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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + US authorises Moderna Covid vaccine + Pompeo blames cyberattack on Russia + Congress stopgap averts US shutdown + Kidnapped Nigerian schoolboys freed + Rooney's son, 11, signs for Man Utd Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States authorizes Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, paving the way for millions of doses of a second vaccine to be shipped across the hardest-hit country in the world. 750 words 0600 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video. Graphic US-IT-politics-hacking,WRAP WASHINGTON Russia was "pretty clearly" behind a devastating cyberattack on several US government agencies that also hit targets worldwide, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says. 750 words 0530 GMT by Rob Lever US-politics-economy-health-virus-stimulus,lead WASHINGTON US lawmakers struggling to reach a critical pandemic relief and federal spending deal strike a last-minute agreement to avert a midnight shutdown of the government, and extend negotiations through the weekend. 600 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture Nigeria-kidnapping-unrest-release,WRAP KATSINA, Nigeria Exhausted and dishevelled, hundreds of Nigerian schoolboys seized in a mass abduction claimed by Boko Haram experience their first full day of freedom after a nearly week-long ordeal. 750 words moved by John Okunyomih. Picture. Video. Graphic Fbl-ENG-Pr-ManUtd-Rooney-son LONDON Wayne Rooney said Friday he was a "proud dad" after his eldest son Kai followed in his footsteps by signing for Manchester United. 200 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Brazil-politics-vaccines,FOCUS BRASILIA Brazil prides itself on its world-leading immunization experts, medical institutions and vaccine research, but President Jair Bolsonaro's government has been accused of having a chaotic plan to inoculate against Covid-19. 700 words moved by Jordi Miro. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-lifestyle-Christmas-NewYork,PHOTOESSAY NEW YORK In a New York where traditional holiday performances are cancelled, Rockefeller Center tree viewings are timed and travel is ill-advised, it's beginning to feel a lot like the Covid Grinch stole Christmas. But in Brooklyn's illuminated Dyker Heights neighborhood, not even a pandemic can keep the festive spirit down. 550 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. Picture. Video Health-virus-France-politics-Macron,lead PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledges he had been "slowed down" by his Covid-19 infection and ongoing symptoms but insists he is doing well as as the country's coronavirus death toll tops 60,000. 650 words moved by Laurence Benhamou and Stuart Williams. Picture. Video Health-virus-Turkmenistan,FOCUS ASHGABAT In tightly controlled Turkmenistan, which still insists it has no virus cases, the pandemic has led to a boom in a herb whose Turkmen name translates as "medicine for a hundred illnesses". 700 words moved by Anton Lomov with Christopher Rickleton in Almaty. Picture Health-virus-WHO-Gavi-vaccine,2ndlead GENEVA Poorer countries will begin to receive coronavirus vaccination doses early next year from a facility created to ensure fair access, the World Health Organization and its partners announce. 450 words moved by Agnes Pedrero Also moved: Health virus WHO China animal Health-virus-world,FACTS -- AMERICAS -- US-economy-unemployment-politics-health-virus,PROFILE WASHINGTON First, they lost their jobs to the coronavirus pandemic, and now many of the more than 20 million people unemployed in the United States may lose something else: the government aid keeping them afloat through the world's worst Covid-19 outbreak. 750 words moved by Chris Stein. Picture. File picture US-politics-environment-energy-Cabinet-Granholm,PROFILE NEW YORK Since stepping down as Michigan's Governor, Jennifer Granholm, President-elect Joe Biden's nominee as Energy Secretary, has spoken often about the need to boldly rethink energy policy in light of climate change. 750 words moved by John Biers -- ASIA -- Fiji-Tonga-weather-cyclone,WRAP SUVA Reconnaissance flights over Fiji show entire villages were wiped out by Cyclone Yasa, with authorities putting the cost of the devastation at hundreds of millions of dollars. 450 words 0530 GMT by Leon Lord. Video Singapore-gender-social-entertainment,FOCUS SINGAPORE From vaginal warts to masturbation, taboo-breaking Singaporean podcaster Nicole Lim tackles topics that may make some squirm but has won a following in socially conservative Asian societies. 700 words moved by Catherine Lai. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP BRUSSELS British and EU negotiators thrash through the final "few hours" of post-Brexit trade negotiations with deep divisions on the highly-charged issue of fishing rights standing in the way of any breakthrough. 700 words moved by Dave Clark. Video. Picture Also moved: Britain-EU-politics-Brexit-Netherlands-fishing,FOCUS -- AFRICA -- CAfrica-vote-unrest,WRAP BANGUI UN peacekeepers deploy in the west of Central African Republic following surprise attacks by powerful armed groups involved in "a deliberate attempt to disrupt" upcoming elections in one of the world's poorest and most troubled nations. 700 words moved by Camille Laffont Mali-politics-unrest,FOCUS BAMAKO Hopes that soldiers behind Mali's coup would swiftly restore civilian rule and tackle jihadism and ethnic violence are fading fast as the army expands its role. 750 words moved. File picture. Graphic afp
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