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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Myanmar protesters return to streets in force + 'Hundreds' of schoolboys abducted in Nigeria + Millions without power as record storm hits US + Japan starts vaccinations as cases fall worldwide + Deep-space comet killed the dinosaurs: study Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's anti-coup protesters return to the streets in force with the biggest demonstrations since troops fanned out around the country to quell opposition to the new military junta. 700 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Graphic Also moving: Myanmar-politics-military,Q&A Also moved: Myanmar-politics-military-music-demonstration,FOCUS Nigeria-unrest-kidnapping,WRAP LAGOS Gunmen believed to belong to a criminal gang have kidnapped hundreds of schoolboys from their hostels along with some of their teachers in central Nigeria, according to an official and a security source. 500 words 1000 GMT US-weather,WRAP WASHINGTON Millions are left without power as a deadly winter storm grips the southern and central United States, and at least three people were killed after a tornado smashed into their community. 600 words moved by Thomas Watkins. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP TOKYO Japan launches its coronavirus vaccination programme, five months ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, as the World Health Organization reports a fall in cases around the world. 650 words moved by Natsuko Fukue, with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Science-space-astronomy,FOCUS WASHINGTON Sixty-six million years ago, a huge celestial object struck off the coast of what is now Mexico, triggering a catastrophic "impact winter" that eventually wiped out three-quarters of life on Earth, including the dinosaurs. 650 words moved by Issam Ahmed and Lucie Aubourg. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Entertainment-Iran-games-technology,FOCUS TEHRAN Iran's millions-strong legion of gamers revel in online worlds, but they have to fight daily real-life obstacles imposed by US sanctions in their quest to level up and keep playing. 900 words moved by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video Colombia-environment-indigenous-animal,FOCUS PURACE, Colombia Rosendo Quira silently shakes a medicinal plant to attract a condor to the bait. The bird of prey glides through the clouds over Colombia towards a mountain pass some 3,200 meters above the sea. 650 words moved. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Israel,FOCUS JERUSALEM Israel, the global leader in Covid vaccinations per capita, launches a "green badge" plan for people who have been inoculated, stirring controversy over equal access to services. 650 words 1200 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture Also moving: Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-conflict-vaccines Health-virus-Cyprus-tourism,VIDEOESSAY MONI, Cyprus Half a dozen cruise ships have been stranded for up to nine months off Cyprus, looming large over a fishing village on the holiday island hit by the coronavirus pandemic. 540 words 1000 GMT by David Vujanovic and Roy Issa. Picture. Video Health-virus-Japan-vaccines-Oly-2020-2021,lead TOKYO Japan begins vaccinating healthcare workers against the coronavirus, as it rolls out a cautious inoculation programme with just over five months until the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. 650 words moved by Natsuko Fukue. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-Australia-NZealand MELBOURNE Major cities in Australia and New Zealand lift stay-at-home orders for millions of residents after successfully using snap lockdowns to quash outbreaks of virulent strains of Covid-19. 500 words moved Health-virus-US-politics-Cuomo,FOCUS NEW YORK New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's straight-talking and empathetic approach to the coronavirus crisis raging in his state earned him national adoration last spring, contrasting sharply with the often-confusing mixed messages from former President Donald Trump. 700 words moved by Peter Hutchinson. File picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-UAE-royals-rights LONDON Britain's foreign minister calls footage of the daughter of Dubai's ruler saying she is being held captive "distressing" and says the government will "watch closely" the response of the United Nations. 500 words moved. Video. File Picture Belarus-politics-opposition-unrest,WRAP MINSK A leading Belarusian opposition figure goes on trial in the former Soviet nation that was gripped by months of anti-government protests last year. 500 words 1100 GMT. Picture. File video Italy-politics,WRAP ROME Italy's new Prime Minister Mario Draghi unveils his rescue plan for the country, two weeks after he was called in to tackle the twin health and economic crises caused by the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words 1100 GMT by Alvise Armellini. