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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + 'America is back:' Biden unveils top cabinet picks + LA shutters restaurants as virus load soars + California prisoners paid millions in pandemic fraud + Thai cops quiz protesters on lese majeste charges + Scotland makes period products free US-vote,WRAP WILMINGTON, Delaware President-elect Joe Biden introduces a slate of veteran diplomats and policy-makers who will make up his national security and foreign policy team, saying: "America is back, ready to lead the world." 800 words moved by Chandan Khanna with Chris Lefkow in Washington. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus,WRAP LOS ANGELES A restaurant dining ban in Los Angeles was due to come into force Wednesday as officials warned Americans to stay at home for the Thanksgiving holiday, while parts of Europe eyed looser lockdowns over the festive season. 600 words moved by AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-crime-fraud LOS ANGELES California prisoners including high-profile serial killers and murderers on death row received hundreds of millions of dollars in pandemic relief funds in one of the biggest frauds in the US state's history, prosecutors say. 500 words moved. Picture Thailand-demonstration-politics-royals-unrest,lead BANGKOK Twelve Thai pro-democracy protest leaders have been summoned by police to answer charges of royal defamation, the first use of the draconian law in almost three years, as Bangkok gears up for another major rally. 500 words 0800 GMT. Scotland-health-politics-gender EDINBURGH Scotland votes to offer free universal access to period products, becoming the first country in the world to do so. 300 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- SKorea-entertainment-music-social-television,FOCUS SEOUL When Ryu Sera made her debut with girlband Nine Muses, the years of intense training and ruthless competition seemed worthwhile, but within four years she had been cast on the K-pop scrapheap. 900 words moved by Kang Jin-kyu. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Mexico-transplants,FOCUS MEXICO Ruben Vazquez lives in fear of dying before he gets a new kidney -- just one of thousands of organ transplant operations put on hold in Mexico due to the pandemic. 550 words moved by Jennifer Gonzales Covarrubias Health-virus-vaccine-Germany-Schott,FOCUS MAINZ, Germany As expectations grow that the first Covid-19 jabs will be administered in a matter of weeks, German glassmaker Schott is quietly doing what it has been for months: churning out vials that will hold the vaccine. 650 words moved by Michelle Fitzpatrick. Picture. Video Health-virus-Israel-literature,INTERVIEW TEL AVIV Etgar Keret, one of Israel's most popular living writers, says the Covid-19 pandemic has brought him a lot of inspiration and chides those inclined to romanticise the pre-coronavirus world. 650 words moved by Delphine Matthieussent. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-cabinet,POINTS WASHINGTON With his first cabinet appointments, President-elect Joe Biden is signaling that he favors experience, competence and centrism and is not out to please his Democratic Party's left-wing base, although he achieves historic firsts for women and minorities. 500 words moved by Shaun Tandon US-vote-Trump-turkey-offbeat,lead WASHINGTON Lame duck President Donald Trump addresses a live turkey and journalists but again avoids the elephant in the room -- his failure to concede defeat to Joe Biden. 600 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-aid-UN,WRAP GENEVA Donors demand an immediate ceasefire in Afghanistan as they pledge around $12 billion in aid over four years -- but tie their money to civil rights being upheld in peace talks with the Taliban. 700 words moved by Robin Millard with Jay Deshmukh in Kabul. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP STEPANAKERT, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan says its forces have entered the second of three districts to be handed back by Armenia as part of a deal that ended weeks of fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. 800 words moved by Andrey Borodulin. Picture. Video Bosnia-tourism-health-archaeology-Djokovic,FOCUS VISOKO, Bosnia Crowds are back to a controversial 'pyramid park' in Bosnia after two visits this year from tennis star Djokovic, who hailed the healing powers of a site that has been dismissed as a cruel hoax by scientists. 750 words moved by Rusmir Smajilhodzic. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lifestyle-Iraq-sailing,FOCUS BAGHDAD Mariam Khaled sets her white dinghy towards a point on the riverbank: Adhamiya in central Baghdad where water sports are revolutionising how Iraqis interact with the historic Tigris and Euphrates. 650 words moved by Khalil Jalil. Picture. Video WSahara-conflict-Morocco,FOCUS GUERGEURAT, Western Sahara Kamal Zerfi has long run a junkyard in a no-man's land on the far edge of the Sahara desert. Then government soldiers came and things took a turn for the worse. 600 words moved by Hicham Rafih. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-conflict-diplomacy-UN,WRAP GONDAR, Ethiopia International pressure mounts on Ethiopia's warring parties to cease fighting and protect civilians in Tigray, where the army says it has encircled the capital ahead of a threatened bombardment. 750 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Video. Picture. Graphic SAfrica-politics-corruption,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG Over the course of his scandal-tainted career, South Africa's ex-president Jacob Zuma accumulated 16 fraud charges and faced court over alleged rape but he retains the support of a fervent fan base that continues to rattle politics. 800 words moved by Sofia Christensen. File Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-music-Grammy,WRAP NEW YORK Pop queen Beyonce leads the Grammy pack with nine nominations, as the music world prepares to celebrate its hitmakers in a year in which the coronavirus devastated the industry. 700 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. File Picture. Graphic Also moved: Entertainment-US-music-Grammy-takeaways,POINTS Entertainment-US-music-Grammy-nominees,FACTS -- SPORT -- RugbyU-Tri-2020-NZL,FOCUS WELLINGTON The mighty All Blacks have seemed almost invincible in recent years but back-to-back defeats have left their new coach and captain under fire and raised an unthinkable prospect: losing three in a row for the first time this century. 750 words moved by Neil Sands afp
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