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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Contact: engdeskers@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden's $6 trillion to 'reimagine' economy + Colombia sends troops to Cali after protests + US targets Belarus with sanctions over plane + Vietnam discovers India-British hybrid variant + Man City, Chelsea set for Champions League final US-politics-economy-budget,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden proposes a $6 trillion budget to "reimagine" the US economy and stave off Chinese competition, though driving the United States into record debt -- and with Congress first needing to give approval. 600 words moved by Sebastian Smith Also moved: US-politics-economy-budget,POINTS Colombia-politics-protest-unrest,WRAP CALI, Colombia Colombian President Ivan Duque says he is deploying army troops to the city of Cali, as international alarm grows over the policing of deadly anti-government protests across the country in recent weeks. 850 words moved. Picture. Video Belarus-politics-aviation-Russia-US,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States announces punitive measures against Belarus targeting the regime of strongman President Alexander Lukashenko, who met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin amid a global outcry over the forced diversion of a European plane. 850 words moved by Anita Beattie in Washington with Anna Smolchenko in Moscow. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Vietnam,2ndlead HANOI Vietnam has discovered a new Covid-19 variant which spreads quickly by air and is a combination of the Indian and British strains, health officials say. 500 words moved. File picture Fbl-Eur-C1-ENG-ManCity-Chelsea,WRAP PORTO Pep Guardiola's Manchester City and Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea clash in an-all English Champions League final in Porto with thousands of fans flying in to watch the climax to the European season under strict coronavirus protocol. 600 words 2100 GMT by Andy Scott and Kieran Canning. Picture. Video. Graphic -- SPOTLIGHT -- Rwanda-France-diplomacy-genocide-history,INTERVIEW KIGALI Rwandan President Paul Kagame says France's recent acknowledgement over its part in the 1994 genocide in his country is "a big step" -- even if it didn't come with an apology. 800 words moved by Simon Valmary. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-economy-wage-restaurants,FOCUS WASHINGTON As the number of Covid-19 cases soared in Washington through the fall and winter, Tizoc Zarate waited on tables at a local restaurant -- but struggled to put enough food on the table for himself and his girlfriend. 700 words moved by Philip Van Slooten. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Thailand-prisons BANGKOK A coronavirus surge sweeping through Thailand's prisons has thrown the spotlight on the kingdom's overcrowded penal system, where some inmates have less space to sleep than the inside of a coffin. 500 words moved by Lisa Martin and Pathom Sangwongwanich. File picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-climate-environment-retail-food,FOCUS LONDON Ella Shone's small electric truck used to deliver milk but now she drives it around London, selling groceries and household goods that are free of plastic packaging. 550 words moved by Linda Abi Assi. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-volcano,WRAP GOMA, DR Congo DR Congo's government says the eruption of a second volcano it had announced hours earlier is a "false alarm," the scare coming a week after Mount Nyiragongo roared back into life, causing devastation and sparking a mass exodus. 700 words 1530 GMT by Alexis Huguet. Picture. Graphic -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict-Haftar-politics,FOCUS TRIPOLI Libya's military strongman Khalifa Haftar is polishing his political image ahead of elections, after a crippling rout on the battlefield and with his support waning at home and abroad, analysts say. 650 words moved by Jihad Dorgham and Hamza Mekouar -- ASIA -- SriLanka-Singapore-transport-pollution-fire,lead NEGOMBO, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka faces an unprecedented pollution crisis as waves of plastic waste from a burning container ship hit the coast and threaten to devastate the local environment, a top environment official warns. 600 words moved by Amal Jayasinghe. Picture. Video Myanmar-politics-military-coup BANGKOK A shadow government in Myanmar seeking to reverse the February 1 coup has joined forces with a rebel group to "demolish" junta rule, it says. 450 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Canada-indigenous-school,lead OTTAWA The remains of 215 children have been discovered on the grounds of a former boarding school set up more than a century ago to assimilate Canada's indigenous peoples, according to a local tribe. 450 words moved Mexico-US-Spain-fashion-indigenous MEXICO CITY Mexico blasts major clothing brands Zara, Anthropologie and Patowl for using patterns and other elements of Mexican indigenous textiles in their collections without permission. 300 words moved US-crime-shooting-guns-business,FOCUS WASHINGTON A disgruntled, heavily-armed employee shows up at work and murders nine of his colleagues: this week's carnage at a California rail yard is every American employer's worst nightmare come true. 750 words moved by Charlotte Plantive -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-TV-Friends-China-censorship BEIJING Chinese fans of the popular sitcom "Friends" are furious after censors cut guest stars Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and Korean boyband BTS from the much-awaited reunion episode. 350 words moved Entertainment-US-music-crime-Manson LOS ANGELES US goth rocker Marilyn Manson is hit with new allegations that he raped an ex-girlfriend and forced her to watch a video of him abusing a young fan. 250 words moved -- SPORT -- Tennis-FRA-Open-Men,PREVIEW PARIS Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will set their sights on more Grand Slam history at the French Open as Roland Garros embraces a new but eerily empty era of night time tennis. 600 words moved by Dave James. File picture Tennis-FRA-Open-Women,PREVIEW PARIS Iga Swiatek heads into the French Open trying to become the first player since Serena Williams at Wimbledon in 2016 to successfully defend a women's Grand Slam singles title, with injuries and poor clay form clouding the hopes of several of her chief rivals. 600 words moved. File picture afp
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