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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Mali's president quits 'to avoid bloodshed' + EU urges Putin to push for talks in Belarus + Make virus vaccines mandatory: Australia PM + US Postal Service halts changes in vote row + PSG reach first ever Champions League final Mali-conflict-unrest,WRAP BAMAKO Mali's president resigns to avoid "bloodshed" after he is detained in a military coup, whose leaders pledge new elections to resolve a spiralling political crisis in the fragile West African nation. 750 words 0530 GMT by Serge Daniel and Malick Konate. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Mali-unrest-politics-Keita,PROFILE Mali-conflict-unrest,CHRONO Mali-politics-unrest,COUNTRY FACTFILE Belarus-vote-unrest,WRAP MOSCOW European leaders urge Russian President Vladimir Putin to push for dialogue in neighbouring Belarus as opposition supporters protest President Alexander Lukashenko's disputed election win for a 10th day. 800 words moved by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP SYDNEY Australia's leader calls for coronavirus immunsations to be mandatory, wading into the ethical and safety debates raging around the world as the race to develop a vaccine picks up pace. 650 words 0700 GMT by Andrew Beatty with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote-USPS,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Postal Service says it will halt changes blamed for slowing mail delivery until after the November election, changing course in the wake of the political firestorm President Donald Trump ignited when he acknowledged he wanted to undermine the agency. 700 words by moved Chris Stein. File picture Fbl-Eur-C1-GER-FRA-Leipzig-PSG LISBON Paris Saint-Germain go through to the final of the Champions League for the first time after goals by Marquinhos, Angel Di Maria and Juan Bernat saw them ease to a 3-0 win over RB Leipzig in a one-sided semi-final in Lisbon. 650 words moved by Andy Scott. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote,WRAP MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin US Democrats nominate Joe Biden as their 2020 presidential candidate, offering the Washington veteran as a "man of courage" who would sweep away the "chaos" of four years under Donald Trump. 850 words moved by Gabriela Bhaskar, with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-politics-vote-convention-health-virus,SCENE US-politics-vote-race,FOCUS MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin Oscar Walton is an African American in the must-win state of Wisconsin who sat out the 2016 election because he felt neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump spoke for him. 650 words moved by Elodie Cuzin. Picture. Video US-IT-lifestyle-transport-Uber-Lyft,ADVANCER SAN FRANCISCO Uber and Lyft are hoping a courtroom reprieve will spare them from shutting down their rival smartphone-summoned ride services in California on Friday. 600 words 0530 GMT by Glenn Chapman. File picture. Video US-Russia-politics-espionage-election-2016,lead WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign chairman shared information with Russian intelligence, posing a "grave" espionage threat to the US, according to a new Senate report. 650 words moved by Paul Handley. File picture US-crime-murder-California-victims,lead LOS ANGELES Dozens of women and men who were terrorized by California's 'Golden State Killer' during a sadistic decade-long crime spree finally get their day in court as they speak emotionally of their trauma. 600 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit. Picture Russia-Mexico-history-Trotsky,FOCUS MEXICO CITY Bullet holes still pockmark the walls of the house in Mexico where Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky was brutally murdered 80 years ago, a reminder of an earlier failed assassination attempt. 600 words 0300 GMT by Natalia Cano with Moises Avila in Havana. Picture. Video Also moving: Russia-Mexico-history-Trotsky-axe,FOCUS Russia-Trotsky,FACTS Canada-politics-finance,WRAP OTTAWA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau taps Chrystia Freeland to be Canada's first female finance minister as an ethics scandal that clipped her predecessor's wings reverberates through his government. 650 words moved by Michel Comte. Picture Brazil-environment-fires-politics,FOCUS NOVO PROGRESSO, Brazil It takes a little over half an hour for the flames to devour Pedro Gomes's field at the edge of the Amazon rainforest, clearing the land for him to plant crops. 700 words moved by Jordi Miro. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-health-virus-agriculture-economy-poverty,FOCUS LOUDI, Hunan Bamboo rat farmer Liu Yanqun was just starting to make plump returns from his rodents in his farm in central China when the coronavirus broke out. 650 words 0600 GMT by Beiyi Seow. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Bulgaria-politics-corruption-protest,FOCUS SOFIA The anti-corruption protests that have been roiling in the streets of the Bulgarian capital Sofia for the past six weeks have united people from across the country and all walks of life. 650 words moved by Vessela Sergueva. Picture. Video Germany-Eritrea-trial-migrants FRANKFURT An Eritrean man goes on trial in Germany on Wednesday for throwing a boy under a train during an episode of paranoid schizophrenia, in a case that stoked a heated immigration debate. 550 words moved by Daniel Wolf with Femke Colborne in Berlin -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-social-LGBT-rights,FOCUS JERUSALEM Israelis Harel Barak and Yakir Kanneli have been married for four years -- but as a gay couple, they are legally barred from starting a family. 700 words moved by Alexandra Vardi. Picture -- AFRICA -- Kenya-health-virus-education-poverty,FOCUS NAIROBI Kenyan teenager Bella Achieng Otieno wants nothing more than to return to her classroom, growing anxious about her future with every passing day her school is closed due to coronavirus. 750 words moved by Cyril Belaud. Video. Picture SAfrica-Health-virus-corruption,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG South Africa is reeling from coronavirus-linked corruption scandals that have battered President Cyril Ramaphosa's credibility and the country's image abroad, but spurred unprecedented efforts to boost transparency. 900 words moved by Sofia Christensen. File Picture. File Video -- SPORT -- RugbyU-Super-NZL-WAI-Lions-Gatland,FOCUS WELLINGTON Warren Gatland was being hailed as rugby union's greatest ever coach just two months ago, but the New Zealander's reputation has taken a battering after his Waikato Chiefs' horror show in Super Rugby Aotearoa. 550 words moved by Neil Sands. File picture afp
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