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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Key aide to Aung San Suu Kyi arrested + Biden ends US military support for Yemen war + Extremist Republican disciplined after QAnon storm + Outrage at Russia crackdown as US vows action + Brazil's Vale to pay $7 bn over deadly dam collapse Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON A key aide of Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi is arrested days after a coup that has sparked outrage and calls by US President Joe Biden for the generals to relinquish power. 650 words 0330 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic 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. 650 words moved by Sebastian Smith and Shaun Tandon. Pictures. 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 0130 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture Russia-EU-politics-diplomacy-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW An outcry in Russia grows over a crackdown on protesters, as the US says it will take action against Moscow for interfering with US elections, poisoning opposition figure Alexei Navalny and for other "malign" behaviour. 750 words moved by Anna Smolchenko with Max Delany in Brussels. Picture. Video Also moving: Russia-politics-EU-diplomacy-Navalny Brazil-economy-mining-environment,WRAP BRASILIA Brazilian mining giant Vale announces an agreement to pay more than $7 billion in damages over the 2019 collapse of a mining waste dam that unleashed a flood of toxic sludge and killed 270 people. 500 words moved by Jordi Miro. 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 0330 GMT by Jay Deshmukh and Usman Sharifi. Video. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson asks US regulators to give emergency authorization for its single-shot Covid vaccine, as Germany raises hopes of a potential easing of virus curbs, offering some encouraging signs in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. 800 words 0130 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. 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 0230 GMT by Pauline Froissart. 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 0300 GMT by Miodrag Sovilg. 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 0230 GMT by Anuj Chopra. 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 0300 GMT. File picture US-drugs-crime-opioids-law,WRAP WASHINGTON Global consulting firm McKinsey will pay $573 million to US states to settle claims that it contributed to the deadly opioid crisis through its advice to pharmaceutical giants, including OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma. 650 words moved by Luc Olinga 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 0200 by Santiago Piedra Silva with Florence Panoussian. Picture. -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Sudan-Darfur-unrest,FOCUS Al-Twail Saadoun, SUDAN A pall of gloom hangs over the house of Adam Omar in a remote village in Sudan's South Darfur; he has lost seven family members including two sons in recent tribal clashes. 750 words 0300 GMT by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Europe-migrants-Bosnia,FOCUS BOSANSKA BOJNA, Bosnia "We will try again," Mohammad Amin Ibrahimi, a teacher from Kabul, says as he looks west towards the hills of neighbouring Croatia, a country he has tried to enter 30 times in his dream to bring his family to the European Union. 850 words by Lajla Veselica. Picture. Video Britain-China-media-politics,WRAP LONDON British regulators revoke the licence of Chinese news network CGTN after finding its state-backed ownership structure broke UK law, and warn of punishment ahead for airing an alleged forced confession. 700 words moved by Jitendra Joshi. File video. Picture -- AFRICA -- Gabon-environment-monkeys,SCENE FRANCEVILLE, Gabon Monkeys in Gabon are at risk from hunters who kill the parents and sell the babies as pets. But a small Gabonese NGO is fighting against the odds to save the orphans and give them a new life. 800 words moved by Adrien Marotte. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Amfoot-NFL-SuperBowl-Chiefs-US-racism-minorities,FOCUS NEW YORK Washington no longer hails the Redskins, and Cleveland is saying farewell to the Indians, in an accelerating push to rid the US sports world of all Native American names. 800 words 0200 by Thomas Urbain. File picture. Amfoot-NFL-SuperBowl,ADVANCER LOS ANGELES The greatest quarterback in NFL history faces off with the pretender to his throne on Sunday when Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes go head-to-head in a Super Bowl clash of generations. 800 words 0130 GMT by Rob Woollard Also moved: Amfoot-NFL-SuperBowl-Goodell-health-virus Amfoot-NFL-SuperBowl-Goodell-racism-coaches afp
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