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| - Duty Editor: Abhik Chanda Tel: +33 1 4041 4636 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump is damaging democracy: Biden + Virus restrictions grow in embattled US + Trump, fuming over vote loss, to address APEC + Azerbaijan troops back in ceasefire district + Millions tune into K-pop sensation BTS' new album US-vote,WRAP WILMINGTON, Delaware US President-elect Joe Biden accuses Donald Trump of brazenly damaging democracy, as the incumbent's campaign to reverse his election loss through fraud claims was dealt another blow with a recount in Georgia. 800 words moved by Jerome Cartillier with Michael Mathes and Shaun Tandon in Washington. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Pharma giant Pfizer and partner BioNTech prepare to file an emergency request to roll out their vaunted vaccine as New York shuts its schools and California prepares for a weekend curfew heading into the US holiday season. 700 words 1130 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic APEC-summit,WRAP KUALA LUMPUR US President Donald Trump will take part in an Asia-Pacific summit as he continues to reject his election loss, a day after Xi Jinping used the forum to hail China's growing economic clout. 600 words moved by Sam Reeves. Picture. Video Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-ceasefire,WRAP BAKU Azerbaijan says its troops entered a district bordering Nagorno-Karabakh handed back by Armenian separatists after almost 30 years as part of a Russian-brokered peace deal to end weeks of brutal fighting in the region. 850 words 0930 GMT by Emil Guliyev and Andrey Borodulin in Nagorno-Karabakh. Picture. Video. Graphic SKorea-music-BTS,WRAP SEOUL Tens of millions of fans around the world race to listen to the latest offering from BTS, as the K-pop sensation drop their highly anticipated new album to a deluge of excitement. 650 words moved by Claire Lee. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-treatment-remdesivir-WHO,lead PARIS The anti-viral drug remdesivir should not be used to treat Covid-19 patients no matter how severe their illness as it has "no important effect" on survival chances, the World Health Organization says. 400 words 1000 GMT by Patrick Galey Also moving: Health-virus-treatments,FACTS Health-virus-superspreading-transmission,FOCUS PARIS At churches, on cruise ships and even in the White House, superspreading events that can sicken dozens, even hundreds, of people have illustrated the potential for the coronavirus to infect in dramatic bursts. 1,200 words moved by Kelly MacNamara. Graphic Health-virus-US-ElPaso,FOCUS EL PASO, Texas Prisoners in safety gear have been recruited to move bodies from an overcrowded morgue to refrigerated trucks in El Paso -- as one of America's safest cities in more normal times is overwhelmed by death in one of the country's worst Covid-19 outbreaks. 750 words moved by Julia Benarrous. Picture. Video Health-virus-aviation,ADVANCER PARIS The airline industry holds its annual gathering by video conference next week under the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic that has plunged the sector into a crisis that may yet claim more carriers. 500 words moved by Sonia Wolf -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Serbia-church BELGRADE Patriarch Irinej, the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, dies of coronavirus, three weeks after his unofficial second-in-command also succumbed to Covid-19. 500 words moved by Miodrag Sovilj. File picture WWII-Germany-Nuremberg-trial-history,FACTS NUREMBERG, Germany On November 20, 1945, the first international trial in history opened in Nuremberg, Germany, forcing 21 senior Nazi officials to face justice for the first time. 750 words 0930 GMT by Benedicte Rey. File picture Also moving: WWII-Germany-Nuremberg-trial,SCENE -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-Republicans-Giuliani,FOCUS WASHINGTON With hair dye streaming down his temples and Donald Trump likely watching on television, the president's lawyer Rudy Giuliani unleashes eyebrow-raising claims that Venezuela and George Soros conspired with Democratic "crooks" to hand the US election to Joe Biden. 550 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video Weather-climate-hurricane,WRAP BILWI, Nicaragua Rescue workers dig through mounds of thick mud in the grim search for bodies as Central American countries began to count the cost of Hurricane Iota, which left at least 44 people dead after a wave of destruction. 500 words moved by Julia Rios. Picture. Video US-politics-crime-execution WASHINGTON A convicted murderer is put to death as President Donald Trump's administration pushes ahead with executions of criminals, despite a tradition of outgoing governments refraining from the practice. 550 words moved by Charlotte Plantive Brazil-vote-politics,FOCUS SAO PAULO The election of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in 2018 looked to some like a death blow for the Brazilian left after the spectacular fall of its 13-year rule. But the heart monitor may have just emitted a blip in local elections. 650 words moved by Paula Ramon. Picture -- ASIA -- Thailand-politics-education-protest,FOCUS BANGKOK A mild-mannered teenage girl with owl glasses, a bob haircut and daisies painted on her fingernails is not your typical school troublemaker. But in the eyes of Thailand's ultra-conservative school system, Benjamaporn "Ploy" Nivas is cast as a rebel for daring to show a whiff of individuality. 650 words moved by Lisa Martin and Tossapol Chaisamritpol. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Yemen-conflict-US-aid,FOCUS DUBAI Indications that the US is considering declaring Yemen's Huthi rebels a "terrorist organisation" have alarmed humanitarian groups who say it could cripple aid delivery and tip the country into famine. 800 words moved by Sarah Stewart UAE-politics-social,FOCUS DUBAI The United Arab Emirates, a Gulf powerhouse home to millions of foreign residents, has revamped an array of laws in a social liberalisation drive designed to burnish its progressive brand. 650 words 1000 GMT by Dana Moukhallati -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray,WRAP BAHIR DAR, Ethiopia Tigray forces fire rockets at a neighbouring state a day after Ethiopia said its forces are closing in on the dissident region's capital Mekele, heightening fears the internal conflict could spread to other parts of the country. 700 words 1030 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Graphic. CAfrica-crime-belief,FOCUS BANGUI In the reeds on the banks of the Ubangui River, fishermen are finding grossly mutilated corpses wrapped in sackcloth, the results, some say, of rough justice dispensed by "talimbi" crocodile men. 750 words moved by Camille Laffont. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- fbl-ENG-Pr,PREVIEW LONDON Tottenham's title credentials face a thorough examination when they host Manchester City as the Premier League returns on Saturday after the international break. 750 words moved by Kieran Canning RugbyU-WC-2021-women AUCKLAND The draw for next year's women's Rugby World Cup in New Zealand threw up a series of mouth-watering regional clashes Friday, with the host nation placed alongside arch-rival Australia in Pool A. 450 words moved. afp
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