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| - Duty Editor: Mike Smith Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + EU countries resume AstraZeneca vaccinations + US, China clash in first talks under Biden + BBC journalist missing amid Myanmar crackdown + Hassan becomes Tanzania's first woman president + Mystery buyer of $69 mn digital artwork revealed Health-virus,WRAP PARIS European countries resume AstraZeneca vaccinations after an all-clear from EU regulators, as US President Joe Biden prepares to meet his goal of having 100 million Americans inoculated weeks ahead of schedule. 750 words 1430 GMT by AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus,FACTS US-China-diplomacy,WRAP ANCHORAGE US and Chinese diplomats meet in private to discuss relations after a fiery clash at Alaska talks that laid out two starkly different views of the world by the rival superpowers. 650 words 1500 GMT by Frederic J. Brown with Francesco Fontemaggi. Picture. Video. File Picture Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON A Burmese journalist with BBC's Myanmar language news service goes "missing", as civilians flee the coup-hit country's largest city after the junta's deadly crackdown on dissent. 800 words moved. File picture. File video Tanzania-politics-Hassan,WRAP DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania's Samia Suluhu Hassan calls for unity as she becomes the country's first female president after the sudden death of John Magufuli from an illness shrouded in mystery. 800 words 1430 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic. Also moved: Tanzania-politics-Hassan,PROFILE India-Singapore-art-cryptocurrency-computers-auction MUMBAI An Indian-born blockchain entrepreneur has revealed himself as the mystery buyer who paid a record $69.3 million for a digital artwork last week, describing his purchase as a shot fired for racial equality. 350 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- Health-virus-Spain-economy-poverty,FOCUS MADRID Even though her face is covered by a black mask, Rita Carrasco still wears bright red lipstick. But her easy smile faltered when she had to join Madrid's "hunger lines" for food aid. 650 words moved by Emmanuelle Michel. Picture. Video HongKong-China-environment-reefs,FOCUS HONG KONG In jade waters off Hong Kong's eastern shoreline, scientists are thrilled to spot a cuttlefish protecting her eggs inside an artificial, 3D-printed clay seabed helping to restore the city's fragile coral reefs. 750 words moved by Sarah Lai. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-sanctions-internet-streaming,FOCUS DAMASCUS Virtual platforms like Netflix and Zoom have emerged as lifelines for a pandemic-hit world forced indoors but in sanctioned Syria, where both websites are blocked, Mohammad Habash feels increasingly disconnected. 750 words moved by Maher Al Mounes. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Saudi-energy-Yemen-conflict,WRAP RIYADH A drone strike sparks a fire at a Riyadh oil refinery, in an attack claimed by Yemen's Huthi rebels as the Iran-backed insurgents make major advances on the Yemeni city of Marib. 700 words 1500 GMT by Anuj Chopra with Shatha Yaish in Dubai. File Picture. File Video. Graphic Israel-vote,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel's campaign nears its end with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeking the majority that eluded him through three recent elections by highlighting the country's robust vaccination drive and his leadership of the "real" right-wing. 700 words 1530 GMT by Ben Simon. Picture. Video Israel-vote,FOCUS JERUSALEM Israel's voters, who include settlers in the occupied West Bank, Tel Aviv residents eyeing change and Arabs in annexed east Jerusalem, are days away from their fourth election in less than two years. AFP asked five of them about their voting intentions. 700 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: Israel-vote,CHRONO Israel-vote,FACTS Lebanon-politics-economy-health-migration,FOCUS BEIRUT US-trained emergency doctor Nour al-Jalbout wanted desperately to serve her fellow Lebanese, but less than two years after returning home she says the country's catastrophes are forcing her to leave. 750 words moved by Alice Hackman. Picture. Video Libya-conflict-women-politics,FOCUS TRIPOLI Libya's new government includes five women, with two in key portfolios -- a first for the country nonetheless criticised by activists as insufficient and as not living up to a UN commitment. 750 words moved by Hamza Mekouar and Jihad Dorgham. Picture Turkey-Egypt-diplomacy-media,FOCUS ISTANBUL Turkey is urging Egypt's Istanbul-based opposition media to "tone down" their criticism of President Sisi Fattah al-Sisi as Ankara tries to mend ties with Cairo, the people involved say. 500 words 1500 GMT by Ezzedine Said -- ASIA -- China-Canada-politics-diplomacy-Huawei,WRAP DANDONG, China The hearing for a Canadian man detained in China for more than two years on espionage charges has finished after less than three hours, with relations between Ottawa and Beijing at their lowest point in decades. 