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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden doubles US emissions cut target + Russia orders end to drills near Ukraine + Record infections overwhelm India's hospitals + UEFA to meet with Super League revenge on table + Zhao excited for Oscars after Spirit Awards win US-summit-climate-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden doubles US ambitions on slashing greenhouse gas emissions, leading Japan and Canada at a summit in making new commitments that bring the world closer to limiting the worst climate change. 1,000 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Pictures. Video. Graphic Russia-Ukraine-conflict-Crimea,WRAP MOSCOW Russia's defence minister orders an end to military drills near Ukraine involving tens of thousands of troops and dozens of warships that have exacerbated tensions with the West. 700 words moved by Anna Smolchenko. Picture. Video Health-virus-India,3rdlead NEW DELHI Hospitals in India's capital issue SOS appeals for oxygen and 13 Covid patients die in a fire, as the nation's health system buckles under a devastating wave of record infections. 650 words 0700 GMT by Bhuvan Bagga with Ammu Kannampilly in Mumbai. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Virus-health-India,BACKGROUND Fbl-UEFA-Super-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP LAUSANNE, Switzerland UEFA meet with revenge on some members' minds following the attempted Super League breakaway, while the fate of a handful of European Championship host cities is also on the agenda. 650 words moved by Coralie Febvre Entertainment-US-film-Spirit-Awards-award,INTERVIEW LOS ANGELES Chloe Zhao voices her excitement about the looming Oscars as her road movie "Nomadland" topped the Film Independent Spirit Awards, winning best feature in its relentless award season charge. 500 words 0530 GMT by Andrew Marszal. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Philippines-religion-internet,FOCUS MANILA After delivering sermons and visiting slums, Philippine priest Fiel Pareja tends to his Gen-Z flock on TikTok, creating videos of himself praying, dancing and lip-syncing Christian pop music for 1.6 million followers. 800 words moved by Mikhail Flores and Lucille Sodipe. Video. Picture Indonesia-court-crime-virus,FOCUS JAKARTA Indonesia has sentenced scores of prisoners to death over Zoom and other video apps during the pandemic in what critics say is an "inhumane" insult to those facing the firing squad. 700 words moved by Haeril Halim -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Venezuela-malaria,FOCUS BARCELONA, Venezuela Luz Martinez has caught malaria three times, the last of which was when she was six months pregnant with her fourth child. Like many Venezuelans, she fears malaria more than Covid-19. 550 words 0530 GMT by Margioni Bermudez. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Mexico-wrestling,FOCUS CUAUTITLAN IZCALLI, Mexico Wrestlers pound each other into bloody submission in a backyard outside the Mexican capital, but since the pandemic struck the legendary fighters' most fearsome foe is no longer the reigning champion: Covid-19 has claimed the lives of dozens of Mexico's "lucha libre" wrestlers. 550 words moved by Yussel Gonzalez. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-Europe-space-SpaceX,WRAP KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida SpaceX is set to launch its third crew to the International Space Station, reusing a rocket and crew capsule in a human mission for the first time. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture Also moved: US-Europe-space-health,INTERVIEW -- ASIA -- Indonesia-military-submarine,WRAP BALI, Indonesia Indonesia's desperate search for a missing submarine and its crew of 53 hones in on a magnetic signal, with just hours to go before the stricken vessel's oxygen reserves ran out. 650 words 0630 GMT by Sonny Tumbelaka. Picture. Video. Graphic Pakistan-France-religion-protests,WRAP ISLAMABAD Pakistan's parliament resumes debating the fate of the French ambassador after the government appears, for now, to put a lid on bloody anti-France protests that rocked the country for a week. 400 words 0800 GMT. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-protest-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW Alexei Navalny's private doctors urge him to "immediately" call off his hunger strike as the jailed Kremlin critic says he is full of "pride and hope" after nationwide protests. 650 words moved by Anastasia Clark. Picture. Video Ukraine-environment-nuclear-animals-Chernobyl,SCENE CHERNOBYL, Ukraine Down an overgrown country road, three startled wild horses with rugged coats and rigid manes dart into the flourishing overgrowth of their unlikely nature reserve: the Chernobyl exclusion zone. 500 words moved by Ania Tsoukanova. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Jordan-politics-royals,WRAP AMMAN Jordan releases 16 people detained for "sedition" at the request of King Abdullah II, the state prosecutor says, weeks after an alleged plot to destabilise the country was foiled. 550 words moved Palestinians-vote-Hamas,INTERVIEW GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Any change to the timetable for the first Palestinian elections in 15 years would deal a heavy blow to efforts to reconcile the rival administrations in Gaza and the West Bank, a top Hamas official warns. 750 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict -- AFRICA -- Chad-politics-Deby-funeral N'DJAMAENA Chad will bury veteran ruler Idriss Deby Itno as concerns mount over the loss of a lynchpin in the fight against jihadism in the Sahel and uncertainty over the country's democratic future. 550 words moved by Djimet Wiche Moved: Chad-politics-Sahel-unrest,FOCUS Chad-politics-Nigeria-conflict,FOCUS Chad-politics-Deby-security,Q&A Ethiopia-Tigray-conflict-aid-RedCross,INTERVIEW GENEVA The Red Cross voices alarm over "horrific" accounts of sexual violence in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray region, amid fears that rape is being used as a weapon of war. 500 words moved by Nina Larson. Video -- CLIMATE -- Climate-science-forests-oceans-tipping PARIS Global warming thresholds in Earth's climate system that could see the Amazon rainforest become savannah or tip massive ice sheets into irreversible melting have "grace periods", giving humanity more time to draw down planet-warming carbon emissions, researchers say. 650 words moved by Marlowe Hood Also moved: Climate-energy-flood-Europe Climate-weather-science-Europe-Arctic,Q&A -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-summit-climate-diplomacy-IMF,Q&A WASHINGTON World leaders participating in the virtual Earth Day summit are unanimous: fighting climate change will be good for economic growth worldwide. 700 words moved by Delphine Touitou US-economy-unemployment-real-estate,WRAP WASHINGTON New applications for US unemployment aid continued their decline last week, in the surest sign yet that the world's largest economy is on the upswing after the mass layoffs wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic. 550 words moved by Chris Stein -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Oscars,ADVANCER HOLLYWOOD The Oscars on Sunday will mirror the movie industry they honor: transformed by the pandemic, forced to experiment with new venues and formats, and likely to be dominated by "Nomadland." 800 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture. Graphic Also moved: Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-nominees,FACTS Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-moments,POINTS Entertainment-US-film-diversity,WRAP LOS ANGELES Female and minority actors were proportionately represented in Hollywood for the first time last year in a "watershed moment for diversity," according to a report suggesting change may have been accelerated by the pandemic. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture Entertainment-US-film-television-streaming-Netflix,FOCUS NEW YORK Netflix has a massive global subscriber base and has proven its ability to create pop culture moments -- "Tiger King" was a breakout pandemic hit -- but is this the year it becomes an Oscars powerhouse, with several films in contention? 650 words moved by Thomas Urbain with Carole Guirado in Paris -- SPORT -- Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus-vaccine,FOCUS TOKYO Three months before it hosts the Olympics -- the biggest international event since the pandemic began -- Japan has vaccinated just one percent of its population in a cautious, slow-moving programme. 700 words moved by Katie Forster and Natsuko Fukue. Picture afp
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