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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Japan PM Abe to resign: reports + Six killed as Hurricane Laura pounds Louisiana + Trump rips Biden as threat to American Dream + Typhoon rakes Pyongyang, trees uprooted + The staggering tale of China's drunken boxers Japan-politics-Abe,WRAP TOKYO Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to step down for health reasons, media report, after a record-long term in the nation's top job, sending the Tokyo stock market down more than 2 percent. 600 words 0600 GMT by Shingo Ito. Picture. Video. Graphic US-weather,WRAP LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana At least six people are killed by Hurricane Laura in Louisiana and search teams may find more victims but the governor says the most powerful storm to make landfall in the US state in living memory did not cause the "catastrophic" damage that had been feared. 700 words moved by Gianrigo Marletta and Andrew Cabalerro-Reynolds. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump tears into his election challenger Joe Biden as a threat to the "American Dream" in a bruising speech accepting the Republican nomination for a second term against a backdrop of racial tensions and the deadly coronavirus pandemic. 850 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video NKorea-typhoon SEOUL Typhoon Bavi toppled trees in the streets of North Korea's capital, though leader Kim Jong Un says the country was "fortunate" and had suffered only limited damage. 400 words moved. Video. Picture US-IT-China-politics-TikTok-Walmart-Microsoft,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO US retail giant Walmart says it has teamed with Microsoft to buy TikTok, the Chinese-owned short-form video app that has come under fire from the administration of President Donald Trump. 650 words moved by Glenn Chapman China-sport-MartialArts-drunken,VIDEOESSAY SHANGHAI Liu Xuliang lunges menacingly as if spoiling for a fight after too many drinks. But he is in fact stone-cold sober and an expert in an ancient Chinese martial art known as drunken boxing. 400 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Video. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-police-racism-unrest,WRAP KENOSHA, Wisconsin A strong police presence brings relative calm to the Midwestern US city of Kenosha after three nights of violence over the police shooting of a black man, as top sports leagues again called off matches in a protest against racism. 650 words moved by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video Also moving: US-politics-police-racism-unrest-art,SCENE US-politics-vote-Republicans-IvankaTrump,FOCUS WASHINGTON Ivanka Trump, the omnipresent first daughter who may harbor White House ambitions of her own, remains her president father's loyal senior advisor, seeking to humanize him as she introduced the "warrior" standing for re-election in November. 550 words 0530 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture US-economy-bank-rate-employment-inflation,WRAP WASHINGTON The US central bank rolls out a major policy change that gives greater weight to its mission of maximizing employment for the benefit of lower income families, while ratcheting back its emphasis on fighting inflation. 650 words moved by Heather Scott Basket-NBA-racism-shooting-players-season,WRAP LOS ANGELES NBA playoff games are called off for a second straight day following a boycott by the Milwaukee Bucks but the league is optimistic of restarting games by the weekend after players voted to continue the season. 700 words moved by Rob Woollard Health-virus-ElSalvador-education-internet,FOCUS El TIGRE, El Salvador Two sisters in western El Salvador are taking their love of learning to great heights: every day they climb a mountain, then scramble up an olive tree to get a signal to access their online college lessons. 550 words moved by Carlos Mario Marquez. Picture. Video Health-virus-Mexico-homeless,FOCUS NEZAHUALCOYOTL, Mexico After he lost his job because of the coronavirus pandemic, Andres Hernandez suddenly found himself trying to survive on the streets with his wife and children, joining Mexico's growing ranks of homeless. 600 words moved by Natalia Cano. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Myanmar-vote-justice-rights-religion-Islam,FOCUS MEIKTILA, Myanmar One of Myanmar's five million young adults, May Thandar Maung had been excited to cast her ballot for the very first time in November's election. But the 18-year-old is Muslim and says that means she will remain voiceless. 750 words moved by Su Myat Mon with Richard Sargent in Yangon. Picture. Video HongKong-China-politics,FOCUS HONG KONG Hong Kong police are using the past words and deeds of government critics to bolster investigations under the city's sweeping new security law, despite the legislation not being retroactive. 750 words moved by Su Xinqi. Picture. Video Vietnam-silk-environment-lifestyle,FOCUS HANOI Vietnamese weaver Phan Thi Thuan hitches up her trousers as she wades into a lotus paddy to gather the stems needed to make a rare and highly sought-after thread. 400 words moved by Alice Philipson. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Masks become compulsory throughout Paris as France battles a resurgence of the coronavirus and the death toll in the United States tops 180,000 750 words 0800 GMT by Tom Barfield with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Europe-education MADRID European nations are pushing ahead with reopening primary schools despite a rise in coronavirus cases, with smaller classes, shorter lessons and mask-wearing among the steps adopted to curb infections. 700 words 0530 GMT by Daniel Silva with AFP bureaus. File picture Montenegro-vote-politics,ADVANCER PODGORICA Montenegro's pro-West leader hopes to extend his party's 30-year grip on the EU candidate country in an election dominated by identity debates and anxiety over a pandemic-hit economy. 650 words moved by Olivera Nikolic. Picture. Video Also moved: Montenegro-vote,FACTS France-attacks-justice-trial-security-defence-Sahel,FOCUS PARIS The terrorist threat against Europe has mutated in the last half-decade as jihadist groups have seen their Middle East sanctuaries eroded, but analysts say the West must remain braced for more attacks. 700 words moved by Didier Lauras Also moved: France-attacks-justice-trial-Charlie-religion,FOCUS Sweden-religion-women,FOCUS STOCKHOLM Her white clergy robes flowing behind her, Sandra Signarsdotter walks down the aisle of Stockholm's Gustaf Vasa church greeting parishioners, a ritual of hers and a familiar sight in Sweden, where women now outnumber men as priests. 700 words moved by Nioucha Zakavati. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-television-Scott,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Legendary filmmaker Ridley Scott's first television series in decades, sci-fi show "Raised by Wolves," sees a pair of advanced male and female androids land on a new planet after the destruction of Earth, charged with raising a new colony of humans. 600 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File Picture Health-virus-Egypt-cinema,FOCUS CAIRO Egyptian cinemas are slowly reopening after months of lockdown, but the huge sector sometimes dubbed "the Hollywood of the Arab world" has taken a severe hit during the pandemic. 800 words moved by Menna Zaki. Picture. File Picture -- SCIENCE -- Science-chemistry-astronomy-meteorites-Earth-France,2ndlead WASHINGTON Water covers 70 percent of the Earth's surface and is crucial to life as we know it, but how it got here has been a longstanding scientific debate. The puzzle is a step closer to being solved after a French team reported they had identified which space rocks were responsible, and suggested our planet has been wet ever since it formed. 550 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. File picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr-Chelsea,FOCUS LONDON Chelsea coach Frank Lampard is under pressure to deliver a serious Premier League title challenge after a spending spree fuelled by his desire to catch champions Liverpool. 650 words moved by Steven Griffiths afp
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