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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + WHO to meet over AstraZeneca concerns + Yangon residents flee flashpoint area + North Korean leader's sister warns US + Lethal pollution 'high despite lockdowns' + Elon Musk dubbed 'Technoking' at Tesla Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA WHO safety experts prepared to meet over the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine whose rollout has been halted in several European countries over blood clot fears, imperilling the pandemic fight as infection rates surge. 700 words 1200 GMT by Nina Larson with AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Residents of a protest flashpoint district in Myanmar's biggest city flee on flatbed trucks and tuk tuks after security forces escalate the use of lethal force against anti-coup protesters, despite international appeals for restraint. 650 words 1030 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic NKorea-US-SKorea-diplomacy,WRAP SEOUL North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's influential sister warned the United States against actions that could make it "lose sleep", state media report, as top Biden administration officials begin a visit to key allies Tokyo and Seoul. 700 words moved by Sunghee Hwang. File picture Health-virus-pollution-environment,WRAP PARIS Deadly small particle pollution in four of five nations exceeded World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations last year despite Covid lockdowns, according to a new report. 550 words 1000 GMT by Marlowe Hood US-automobile-enterprises-management-Musk-Tesla,lead NEW YORK Electric carmaker Tesla has crowned its brash billionaire founder and CEO Elon Musk with a new title: Technoking 300 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- Ethiopia-Eritrea-Tigray-conflict-unrest,FOCUS WUKRO, Ethiopia Kibrom Hailu wasn't too worried when his 15-year-old son stepped out to play volleyball one morning last month near their home in Wukro, in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray region. Only when he heard gunfire did Kibrom realise the danger, and by then it was too late. 1,000 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video -- MYANMAR COUP -- Myanmar-politics-military-soldier,FOCUS YANGON Dressed in his army uniform, Shing Ling flashes a three-finger salute for defiant social media posts after deserting Myanmar's military to join the democracy movement. 600 words moved. Picture. Video Myanmar-politics-military-India-flee,FOCUS AIZAWI, India Shaking and clutching his T-shirt, Myanmar soldier Kywe recalled the violence he said he was told to use on people in his own community -- orders that triggered his escape to India. 650 words moved by Aishwarya Kumar. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-China-vaccine BEIJING China is poised to ease border restrictions to allow some foreigners -- including from the US, India and Pakistan -- back in, provided they have taken a Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccine. 350 words moved Health-virus-Portugal,FOCUS AZORES, Portugal Battered by North Atlantic weather and sometimes starved of vital supplies, the tiny Portuguese island of Corvo has a crucial advantage in the fight against the pandemic: its remoteness. 500 words moved by Thomas Cabral. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-politics-defence-security-diplomacy,WRAP LONDON Britain unveils what is being billed as its biggest overhaul of security, defence and foreign policy since the end of the Cold War, as it looks for greater opportunities beyond the European Union and seeks to responds to threats from Russia and China. 650 words 1200 GMT by Joe Jackson. Picture. Video Greece-Turkey-diplomacy-energy ATHENS NATO members Greece and Turkey meet to try once more to settle their standoff over eastern Mediterranean borders and energy rights. 400 words moved by Helene Colliopoulou Netherlands-vote-health-virus-Urk,FOCUS URK, The Netherlands In the strict Protestant village where the first Dutch coronavirus riots broke out, many people voting in national elections are leaning towards a populist anti-lockdown party. 500 words 1100 GMT by Pierre Donadieu. Video -- AFRICA -- Tanzania-politics-Magufuli-health,FOCUS DAR ES SALAAM Where is Tanzania's President John Magufuli? The 61-year-old has been seen in public for 17 days, and despite a clamour of rumours of ill-health, authorities have yet to provide clear answers as to his whereabouts. 750 words 1000 GMT. File Picture SAfrica-royals-tradition,ADVANCER JOHANNESBURG South Africa's largest ethnic group, the Zulus, will bid farewell on Thursday to their king Goodwill Zwelithini, who for half a century was their charismatic but also controversial figurehead. 650 words 1000 GMT by Claire Doyen and Susan Njanji. File picture Sudan-Ethiopia-border,Q&A KHARTOUM A decades-old border dispute over fertile farmland between Sudan and Ethiopia is feeding regional rivalry and even sparking fears of broader conflict, analysts say. 850 words moved. File picture. Graphic Burkina-Mali-unrest-refugees,SCENE DORI, Burkina Faso Malian refugees fleeing violence return to a camp in northeastern Burkina Faso, happy to come back to their haven but worried by their uncertain future. 600 words 1130 GMT by Armel Baily. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Yemen-conflict-migrants,WRAP DUBAI Human Rights Watch accuses Yemen's Huthi rebels of launching "unidentified projectiles" into a migrant holding facility, killing dozens of people earlier this month. 450 words 1100 GMT Israel-vote-minorities-crime,FOCUS JALJULIA, Israel It had been days since 14-year-old Mohammed Adas was shot dead outside his home in Israel, but his mother Suheila couldn't bear to wash his scent off his clothes. 750 words moved by Majeda El-Batsh and Claire Gounon. Picture Also moved: Israel-vote-Bennett,PROFILE Israel-vote-Saar,PROFILE Yemen-conflict-Qaeda,FOCUS ABU DHABI Years of setbacks have weakened the once mighty Yemeni branch of Al-Qaeda, but the militants are seizing the opportunity to regenerate while the government and Huthi rebels are locked in a fight to the death in the north. 850 words moved by Fawaz Al Haidari. File picture Iraq-Kurds-justice-health,FOCUS HALABJA, Iraq Hawker Saber is one of the survivors of the chemical attack Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein ordered on the Kurdish town of Halabja 33 years ago, but he needs a respirator to stay alive. 600 words moved by Shwan Muhammad. Picture. File picture. Video -- ASIA -- Defence-diplomacy-US-Taiwan-China-Japan TOKYO China's accelerated military modernisation poses a clear and growing threat to Taiwan, and US intervention might only risk intensifying pressure from Beijing, US defence officials say. 600 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-economy-spending-stimulus,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus will start flooding into the US economy soon, and some analysts say much of that money could end up invested in stocks or even bitcoin. 550 words moved US-racism-justice-Floyd,FOCUS MINNEAPOLIS, United States Memorial or no-go zone? The Minneapolis intersection where George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man who was killed last summer by a white police officer, has become a bit of both. 650 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. Picture Bolivia-politics,WRAP LA PAZ Bolivia's opposition call for protests against the arrest and detention of former president Jeanine Anez on charges of leading a coup d'etat against her socialist predecessor Evo Morales. 800 words moved by Jose Arturo Cardenas. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Yachting-AmCup AUCKLAND Team New Zealand have reached match point in the America's Cup against Luna Rossa but were denied a chance to clinch the trophy when fickle winds forced the day's second race to be abandoned. 450 words moved. Picture afp
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