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| - Duty Editor: Abhik Chanda Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + US to assess Pfizer vaccine, deaths hit record high + Deadline to salvage Brexit talks extended to Sunday + Hunter Biden says being probed over taxes + Erdogan in Azerbaijan to fete Karabakh victory + Paolo Rossi, Italy's World Cup winner, dies aged 64 Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON American regulators are due to meet to assess the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for emergency approval, as the country logs its worst-ever daily Covid-19 death rate with more than 3,000 fatalities. 650 words 1330 GMT by AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-Johnson,FOCUS LONDON Four and a half years after Britain voted to leave the EU, and after eight months of painstaking talks, Boris Johnson has 72 hours to answer the most basic question: what is Brexit? 650 words 1330 GMT by Jitendra Joshi. Picture US-vote-Biden-Hunter-taxes-investigation,WRAP WILMINGTON, Delaware Hunter Biden, the son of US President-elect Joe Biden and a frequent target of Republican attacks, says he is under federal investigation about his taxes. 650 words moved. File picture Azerbaijan-Armenia-Karabakh-conflict-Turkey-diplomacy,WRAP BAKU Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Azerbaijan to join nationwide celebrations marking his close ally's decisive military victory against Armenia in their conflict for control of disputed territory. 600 words moved by Emil Guliyev. Picture. Video. Live video Fbl-ITA-Rossi,WRAP MILAN Paolo Rossi, a hero of Italian football who fired the Azzurri to victory in the 1982 World Cup, has died aged 64, prompting an outpouring of grief and tributes. 700 words 0930 GMT by Emmeline Moore. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-vaccines-diplomacy-China,FOCUS BEIJING As wealthy countries scramble to buy up the limited supply of big-name coronavirus vaccines, China is stepping in to offer its homegrown jabs to poorer countries. But the largesse is not entirely altruistic, with Beijing hoping for a long-term diplomatic return. 1,000 words moved by Helen Roxburgh, with Poornima Weerasekara in Colombo. File Picture Also moving: Health-virus-vaccines-diplomacy-China-Indonesia,FOCUS -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-ECB-eurozone-inflation,WRAP FRANKFURT The European Central Bank is expected to unleash more stimulus to help shore up a eurozone economy devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, in a move that analysts said is "awaited almost as eagerly as the Santa Claus". 650 words 1300 GMT by Ed Frankl. File picture Singapore-Britain-trade-EU-Brexit,2ndlead. SINGAPORE Britain signs a free-trade deal with Singapore, giving it a key foothold in Asia as it seeks to forge its own path after leaving the European Union, while talks on a post-Brexit agreement stumble. 550 words moved by Martin Abbugao. Picture. Video Spain-fire-immigration,WRAP BADALONA, Spain A fire rips through a warehouse occupied by migrants near Barcelona killing at least two people and injuring 17, including several who jumped from the building to escape the flames. 500 words 1330 GMT by Daniel Bosque. Picture. Video Nobel-peace-WFP-ceremony,WRAP OSLO Forget lavish banquets and glittering ceremonies attended by royals wearing tiaras: the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize will be presented to the World Food Programme (WFP) in more austere fashion online because of Covid-19. 600 words moved by Pierre-Henry Deshayes, with Helene Dauschy in Stockholm. File picture. File video Nobel-France-science,INTERVIEW STOCKHOLM It is often the peak of professional achievement but Nobel laureate Emmanuelle Charpentier from France, who this week received the world's most coveted chemistry prize, has her sights set on repeating her success. 500 words moved by Sam Kingsley. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-economy-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON A White House stimulus plan that includes another round of direct payments to Americans has found little support among Democrats in Washington, narrowing the odds of a spending deal being reached in the closing weeks of President Donald Trump's term. 600 words moved by Chris Stein Also moved: US-health-virus-politics,POINTS US-vote-Biden-Trump,SCENE WILMINGTON, Delaware After four years of Donald Trump, a fan of gold faucets and self-declared "greatest" at just about everything, in comes a man whom local resident Shelly Baker calls "great" mainly because he's a lot like other people in down-to-earth Wilmington. 