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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden ends US support for Yemen war + QAnon congresswoman stripped of posts + Myanmar military widens coup dragnet + EU-Russia ties at 'low point' over Navalny + Tokyo Olympic chief in hot water over sexism US-politics-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden ends US support for Saudi Arabia's devastating war in Yemen and dramatically increases the welcome to refugees, ushering in a major reset in American foreign policy. 750 words moved by Sebastian Smith and Shaun Tandon. Picture. Video US-politics-Congress-Republicans,WRAP WASHINGTON The Democratic-led US House votes to discipline a congresswoman who embraced QAnon conspiracy theories and endorsed violence, capping weeks of mounting turmoil over holding to account a lawmaker whose extremist rhetoric caused a rupture in Republican ranks. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Several hundred teachers and students protest at a Myanmar university as the military widens a dragnet against officials ousted in a coup that has drawn global condemnation and the threat of new sanctions. 700 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Russia-politics-EU-diplomacy-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW The European Union's top diplomat says the bloc's ties with Russia have reached a new low following the poisoning and jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. 600 words 1000 GMT by Thibaut Marchand and Jonathan Brown. Picture. Video Oly-2020-2021-Japan-sexism-Mori,REAX TOKYO Criticism mounts over sexist remarks made by Tokyo 2020 chief Yoshiro Mori, who has refused to step down and justified his comments by explaining he doesn't 'speak to women much.' 650 words moved by Kyoko Hasegawa and Andrew McKirdy. File picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Afghanistan-conflict-killings,FOCUS KABUL Days before he was gunned down on a Kabul street, democracy activist Mohammad Yousuf Rasheed had made up his mind to move his family to Turkey, joining scores of other high-profile Afghans fleeing the country. 800 words moved by Jay Deshmukh and Usman Sharifi. Video. Picture Sudan-Darfur-unrest,FOCUS AL-TWAIL SAADOUN, Sudan A pall of gloom hangs over the house of tribal elder Adam Omar after the loss of seven family members in Sudan's Darfur, where ethnic African minorities have suffered the brunt of a devastating civil war. 800 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video France-Germany-mining-waste-environment,FOCUS WITTELSHEIM, France Jean-Pierre Hecht, a miner in eastern France, remembers how attractive the idea sounded when he first heard about it: a dying pit could be turned into something useful and environmentally friendly. 950 words moved by Adam Plowright. File Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP COPENHAGEN The WHO's European chief appeals for nations to unite with Big Pharma to accelerate coronavirus inoculations, as Johnson & Johnson applies for emergency authorisation of its single-shot vaccine in the United States. 700 words moved by Camille Bas-Wohlert, with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-India,Q&A NEW DELHI With its 1.3 billion population, India has the world's second-highest number of coronavirus infections but new cases and deaths have fallen sharply in recent weeks, even as mass gatherings have occurred and normal life has returned. AFP looks at some possible reasons for the drop. 750 words moved by Glenda Kwek, with Abhaya Srivastava and Nishant Saxena Health-virus-US-schools,FOCUS LOS ANGELES From lawsuits in San Francisco to threats of a remote learning "lockout" in Chicago, US officials are ramping up the pressure on teachers and their unions to reopen schools that have been closed for almost a year due to Covid. 700 words moved by Laurent Banguet. File picture Health-virus-SAfrica-vaccines,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG At the very mention of the word "vaccine", 82-year-old Josefine Hlomuka vehemently shakes her head, her face clouding with worry as she gazes at the storm bearing down on her home in the Johannesburg township of Soweto. 900 words moved by Sofia Christensen. Video and File Picture Health-virus-Serbia-China-EU-vaccines,FOCUS BELGRADE Inside the dome of Belgrade's concrete fair hall, dozens of nurses in hazmat suits inject Covid-19 shots into young and old alike, working with an efficiency that has turned Serbia into continental Europe's fastest vaccinator. 