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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Electoral college confirms Biden win + Boko Haram claims mass schoolboy abduction + EU takes aim at US tech giants + Somalia severs diplomatic ties with Kenya + US attorney general Barr leaving office US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Joe Biden says that US democracy proved "resilient" against Donald Trump's "abuse of power" after the Electoral College confirmed him as the next president, shutting the door further on unprecedented efforts to overturn the results. 750 words moved by Sebastian Smith and Michael Mathes. Picture. Video. Graphic Nigeria-unrest-kidnapping-children,WRAP KANO, Nigeria Boko Haram claims it was behind the abduction of hundreds of schoolboys in northwestern Nigeria, in what appears to be an expansion of the jihadist group's activities into new areas. 700 words 1100 GMT by Aminu Abubakar. Video Also moved: Nigeria-unrest-school-kidnapping,Q&A EU-tech-law,WRAP BRUSSELS Brussels unveils draft plans to target the gatekeepers of the Internet -- tech giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook -- whose power Europe sees as a threat to competition and even democracy. 650 words 1000 GMT by Daniel Aronssohn. Picture. Video Somalia-Kenya-diplomacy,WRAP MOGADISHU Somalia announces it is severing diplomatic ties with Kenya, accusing Nairobi of "recurring" interference in its political affairs as Mogadishu prepares for long-awaited elections. 500 words 1000 GMT US-politics-Barr WASHINGTON President Donald Trump announces that Attorney General Bill Barr, who angered him by contradicting his claims of having been the victim of mass fraud in the US election, is leaving office. 450 words moved. File Picture Also moved: US-politics-Barr,FOCUS -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP NEW YORK The United States kicks off a mass vaccination drive hoping to turn the tide on the world's biggest coronavirus outbreak, as the country's death toll passes a staggering 300,000. 750 words moved by Peter Hutchison with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live video Also moved: Health-virus-US-vaccine-medics,FOCUS -- ROHINGYA INVESTIGATION -- Rohingya-migration-trafficking,INVESTIGATION COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh Auto rickshaws slip easily past barbed-wire checkpoints at the world's biggest refugee camp, their drivers among the smallest players in a complex human trafficking network involving high-seas extortion gangs, corrupt police and drug lords. 1,700 words moved by Sam Jahan with Haeril Halim in Lhokseumawe, Indonesia and Peter Brieger in Jakarta. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Rohingya-migration-trafficking-rights,FOCUS Rohingya-migration-trafficking-couple,FOCUS -- EUROPE -- Russia-fire-accident,WRAP MOSCOW A fire rips through a retirement home in central Russia, killing 11 people who were trapped as the blaze swept through the small wooden building, investigators say. 500 words 1000 GMT by Maria Panina. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-EU-politics-Brexit-Belgium-food,FOCUS ZEEBRUGGE, Belgium At the Channel port of Zeebrugge a 50,000-square-metre warehouse is packed to the rafters with products from Europe's leading food brands, as supermarkets race to stock up just days away from Britain's departure from the EU single market. 550 words 1200 GMT by Matthieu Demeestere. Picture. Video US-Russia-Turkey-military-sanction,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States makes good on months of threats to punish Turkey for buying a major Russian missile defense system, although it holds off on the most drastic options. 650 words moved by Shaun Tandon. File Picture -- ASIA -- Japan-crime-murder-internet-suicide,WRAP TOKYO A Japanese man dubbed the "Twitter killer" is sentenced to death by a Tokyo court for murdering and dismembering nine people he met on the social media platform. 600 words moved by Hatsuko Fukue. Sketch China-Xinjiang-labour-rights BEIJING Hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority labourers in China's northwestern Xinjiang region are being forced into picking cotton by hand through a coercive state labour scheme, a report says. 500 words moved Japan-food-agriculture-economy-health-virus,FOCUS IZU, Japan If you've eaten sushi, you might assume you've tried wasabi. But chances are it was an artificial version that Japanese growers say is a world away from their "green gold". 700 words moved by Mathias Cena. Picture. Video China-environment-conservation-fishing-Yangtze,FOCUS ZHONGBA ISLAND, China Yang Zeqiang's boat chugs across the Yangtze ferrying a few people and sacks of grain -- his new source of income after all fishing was halted along China's longest river in the name of environmental protection. 800 words moved by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-conflict-Tigray,FOCUS BISOBER, Ethiopia Jano Admasi says she watched as Ethiopian soldiers shot her son dead in front of her in their village in southern Tigray, where AFP recently obtained exclusive access. 900 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Ethiopia-conflict-Tigray,WRAP DRCongo-Belgium-politics-history KINSHASA Belgium will return a tooth taken from the remains of assassinated Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba to his family by the end of June, President Felix Tshisekedi says. 300 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-hacking-computers-government,WRAP NEW YORK The US Department of Homeland Security is the third federal department to be targeted in a major cyberattack, US media report, a day after Washington revealed the hack which may have been coordinated by a foreign government. 550 words moved by Daniel Hoffman Also moved: US-IT-Google-outage,WRAP -- HUMAN RIGHTS -- Rights-NGO-gay GENEVA Despite significant progress on gay rights around the world, dozens of countries still criminalise consensual same-sex activity, including six where being gay is punishable by death, campaigners say. 650 words moved by Nina Larson -- ASTRONOMY -- Chile-science-astronomy-eclipse,WRAP PUCON, Chile Thousands of people turn their heads to the sky to watch a solar eclipse that lasts around two minutes as southern Chile and Argentina are plunged into darkness. 600 words moved. Picture. Graphic. Video -- SPORT -- Oly-2021-2020-Japan-Koike-virus-health,INTERVIEW TOKYO Tokyo's governor says she can see "no circumstances" under which the virus-postponed 2020 Olympics will be cancelled, despite rising coronavirus infections in Japan and continued public scepticism. 650 moved by Hiroshi Hiyama and Sara Hussein. Picture Yachting-AmCup-NZL,PREVIEW AUCKLAND The "flying" yachts created for next year's America's Cup, capable of exceeding 50 knots balanced on "knife-edge" carbon fibre foils, will be tested in race conditions for the first time in warm-up events beginning in Auckland on Thursday. 550 words moved. Picture Cricket-AUS-IND,PREVIEW ADELAIDE, Australia Top-ranked Australia are plotting revenge in their first day-night Test against fellow powerhouse India, as both teams grapple with injuries and selection dilemmas. 650 words moved by Martin Parry Also moved: Cricket-AUS-IND-five,POINTS afp
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