700 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-WestBank-archaeology-tourism-history,FOCUS HERODIUM, Palestinian Territories Israeli authorities are set to unveil previously off-limits structures within King Herod's palace-fortress Herodium, which the tyrannical Roman-era leader interred as his enormous burial plot. 500 words moved by Jonah Mandel. Picture. Video Saudi-Qatar-diplomacy-Gulf,FOCUS RIYADH Saudi Arabia is pushing for a compromise to end a damaging three-year Gulf dispute, but a full resolution remains out of reach despite its offer of concessions, sources close to the negotiations say. 850 words moved by Anuj Chopra with Sarah Stewart in Manama and Gregory Walton in Doha. File picture. File video -- AFRICA -- Mozambique-unrest-jihadists-displaced, SCENE PEMBA, Mozambique Nine months pregnant villager Aziza Falume woke up to the sound of gunfire just before dawn, left everything to flee Islamist violence in northern Mozambique only to give birth while on the run. 650 words 1130 GMT by Emidio Jozine and Alfredo Zuniga. Picture. Video Ethiopia-conflict-Sudan-tailor,FOCUS UM RAQUBA, Sudan Thousands of people fled war in Ethiopia for Sudan with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Now in Um Raquba camp in eastern Sudan, dozens of destitute survivors of the fighting in the Tigray region flock each day to the tailor Omar Ibrahim's makeshift shop. 700 words 1000 GMT by Serene Assir. Picture. Video Ghana-vote-election,WRAP ACCRA Ghana's President wins a second term in office, the country's electoral commission announces, while the opposition party rejects results and says it will appeal. 750 words moved by Louise Dewast and Kent Mensah. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Ghana-vote-politics-AkufoAddo,PROFILE -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-media,LEAD Gunmen shoot dead a female news anchor and her driver, the second murder of a journalist in Afghanistan in a month. 400 words moved India-politics-architecture-parliament NEW DELHI Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to lay the foundations for a huge new Indian parliament, the centrepiece of a grand but contentious redevelopment of New Delhi's colonial-era core. 650 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava. File picture. File video -- BUSINESS, ECONOMY & TECH -- France-US-e-commerce-advertising-fine-Amazon-Google PARIS France's CNIL data privacy watchdog says it has fined two Google units a total of 100 million euros and an Amazon subsidiary 35 million euros over advertising cookies. 500 words 1000 GMT by Laurent Barthelemy -- ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH & SCIENCE -- China-BRI-coal-energy-pollution-investments,FOCUS BEIJING China's plan to fund dozens of foreign coal plants from Zimbabwe to Indonesia is set to produce more emissions than those of major developed nations, threatening global efforts to fight climate change, environmentalists have warned. 700 words moved by Helen Roxburgh, with Poornima Weerasekara in Colombo. Picture. File Picture Climate-environment-UN-emissions,WRAP PARIS Earth remains on course to warm more than 3 degrees Celsius by the century's end despite a dip in greenhouse gas emissions due to the pandemic and pledges to curb pollution, the UN says. 650 words moved by Patrick Galey. Graphic Also moved: Climate-UN-summit-netzero,FOCUS Climate-UN-summit-hydrogen,FACTS Climate-UN-summit-carbon,FOCUS Climate-UN-summit-fuel,FACTS -- LIFESTYLE AND ENTERTAINMENT -- Lifestyle-Poland-games-Cyberpunk2077,WRAP WARSAW Cyberpunk 2077, the much-delayed video game reported to be one of the most expensive ever made, launches worldwide after a publicity blitz worthy of a Hollywood film. 550 words 1000 GMT by Bernard Osser. File picture. Video. Chess-IND-Anand-health-virus,INTERVIEW NEW DELHI Mass coronavirus lockdowns and "The Queen's Gambit" have sparked a surprise boom in chess, Indian grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand tells AFP, praising the hit TV show's "accurate portrayal" of the game. 700 words moved by Faisal Kamal. File picture -- SPORT -- MMA-THA-gym,FOCUS HONG KONG Lightweight contender Rafael Fiziev steps into the cage in Las Vegas this weekend hoping to be the latest fighter to begin a journey to UFC glory from a production line of MMA champions on an island in Thailand. Tiger Muay Thai gym in southern Phuket attracts fighters from all over the globe lured by world-class training, a tropical lifestyle and a growing reputation. 750 words moved by Mathew Scott. Picture afp
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