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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Myanmar protesters return to Yangon's streets + Japan starts vaccines as world virus cases fall + Millions without power as record storm hits US + Deep-space comet killed the dinosaurs: study + Home hope out, but Aussie Open fans to return Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's anti-coup protesters return to the streets in force in Yangon's biggest demonstrations since troops fanned out around the country to quell opposition to the new military junta. 650 words 0800 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Also moving: Myanmar-politics-military,Q&A Also moved: Myanmar-politics-military-music-demonstration,FOCUS Health-virus,WRAP TOKYO Japan launches its coronavirus vaccination programme, five months ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, as the World Health Organization reports a fall in cases around the world. 650 words 0530 GMT by Natsuko Fukue, with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. US-weather,WRAP WASHINGTON Millions are left without power as a deadly winter storm grips the southern and central United States, and at least three people were killed after a tornado smashed into their community. 600 words moved by Thomas Watkins. Picture. Video Also moved: Greece-weather,LEAD Science-space-astronomy,FOCUS WASHINGTON Sixty-six million years ago, a huge celestial object struck off the coast of what is now Mexico, triggering a catastrophic "impact winter" that eventually wiped out three-quarters of life on Earth, including the dinosaurs. 650 words moved by Issam Ahmed and Lucie Aubourg. Picture Tennis-AUS-Open,WRAP MELBOURNE, Australia World number one and home hope Ashleigh Barty's Australian Open comes to a juddering halt in the quarter-finals, just as fans are cleared to return after an eerie, five-day coronavirus lockdown. 550 words 0600 GMT. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Entertainment-Iran-games-technology,FOCUS TEHRAN Iran's millions-strong legion of gamers revel in online worlds, but they have to fight daily real-life obstacles imposed by US sanctions in their quest to level up and keep playing. 900 words moved by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video Libya-conflict-technology-business,FOCUS TRIPOLI For those needing space to do business in Libya, a country beset by frequent blackouts and internet cuts after a decade of war, coworking has become increasingly popular. 750 words moved by Rim Taher. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Japan-vaccines-Oly-2020-2021,LEAD TOKYO Japan begins vaccinating healthcare workers against the coronavirus, as it rolls out a cautious inoculation programme with just over five months until the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. 650 words 0600 GMT by Natsuko Fukue. Picture. Video. Live video WTO-economy-trade-diplomacy-health-virus-vaccines WASHINGTON Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, newly selected head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), says she will push for concrete results in addressing the dual economic and health crises facing the globe. 800 words moved by Heather Scott. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-politics-Cuomo,FOCUS NEW YORK New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's straight-talking and empathetic approach to the coronavirus crisis raging in his state earned him national adoration last spring, contrasting sharply with the often-confusing mixed messages from former President Donald Trump. 700 words moved by Peter Hutchinson. File picture --ENVIRONMENT -- Denmark-Greenland-mining-politics,FOCUS COPENHAGEN A rare-earth mining project in Greenland has reignited dreams of the autonomous Arctic territory's full independence from Denmark one day, but environmentalists fear large-scale mining could harm the remote island's pristine landscape. 900 words moved by Camille Bas-Wohlert. File Picture Colombia-environment-indigenous-animal,FOCUS PURACE, Colombia Rosendo Quira silently shakes a medicinal plant to attract a condor to the bait. The bird of prey glides through the clouds over Colombia towards a mountain pass some 3,200 meters above the sea. 650 words moved. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-economy,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden is sidestepping a divided Congress and going straight to the nation with a televised town hall in Wisconsin seeking support for his $1.9 trillion economic rescue package. 600 word moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture Also moved: US-diplomacy-politics-Saudi-Israel-Biden,lead US-politics-Republicans-Trump,2ndlead US-politics-Republicans-Trump,2ndlead WASHINGTON Donald Trump urges Republican senators to dump Mitch McConnell as their leader in the Senate following his withering criticism of the former US president after his impeachment trial. 700 words moved Health-virus-economy-coffee,FOCUS BOGOTA As cafes and office canteens shuttered worldwide due to the coronavirus pandemic, coffee growers feared 2020 would be a bitter year for business. But the sector was saved from ruin by a blend of rising home consumption, good prices, and better-than-expected production yields in some countries. 750 words moved by Lina Vanegas Colombia-environment-indigenous-animal,FOCUS PURACE, Colombia Rosendo Quira silently shakes a medicinal plant to attract a condor to the bait. The bird of prey glides through the clouds over Colombia towards a mountain pass some 3,200 meters above the sea. 650 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-unrest-politics-Fulani-crime,FOCUS IBADAN, Nigeria The smouldering remains of the market in a southwestern Nigerian city testify to the violence of ethnic clashes that have shocked a local community famed for living in harmony. 750 words moved by Joel Olatunde Agoi. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Yemen-conflict,WRAP DUBAI The United Nations and United States voice alarm over a Huthi rebel advance on the Yemeni government's last northern stronghold of Marib amid fears the assault could endanger millions of civilians. 750 words moved by Shatha Yaish. Picture Britain-UAE-royals-rights,lead LONDON The daughter of Dubai's ruler says she is being held captive and fears for her life after a foiled attempt to flee, according to footage broadcast. 500 words moved. Video. File picture -- EUROPE -- Italy-politics,WRAP ROME Italy's new Prime Minister Mario Draghi is to unveil his rescue plan for the country two weeks after he was drafted in to tackle the coronavirus crisis. 650 words moved by Alvise Armellini. Picture NATO-diplomacy-Afghanistan-conflict-US,WRAP BRUSSELS NATO defence ministers meet Wednesday for their first talks since US President Joe Biden took over from Donald Trump with a vow to soothe tensions between Washington and its closest partners. 600 words moved by Max Delany -- ASIA -- Thailand-crime-drugs-health,FOCUS BANGKOK Thailand has long been a global gateway for exports of the drug but the coronavirus pandemic's sudden disruption of international transport has seen a surge in cut-price "yaba" tablets in the local market. 650 words moved by Lisa Martin and Pitcha Dangprasith. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Tennis-AUS-Open-women-semis,PREVIEW MELBOURNE, Australia Serena Williams knows she must raise another level against "cool cat" Naomi Osaka to keep alive her dream of a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam crown, wary of again falling victim to the Japanese superstar. 500 words 0700 GMT by Martin Parry. Picture Also moving: Tennis-AUS-Open-Osaka-Williams,POINTS Tennis-AUS-Open-Osaka-Williams,FACTS Tennis-AUS-Open-Muchova-Brady,FACTS Tennis-AUS-Open-Djokovic-Karatsev,PREVIEW Tennis-AUS-Open-Djokovic-Karatsev,FACTS fbl-Eur-C1-ESP-FRA-Barcelona-PSG,lead BARCELONA Kylian Mbappe rips Barcelona apart by scoring a stunning hat-trick in a 4-1 rout to put Paris Saint-Germain on the brink of the Champions League quarter-finals. 700 words moved. Picture Also moved: Fbl-Eur-C1-ESP-FRA-Barcelona-PSG-Mbappe-Press afp
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