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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden honours victims of Tulsa race massacre + WHO approves China's Sinovac Covid jab + US halts oil drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge + Italians aghast as mafia killer released + Suckers! Study probes elephants' vacuum power US-politics-racism-massacre-history,WRAP TULSA President Joe Biden leads emotional commemorations to honor victims of the 1921 race massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, saying the United States must learn from one of the worst episodes of racist violence in the country's history. 750 words moved by Lea Dauple. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-racism-Biden,POINTS Health-virus-WHO-vaccines-China-Sinovac,2ndlead GENEVA The World Health Organization approves the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use -- the second Chinese jab to receive the UN agency's green light. 550 words moved by Robin Millard. Video US-environment-oil,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden's administration announces it is halting petroleum development activity in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a move by former president Donald Trump to allow drilling. 550 words moved Italy-mafia-prison,WRAP ROME Italians are outraged as a notorious mob boss is released from prison, where he served 25 years for a string of grim crimes, including assassinating a famous prosecutor and dissolving a boy's body in acid. 650 words moved by Alexandria Sage US-animals-mechanics-elephants PARIS Elephants are known to use versatile trunks to grab objects big and small, drink great draughts, and sniff out water kilometres away. But a tusker's proboscis can also switch to vacuum mode to eat, with suction power ranging from faint to ferocious, researchers say. 500 words moved by Natalie Handel -- SPOTLIGHT -- Malaysia-education-internet,FOCUS KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian teenager Ain Husniza Saiful Nizam's unexpected rise from anonymous pupil to national leader against school harassment began with a teacher allegedly joking about rape. 700 words 0330 GMT by Sam Reeves. Picture. Video Egypt-LGBT-rights,FOCUS CAIRO Farida Ramadan, a transgender woman, overcame major hurdles to transition in conservative Egypt, but she is still fighting for her rights in a country where LGBTQ+ people face acute stigma. 800 words 0200 GMT by Hager Harabech. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-India,FOCUS NEW DELHI Low pay, 24-hour shifts and severe shortages of staff and protective gear have left doctors on the frontlines of India's brutal pandemic wave near breaking point and fearful for their lives. 600 words 0430 GMT by Abhaya Srivastava. Picture -- ASIA -- China-population-society,FOCUS BEIJING The cost of schools and housing make modern living in much of China a trial -- that means a third child is impossible for many, no matter what the state does to encourage bigger families. 650 words 0300 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng. Video. Picture -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-opposition-investigation-Poland,WRAP MOSCOW Prominent Kremlin critic Dmitry Gudkov is detained and faces possible jail time as authorities ramp up pressure on dissenters ahead of upcoming parliamentary elections. 700 words moved by Anna Smolchenko. File picture Belarus-politics-opposition-trial,lead MOSCOW A Belarusian political activist stabs himself in the neck on the first day of his trial and was rushed to hospital, a rights group says. 350 words moved. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli politicians battling to unseat veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have only until midnight, as they race against the clock to build a "change" coalition of bitter ideological rivals. 900 words 0130 GMT by Daniella Cheslow. Picture. Video. Graphic Israel-politics-BenGvir,FOCUS JERUSALEM As Israelis clashed with Palestinians in recent weeks, one hardline nationalist lawmaker allied with embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was repeatedly stoking the flames: Itamar Ben-Gvir, head of the one-man "Jewish Power" party. 850 words 0200 GMT by Daniella Cheslow. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Canada-indigenous-school-politics,FOCUS KAMLOOPS, Canada The discovery of the remains of 215 children at one of several boarding schools set up a century ago to forcibly assimilate Canada's indigenous peoples has forced the nation to confront its painful past. 650 words moved by Gavin Kennedy with Melinda Trochu in Vancouver. Picture. Video US-Brazil-Australia-cyberattack-food-JBS,WRAP WASHINGTON An American subsidiary of Brazilian meat processor JBS tells the US government that it has received a ransom demand in a cyberattack it believes originated in Russia. 500 words 0200 GMT by John Biers. File Picture -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-volcano,WRAP GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo Streets in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma return to life, five days after residents fled following warnings that the nearby Nyiragongo volcano could erupt again. 550 words moved by Heritier Baraka Munyampfura. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: DRCongo-volcano,PHOTOESSAY Uganda-politics-unrest,WRAP KAMPALA Uganda's transport minister is shot in what police said was a "targeted drive-by shooting" which left the former top general's daughter and bodyguard dead. 550 words moved by Grace Matsiko and Michael O'Hagan. Picture. Video ICoast-politics,FOCUS ABIDJAN Supporters of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo are seeking to allay misgivings over his expected return, insisting his homecoming a decade after civil war will heal divisions, not deepen them. 600 words moved by Stephane Barbier. File picture -- BUSINESS -- Australia-OECD-economy-politics,WRAP PARIS Former Australian finance minister Mathias Cormann becomes head of the influential Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, kicking off the job with a pledge to keep the global body focused on the fight against climate change. 650 words moved by Adam Plowright and Jurgen Hecker. Picture. Video Also moved: OECD-economy-politics-Australia-Cormann,PROFILE EU-law-parliament-tax-multinationals BRUSSELS European Union member states and MEPs reach a deal on tougher tax transparency measures for multinationals as international pressure grows for greater scrutiny of major companies. 350 words moved -- SPORT -- Tennis-FRA-Open-Osaka,WRAP PARIS Naomi Osaka's decision to withdraw from the French Open, after revealing her battle with depression and anxiety, has cast a harsh light on the mental health of the sport's superstars with one expert even accusing the media of "voyeurism". 750 words moved by Dave James Also moved: Tennis-FRA-Open-Osaka-Japan,lead Fbl-ESP-Liga-RealMadrid-Ancelotti,WRAP MADRID Carlo Ancelotti rejoins Real Madrid as coach for the next three seasons, the Spanish club says. "Hello Madrid!" the 61-year-old Italian who succeeds Zinedine Zidane posts on Twitter. 650 words moved. File picture Also moved: Fbl-ESP-Liga-RealMadrid-Ancelotti,PROFILE Fbl-Copa-2021-BRA-health-virus,WRAP SAO PAULO Brazil confirms it has agreed to stand in as emergency host for the troubled Copa America, though the threats of a Covid-19 surge, political divisions and a court battle still loom over the tournament. 650 words moved. File picture afp
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