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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + UN condemns Myanmar army + One year of global pandemic + Japan marks 10 years since tsunami + US passes $1.9 trillion virus relief plan + Giant fresco on Benin island Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar security forces spray gunfire during patrols of Yangon, as the UN condemns the growing violence against protestors angry over the six-week-old coup. 700 words 0630 GMT. Graphic. Picture. Video Moved: Myanmar-politics-military-US-lobbying Myanmar-politics-military-SriLanka-diplomacy Myanmar-politics-military-rights-Amnesty Japan-tsunami-earthquake-nuclear-anniversary,WRAP HISANOHAMA, Japan Japan falls silent to mark 10 years since its worst natural disaster in living memory: a powerful earthquake, deadly tsunami and resulting nuclear meltdown that traumatised a nation. 650 words 0630 GMT by Harumi Ozawa with Sara Hussein in Tokyo. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live video US-politics-economy-health,WRAP WASHINGTON Joe Biden's enormous economic relief package passes Congress, delivering a resounding victory for the US president and a desperately needed cash injection to millions of families and businesses suffering during the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-economy-politics-poverty,FOCUS US-politics-economy-health,WRAP Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The world marks one year since the coronavirus threat was declared a pandemic, with vaccinations offering hope but much of humanity still enduring highly restricted lives with no clear path back to normality. 700 words 0530 GMT. Picture. Graphic Benin-art,PHOTOESSAY GANVIE, Benin On a small island surrounded by hundreds of wooden huts on stilts, in the middle of Lake Nokoue in southeast Benin, a giant painting is taking shape. 300 words moved by Josue Mehouenou. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-WHO-investigation,FACTS GENEVA In the year since the World Health Organization first described the Covid-19 outbreak as a pandemic, it has faced towering criticism, but has also been showered with praise. 900 words moved by Agnes Pedrero Moved: China-science-technology,FACTS ** Please see AFP's special advisory marking a year since the pandemic was declared ** -- AMERICAS -- US-police-press-demonstration-trial,FOCUS WASHINGTON Does the freedom to inform stop during a police operation? The US trial of a journalist arrested during an anti-racism protest has reopened the debate on freedom of the press and media-police relations. 650 words 0630 GMT by Cyril Julien. Picture US-racism-police-trial-jury,FOCUS MINNEAPOLIS Millions of people have watched the video of George Floyd's death -- a dozen will decide the fate of the white policeman seen kneeling for nearly nine minutes on his neck. 650 words moved by Charlotte Plantive and Chris Lefkow in Washington Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-women,FOCUS NEW YORK The Grammys' rock categories normally ooze testosterone, but this year, women-led acts have seized the mic. 800 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. File picture US-China-Japan-SKorea-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden's top aides will meet for the first time next week with Chinese officials in Alaska, straight on the heels of showing solidarity through trips to Asian allies wary of Beijing's might. 650 words moved by Shaun Tandon Brazil-politics-Lula,WRAP SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil Brazil's former leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva makes his return to politics attacking President Jair Bolsonaro and his "imbecile" Covid-19 policies, but declines to say whether he will run against him next year. 650 words moved by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video Mexico-politics-drugs,WRAP MEXICO CITY Mexico's lower house of Congress votes in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana use, in a step towards transforming the land of the drug cartels into a huge regulated market. 500 words moved by Natalia Cano. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Japan-tsunami-anniversary-earthquake-nuclear-disaster,FOCUS TOKYO It was just after quarter to three on a cold Friday afternoon when buildings across northeast Japan began to shake fiercely as one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded unleashed its fury. 800 words moved by Katie Forster. File picture. File video. Graphic HongKong-China-virus-health-music-offbeat HONG KONG In a densely populated city with notoriously high rents, Hong Kong's musicians are used to playing cramped stages. But few venues are quite as pokey -- or unorthodox -- as Yuen Hing Lung noodles. 300 words 0600 GMT. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- US-Britain-royals,WRAP LONDON Britain's royal family has begun a fight back against explosive racism claims made by Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, indicating the couple's comments will not go unchallenged as the country divides into partisan camps. 750 words moved by Jitendra Joshi and Anna Malpas. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan-monarchy,FOCUS Entertainment-Spain-television-chess,FOCUS LA GARRIGA, Spain At David Ferrer's factory, workers are busy cutting, trimming and stitching together fine sheets of wood to make chessboards to meet a surge in orders in the wake of the runaway success of the Netflix series, "The Queen's Gambit". 650 words 0600 GMT by Daniel Bosque. Picture. Video Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-missing,FOCUS YEREVAN Ruzanna Vartanyan has spent the past five months trapped somewhere between hope and despair as she prays to see her oldest son Sarkis again. 750 words 0600 GMT by Max Delany. Picture. Video Serbia-LGBT-rights-law-gender,FOCUS BELGRADE LGBT couples in Serbia will soon be able to tie the knot under a law recognising same-sex unions, but their rights fall short of full equality in a country where homophobia runs strong. 850 words 0600 GMT by Miodrag Sovilj. Picture Germany-vote-health-virus,ADVANCER FRANKFURT, Germany Corruption allegations and a series of pandemic setbacks have plunged German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives into turmoil, just days before two regional polls kick off a key election year. 700 words moved by Michelle Fitzpatrick. Picture. Video Also moved: Germany-politics-vote-Greens -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Turkey-China-Uighurs-politics,FOCUS ISTANBUL After 20 years in a Chinese prison, Abdullah Abdulrahman joined 50,000 other Uighurs and fled to Turkey, where President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had once railed against "genocide" in Xinjiang. 700 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture. Video Palestinians-vote-Israel-conflict-UAE,FOCUS KHAN YUNIS, Palestinian Territories As Palestinians ready for their first elections in 15 years, two powerful players loom large from afar. 800 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video -- ART -- US-art-IT-Beeple,PROFILE NEW YORK Six months ago he had not sold any work -- but on Thursday one of his creations will exceed $13 million at auction. The American artist Beeple is at the vanguard of an exploding virtual market, feverishly fuelled by digital collectors. 700 words moved Thomas Urbain. Picture -- BUSINESS, ECONOMY & TECH -- Ireland-US-aviation-merger-GE-AerCap,WRAP NEW YORK General Electric announces a deal to sell its aircraft leasing business to AerCap for $30 billion, establishing a new industry giant amid the pandemic-induced downturn in air travel. 600 words moved ECB-EU-eurozone-rates-banking FRANKFURT, Germany European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde will be under pressure Thursday to soothe market jitters on rising inflation and bond yields that could hobble the eurozone's recovery from the pandemic. 600 words moved by Michelle Fitzpatrick -- SPORT -- RugbyU-RugbyL-Box-Williams,lead WELLINGTON Dual-code superstar Sonny Bill Williams announces his retirement from rugby but the New Zealander isn't giving up on sport, saying he wants to concentrate on his boxing career. 500 words 0600 GMT. File picture We will also move: RugbyU-RugbyL-Box-Williams,POINTS afp
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