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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith 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-flood-disaster-landslide,WRAP LEMBATA, Indonesia Indonesia's navy readies hospital ships to help treat injured survivors of a cyclone that has killed over 150 in the archipelago and in neighbouring East Timor, the disaster agency says. 550 words 0700 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic. Already moved: Indonesia-ETimor-disaster,SCENE Climate-environment-Arctic-polarbear PARIS Hungry polar bears are increasingly foraging for 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 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 All adults across America will be eligible for Covid-19 vaccines within two weeks, President Joe Biden announces, as economic powerhouse California sets a June 15 target to fully reopen businesses. 800 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video 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-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 moved by Douglas Magno. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-vaccine-passport,FOCUS NEW YORK As the United States' vaccination campaign accelerates, so-called vaccine passports are gaining traction despite political divisions and a fragmented health care system that complicates the centralization of data. 700 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture Health-virus-Brazil-politics,FOCUS BRASILIA Marcia Matos was getting her two-year-old ready for school when news arrived of the latest twist in the political and legal battles that have plunged Brazil's Covid-19 response into chaos: in-person classes were canceled again. 700 words moved by Jordi Miro. Picture. File picture -- AMERICAS -- 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 US-IT-hacking-internet-Facebook SAN FRANCISCO Facebook says that hackers "scraped" personal data of some half-billion users back in 2019 by taking advantage of a feature designed to help people easily find friends using contact lists. 350 words moved Peru-vote-congress,PROFILE LIMA Ex-prostitute Angela Villon is one of several unconventional candidates vying for a seat in Peru's national congress in elections Sunday -- a reflection of the country's growing diversity. 700 words moved by Carlos Mandujano. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Myanmar politics military,WRAP YANGON A group representing Myanmar's ousted civilian government says it has gathered 180,000 pieces of evidence showing rights abuses by the junta including torture and extrajudicial killings. 650 words 0800 GMT. Picture. Video 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 moved 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 moved 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 -- 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 moved by Menna Zaki. Picture. Video 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. 550 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 -- Japan-company-economy-Britain-Toshiba-merger,4thlead TOKYO Toshiba is considering a buyout offer from a British private equity fund, it says, with reports suggesting the deal could be worth about $20 billion. 450 words 0730 GMT afp
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