550 words moved by Ludovic Ehret. Picture. Video India-US-politics-defence-diplomacy NEW DELHI US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin arrives in India for the first face-to-face meetings between New Delhi and the Biden administration, with shared alarm about China set to figure highly. 550 words moved NKorea-Malaysia-US-diplomacy-extradition,WRAP SEOUL North Korea severs diplomatic ties with Malaysia, abruptly shutting down a once-close relationship that took a major downturn following the shock assassination of Kim Jong Un's half-brother in a Kuala Lumpur airport four years ago. 650 words moved. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-crime-shooting-racism-Asian,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden heads to Atlanta to stand in solidarity with an Asian-American community plunged into grief and fear after a murder spree left six women of Asian descent dead and citizens alarmed by pandemic-era hate crimes. 650 words 1530 GMT by Michael Mathes. Graphic. Picture. Video Also moved: US-shooting-crime-racism-gender,FOCUS Mexico-US-immigration,FOCUS CIUDAD JUAREZ Dirlan Hernandez dreamed of a warm welcome in the United States thanks to President Joe Biden's immigration reforms, but when he crossed over with his son he was quickly sent back to Mexico. He is not alone. 550 words moved by Herika Martinez. Picture Also moved: US-politics-immigration-family,FOCUS -- AFRICA -- Congo-vote,ADVANCER BRAZZAVILLE The Republic of Congo votes in a presidential election Sunday with incumbent Denis Sassou Nguesso aiming to extend his decades-long hold on power in the central African state. 500 words 1430 GMT by Samir Tounsi and Laudes Martial MBon Also moving: Congo-vote,CHRONO, Congo-vote,FACTS, Congo-vote,COUNTRYFACTFILE Sudan-Ethiopia-border,FOCUS WAD KAWLI, Sudan Under a thatched roof, Sudanese dream of returning to farmland at the heart of a decades-old dispute with Ethiopia that has turned violent and threatened to ignite a wider conflict. 850 words moved by Menna Zaki. Picture. Video Senegal-politics-unrest-students,FOCUS DAKAR Students in Senegal have found themselves at the heart of deadly unrest this month, venting long-simmering anger at poor living standards and bleak employment prospects. 650 words moved by Alexandre Martins Lopes. Video. File picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Germany-cases,2ndlead BERLIN Coronavirus cases in Germany are rising at a "very clearly exponential rate", the country's top public health institute says, as the EU's biggest country debates tightening a shutdown. 550 words moved by Deborah Cole. Picture. Video Turkey-politics-Kurds,lead ANKARA Turkish police detain dozens of pro-Kurdish party officials and a prominent human rights activist, as prosecutors step up pressure on the country's third-largest party. 450 words moved by Raziye Akkoc Turkey-economy-defence-drones,FOCUS ANKARA Whether in Syria, Libya or Azerbaijan, Turkey's combat drones have scored high-profile successes that Ankara hopes to use in its quest to become a premier exporter of the aerial vehicles. 900 words moved by Ezzedine Said. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Fbl-Eur-C1-Draw,WRAP PARIS Holders Bayern Munich will face last year's beaten finalists Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League, while Friday's draw for the last eight also threw up a clash between Liverpool and Real Madrid. 600 words moved by Andy Scott Cycling-GBR-doping-TeamSky-tribunal-Freeman, WRAP LONDON Former British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman is permanently struck off the medical register after being found guilty of ordering banned testosterone. 550 words 1430 GMT by John Weaver -- LIFESTYLE -- SAfrica-lifestyle-surfing,SCENE CAPE TOWN Boardless surfers in South Africa use their bodies to catch a wave -- in the words of one enthusiast, "absolute freedom". 500 words moved by Gersende Rambourg. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/TECHNOLOGY -- Finance-e-commerce,FOCUS PARIS They were little known before the pandemic, but startups in the flourishing digital payment industry are now worth a fortune as Covid-19 has forced people to increasingly embrace e-commerce. 550 words moved by Benoit Toussaint. File picture. Music-technology-telecommunication-culture,lead PARIS Spotify launches a new website addressing questions on how it pays out royalties, but fails to dampen mounting anger from musicians struggling to survive in the streaming era. 550 words moved by Eric Randolph Also moved: Technology-media-science,FOCUS US-IT-lifestyle-Clubhouse,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO An internet spin on talk radio, the new invitation-only social network Clubhouse has become a sandbox for people tinkering with ways to win fans and make money with audio. 650 words moved by Glenn Chapman Also moved: US-IT-lifestyle-Clubhouse-talk,POINTS US-IT-lifestyle-Clubhouse,FOCUS afp
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