Picture. Video Also moved: US-racism-trial-police-Floyd-Minneapolis,SCENE Fbl-Eur-Super-UEAFA-C1,WRAP MONTREUX, Switzerland FIFA boss Gianni Infantino voices disapproval of the European Super League after the widely condemned breakaway competition triggered threats of legal action and punitive measures, warning the the 12 major clubs involved they would have to "live with the consequences". 700 words 1030 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video US-space-Mars-Ingenuity,WRAP WASHINGTON NASA successfully flies its mini helicopter Ingenuity on Mars, the first powered flight on another planet and a feat a top engineer called "our Wright brothers moment." 750 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Graphic Also moved: US-space-Mars-Ingenuity,FACTS Russia-politics-Navalny,WRAP VLADIMIR, Russia Alexei Navalny's doctors are again denied access to the jailed Kremlin critic despite growing concern over his failing health on hunger strike. 600 words 1030 GMT by Ekaterina Anisimova. Picture. Video SAfrica-fire CAPE TOWN A sweeping fire on South Africa's iconic Table Mountain that choked Cape Town with smoke and destroyed several historic sites including a university library is almost fully contained, officials say. 250 words 0930 GMT -- SPOTLIGHT -- Haiti-politics-history-unrest,FOCUS PORT-AU-PRINCE When Haitian strongman Francois Duvalier died, his subjects had no choice on their next president -- his 19-year-old son took over. The vote to approve him as successor was officially 2,391,916 to zero. 850 words moved by Amelie Baron. File picture Nigeria-religion-court-rights,FOCUS ABUJA Amina Ahmed is tired. Day and night, she waits by her phone for news of her husband, languishing behind bars in northern Nigeria for close to a year. 750 words moved by Louise Dewast. Picture Lebanon-drugs-cannabis,FOCUS BAALBEK, Lebanon For three decades Abu Ali planted potatoes to provide for his family, but Lebanon's economic crisis has driven up production costs and forced him to swap the crop for cannabis. 750 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Video Morocco-drugs-cannabis,FOCUS KETAMA, Morocco After decades without legal cover, farmer Mohamed Morabet looks forward to selling his hashish this summer on the open market now that Morocco plans to legalise cannabis for medical use. 650 words moved by Ismail Bellaouali. Picture Iran-music-lute-Turkey-Arab,FOCUS TEHRAN The Oriental lute is making a comeback in Iran after decades in the shadows as musicians reconnect with an instrument integral to Arab and Turkish musical tradition in a fragmented region. 700 words moved by Karim Abou Merhi and Ahmad Parhizi. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP THE HAGUE Europe's drug regulator is expected to rule on the safety of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine after fears it could be linked to extremely rare blood clots, while India says it will make shots available to all adults as it battles a terrifying wave of infections. 700 words 1300 GMT by Danny Kemp with AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus-India-graveyards,SCENE NEW DELHI A summer storm is buffeting New Delhi as Mohammed Shamim wearily pauses to glance at yet another ambulance arriving with a coronavirus victim to bury, just minutes after the last. 700 words moved by Aishwarya Kumar and Uzair Rizvi in Lucknow. Picture. Video Japan-health-virus-Oly-2020-2021 TOKYO Japan's third most populated region will ask the central government to impose a state of emergency over the coronavirus as infections rise just three months before the country hosts the Olympics. 500 words moved Also moved: Health-virus-HongKong-aviation -- EUROPE -- Germany-politics-CDU-CSU-Laschet,WRAP BERLIN Angela Merkel's conservatives are seeking to confirm Armin Laschet's disputed nomination as their chancellor candidate in September's election, hoping to draw a line under a bitter battle with his Bavarian challenger that has left the bloc deeply divided. 650 words 1100 GMT by Peter Wuetherich with Michelle Fitzpatrick in Frankfurt. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict-OPCW-weapons,WRAP THE HAGUE The world's chemical weapons watchdog will decide this week whether to impose unprecedented sanctions on Syria for its alleged use of toxic arms and failure to declare its arsenal. 600 words 1030 GMT by Danny Kemp -- ASIA -- Pakistan-France-protest-religion,WRAP LAHORE Pakistan's parliament will debate whether the country should expel the French ambassador, as the government bids to appease a radical party that has threatened more violent protests unless the envoy is kicked out. 600 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video Pakistan-France-Khan-unrest-blasphemy,FOCUS ISLAMABAD Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan had hoped a fight over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed would result in an easy win -- placating the ultra conservative quarters at home, while seeing him hailed abroad as a defender of Islam. His bet seems to have backfired. 750 words moved by David Stout. File Picture Samoa-politics-Fiame APIA, Samoa Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, a veteran powerbroker with ties to royalty, has taken the starring role in a Pacific island political drama that could see her unseat one of the world's longest-serving democratic leaders and become Samoa's first female prime minister. 650 words moved by Mata'afa Keni Lesa. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-China-Russia-climate-diplomacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden's administration accuses China of genocide but reaches a joint pledge to cooperate on climate. The White House is also working to arrange a summit with Russia, despite imposing harsh new sanctions. 800 words moved by Shaun Tandon -- CLIMATE -- US-climate-diplomacy-coal,lead WASHINGTON The United States will press all nations to reduce reliance on coal, Secretary of State Antony Blinken says, in an implicit challenge to China as he vows greater US leadership. 600 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture Climate-energy-IEA PARIS Climate-changing CO2 emissions are set to surge by the second-biggest amount in history this year as the global economy recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic, the IEA warns, days before a major climate summit. 400 words moved Climate-Arctic-Greenland-damage PARIS The vast melting of Greenland's ice sheet caused by unusually high temperatures in 2012 had a lasting impact on its ability to absorb and store future meltwater, new research shows. 500 words moved by Patrick Galey UN-climate-environment-US-coal,FOCUS WEST JEFFERSON, Alabama The exhaust-belching smokestacks of America's most greenhouse gas-emitting power plant tower over Jennifer Chesser's neighborhood, but she'd likely fight to keep them from falling silent. 750 words moved by Joshua Melvin. Picture. Video - Please also see our special climate advisory - -- SPORT -- Health-virus-Qatar-sport,FOCUS DOHA Qatar has defied soaring coronavirus numbers to stage high-profile sporting events, serving as a test bed ahead of the Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 World Cup, but also suffering high-profile setbacks. 750 words moved by Gregory Walton. File Picture. File Video -- SPACE -- US-space-SPACEX,ADVANCER WASHINGTON SpaceX is preparing to carry four astronauts to a crowded International Space Station on Thursday, in the second routine mission since the United States resumed crewed space flight, and the first with a European. 600 words moved -- BUSINESS/TECH -- US-IT-lifestyle-Facebook,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Facebook says it is adding podcasts and "live audio rooms" in a push to get people talking and take on the fast-growing audio-based app Clubhouse. 500 words moved by Glenn Chapman China-automobile-technology,FOCUS SHANGHAI Thought Big Tech was taking over your life through smartphones? It may be coming for your car next as Chinese firms lead a stampede into auto manufacturing in their battle for more consumers. 800 words moved by Dan Martin. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-Britain-television-music-Simpsons-Morrissey LOS ANGELES Morrissey accuses The Simpsons of "hatred" and "ignorance" after the show's latest episode featured an unflattering parody of a moody British singer in part inspired by the former Smiths frontman. 350 words 0930 GMT Australia-television-lifestyle-Netflix SYDNEY Surfers in the coastal Australian town of Byron Bay stage a "paddle out" protest as locals rally against a planned Netflix reality show some say could attract hordes of "vacuous" Instagram tourists to their beachside paradise. 450 words moved afp
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)