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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Novelist John le Carre dead + US kicks off vaccine drive + Brexit trade talks extended + Niger votes after attack + Verstappen wins Abu Dhabi GP Britain-literature-espionage-LeCarre,WRAP LONDON John le Carre, the British writer best known for his Cold War espionage novels "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold", has died aged 89, his agent and family says. 750 words 0600 GMT by Phil Hazlewood. File picture. File video Also moved: Britain-literature-espionage-LeCarre,OBIT Britain-literature-espionage-LeCarre,DATES Britain-literature-espionage-LeCarre,QUOTES Britain-literature-espionage-LeCarre-novels,FACTS Health-virus,WRAP KALAMAZOO, Michigan The United States prepares to start its Covid-19 vaccination program as the nation's death toll edges towards 300,000, while Germany announces a partial lockdown over the holidays due to an explosion of cases. 850 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP BRUSSELS The European Union and Britain order their negotiators back to work after agreeing to abandon a supposed make-or-break deadline for a post-Brexit trade pact. 700 words 0830 GMT by Dave Clark with Jitendra Joshi in London. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live video Niger-vote,WRAP NIAMEY Niger votes in long-delayed municipal and regional elections the day after an attack by the Boko Haram jihadist group claimed at least 27 lives, according to local officials, and two weeks ahead of a landmark presidential election. 550 words moved by Boureima Hama. Picture Auto-Prix-UAE,WRAP YAS MARINA, United Arab Emirates Max Verstappen claims his second win of the season and the 10th of his career as he drives to a clinical victory for Red Bull in a pedestrian season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. 550 words moved. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- China-health-virus-Wuhan-river-swimming,FOCUS WUHAN, China Standing beside a large picture of Mao Zedong, Shen Peihua recalls the moment she resumed her daily swim in the Yangtze River in Wuhan after the Chinese city's long coronavirus lockdown. 750 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Picture. Video Pakistan-history-tradition,FOCUS SHOGRAN, Pakistan Mohammad Naseem's eyes shine while he shares the legend of a remote, alpine lake nestled among snow-capped Himalayan peaks as a rare crowd of onlookers hears one of Pakistan's last "storytellers". 650 words moved by Joris Fioriti and Sajjad Tarakzai. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Long a mere formality, a vote on Monday by members of the Electoral College to formally recognize Joe Biden as the next US president has taken on unusual import this year with Donald Trump stubbornly refusing to admit defeat. 650 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi Health-virus-Brazil-vaccine-politics,2NDLEAD RIO DE JANEIRO President Jair Bolsonaro faces scathing criticism over his government's plan -- or lack thereof -- to vaccinate the population against Covid-19 in Brazil, the country with the second-highest death toll worldwide. 750 words moved by Joshua Howat Berger. File picture -- EUROPE -- Bosnia-politics,FOCUS MOSTAR, Bosnia and Herzegovina Nina Popovic has been eligible to vote for a decade but she has never had a say in the leadership of her Bosnian hometown of Mostar -- a city that will hold its first local election in 12 years on Sunday. 750 words moved by Rusmir Smajilhodzic. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Saudi-politics-corruption,FOCUS RIYADH Hoards of cash, some of it squirrelled away in false ceilings and water tanks, has been seized in a widening anti-corruption crackdown in Saudi Arabia that has evoked both awe and fear. 790 words moved by Anuj Chopra. File picture Arab-revolution-anniversary-Tunisia,FOCUS TUNIS Tunisians may have overthrown dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali a decade ago but, with few reforms to the country's security forces and an economy rife with nepotism, its revolution is far from achieving its goals. 1,050 words moved by Caroline Nelly Perrot. File picture. Video Also moved: Arab-revolution-anniversary-Tunisia-economy,FOCUS Arab-revolution-anniversary-Tunisia-dictatorship-trial-economy,FACTS -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Eswatini-politics-Dlamini,lead JOHANNESBURG The prime minister of Eswatini, Africa's last absolute monarchy, dies in a South African hospital after contracting coronavirus. 250 words moved Mozambique-migration-conflict,FOCUS PEMBA, Mozambique The population has soared in Pemba, a northern Mozambique port known for its wide bay, but rather than tourists coming for a swim, the newcomers have fled Islamic extremists. 600 words moved by Emidio Jozine and Alfredo Zuniga. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Racing-CHN-China-Wuhan-health-virus,FOCUS WUHAN, China Blue cushions are up for grabs as masked spectators cheer horses galloping to the finish in Wuhan, ground zero for the pandemic but also a major centre for racing in China. 750 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Picture afp
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