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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + UN health agency says AstraZeneca jab is safe + Russia backs Taliban role in Afghanistan govt + Controversial South African Zulu king dead at 72 + Minneapolis to pay George Floyd's family $27 mn + Olympic chief urges no boycott of Beijing Games Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA The World Health Organization says there is no reason to stop using AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine after several countries suspended the rollout over blood clot fears while some nations begin warning of another virus wave. 700 words 2030 GMT by Robin Millard with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Russia-Turkey-Afghanistan-diplomacy,WRAP MOSCOW Russia backs a US initiative to include the Taliban in a future interim Afghanistan government, as global powers ramp up efforts to secure a peace deal and end decades of war. 650 words moved by Jonathan Brown with Burin Gercek in Ankara SAfrica-royals-Zwelithini-death,WRAP JOHANNESBURG Goodwill Zwelithini, the controversial but revered king of the Zulus, South Africa's largest ethnic group, has died aged 72 after weeks in hospital for a diabetes-related illness, the royal palace announces. 850 words moved by Susan Njanji and Hillary Orinde. File Picture. Video US-racism-police-trial-settlement,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS The family of George Floyd, the Black man who died while being arrested by a white police officer in Minneapolis, has reached a $27 million settlement with the Minnesota city, lawyers for the family announces. 500 words 2000 GMT by Joy Powell Oly-2022-IOC-Bach-China-Uighurs-rights LAUSANNE Olympic chief Thomas Bach pleads for no boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Games over China's treatment of its Uighur minority, saying such a move would only punish athletes. 450 words 1930 GMT by Coralie Febvre -- SPOTLIGHT -- India-fashion-economy-discrimination,FOCUS MUMBAI The sound of men punching holes into colourful rubber sheets reverberates across a tiny studio in India's largest slum -- an unlikely birthplace for luxury handbags made by a marginalised community seeking to reclaim its identity. 700 words moved by Ammu Kannampilly. Picture. Video China-lifestyle-animal,FOCUS SHANGHAI A baby raccoon to stroke while you sip your skinny latte? Or a snake to coil around you after your cappuccino? Forget dog or cat cafes, Shanghai's animal cafe scene has expanded to include a wider -- and more exotic -- kingdom. 500 words moved by Peter Stebbings and Lan Lianchao. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- US-Japan-India-Australia-China-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON India will produce more than one billion more Covid vaccine doses by the end of next year in an initiative launched with the United States, Japan and Australia, challenging China as the four leaders held their first-ever joint summit. 700 words 2030 GMT by Shaun Tandon with Bhuvan Bagga in New Delhi. Picture. Video Health-virus-Italy,4thlead ROME Schools, restaurants, shops and museums are ordered to close across most of Italy from next week, after Prime Minister Mario Draghi warns of a "new wave" of coronavirus infections. 600 words moved by Alice Ritchie. Picture. Video. Also moved: Health-virus-wine-France,FOCUS Health-virus-pharmaceutical,FACTS -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Cuomo,WRAP NEW YORK New York Governor Andrew Cuomo refuses to step down amid a swirl of sexual harassment allegations and fresh calls by influential Democrats to quit his post. 550 words 2000 GMT by Catherine Triomphe -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-unrest-kidnap-school,WRAP KANO Gunmen raid a college in northwestern Nigeria and kidnap at least 30 students, government officials and parents say, in the latest mass abduction targeting a school. 650 words moved by Aminu Abubakar with Joel Olatunde Agoi in Lagos. -- EUROPE -- Health-science-children-twins,lead PARIS More twins -- one in every 42 children born -- are coming into the world than ever before, according to new research citing the rapid rise in medically assisted reproduction as a key factor. 550 words moved by Marlowe Hood -- MIDEAST -- Libya-conflict-politics,Q&A TRIPOLI Libya's new government, approved in a "historic" parliamentary vote this week, faces a long list of challenges to unite the country after 10 years of strife. 700 words moved by Hamza Mekouar -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Britain advises its citizens to flee Myanmar, as ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi's lawyer rejects junta corruption claims against her as 'groundless'. 800 words moved. Photo. Video. Graphic Also moved: Myanmar-politics-military-India Myanmar-politics-military-press China-HongKong-politics,WRAP BEIJING China's plans for electoral reform in Hong Kong, coupled with the imposition of a security law, amount to a "combination of punches" to quell unrest in the southern city, a top Beijing official says. 550 words moved by Beiyi Seow and Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- OECD-economy-politics-Australia,WRAP PARIS Australia's former finance minister Mathias Cormann is elected as the new head of the OECD group of advanced economies, despite warnings from environmental groups his record on fighting climate change is not strong enough. 600 words moved by Eve Szeftel and Adam Plowright Also moved: OECD-economy-politics-Australia,PROFILE Africa-economy-poverty-debt ABIDJAN Africa's economy should return to growth in aggregate across the continent in 2021 after a coronavirus recession, the African Development Bank forecasts, while warning that poverty and public debt will continue to rise. 450 words moved -- ENTERTAINMENT & LIFESTYLE -- Entertainment-US-music-Grammys,ADVANCER NEW YORK With a Black Lives Matter protest song and one of the year's hottest hits, Beyonce will strive Sunday to end her streak of snubs at the Grammys, as the music world attempts to turn the page on a devastating 2020. 850 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. File picture. Graphic Also moved: Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-nominees,FACTS US-arts-festival-health-virus,PHOTOESSAY PALM SPRINGS Desert X becomes one of the first large-scale art festivals to reopen in the pandemic, welcoming visitors to outdoor installations scattered across 40 miles of the Coachella Valley. 650 words 2030 GMT by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video France-film-award-gender-virus PARIS France's annual celebration of cinema, Les Cesars, hopes for renewal after a bitter fall-out last year over the industry's response to the #MeToo movement. 500 words moved by Francois Becker. Graphic afp
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