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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + EU allows AstraZeneca Covid vaccine + Portugal moves to legalize euthanasia + China executes ex-banker in bribes case + GameStop frenzy fuels market volatility + Serena at zoo, Djokovic barefoot post-lockdown Health-virus,WRAP AMSTERDAM The European Union approves the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for use on all adults, as concerns grow around the world over the effectiveness of different jabs against new strains of Covid-19. 800 words 2000 GMT by Jan Hennop with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-vaccine,FACTS Health-virus-China,lead Portugal-euthanasia-parliament-law,WRAP LISBON Portugal's parliament passes a law allowing medically assisted dying, putting the Catholic-majority country on course to become the fourth in Europe to legalise euthanasia. 400 words 2000 GMT Also moved: Europe-euthanasia,FACTS China-corruption-banker-execution BEIJING China executes a former top banker accused of taking $260 million worth of bribes, as well as other forms of corruption and bigamy, state broadcaster CCTV reports. 500 words moved. File picture Markets-world, WRAP NEW YORK Global stocks tumble in another rocky session amid fallout over the volatile moves in GameStop and other equities, which soar ever higher. 600 words 2200 GMT by John Biers Tennis-AUS-Open-WTA-AFP-health-virus ADELAIDE, Australia Serena Williams takes her daughter to the zoo and Novak Djokovic walks barefoot in a park as the stars of tennis emerge from a fortnight of quarantine ahead of the coronavirus-delayed Australian Open. 650 words moved. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Morocco-prisoners-internet,FOCUS RABAT Moroccan former prisoners have moved out of their jail cells into the social media spotlight by sharing their thug life experiences on YouTube, making them minor celebrities. 750 words moved by Kaouthar Oudrhiri. Picture. Video Britain-books-children-MrMen,FOCUS LONDON It's an occasion that might make even Mr. Grumpy crack a smile. The colourful Mr. Men children's books are celebrating their 50th birthday. 750 words moved by Charlotte Durand. Picture. Video Fbl-conflict-CHAN-Cameroon-AFR,FOCUS LIMBE, Cameroon A stone's throw from the Mungo River which partly marks the dividing line between Cameroon's anglophone and francophone regions stand armoured vehicles and trucks filled with soldiers all of whom have been on careful watch since football's African Nations Championship got underway. 700 words by Jean-Baptiste Ketchateng moved. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-vaccine,4thlead WASHINGTON Johnson & Johnson's single-shot Covid-19 vaccine has an overall efficacy of 66 percent, the company announces following a multicontinent trial of almost 44,000 people. 650 words 2000 GMT by Issam Ahmed Also moved: Health-virus-Novavax-vaccine,3rdlead Health-virus-WHO GENEVA Faced with Covid-19, wealthy countries must avoid repeating past mistakes of hoarding medicines and vaccines, the World Health Organization says, warning such behaviour would only drag out the pandemic. 500 words moved by Nina Larson. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-diplomacy-Iran-nuclear,lead WASHINGTON The new US administration names Rob Malley, an architect of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, as its special envoy to resume talks with Tehran, defying pressure from hawks who accuse him of being too conciliatory toward the Islamic republic. 650 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi and Shaun Tandon. File Picture -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-opposition-protests,WRAP MOSCOW The brother and aides of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny are placed under house arrest ahead of new rallies, as Russian authorities warn that protesters could face charges of taking part in "mass unrest". 750 words 2000 GMT. Picture. Video France-politics-LePen,FOCUS Paris French far-right leader Marine Le Pen proposes a ban on the Muslim veil in all public places as she looks to expand her support following record recent polling putting her almost neck-and-neck with President Emmanuel Macron. 700 words moved by Adam Plowright and Anne Renaud. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict-UN-constitution,lead GENEVA Talks on a new constitution for Syria hit a brick wall this week, with the United Nations moderator concluding: "We can't continue like this". 500 words 1930 GMT by Robin Millard. Picture. Video Lebanon-politics-unrest,Q&A BEIRUT What is behind escalating street violence in Lebanon's Tripoli, and is the country heading towards mass social unrest as anger mounts over government mismanagement of many crises? 800 words moved by Bachir El Khoury. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- CAfrica-unrest-refugee-UN,WRAP GENEVA More than 200,000 people have been displaced by election-based violence in the Central African Republic in the past two months, the UN says, with around half fleeing to neighbouring countries. 600 words moved by Robin Millard Netherlands-Nigeria-oil-court-Shell,WRAP THE HAGUE A Dutch court orders Shell to pay compensation in a long-running case brought by a group of Nigerian farmers who accuse the oil giant of causing widespread pollution. 600 words moved by Danny Kemp with Joel Olatunde Agoi in Lagos. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Pakistan-UK-US-crime-media-Pearl,2ndlead ISLAMABAD Lawyers file a last-ditch attempt to overturn the acquittal of a British-born militant convicted of masterminding the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan, as the US exerts pressure in the case. 500 words moved China-Britain-HongKong-politics,WRAP BEIJING China says it will "no longer recognise" the British National (Overseas) passport for Hong Kongers as Britain prepares to offer millions of its former colonial subjects a way to escape Beijing's crackdown on dissent. 700 words moved by Laurie Chen with Yan Zhao in Hong Kong Myanmar-politics-army YANGON More than a dozen embassies, including the US and EU delegation, urge Myanmar to "adhere to democratic norms", joining the UN in a chorus of international concern about a possible coup. 500 words moved. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- Britain-stock-fashion-business-DrMartens LONDON British footwear group Dr Martens enters the London Stock Exchange, valuing the iconic brand at £3.7 billion (5.1 billion, 4.2 billion euros). 300 words moved -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Sundance LOS ANGELES The prestigious Sundance Film Festival, forced online this year by the pandemic, quietly opens to a virtual standing ovation for deaf family drama "CODA" about a high school teen pursuing her musical ambitions. 550 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture afp
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