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| - Duty Editor: Sean Gleeson Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + North Korea accuses Biden of 'provocation' + Half a billion vaccine jabs given globally + Myanmar junta holds military show of force + Egyptian railway crash kills 32 passengers + French monks with too much cheese find salvation online NKorea-US-military-diplomacy,WRAP SEOUL Joe Biden's condemnation of this week's North Korean missile launches risked provoking further weapons tests, a top regime official says, after Pyongyang's first substantive provocation since the US president took office. 600 words 0300 GMT by Claire Lee Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Health officials have now rolled out more than 500 million coronavirus vaccine doses around the world, but with wide gaps between countries the WHO urges donations to help poorer nations start inoculations. 800 words moved by Joseph Boyle with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP NAYPYIDAW Myanmar's military will put on a major show of strength for the annual Armed Forces Day, as it struggles to quell widespread protests against its rule weeks after seizing power. 600 words 0300 GMT. Picture. Video. Live video Egypt-accident-rail,WRAP TAHTA, Egypt A collision between two trains kills at least 32 passengers and leaves more than 160 injured in southern Egypt, a country plagued by fatal rail accidents widely blamed on crumbling infrastructure and poor maintenance. 800 words 0200 GMT by Emmanuel Parisse. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-France-religion-food,lead DIJON, France A French monastery in the heart of Burgundy launches an emergency online sale to get rid of thousands of its prized artisanal cheeses, which are languishing in its cellars as Covid-19 keeps buyers away. 300 words moved -- AMERICAS -- China-Britain-US-EU-diplomacy-Uyghurs,WRAP WASHINGTON Western powers push back against China in a standoff over Beijing's treatment of its Muslim Uyghur minority, as major global brands are pulled into the deepening international row. 700 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi with Beiyi Seow in Beijing. Picture. Video. Graphic US-Russia-China-climate-diplomacy-environment,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden has invited his counterparts Xi Jinping of China and Russia's Vladimir Putin to a virtual climate summit he is hosting in April, the White House announces. 500 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi -- ASIA -- India-vote,WRAP JHARGAM, India Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces off against one of his most formidable opponents as West Bengal, a state with a bloody history of political violence, goes to the polls. 500 words 0430 GMT Bangladesh-unrest-diplomacy-Modi,WRAP CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh Five supporters of a hardline Islamist group are shot dead in Bangladesh during violent demonstrations across the country against a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 750 words moved by Shamsuddin Illius. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Rwanda-genocide-history-France,WRAP PARIS France bears overwhelming responsibilities over the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and was "blind" to preparations for the massacres, a report by historians says, while adding there was no evidence Paris was complicit in the killings. 800 words moved by Lucie Peytermann and Cecile Feuillatre. Picture. Video Also moved: Rwanda-France-genocide-history,CHRONO Rwanda-genocide-history-France,SPECIALREPORT -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Egypt-shipping-Suez,WRAP CAIRO An attempt to refloat a megaship blocking Egypt's Suez Canal failed, the vessel's managers say, as the crisis forced companies to re-route services from the vital shipping lane around Africa. 750 words moved by Bassem Aboualabass. Picture. Video. Videographic. Graphic Also moved: Egypt-shipping-Suez,Q&A Egypt-shipping-Suez-Netherlands-Smit,FACTS Egypt-shipping-Suez-Russia-Arctic,2ndlead -- AFRICA -- Mozambique-unrest-jihadists,WRAP MAPUTO More than 180 people including expatriate workers are trapped inside a hotel in a northern Mozambique town under attack by insurgents for three days, workers and security sources say. 500 words moved. Graphic -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Chile-vaccines,FOCUS SANTIAGO Chile is a world leader in its coronavirus vaccination program and has already given at least one dose to almost a third of its population. And yet, the country this week put more than 80 percent of the country's 19 million people in lockdown. 700 words 0130 GMT by Paula Bustamante and Paulina Abramovich. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-IT-lifestyle-travel,FOCUS WASHINGTON Jem Jenkins Jones was stuck at home in Wales for much of the past year amid pandemic lockdowns but managed to fulfill a promise to her 10-year-old daughter to see the northern lights from Iceland and South Africa's game reserves -- in virtual reality. 750 words 0130 GMT by Rob Lever. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- US-IT-politics-labor-Amazon,WRAP BIRMINGHAM, Alabama Senator Bernie Sanders joins the drive to unionize Amazon workers in Alabama as clashes intensify between lawmakers and the e-commerce giant ahead of a deadline for a vote that could lead to the first union on US soil at the massive tech company. 650 words moved by Julie Jammot US-enterprises-stock-IT-WeWork-lifestyle,WRAP NEW YORK WeWork announces it plans to enter public markets through a merger transaction that raises $1.3 billion, valuing the office-sharing firm at a fraction of the sum discussed in its unsuccessful pre-pandemic effort to go public. 600 words moved by John Biers and Rob Lever -- SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT -- Russia-conservation-nature-leopard MOSCOW Russian conservationists hail a rare sighting of an Amur leopard mother with three cubs in the Far East as proof of the efficiency of the country's efforts to boost the population of the endangered species. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- RugbyU-6Nations-FRA-SCO PARIS Wales wins the Six Nations after Scotland beat a "disappointed" France 27-23 for their first victory in Paris since 1999. 600 words moved by Illtud Dafydd. Picture afp
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