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-Turkey-vaccine,VIDEOESSAY IMAMLI, Turkey Doctor Sergan Saracoglu faces the twin hurdles of a Turkish mountains snowstorm and local fears of vaccines as he chases after alarmed villagers with an metal case full of needles. 500 words 1030 GMT by Kadir Demir NATO-diplomacy-Afghanistan-conflict-US,WRAP BRUSSELS NATO defence ministers meet for their first talks since US President Joe Biden took over from Donald Trump with a vow to soothe tensions between Washington and its closest partners. 600 words moved by Max Delany -- NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-revolution-anniversary,WRAP TRIPOLI Libyans mark 10 years since the start of the uprising that toppled longtime ruler Moamer Kadhafi, ending decades of dictatorship but throwing the country into violent chaos. 650 words 1200 GMT Rim Taher. Picture. Video Also moving: Libya-revolution-anniversary,CHRONO Libya-conflict-technology-business,FOCUS TRIPOLI For those needing space to do business in Libya, a country beset by frequent blackouts and internet cuts after a decade of war, coworking has become increasingly popular. 750 words moved by Rim Taher. Picture. Video -- UNITED STATES -- US-politics-economy,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden is sidestepping a divided Congress and going straight to the nation with a televised town hall in Wisconsin seeking support for his $1.9 trillion economic rescue package. 600 word moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture Also moved: US-diplomacy-politics-Saudi-Israel-Biden,lead US-politics-Republicans-Trump,2ndlead WASHINGTON Donald Trump urges Republican senators to dump Mitch McConnell as their leader in the Senate following his withering criticism of the former US president after his impeachment trial. 700 words moved -- ASIA -- Thailand-crime-drugs-health,FOCUS BANGKOK Thailand has long been a global gateway for exports of the drug but the coronavirus pandemic's sudden disruption of international transport has seen a surge in cut-price "yaba" tablets in the local market. 650 words moved by Lisa Martin and Pitcha Dangprasith. Picture. Video -- ECONOMY -- WTO-economy-trade-diplomacy-health-virus-vaccines WASHINGTON Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, newly selected head of the World Trade Organization, says she will push for concrete results in addressing the dual economic and health crises facing the globe. 800 words moved by Heather Scott. Picture. Video Also moved: WTO-trade-diplomacy,ANALYSIS -- HEALTH -- Health-medicine-birth-uterus-transplant,lead PARIS A baby has been born following a uterus transplant for the first time ever in France in a breakthrough that could offer hope to thousands of woman seeking to have children, the hospital treating mother and infant says. 450 words 1030 GMT by Brigitte Castelnau -- ENVIRONMENT -- Denmark-Greenland-mining-politics,FOCUS COPENHAGEN A rare-earth mining project in Greenland has reignited dreams of the autonomous Arctic territory's full independence from Denmark one day, but environmentalists fear large-scale mining could harm the remote island's pristine landscape. 900 words moved by Camille Bas-Wohlert. File Picture -- SPORT -- Tennis-AUS-Open,WRAP MELBOURNE, Australia World number one and home hope Ashleigh Barty's Australian Open comes to a juddering halt in the quarter-finals, just as fans are cleared to return after an eerie, five-day coronavirus lockdown. 550 words moved. Picture Tennis-AUS-Open-women-semis,PREVIEW MELBOURNE, Australia Serena Williams knows she must raise another level against "cool cat" Naomi Osaka to keep alive her dream of a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam crown, wary of again falling victim to the Japanese superstar. 500 words moved by Martin Parry. Picture Also moved: Tennis-AUS-Open-Osaka-Williams,POINTS Tennis-AUS-Open-Osaka-Williams,FACTS Tennis-AUS-Open-Muchova-Brady,FACTS Tennis-AUS-Open-Djokovic-Karatsev,PREVIEW Tennis-AUS-Open-Djokovic-Karatsev,FACTS Fbl-Eur-C1-ESP-FRA-Barcelona-Messi-Mbappe PARIS Kylian Mbappe had already won the World Cup, but the 22-year-old Paris Saint-Germain forward had not yet produced a Champions League performance on the level of the devastating hat-trick that blew away Lionel Messi and Barcelona. 650 words moved by Andy Scott. Picture Also moving: Fbl-Eur-C1-ESP-FRA-PSG-Barcelona-Koeman,FOCUS -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-France-music-Spielberg,INTERVIEW PARIS Buzzy Lee is a musical alias that hides a famous name: Sasha Spielberg, daughter of the legendary American film director Steven Spielberg. But there is little hiding on her confessional debut album, "Spoiled Love". 500 words moved by Philippe Greland. File Picture afp
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