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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + US pauses J&J shot in blow to vaccine drive + Biden to pull troops from Afghanistan by 9/11 + Iran vows to ramp up uranium enrichment + Biden urges Putin to ease Ukraine tensions + 100 days until Tokyo Olympics Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON US health authorities recommend pausing the Johnson & Johnson Covid shot over blood clot fears, with the company quickly announcing it would delay its European rollout, in a setback for global immunization campaigns. 800 words 0230 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video. Graphic US-Afghanistan-diplomacy-conflict,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden will withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan before this year's 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, finally ending America's longest war despite mounting fears of a Taliban victory, officials say. 850 words moved by Shaun Tandon Iran-nuclear-politics,WRAP TEHRAN Iran warns it will start enriching uranium up to 60 percent purity, two days after an explosion it blamed on arch-enemy Israel hit its key nuclear facility in Natanz. 850 words moved by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic Also moving: Iran-nuclear-politics,Q&A Already moved: Iran-nuclear-politics,CHRONO Ukraine-Russia-conflict-diplomacy-NATO-US,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden urges his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to ease mounting tensions with neighboring Ukraine, joining a pushback against a build-up of troops along their border that has alarmed NATO allies. 800 words moved by Shaun Tandon with Max Delaney in Brussels. Picture Also moved: Russia-Ukraine-conflict,FACTS Russia-politics-dissent,lead Oly-2020-2021-Japan-100days,WRAP TOKYO The Olympic flame is on its way across Japan and athletes around the world are ramping up training, but 100 days before Tokyo 2020 opens, organisers still face monumental challenges. 700 words 0300 GMT by Sara Hussein. Picture. Video. Graphic Already moved: Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus-100days,CHRONO Oly-2020-Tokyo-Japan-100days,FACTS Oly-2020-2021-stars-100days,FACTS Oly-1964-2020-2021-Japan-history-100days,FOCUS -- SPOTLIGHT -- Gymnastics-Oly-2020-2021-CHN,PHOTOESSAY BEIJING This year's delayed Tokyo Olympics will be the culmination for the latest generation of elite Chinese gymnasts trained relentlessly since they were as young as four. 450 words 0400 GMT by Nicolas Asfouri with Danni Zhu. Picture. Video We will also move: Gymnastics-CHN-Zhang-China-social HongKong-China-politics-business-retail,FOCUS HONG KONG Cute cartoon animals have been at the heart of Hong Kong clothing brand Chickeeduck since 1990, but it is now struggling to get its designs made in China, where clothes bearing his avian characters have been seized by authorities for "advocating violence". 700 words 0330 GMT by Su Xinqi. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Germany-vaccines BERLIN People aged under 60 who have been given a first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in Germany will receive a different jab for their second dose, federal and regional health ministers say. 400 words moved Health-virus-vaccines-AstraZeneca-J&J,FACTS Saudi-Islam-health-virus-Ramadan MECCA Pilgrims immunised against Covid-19 circle Islam's holiest site in Saudi Arabia's Mecca city as they performed the year-round umrah pilgrimage on the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan. 300 words moved. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-economy-indicator-GDP,ADVANCER BEIJING China's economy is expected to have clocked its strongest growth in decades in the first quarter, rebounding from a historic contraction caused by Covid-19, according to an AFP poll of analysts. 450 words 0300 GMT by Beiyi Seow and Jade Gao -- AMERICAS -- US-racism-trial-police-Floyd,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS Convulsed by converging cases of racially charged violence, two Black families in Minneapolis unite in grief and solidarity as they demand an end to police brutality and the killing of unarmed African Americans by white officers. 850 words moved by Ben Sheppard with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-racism-police-trial-Floyd, FOCUS US-travel-leisure-cruise-Carnival,FOCUS NEW YORK After more than a year of frustration, diehard American fans of cruise vacations at last sense an end to their Covid-imposed stranding, and many are booking trips as soon as they can. 850 words 0130 GMT by John Biers. File picture US-politics-California-recall,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Eighteen years after Arnold Schwarzenegger stormed to power, California is likely to hold its second-ever governor recall election -- but this time, campaign veterans say the odds are stacked in incumbent Gavin Newsom's favor. 750 words 0130 GMT by Andrew Marszal Mexico-US-CentrAm-migrants,FOCUS APIZACO, Mexico Greyssi Venegas devours her first meal in three days at a Mexican shelter near the railroad where migrants risk their lives clinging to freight trains on their grueling journey north to the United States. 650 words 0130 GMT by Natalia Cano. Picture. Video Ecuador-vote-Correa,INTERVIEW MEXICO CITY Former Ecuadoran president Rafael Correa tells AFP that he plans to keep up his political fight from exile following his protege's election defeat. 400 words 0130 GMT. Picture. Video Peru-vote-WRAP LIMA Far-left labor unionist Pedro Castillo and rightwing populist Keiko Fujimori will square off in a second round of presidential elections that analysts say threatens to further polarize crisis-weary Peru. 750 words moved by Francisco Jara. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Peru-vote,PROFILE -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Egypt-shipping-Suez,WRAP CAIRO The megaship that blocked Egypt's Suez Canal and crippled world trade for nearly a week has been seized on court orders until the vessel's owners pay $900 million, canal authorities say. 500 words moved. File Picture Lebanon-port-economy-politics,FOCUS BEIRUT Eight months after a massive blast ripped through Beirut port and nearby districts of the Lebanese capital, a host of foreign companies with a variety of national interests are competing to rebuild it. 650 words 0230 GMT by Bachir El Khoury. File Picture -- AFRICA -- Benin-vote,WRAP COTONOU, Benin Benin's President Patrice Talon is easily re-elected to a second term, provisional results show, after a weekend election critics say was already stacked in his favour following a crackdown on his opponents. 600 words moved by Camille Malplat. Picture. Video Also moved: Benin-vote-politics,PROFILE -- BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY -- US-IT-politics-Facebook,WRAP NEW YORK Facebook's independent Oversight Board announces it will start accepting requests to remove "harmful content" that users believe has been wrongly allowed to remain on the leading social network. 700 words moved by Rob Lever -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-China,FOCUS SHANGHAI The Oscars are the glitziest night of the year in Hollywood and millions across the globe tune in, but they threaten to be a dud in China after the nomination of a Hong Kong protest documentary. 600 words 0330 GMT by Peter Stebbings. File Picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-Eur-C1-FRA-GER-PSG-Bayern,lead PARIS Paris Saint-Germain knock holders Bayern Munich out of the Champions League as a 1-0 defeat in the second leg at the Parc des Princes could not prevent the French giants from winning a tremendous quarter-final tie on away goals. 600 words moved by Andy Scott. Picture. Video afp
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