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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Myanmar junta cuts internet again + WHO approves AstraZeneca vaccine + Arctic air, winter storms grip US + WTO gets first African and female boss + Norway moves mountains to help skiers Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's generals impose a near total internet shutdown for a second straight night, ignoring international condemnation, as they seek to grind down a popular uprising against their coup. 600 words 0530 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA The World Health Organization approves the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca, in a boost for poorer countries where millions of doses are set to be distributed. 700 words moved by Robin Millard with AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video US-weather,WRAP HOUSTON Much of the United States is in the icy grip of an "unprecedented" winter storm as frigid Arctic air sends temperatures plunging, forcing hundreds of flight cancellations, making driving hazardous and leaving millions without power in Texas. 500 words moved by Francois Picard with Chris Lefkow in Washington. Picture. Video WTO-trade-Nigeria,WRAP GENEVA Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is appointed as the first female and first African head of the beleaguered World Trade Organization, saying a stronger WTO will be vital for the global coronavirus recovery. 750 words moved. Picture. Graphic Also moved: WTO-trade-women,FACTS WTO-trade-Nigeria-OkonjoIweala,FACTS Norway-skiing-snow-offbeat,FOCUS OSLO Norwegians, the saying goes, are born with skis on their feet. But with a lack of snow and the pandemic this year leaving many in despair, authorities are bringing snow and ski trails to downtown Oslo. 600 words moved by Pierre-Henry Deshayes. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Kenya-agriculture-livestock-climate-locusts,FOCUS MERU, Kenya As dawn breaks in central Kenya, a helicopter lifts off in a race to find roosting locusts before the sun warms their bodies and sends them on a ravenous flight through farmland. 850 words moved by Fran Blandy. Graphic. Picture. Video Also moved: Kenya-Ethiopia-Somalia-environment-agriculture-locusts,FACTS Iraq-tradition-shopping,FOCUS ARBIL As the sun rises over Arbil's historic bazaar, shopkeepers sweep their stoops and eagerly await the "istiftah" -- the first customer of the day, believed to be a good omen. 750 words moved by Qassim Khidir. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics,lead HONG KONG Veteran Hong Kong activists go on trial for organising one of the biggest democracy protests to engulf the city in 2019, part of a sweeping crackdown targeting Beijing's critics. 550 words 0530 by Su Xinqi. Picture. Video Health-virus-Japan-travel-cruise,FOCUS TOKYO David Abel and his wife Sally might have had the cruise from hell last year on the coronavirus-hit Diamond Princess, but they can't wait to get back to sea. 700 words moved by Sara Hussein. File picture India-agriculture-demonstration-politics-demo,SCENE MAKRAULI, India Blasting a catchy pro-farmer song from a speaker, an electric-blue tractor rattles down a small road collecting pails of milk from villagers -- one of many donations helping to sustain massive protest camps outside New Delhi. 600 words moved by Glenda Kwek. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Argentina-politics-Menem-death BUENOS AIRES Former Argentine president Carlos Menem is buried in a ceremony with military honors in a Buenos Aires Islamic cemetery next to his late son. 550 words moved. Picture US-politics-investigation,POINTS WASHINGTON Most Republicans in the US Senate voted to acquit Donald Trump in last week's impeachment trial, but the former president's woes are far from over. 700 words moved. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iraq-US-rockets,WRAP ARBIL, Iraq A volley of rockets targeting an airbase in Iraq's Kurdistan region killed a foreign civilian contractor and wounded five others, the US-led coalition says. 850 words moved. Picture Saudi-politics-US-diplomacy,FOCUS RIYADH Under a new US glare, Saudi Arabia is rushing to release some political prisoners and make up with regional rivals, attempting to clean up its act as it braces for a policy reset in Washington. 800 words moved by Anuj Chopra Saudi-economy-investment,2ndlead RIYADH Saudi Arabia heaps pressure on foreign companies to move their Middle East headquarters to the kingdom, saying it will stop signing contracts with firms with hubs in other countries from 2024. 600 words moved by Anuj Chopra -- AFRICA -- CAfrica-unrest-ICC-trial,WRAP THE HAGUE A former top Central African Republic football official and a militiaman nicknamed Rambo go on trial at the International Criminal Court charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. 550 words moved by Sara Magniette. File Picture. SAfrica-politics-corruption-Zuma,2ndlead JOHANNESBURG The chair of a South African judicial panel investigating mass state corruption says he would seek jail time for former president Jacob Zuma after he failed to appear before the commission. 500 words moved France-Rwanda-history-genocide PARIS Authorities in Paris helped suspects in the 1994 Rwanda genocide to escape while under French military protection, according to a diplomatic cable, rekindling Kigali's allegations France secretly supported Hutu forces behind the killings. 500 words moved by Dider Lauras Sahel-France-unrest,WRAP N'DJAMENA Chad will send 1,200 troops to combat jihadists in a flashpoint Sahel border zone, its president says, as France looks to reduce its longstanding military presence in the vast, volatile region. 650 words moved by Ali Aba Kaya with Amaury Hauchard in Bamako. Video. Graphic -- SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT -- US-Mars-space,ADVANCER WASHINGTON After a seven-month journey, NASA's Perseverance rover prepares to touch down on Mars on Thursday after negotiating a risky landing that will mark the start of its multi-year search for signs of ancient microbial life. 700 words moved by Lucie Aubourg. Picture. Video Also moved: US-Mars-space-Ingenuity -- SPORT -- Tennis-AUS-Open-Russians, FOCUS MELBOURNE Men's tennis has been dominated by Roger Federer, Rafel Nadal and Novak Djokovic since Marat Safin was the last Russian man to lift a Grand Slam trophy at the 2005 Australian Open. As the era of the Big Three draws to a close, it is Russia, led by Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev, who could take over at the top. 650 words at 0600 GMT. Picture afp
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