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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + AstraZeneca vaccine paused over blood clot fears + UN fears Myanmar 'crimes against humanity' + Japan marks decade since devastating tsunami + Prince William denies British royals are racist + Beeple digital collage sells for record $69.3 mn Health-virus,WRAP THE HAGUE Several countries suspend the use of AstraZeneca's vaccine over blood clot fears, prompting Europe's medical agency to quickly reassure the public there are no known health risks linked to the jab. 800 words 2100 GMT by Danny Kemp and AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics. Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's military is likely committing "crimes against humanity" in its attempt to stay in power, a UN expert says, as the junta claims ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi accepted illegal payments of cash and gold. 850 words 2000 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Myanmar-politics-coup-UN-rights,2ndlead Myanmar-politics-military-US-lobbying Myanmar-politics-military-SriLanka-diplomacy Myanmar-politics-military-rights-Amnesty Japan-tsunami-earthquake-nuclear-anniversary,WRAP HISANOHAMA, Japan Japan falls silent to mark 10 years since its worst natural disaster in living memory: a powerful earthquake, deadly tsunami and resulting nuclear meltdown that traumatised a nation. 650 words moved by Harumi Ozawa with Sara Hussein in Tokyo. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live video Also moved: Japan-tsunami-anniversary-earthquake-nuclear-disaster,FOCUS Britain-US-royals-racism,WRAP LONDON Prince William defends the British royal family after his younger brother Harry and wife Meghan accused them of racism in a bombshell interview watched around the world. 650 words moved by Jitendra Joshi and Phil Hazlewood. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Britain-US-royals-media,FOCUS US-art-IT-Beeple-auction,WRAP NEW YORK A digital collage by American artist Beeple sells for a record $69.3 million at Christie's auctioneers, as virtual art rapidly establishes itself as a new -- and highly profitable -- creative genre. 600 words 2000 GMT by Thomas Urbain, and Ben Sheppard in Washington. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Dominican-Haiti-migration,FOCUS DAJABON, Dominican Republic Barefoot and with their pant legs rolled up, Haitians wade through a river into the neighboring Dominican Republic. They do this every morning on their way to work, and return by the same arduous route at day's end to avoid paying bribes to border guards. 700 words moved by Erika Santelices. Picture. Video Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-missing,FOCUS YEREVAN Ruzanna Vartanyan has spent the past five months trapped somewhere between hope and despair as she prays to see her oldest son Sarkis again. 750 words moved Max Delany. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-weaponry,VIDEOESSAY MAARET MISRIN, Syria In a scrapyard in northwest Syria, nine-year-old Malik lifts and drops neutralised mortar shells into a neat pile to help his family eke out a living after fleeing war. 600 words moved by Aaref Watad. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-economy-health-Biden,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden signs into law his $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief plan, ahead of a first primetime television address to urge "hope" on the first anniversary of the start of the pandemic. 700 words 2000 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic US-racism-police-trial-jury,FOCUS MINNEAPOLIS Millions of people have watched the video of George Floyd's death -- a dozen will decide the fate of the white policeman seen kneeling for nearly nine minutes on his neck. 650 words moved by Charlotte Plantive and Chris Lefkow in Washington -- EUROPE -- Britain-police-murder-arrest,lead LONDON British police say they have been granted more time to hold a fellow officer, serving in London's diplomatic protection branch, arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and murdering a missing woman. 500 words 1930 GMT by Joe Jackson and Callum Paton. Picture. Video Also moved: Britain-crime-women-safety,FOCUS -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-UAE-diplomacy,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancels a historic visit to the United Arab Emirates, citing a disagreement with Jordan over crossing its airspace. 500 words moved. Picture Morocco-politics-drugs-cannabis,WRAP RABAT The government of Morocco, the world's top hashish producer, ratifies a draft bill to legalise the medical use of cannabis but upheld a ban on its recreational use. 500 words moved by Sophie Pons. Egypt-fire,WRAP CAIRO At least 20 people are killed and 24 others injured in a clothing factory fire on the eastern outskirts of the Egyptian capital. 350 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-conflict-politics-diplomacy,lead ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia's Amhara region denies its forces engaged in "ethnic cleansing" in conflict-hit Tigray, a day after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken used the phrase in public testimony. 630 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet Mauritania-politics-corruption,WRAP NOUAKCHOTT A Mauritania state prosecutor requests corruption charges against former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, and about ten other senior figures, after an investigation into his decade-long rule in the country. 600 words moved by Hademine Ould Sadi -- ASIA -- China-HongKong-vote-government-parliament,WRAP BEIJING China's rubber-stamp parliament votes for sweeping changes to Hong Kong's electoral system -- including powers to veto candidates -- as Beijing moves to ensure that only "patriots" run the city following huge pro-democracy rallies. 850 words 2000 GMT by Beiyi Seow and Leo Ramirez. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic -- ECONOMY -- ECB-EU-eurozone-rates-banking,WRAP FRANKFURT The European Central Bank says it will significantly ramp up the pace of its pandemic emergency bond buys, in a bid to soothe market jitters about a rise in government borrowing costs. 650 words moved by Michelle Fitzpatrick. File picture -- SPORT -- Tennis-ATP-QAT-Federer,WRAP DOHA Roger Federer squanders a match point and is knocked out of the Qatar Open by Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili in just his second match since a 13-month injury absence. 600 words 2000 GMT by Greg Walton Oly-2020-2021-2022-IOC-Bach-health-virus,3rdlead LAUSANNE, Switzerland Competitors at this year's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics and the 2022 Beijing Winter Games will be offered coronavirus vaccines purchased from China, Olympic chief Thomas Bach announces in a significant move for the holding of the Covid-delayed Tokyo Games. 650 words moved by Coralie Febvre -- SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-regulation-economics-CO2-US,FOCUS PARIS The United States is updating a figure that experts say could help transform American climate action and reverberate around the world -- the price it puts on future damages to society caused by carbon pollution today. 1,200 words moved by Kelly Macnamara and Marlowe Hood -- LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT -- Switzerland-luxury-celebrity-US-Britain-royals ZURICH Swiss spectacles manufacturer Gotti says it has been inundated with demand for the glasses worn by Oprah Winfrey for her TV interview with Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan. 400 words moved by Nathalie Olof-Ors. Picture Entertainment-Spain-television-chess,FOCUS LA GARRIGA, Spain At David Ferrer's factory, workers are busy cutting, trimming and stitching together fine sheets of wood to make chessboards to meet a surge in orders in the wake of the runaway success of the Netflix series, "The Queen's Gambit". 650 words moved by Daniel Bosque. Picture. Video afp
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