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| - Duty Editor: Abhik Chanda Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + US advisers recommend approving Pfizer vaccine + EU leaders agree climate target at marathon summit + Top Beijing critic charged under Hong Kong law + US executes federal convict despite transition + Sanofi, GSK push back vaccine rollout date Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON US experts vote to recommend granting emergency approval for Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine, paving the way for America to become the next country to move ahead with mass immunization. 750 words 1230 GMT by AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic EU-summit-climate,WRAP BRUSSELS EU leaders agree an ambitious target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions after unlocking the bloc's landmark budget and coronavirus recovery fund at a marathon summit. 700 words 0930 GMT by Max Delany. Picture. Video. Graphic HongKong-China-politics-media-law-Lai,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kong media tycoon and fierce Beijing critic Jimmy Lai is charged under a new national security law, the latest pro-democracy figure targeted under the widely criticised legislation. 650 words moved by Yan Zhao. File picture. File video US-crime-justice-executions,WRAP WASHINGTON A convicted murderer is scheduled to die by lethal injection as the administration of President Donald Trump carries out a series of federal executions in its waning days in power. 750 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. Picture. File Picture Health-virus-vaccine-GSK-Sanofi,WRAP PARIS France's Sanofi and Britain's GSK say their Covid-19 vaccines will not be ready until the end of 2021, after interim results showed a low immune response in older adults. 700 words moved by Marie-Morgane Le Moel. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-vaccine-placebo,FOCUS WASHINGTON With America poised to become the next country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine, authorities find themselves facing an ethical dilemma: when to give trial participants who received a placebo the real deal. 750 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture Climate-environment-carbon-pollution-2020 PARIS Carbon emissions fell a record seven percent in 2020 as countries imposed lockdowns and restrictions on movement during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Global Carbon Project says in its annual assessment. 600 words moved by Patrick Galey -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade-transport,FOCUS LONDON Food shortages, tailbacks and congested ports: as talks with Brussels remain unresolved three weeks before leaving the EU single market, the UK is preparing for a chaotic "no-deal". 650 words moved by Veronique Dupont. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-France-Italy-Spain-restaurants-gastronomy,FOCUS MADRID An elegant Madrid institution known for exquisite soufflé potatoes, Zalacain closed its doors last month, the latest top European restaurant to have its fate sealed by the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Thomas Perroteau with AFP bureaus London, Paris and Rome. Picture. Video Health-virus-Albania-food-drink-livestock,VIDEOESSAY PAPER, Albania On a small farm south of Tirana, donkeys happily munch on hay while customers flock to scoop up bottles of their milk, a niche product winning fans who believe in its health benefits. 600 words moved by Briseida Mema. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-people-media-Time-award,WRAP NEW YORK US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are named Time magazine's 2020 "Person of the Year" for their election victory over Donald Trump. 550 words 0530 GMT by Peter Hutchison. File picture Also moved: US-vote-Biden-cabinet-diversity,FOCUS Canada-China-US-diplomacy-prisoners,INTERVIEW OTTAWA Canadian Michael Kovrig, "arbitrarily detained" by China for two years to the day, reads, sings and walks 7,000 steps a day in his cell to keep sane, his wife tells AFP. 700 words moved by Michel Comte. Picture -- ASIA -- NKorea-SKorea-diplomacy-mining-prisoners,FOCUS SEOUL Only 13 days before the armistice that ended the Korean War, Southern soldier Lee Sun-woo was captured. He spent the next 50 years in North Korea, toiling for decades in a coal mine as his enemy's slave. 700 words moved by Sunghee Hwang. Picture. Video Also moved: NKorea-SKorea-diplomacy-mining-family -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- US-Israel-Morocco-diplomacy,WRAP RABAT Morocco savours its diplomatic success after President Donald Trump's surprise announcement that the United States was recognising the kingdom's sovereignty over disputed Western Sahara in return for it normalising relations with Israel. 650 words 1230 GMT. File Picture. Video US-Israel-Morocco-diplomacy,INTERVIEW JERUSALEM In exchange for opening ties with Israel, President Donald Trump gave Morocco a "gift": the United States' recognition of its sovereignity over Western Sahara, says Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, an expert on Israeli-Moroccan relations at Tel Aviv University. 500 words 1100 GMT Also moved: US-Israel-Morocco-diplomacy,REAX -- AFRICA -- Mozambique-unrest-beheading,SCENE METUGE, Mozambique It has been nearly a year since Rabia Ali's husband, son and brother-in-law were beheaded by Islamist militants waging a brutal insurgency in northern Mozambique. 550 words moved by Emidio Jozine and Alfredo Zuniga. Picture. Video France-EGuinea-diplomacy-court-UN-law THE HAGUE The UN's top court will rule on a bitter row centred on a swanky Paris house seized by France as part of a corruption probe into Equatorial Guinea's vice president. 450 words moved by Jan Hennop -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-StarWars,lead LOS ANGELES Disney announces a new "Star Wars" film from the director of "Wonder Woman" and several new TV series within the sci-fi franchise, including two spin-offs from the creators of smash hit "The Mandalorian." 500 words moved Entertainment-US-film-Gunda,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Joaquin Phoenix's latest film "Gunda" isn't an easy watch -- and given its stark anti-meat agenda, it isn't meant to be. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal China-entertainment-culture-gender-comedy,FOCUS BEIJING Strutting onstage with well-honed confidence, 23-year-old comedian Qiqi is part of a new wave of young, female stand-up acts in China, crashing into what has always previously been a man's world. 700 words moved by Laurie Chen. Picture. Video -- ECONOMY & FINANCE -- US-economy-unemployment-stimulus,WRAP WASHINGTON New applications for US unemployment benefits surged last week by 137,000, according to government data, underscoring the need for more economic stimulus as Covid-19 cases hit new peaks. 650 words moved by Heather Scott US-IT-lifestyle-travel-IPO-Airbnb,WRAP NEW YORK Airbnb shares more than double in a sizzling US market debut which vaults the home-sharing platform into an elite group of richly valued companies. 600 words moved by Juliette Michel. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ENG-Pr,PREVIEW LONDON Manchester United's early Champions League exit means Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's position is back under scrutiny ahead of Manchester City's visit to Old Trafford for a game neither side can afford to lose. 700 words moved by Kieran Canning. Picture Also moved: Fbl-Eur,PREVIEW Hungary-chess-Polgar,INTERVIEW BUDAPEST Watching the hit Netflix show "The Queen's Gambit" sparked deja-vu for Hungarian chess great Judit Polgar, regarded as the game's best-ever female player. 650 words moved by Peter Murphy. Picture afp
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