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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Outcry as Kremlin critic Navalny jailed + Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO + WHO team visits Chinese virus lab in Wuhan + Calls for civil disobedience grow in Myanmar + Roadsides too noisy for birds, crickets Russia-politics-court-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW A Moscow court orders the Kremlin's most prominent critic Alexei Navalny jailed for nearly three years, triggering an immediate call for protests and condemnation in the West. 750 words 0530 by Anna Smolchenko. Picture. Video Also moved: Russia-politics-Navalny-trial,FACTS Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny,PROFILE US-IT-Amazon-Bezos,WRAP WASHINGTON Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says he will stand aside this year as chief executive of the company he built from a startup into one of the world's most valuable firms. 700 words moved by Rob Lever. File picture. File video Also moved: US-IT-Amazon-Bezos,PROFILE Health-virus,WRAP WUHAN, China World Health Organization experts inspect a laboratory in China's Wuhan city that some US officials said could have been the source of Covid-19, as global vaccine hopes rise with strong results reported for Russia's Sputnik-V. 650 words 0530 GMT. Picture. Video Myanmar-politics-army,WRAP YANGON Calls for a civil disobedience campaign in Myanmar emerge as the United States formally declares the military's takeover a coup and vowed further penalties for the generals behind the putsch. 700 words 0800 GMT. Picture. Video. Live Video. Graphic. Environment-science-pollution-noise-birds-insects PARIS Crickets and the birds that snack on them are not natural allies, but they do have a common enemy, according to a pair of studies published Wednesday: roadside noise pollution. 600 words moved by Marlowe Hood -- SPOTLIGHT -- Entertainment-France-Belgium-women-rap,FOCUS PARIS Tackling racism, prostitution and sexual assault, an emerging wave of female MCs is setting new boundaries for French rap after years in which women were barely visible on the scene. 700 words moved by Philippe Grelard. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-China-WHO,INTERVIEW BEIJING There will be no quick answers into the origins of the coronavirus, one of the World Health Organization experts on a mission to central China where the outbreak first emerged tells AFP. 600 words 0730 GMT by Laurie Chen. Video Health-virus-China-lab,Q&A WUHAN, China A high-security laboratory in Wuhan once identified by top US officials as the source of the Chinese city's coronavirus outbreak is among the most-watched items on the itinerary of a team of WHO inspectors investigating the pandemic's origins. 600 words 0200 GMT Health-virus-vaccine-Russia,4thlead PARIS Russia's Sputnik V vaccine is 91.6 percent effective against symptomatic Covid-19, according to results published in The Lancet that independent experts say allay transparency concerns over the jab, which Moscow is already rolling out. 600 words moved by Kelly Macnamara. Also moved: Health-virus-Russia-vaccine,FACTS Health-virus-Portugal-funerals,VIDEOESSAY Health-virus-Britain-pubs,FOCUS Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-cancer,FOCUS GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories For cancer patients in Gaza, already struggling under an Israeli-enforced blockade, restrictions imposed during the coronavirus pandemic means they are unable to access lifesaving treatment. 600 words moved by Adel Zaanoun. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Palestinians-Israel-conflict,2ndlead -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump was "singularly responsible" for the US Capitol riot last month and acquitting the former president could damage American democracy, lawmakers leading the impeachment case say one week before his Senate trial begins. 650 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture US-politics-immigration,WRAP WASHINGTON Joe Biden's immigration reform push receives a boost as the Senate confirms his pick to head the Department of Homeland Security, while the US president seeks to roll back Donald Trump's hardline policies. 800 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-immigration-children,FOCUS US-politics-assault-Cortez,FOCUS NEW YORK Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's emotional video revealing she is a survivor of sexual assault was watched by hundreds of thousands on social media, highlighting the US lawmaker's role as a hero of the left and drawing hostility from conservatives for whom she has long been a lightning rod. 700 words moved by Peter Hutchison. File picture -- ASIA -- Australia-fire-health-virus,lead PERTH, Australia At least 71 homes are destroyed in an out-of-control bushfire near Australia's fourth-biggest city Perth, forcing residents to ignore a virus lockdown and evacuate threatened areas. 500 words moved. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Italy-politics,WRAP ROME Italy's president is expected to ask former head of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi to take over as prime minister, following the collapse of the coalition government in the coronavirus-ravaged country. 650 words moved by Alice Ritchie and Alexandria Sage. Picture. Video Also moved: Italy-politics-Draghi,PROFILE Turkey-politics-LGBT-Twitter,3ndlead ISTANBUL Turkish police arrest more than 170 people in Istanbul and Ankara as a month of student protests against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan witnessed some of their most violent clashes to date. 600 words moved by Kadir Demir. Picture. Video Spain-fashion,FOCUS LANTEJUELA, Spain Trained in Milan, up-and-coming Spanish designer Nicolas Montenegro has dressed Beyonce and Kylie Minogue, but with the pandemic, he's gone back home to his village to launch his own brand. 600 words moved by Alvaro Villalobos. Pictures by Cristina Quicler. Video by Jorge Guerrero Health-virus-Britain-Moore,3rdlead LONDON Tributes flood in from across the UK following the death of Captain Sir Tom Moore, the 100-year-old military veteran who won British hearts with his fundraising during the pandemic. 600 words moved by Joe Jackson and James Pheby. File picture. File video. Video. Graphic -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Yemen-conflict-women-crime,FOCUS SANAA Married at the age of 12, rejected at 16, and then disfigured in an acid attack, Al-Anoud Hussain Sheryan's fate is a shocking illustration of abuse in Yemen, a society beset by war and poverty. 700 words moved by Mohammed Huwais with Mohamed Hasni in Dubai. Picture. Video Iran-SKorea-shipping-diplomacy,WRAP TEHRAN Iran says it has allowed some 20 crew members of a South Korean tanker seized almost a month ago for alleged pollution to leave the country as part of a "humanitarian move". 500 words moved -- AFRICA -- Finland-Liberia-war-trial,WRAP TAMPERE The trial of a suspected warlord accused of atrocities during Liberia's civil war begins in Finland, the first such case to be partly heard on Liberian soil. 750 words moved by Sam Kingsley, Zoom Dosso. File picture Also moving: Finland-Liberia-war,FACTS -- BUSINESS & FINANCE -- US-earnings-Google-Amazon-pandemic,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO The pandemic -- which put the internet at the center of seemingly everything as much of the world faced restrictions on movement -- proved a financial boon for Amazon and Google in the final quarter of 2020, as the tech giants reported rock star earnings. 700 words moved by Glenn Chapman -- SPORT -- Cricket-health-virus-psychology,FOCUS NEW DELHI Psychologists have called for better support for cricketers' mental wellbeing as they head into a second year confined to biosecure "bubbles" around the world. 600 words 0200 GMT by Faisal Kamal with Pirate Irwin in London. File Picture Oly-2020-2021-health-virus-Japan,FOCUS TOKYO With less than six months to go, Japanese who hope to be involved as spectators, torch bearers and volunteers are confronting the prospect of the Tokyo Olympics being drastically scaled back or cancelled altogether. 650 words 0600 GMT by Andrew McKirdy. Picture. Video Oly-2022-CHN-USA-Gu,PROFILE SHANGHAI Born in California and representing the United States before switching to China, 17-year-old freestyle skier Eileen Gu looks destined to be one of the faces of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. 575 words 0130 GMT by Peter Stebbings. Picture afp
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