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| - Duty Editor: Mike Smith Email: engdeskers@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Pope urges vaccines for all in Easter message + Jordan says plot to destablise kingdom halted + Truck driver makes tearful apology over Taiwan rail crash + NASA's Ingenuity helicopter dropped on Mars' surface + Amazon admits some drivers have to 'pee in bottles' Health-virus,WRAP ROME Millions of Christians around the world celebrate a second Easter under coronavirus restrictions with Pope Francis calling for vaccines to be shared among the poorest nations as Covid-19 surges. 800 words moved by Alexandria Sage with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic Jordan-politics-arrests,WRAP AMMAN Jordan says it has stopped a plot to destabilise the kingdom involving Prince Hamzah bin Hussein, a half-brother of King Abdullah, and arrested another 16 suspects. 800 words 1500 GMT. File picture. Video Also moved: Jordan-politics-arrest-royal,PROFILE Jordan-politics,CHRONO Jordan-politics,COUNTRYFACTFILE Taiwan-accident-train,lead TAIPEI A railway maintenance worker whose runaway truck sparked Taiwan's worst train disaster in recent decades makes a tearful apology as investigators say the train driver had little time to react to the collision. 600 words moved by Amber Wang. File picture US-space-Mars-Ingenuity WASHINGTON NASA's Ingenuity mini-helicopter has been dropped on the surface of Mars in preparation for its first flight, the US space agency says. 400 words moved US-labor-Amazon-transportation WASHINGTON E-commerce giant Amazon apologizes to a US lawmaker after falsely denying that some of its drivers are forced at times to urinate in plastic bottles. 400 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- China-US-Europe-trade-logistics-shipping-pandemic,FOCUS LIANYUNGANG, China Towering cranes work overtime swinging containers from cargo vessels in the eastern Chinese port of Lianyungang, racing to keep ahead of a perfect storm unleashed by the pandemic, which has created gridlock in global shipping. 900 words moved by Dan Martin and John Biers in New York. Picture. Video Entertainment-UAE-eSports-technology-Gulf,FOCUS DUBAI From a brand new facility in Dubai, young gamers are hosting virtual regional eSports competitions sponsored by global brands as they shoot to become major players in the multi-billion-dollar industry. 650 words moved by Aziz El Massassi. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Vatican-pope-health-virus VATICAN CITY Pope Francis urges Catholics to remain hopeful in his Easter address, calling vaccines an "essential tool" in ending the pandemic and urging their swift rollout to the world's poorest countries. 450 words. Moved by Alexandria Sage. Picture. Video. Live Video Health-virus-India,lead MUMBAI Bollywood star Akshay Kumar says he has tested positive for Covid-19, becoming the latest Indian celebrity to contract the virus as the vast nation battles a new wave of cases. 500 words moved. Picture. File picture. Video Health-virus-France-hospitals PARIS In the Covid-19 intensive care unit of the Antony Private Hospital south of Paris, no bed stays free for long and medics wonder when their workload will finally peak. 800 words moved by Adam Plowright. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-religion-Judaism,FOCUS NEW YORK Two months into lockdown, 29-year-old Ella left the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community where she was raised near New York, started wearing trouser pants for the first time and contacted an organization that helps "leavers" adapt to life in wider society. 800 words moved by Peter Hutchison. File picture Health-virus-Germany-pets,FOCUS BERLIN Markus Salomon and his family had been thinking about getting a dog for years, but it was the coronavirus pandemic that finally pushed them to bring home one-year-old mixed breed Uschi. 700 words moved by Femke Colborne. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mozambique-unrest,SCENE PEMBA, Mozambique As she stepped off an evacuation boat from the besieged town of Palma in northern Mozambique, Mariamo Assane broke down, reliving the harrowing day she fled a ferocious rampage by Islamist militants. 650 words moved by Alfredo Zuniga. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-Florida-environment,lead WASHINGTON Florida Governor Ron DeSantis visits the site of a leaking toxic wastewater reservoir that is threatening nearby homes and an environmental disaster in the sensitive Tampa Bay. 400 words 1700 GMT -- EUROPE -- Bulgaria-vote,WRAP SOFIA Bulgarians vote to elect a new parliament, with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's centre-right party tipped to finish first although it may struggle to find coalition partners. 650 words 1500 GMT by Vessela Sergueva and Diana Simeonova. Picture. Video Denmark-Greenland-vote,ADVANCER NUUK Greenland votes Tuesday in legislative elections largely seen as a referendum on a controversial mining project that would help diversify the Arctic island's economy as it plans for a future altered by global warming. 850 words moved by Christian Solbeck with Camille Bas-Wohlert in Copenhagen. Picture. Video Also moved: Denmark-Greenland-vote,FACTS Denmark-Greenland-vote-youth,FOCUS Turkey-politics-military-deal ISTANBUL Top Turkish officials lash out at an open letter signed by more than 100 retired admirals warning about a possible threat to a treaty governing the use of Turkey's key waterways. 600 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan. File picture France-politics-celebrity-Tapie,2ndlead PARIS Former French minister and scandal-ridden tycoon Bernard Tapie, once the owner of Adidas, and his wife are attacked during a midnight burglary of their home near Paris. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Austria-religion-Catholics-LGBT,FOCUS VIENNA The Catholic church of the parish of Hard is one of many in Austria which decided to fly the rainbow flag in solidarity with the LGBT community after the Vatican ruled last month that the Church couldn't bless same-sex partnerships. 750 words moved by Jastinder Khera. Picture -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military-unrest,WRAP YANGON Anti-coup demonstrators in Myanmar decorate boiled eggs on Easter Sunday in the latest protest against the country's military junta. 800 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video Already moved: Myanmar-politics-military-strike-economy,FOCUS Indonesia-flood-disaster,WRAP JAKARTA More than 50 people are killed after flash floods and landslides sweep eastern Indonesia and neighbouring Timor Leste, authorities say, warning the toll could rise further. 600 words 1500 GMT. Picture India-rebellion-police-Maoists,2ndlead BIJAPUR, India Twenty-two Indian security forces are killed and 30 others injured in a gun battle with Maoist rebels in a central Indian state, police say, in the deadliest ambush of its kind in four years. 400 words moved -- SPORT -- Moto-Prix-QAT-Doha,WRAP LOSAIL, Doha Spanish rookie Jorge Martin of Ducati-Pramac is the surprise pole sitter for the Doha MotoGP, the second round of the world championship. 500 words at 1830 GMT by Gregory Walton. Picture Cycling-BEL OUDENAARDE Defending champion Mathieu Van der Poel and his eternal rival Wout van Aert headline a star-studded cast at the Tour of Flanders, arguably the toughest one-day bike race on cycling's World Tour. 500 words at 1600 GMT. Picture -- PEOPLE -- Entertainment-US-DMX NEW YORK Gritty US rapper DMX, who reigned over the late 1990s and early 2000s with hits such as "Party Up," is hospitalized and on life support after a heart attack, his long-time lawyer Murray Richman tells AFP. 350 words moved. File picture -- CULTURE -- US-culture-art-museum,FOCUS NEW YORK American museums hit hard by the pandemic are selling paintings to bridge revenue gaps with some going further and using the funds to diversify collections, but critics say the sales betray the institutions' mission of preserving artwork for the public. 750 words moved by Thomas Urbain afp
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