800 words moved by Miodrag Sovilj. Picture. Video Health-virus-Saudi-India,FOCUS RIYADH India's decision to export millions of coronavirus vaccine doses to Saudi Arabia has rankled its vast expat community, locked out by the kingdom's months-long flight ban that sparked tense diplomatic wrangling. 750 words moved by Anuj Chopra. File Picture -- EUROPE -- Europe-migrants-Bosnia,FOCUS BOSANSKA BOJNA, Bosnia Frustration is brewing in northwestern Bosnia, where thousands of migrants are living in grim conditions while fed-up locals urge the EU to stop offloading its migration problem. 850 words by Lajla Veselica. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-theft-dogs,FOCUS LONDON When six of Sarah's dogs were stolen in late December, she was left reeling. But she was not alone, as increasing numbers of pet owners have experienced similar across Britain during the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Pauline Froissart. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Yemen-conflict,WRAP DUBAI Yemen's internationally recognised government and the Iran-backed Huthi rebels welcome US President Joe Biden's pledge to push for a diplomatic solution to end their devastating six-year war. 500 words 1100 GMT Yemen-UN-AQAP-conflict,WRAP UNITED NATIONS The leader of Al-Qaeda's Yemeni affiliate has been under arrest for several months, according to a United Nations report, in what will be seen as a huge breakthrough in the fight against the global jihadist threat. 700 words moved by Frankie Taggart. File picture Egypt-media-rights,WRAP CAIRO Egypt frees Mahmoud Hussein, a journalist working for Qatar's Al Jazeera television, after four years in jail without trial following the end last month of a rift between the two Arab states. 500 words 1000 GMT. File Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-impeachment-Trump-testify,WRAP WASHINGTON Former president Donald Trump refuses to testify in his looming impeachment trial after being called by House prosecutors to give evidence, branding the process "unconstitutional." 600 words moved by Paul Handley. File picture. US-economy-unemployment WASHINGTON A nationwide drop in Covid-19 cases and improvements in economic indicators have raised hopes the US labor market is on the upswing, and government data due out Friday could show how strong that recovery is. 550 words moved. File picture Ecuador-politics-vote,ADVANCER QUITO Ecuadorans go to the polls Sunday to choose between a socialist economist and a fiscally conservative ex-banker to lead a country besieged by deep economic problems aggravated by the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved by Santiago Piedra Silva with Florence Panoussian. Picture. -- ASIA-PACIFIC -- Pacific-Palau-diplomacy KOROR Palau announces it's quitting the Pacific Islands Forum over a leadership row, threatening the future of a key grouping in a region where China and the United States are vying for influence. 500 words moved by Bernadette Carreon China-celebrity-entertainment-health BEIJING A Chinese actress goes viral on social media after posting candid photos of her "nightmare" botched cosmetic surgery, which left part of her nose blackened with dead flesh. 400 words 0930 GMT Japan-lifestyle-auto-cars,PHOTOESSAY TOKYO Fast and furious they aren't, but for a group of Japanese retro car enthusiasts the sleek lines and high shine of their old-school models hold a much more special charm. 350 words moved. Picture. Video -- TRADE/BUSINESS -- SKorea-diplomacy-trade-WTO,WRAP SEOUL South Korean trade minister Yoo Myung-hee abandons her bid to become head of the World Trade Organization, clearing the way for Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to become its first woman and first African director-general. 450 words 0930 GMT HongKong-China-technology-Kuaishou-shares,WRAP Shares in Chinese video app company Kuaishou almost triple on their Hong Kong debut, following a $5.4 billion initial public offering for the TikTok rival that was the biggest for an internet firm in nearly two years. 550 words moved. Picture Also moved: China-economy-technology,FACTS -- SPORT -- Tennis-AUS-ATP-Cup MELBOURNE Novak Djokovic fights past Alexander Zverev but it's not enough to stave off defeat for Serbia in the ATP Cup, with Germany making the semi-finals alongside a Spanish team missing injured Rafael Nadal. 500 words moved. Picture afp
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