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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden starts transition, Trump refuses to concede + Storm Eta lashes Cuba, heads to Florida + Global virus cases top 50 million + Kosovo leader faces war crimes court + Hyperloop carries first passengers US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON US President-elect Joe Biden takes the first steps towards moving into the White House in 73 days, as Donald Trump again refuses to admit defeat and tries to sow doubt about the election results. 950 words moved by Chris Lefkow. Picture. Video. Graphic US-Cuba-weather-Eta,WRAP MIAMI Storm Eta heads towards Florida and is set to strengthen into a hurricane after slamming Cuba and earlier cutting a deadly path through Central America and southern Mexico. 500 words 1030 GMT by Leila Macor with Carlos Batista in Havana. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The global tally of people infected by the coronavirus shoots past 50 million as US president-elect Joe Biden gears up to name the scientists who will lead the country's response to its disastrous outbreak. 600 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Serbia-Kosovo-politics-warcrimes-justice,WRAP THE HAGUE Kosovo's former president Hashim Thaci is to appear before a war crimes court in The Hague to face charges stemming from the 1990s conflict between Kosovo and Serbia. 450 words 1200 GMT by Sara Magniette. File picture Also moving: Kosovo-politcs-warcrimes-court-Thaci,PROFILE Kosovo-politics-warcrimes-court-Thaci-Serbia-conflict,FACTS Kosovo-Bosnia-Serbia-war,FACTS Technology-transport-science LOS ANGELES The Virgin Hyperloop made its first journey carrying passengers Sunday, in a test the company claimed represented a major step forward for the "groundbreaking" technology capable of transporting people at 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) an hour. 300 words moved. File picture -- US VOTE -- Markets-world,WRAP LONDON Equities and oil prices rally, while the dollar trades mixed, as Joe Biden's election win reduces markets uncertainty and provides hope that the US will finally agree on a stimulus package to prop up the ailing economy. 600 words 1030 GMT US-vote-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON His brow furrowed, shoulders slightly slumped, Donald Trump seemed alone on his golf course near Washington. It was the physical reflection of a nightmarish weekend. 700 words moved by Lucie Aubourg. Picture. Video US-vote-Biden-Senate,FOCUS WASHINGTON Joe Biden's ambitious presidential plans -- including Covid-19 relief and climate action, not to mention naming a cabinet -- rest largely on Congress, where a Senate under potential Republican control could throw a political spanner in the works. 700 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture US-vote-diplomacy-Biden,FOCUS WASHINGTON US allies waste no time in congratulating Joe Biden on his projected victory, as the president-elect vows to restore America's global role following President Donald Trump's chaotic four years in power. 750 words moved by Shaun Tandon with Francesco Fontemaggi. File picture US-vote-Trump-offbeat WASHINGTON It was billed as a major press event at Philadelphia's Four Seasons but a briefing by Donald Trump's lawyers is mercilessly mocked when it emerges the venue is not the plush hotel but a suburban garden center next to a sex shop. 350 words moved. Picture US-vote-Biden-NKorea,FOCUS SEOUL Headline-grabbing summits between the leaders of North Korea and the United States will be off the agenda for some time, analysts say, after US president-elect Joe Biden characterised Kim Jong Un a "thug", in contrast to Donald Trump's declarations of love. 700 words moved by Sunghee Hwang. File Picture. Video Also moved: US-vote-diplomacy-China US-vote-Mexico-diplomacy,FOCUS MEXICO After years of close ties with Donald Trump, Mexico must now reshape its complex relations with the United States under Joe Biden, including on the key issues of trade and immigration. 650 words moved by Sofia Miselem US-vote-Cuba-diplomacy,FOCUS HAVANA Most Cubans don't know Joe Biden, or what policies he will pursue toward the Communist island, but they are crystal clear on one thing: any US president will be better than Donald Trump. 700 words moved by Carlos Batista Also moved: US-vote-Brazil-Bolsonaro,FOCUS US-vote-Trump-future,FOCUS US-politics-internet-Twitter-Trump,FOCUS US-vote-Trump-court,FOCUS US-vote-Iran,FOCUS TEHRAN Joe Biden has promised a change in US policy on Iran, but the president-elect's room for manoeuvre with the Islamic republic is narrow, and time is running out. 650 words 1000 GMT by Marc Jourdier US-vote-Iraq,FOCUS BAGHDAD Iraq's pro-Tehran factions have welcomed Joe Biden's election as US president, alarming officials and activists in Baghdad who fear a US-Iran deescalation could empower hardliners in their own country. 850 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-conflict-politics,FOCUS TEKELDENGY, Ethiopia The last time Ethiopian farmer Zeleke Alabachew saw combat was two decades ago, when a border war broke out with neighbouring Eritrea and he joined a ragtag militia that went to the front. Now he is preparing to fight a war in his own country. 800 words 1000 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Graphic -- MIDEAST & NORTH AFRICA Libya-conflict-diplomacy-Tunisa GAMMARTH, Tunisia Rival Libyan factions start UN-supervised talks aimed at preparing for elections and bringing a lasting peace in the war-torn North African country. 600 words 1200 GMT. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- France-history-WWII,FOCUS LIMOGES, France France this week commemorates as a hero a boy aged just six who died in World World II and worked with the resistance to Nazi occupiers by carrying messages for the resistance leaders under his shirt. 600 words 1030 GMT by Pierre Hel. Picture Britain-police-espionage-inquiry,FOCUS LONDON In 2010, friends told Kate Wilson that her ex-boyfriend and confidant Mark Stone, whom she met at an anti-G8 meeting, never existed. 750 words moved by Martine Pauwels Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-Denmark-fish,FOCUS THYBORON, Denmark In Thyboron, a port in western Denmark, the sky is grey and overcast and fishermen look just as gloomy as soon as the word Brexit is mentioned. 650 words moved by Camille Bas-Wohlert. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Philippines-environment-crime,FOCUS MANILA A gardening craze dubbed "plantdemic" has spread across the Philippines after coronavirus restrictions fuelled demand for greenery, sending plant prices soaring and sparking a rise in poaching from public parks and protected forests. 650 words moved by Mikhail Flores. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Cricket-IND-IPL-fantasy-India MUMBAI Unable to bet legally, tens of millions of Indian cricket fans have turned to fantasy games based on the Indian Premier League, exploiting a loophole to create a billion-dollar industry. 650 words moved by Vishal Manve, with Faisal Kamal in Delhi. File Picture -- LIFESTYLE -- China-economy-lifestyle-luxury-retail,FOCUS BEIJING The discovery of a Burberry jacket she does not recall buying proved to Chen Rui that she was right to have brought in experts to manage her out-of-control luxury wardrobe. 650 words moved by Ye Qian and Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- US-television-obituary-Trebek,lead LOS ANGELES Alex Trebek, whose decades as host of the quiz show "Jeopardy!" made him one of the most popular fixtures on American television, dies at age 80. 550 words moved afp
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