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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + China, US poised to sign trade truce + Bushfire smoke disrupts Aussie Open build-up + Trump trial likely to begin next week + US airliner dumps fuel on children + Sex delays menopause, study finds US-China-trade-tariff WASHINGTON The world's two dominant economic powers are poised to sign a trade truce Wednesday that will allow businesses around the globe to breathe a sigh of relief. 650 words moved by Heather Scott We will also move: US-China-economy-trade,CHRONO Australia-fire-environment-climate-tennis-Aus,WRAP MELBOURNE Bushfire smoke disrupts the Australian Open build-up for a second straight day, with thick pollution delaying qualifying rounds before plays resumes despite complaints from players. 600 words 0600 GMT. Picture US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON The House of Representatives is expected to transmit articles of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate Wednesday, setting the stage for a trial next week that will decide whether the 45th US president is forced from office. 750 words 0530 GMT by Paul Handley Also moved: US-politics-impeachment-trial-articles,POINTS US-politics-impeachment-trial-process,FACTS US-aviation-school-fuel,lead LOS ANGELES A Delta airliner experiencing mechanical trouble dumps jet fuel onto a school playground in the Los Angeles area, leaving 20 students and several adults with minor injuries. 350 words moved Health-evolution-women-menopause PARIS Women approaching menopause who have frequent sex are less likely to cross that threshold than women of the same age who are not as active sexually, researchers say. 450 words moved by Marlowe Hood -- ASIA -- Taiwan-vote-politics-China,WRA TAIPEI China must rethink its hardline stance towards Taiwan, President Tsai Ing-wen says, as she warns that the island was already independent and that invasion would be "very costly" for Beijing. 650 words 0600 GMT by Amber Wang. Picture. Video Philippines-volcano,SCENE BALETE, Philippines The horses are still caked in grey ash as they step off the boat, lucky beneficiaries of a risky rescue mission to ground zero of the Philippines' Taal volcano eruption. 500 words moved by Ron Lopez. Picture. Video World-China-rights-diplomacy,WRAP NEW YORK China is using its economic and diplomatic might to carry out the "most intense attack" ever on the global system for protecting human rights, a leading campaign group says, sparking a furious response from a Chinese official. 700 words moved by Peter Hutchinson. Picture. Video Myanmar-China-diplomacy-economy,WRAP MYITSONE, Myanmar China's President Xi Jinping arrives in Myanmar this week to nail down multi-billion-dollar infrastructure deals in a country abandoned by many in the West appalled at the "genocide" of Rohingya Muslims on leader Aung San Suu Kyi's watch. 750 words moved. Picture Video. File Picture. File Video -- EUROPE -- EU-Iran-US-nuclear-diplomacy,WRAP PARIS Three EU countries launch a process charging Iran with failing to observe the terms of the 2015 deal curtailing its nuclear programme, a move that sparked anger and threats from Tehran at a time of growing tensions. 850 words moved by Stuart Williams and Valerie Leroux -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iran-Ukraine-Canada-US-aviation,WRAP TEHRAN New video footage emerges showing two Iranian missiles tearing through the night sky and hitting a Ukrainian passenger plane, sending the aircraft down in flames and killing all 176 passengers and crew on board. 550 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Iran-Iraq-US-unrest-drones,FOCUS AIN AL-ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq Moments after volleys of Iranian missiles began to batter Iraq's Ain al-Asad airbase, US soldiers at the desert facility lost contact with their ultra-powerful -- and expensive -- eyes in the sky. 700 words moved by Maya Gebeily. Picture. Video Lebanon-politics-protests,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanese demonstrators take to the streets to demand an end to a months-long political vacuum, with police firing tear gas at the start of what protesters have billed a "week of wrath". 700 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Africa-Togo-health-drugs-counterfeit,FOCUS LOME After he was struck down by malaria and typhoid, Togolese tailor Ayawo Hievi thought he was set to recover when he started taking drugs prescribed by his doctor -- but the medication eventually cost him one of his kidneys. 950 words moved by Emile Kouton with Celia Lebur in Lagos. Picture -- AMERICAS - - US-politics-Democrats-debate,WRAP DES MOINES, Iowa Leftwing US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders assailed frontrunner Joe Biden over his Iraq war vote as commander-in-chief credibility during spiking global tensions took center stage Tuesday at the latest Democratic debate. 700 words moved by Robyn Beck with Michael Mathes in Washington Also moving: US-politics-impeachment-Trump-Roberts,PROFILE US-politics-impeachment-Trump-Roberts,PROFILE WASHINGTON During his Senate confirmation hearing to become chief justice of the US Supreme Court, John Roberts compared the position to that of an "umpire" above the political fray. 750 words moved by Charlotte Plantive and Chris Lefkow. File picture Canada-Britain-royals,Q&A MONTREAL Prince Harry and his wife Meghan face a backlash in Britain over their shock announcement to step back from frontline royal duties, but in Canada -- where the couple plans to live part-time -- anticipation is growing. 650 words moved US-IT-crime-law-Apple,FOCUS WASHINGTON Apple and the US government are at loggerheads for the second time in four years over unlocking iPhones connected to a mass shooting, reviving debate over law enforcement access to encrypted devices. 550 words moved by Rob Lever -- ENTERTAINMENT & LIFESTYLE -- Lifestyle-Brazil-games,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Eyes fixed on her smartphone screen, world champion gamer Barbara "Babi" Passos sits in a Sao Paulo mansion engaged in a fight to the death in the blockbuster Free Fire video game. 500 words moved by Luiz Claudio Amaral. Picture Amfoot-USA-Super-crime-women-trafficking,FOCUS MIAMI Every year, the American football season ends with the vast spectacle of the Super Bowl, drawing in celebrity superstars and 100 million viewers. But the sporting mega-event also has a darker side: a spike in human trafficking. 700 words moved by Leila Macor. Picture. Video afp
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