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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + US, China clash in first talks under Biden + EU nations resume AstraZeneca jab rollout + New female president for Tanzania + China hearing for Canadian on spy charge ends + Mouse plague sweeps rural Australia US-China-diplomacy,WRAP ANCHORAGE, Alaska American and Chinese diplomats clash in their first face-to-face talks since President Joe Biden took office, with the world's top two powers digging in on a laundry list of issues on which they diverge broadly as the meeting opened in Alaska. 800 words moved by Frederic J. Brown, with Francesco Fontemaggi in Washington. Picture. File picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP PARIS France and Germany resume AstraZeneca vaccinations after EU regulators gave the jab the all-clear following concerns about blood clots, while Joe Biden says his administration will meet its goal of inoculating 100 million Americans weeks ahead of schedule. 700 words 1100 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Tanzania-politics-Hassan,WRAP DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania's Samia Suluhu Hassan is sworn in as the country's first female president after the sudden death of John Magufuli from an illness shrouded in mystery. 800 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic. Also moving: Tanzania-politics-Hassan,PROFILE 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 Australia-plague-mice-farming-weather SYDNEY Swathes of Australia's rural east are battling a "plague" of mice that is infesting crops and producing hair-raising scenes of rodents running amok. 200 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- 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 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 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 -- ASIA -- 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 Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Roads out of Myanmar's biggest city are choked with people fleeing the military's deadly crackdown on anti-coup dissent, as authorities in neighbouring Thailand said they were preparing for an influx of refugees. 750 words 1230 GMT. File picture. File video -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-vote,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli candidates hit the streets ahead of next week's election as a world-beating coronavirus vaccination campaign allows for increased voter contact, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hoping the inoculation effort earns him an elusive majority. 600 words 1000 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video. Also moving: Israel-vote,CHRONO Israel-vote,FACTS 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 Yemen-conflict-Marib,WRAP DUBAI Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels have made major advances on Marib city after seizing a strategic mountain in clashes that caused dozens of casualties on both sides, government sources say. 500 words moved. File video Syria-Iraq-conflict-IS,FOCUS PARIS In the two years since Kurdish forces wrested the last Syrian bastion from the Islamic State, the jihadist group has proved it does not need a stronghold to pose a potent threat in more countries than ever. 800 words 1000 GMT by Didier Lauras Lebanon-politics-economy-health-migration 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 1000 GMT 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 -- AMERICAS -- US-crime-shooting-racism-Asian,WRAP ATLANTA, Georgia Asian-American communities are on alert after a shooting rampage that left six women of Asian origin dead and stoked fears in a population already alarmed by a surge in hate crimes during the coronavirus pandemic. 850 words moved by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video. Graphic 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 by Herika Martinez moved. Picture Also moved: US-politics-immigration-family,FOCUS -- AFRICA -- 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 Congo-vote,ADVANCER BRAZZAVILLE The Republic of Congo votes in a presidential election on Sunday with incumbent Denis Sassou Nguesso aiming to extend his decades-long hold on power in the central African state. 500 words 1230 GMT by Samir Tounsi Also moving: Congo-vote,CHRONO, Congo-vote,FACTS, Congo-vote,COUNTRYFACTFILE Health-virus-Malawi-prostitution,FOCUS LILONGWE Sex workers in Malawi say coronavirus restrictions have had a crippling impact on their livelihood. 600 words moved by Jack McBrams. File 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 1000 GMT by Alexandre Martins Lopes. Video. File picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain-rats,FOCUS LONDON "That's quite a big one," rat-catcher Colin Sims remarks with understatement, holding up a prime specimen. It's boom time for companies like Sims' CHS Pest Control, which has seen callouts to deal with rats jump 75 percent since Britain first entered coronavirus lockdown a year ago. 600 words moved by Martine Pauwels. Picture 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 1030 GMT by Ezzedine Said. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Fbl-Eur-C1-draw,WRAP PARIS Holders Bayern Munich and English sides Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea will find out their quarter-final opponents when the Champions League draw is made. 500 words 1200 GMT. Picture -- LIFESTYLE/ENTERTAINMENT -- 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 Entertainment-film-Lithuania-health-virus,SCENE VILNIUS With Lithuania's cinemas still shut due to the pandemic, local movie-lovers will be able to enjoy a cherished film festival in a novel way -- from the comfort of a hotel room. 400 words 0930 GMT by Vaidotas Beniusis. Picture -- 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 Technology-media-science,FOCUS PARIS Audio stimulates our brains more powerfully than video, and slots neatly into our new patterns of voracious cultural consumption -- making this a revolutionary time for aural entertainment. 750 words moved by Eric Randolph and Carole Guirado 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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