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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump under fire over election result comments + Kentucky city under curfew over racism protest + Navalny's family home and bank accounts frozen + Google pulls virtual tour of Australia's Uluru + Sparrows sing softer, 'sexier' during lockdown US-vote-politics-results,WRAP WASHINGTON Top Republicans and Democrats push back hard against President Donald Trump's suggestion he might not accept defeat in the November election, warning him the United States is not "North Korea." 750 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture. Video US-racism-police,WRAP LOUISVILLE, Kentucky More than 1,000 people defied a second night of curfew in the US city of Louisville to protest over the lack of criminal charges in the police killing of Breonna Taylor, with some having to seek refuge in a church. 800 words 0600 GMT by Camille Camdessus. Picture. Video Also moved: US-racism-police,SCENE Russia-Navalny-Germany,WRAP MOSCOW Russian bailiffs put a freeze on opposition leader Alexei Navalny's flat and bank accounts days after his poisoning with a Novichok nerve agent, his spokeswoman says. 600 words moved by Anna Malpas. Picture. Video Australia-Google-Uluru-indigenous-internet SYDNEY Google has removed images from its Street View that allowed users to virtually walk on Australia's Uluru, a sacred Aboriginal site closed to tourists since last year, the company says. 250 words moved Science-animal-sparrow-virus WASHINGTON As the streets of San Francisco emptied out in the first months of the pandemic, the city's male birds began singing more softly and improving their vocal range, making them "sexier" to females, according to a new study. 350 words moved. Picture. Graphic -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Brazil-carnival,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO Rio de Janeiro's world-famous carnival parades became the latest casualty of the coronavirus pandemic as officials announced they were indefinitely postponing the February 2021 edition, with Brazil still reeling from Covid-19. 650 words moved by Joshua Howat Berger. File Picture Health-virus-Latam-deaths-million,PHOTOESSAY MEXICO CITY An untouched exercise bike, a guitar that has gone silent, an empty couch -- these are just a few of the cherished possessions and everyday habits that tell the story of those who have died from Covid-19. 800 words moved by Lucia Lacurcia in Montevideo with AFP bureaus in Latin America. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- UN-summit,WRAP UNITED NATIONS China lashes out at the United States at a high-level UN meeting over its criticism on the coronavirus, with its envoy declaring, "Enough is enough!" 700 words moved by Philippe Rater with Valerie Leroux in Paris. Picture. Video US-vote-politics-Florida-Bloomberg MIAMI Florida's attorney general is calling for a probe into billionaire former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's fundraising of nearly $20 million to help convicted felons vote in the key swing state. 400 words moved by Leila Macor Also moved: US-vote-Texas,FOCUS US-vote-court-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON Protesters shouting "Honor her wish" heckle US President Donald Trump as he pays his respects to Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Supreme Court, invoking the liberal justice's deathbed plea not to be replaced until after the November election. 600 words moved by Jerome Cartillier. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-vote-court-issues,POINTS -- EUROPE -- Spain-Britain-literature-Shakespeare MADRID It was hidden away for centuries in the archives of a seminary in Spain, a rare edition of a Shakespeare play experts believe may be the earliest copy of his work to reach the country. 530 words moved by Hazel Ward. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Egypt-rime-rape-women-rights,FOCUS CAIRO A climate of fear has gripped Egypt's #MeToo movement as the arrests of witnesses in a high-profile rape case threaten to derail efforts to halt male sexual violence in the Arab country. 600 words moved by Hager Harabech. File Picture Yemen-conflict,FOCUS MARIB, Yemen Hadi Ahmed wearily sets up a tent in Yemen's Marib province, after fleeing yet again in the government's last stronghold which is under intense pressure from Huthi rebels. 700 words moved by Nabeel Al-Awzari with Shatha Yaish in Dubai. Picture. Video Yemen-conflict-transport,VIDEOESSAY TAEZ, Yemen Lorries filled to the brim with goods labour up and down the dangerously winding and precipitous road of Hayjat al-Abed, the mountainous lifeline to Yemen's third-largest city. 450 words moved. Video. Picture. Health-virus-Iraq-children,FOCUS MOSUL, Iraq When Mosul ended its Covid-19 lockdown last month, health specialists faced a disheartening reality: a deterioration among youth with developmental disorders and special needs in the northern Iraqi city. 700 words moved by Raad al-Jammas. Picture -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-politics-court-opposition,PROFILE ADDIS ABABA Jawar Mohammed, the Ethiopian media mogul-turned-opposition politician facing trial on terror charges, is no stranger to sparring with the government. 850 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. File picture. File video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-television-film-race,FOCUS NEW YORK Black directors including Jordan Peele ("Get Out"), Ryan Coogler ("Black Panther") and Barry Jenkins ("Moonlight") have enjoyed huge success in recent years -- but for many African-American filmmakers, Hollywood remains far from welcoming. 700 words moved by Thomas Urbain -- SPORT -- Oly-2012-CHN-swim-police,INTERVIEW SHANGHAI Jiang Haiqi starred alongside the controversial Sun Yang in winning a historic relay swimming bronze medal for China at the London 2012 Olympics. But now he is doing national duty of a very different kind -- as a policeman saving lives on Shanghai's Huangpu River. 600 words moved by Peter Stebbings with Lan Lianchao. Picture. Video. File picture afp
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