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| - Duty Editor: Tom Barfield Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Largest anti-coup protests yet in Myanmar + Hope for Libya with new unity govt + US moves to delist Yemen's Huthi rebels as terrorists + China's Mars probe sends first picture + World's tiniest reptile found in Madagascar Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar sees its largest anti-coup protests yet with young demonstrators spilling onto the streets to denounce the country's new military regime, despite a social media crackdown aimed at stifling a growing chorus of popular dissent. 700 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video Libya-conflict-politics,WRAP TRIPOLI Libya embarks on a new phase of its post-Kadhafi transition after the selection of a temporary unity government to lead the country to December elections following a decade of chaos. 600 words 1200 GMT by Rim Taher. Picture. Video Also moving: Libya-politics-Dbeibah,PROFILE US-Yemen-Huthis-conflict-terrorism,WRAP WASHINGTON The US has moved to delist Yemen's Huthi rebels as a terrorist organization, removing a block that humanitarian groups said jeopardized crucial aid, as the country's warring sides welcomed a push for peace from new president Joe Biden. 600 words moved by Shaun Tandon and Shatha Yaish in Dubai. File picture Space-China-Mars BEIJING China's Tianwen-1 space probe sends back its first image of Mars as it prepares to touch down on the red planet later this year. 400 words moved. Picture Environment-species-reptiles-Madagascar PARIS Scientists identify Earth's smallest known reptile, warning at the same time that sustained destruction of forests in northern Madagascar threatens its survival. 500 words moved by Marlowe Hood. Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Myanmar-politics-military-rights,FOCUS BANGKOK Carrying just a bag, lifelong pro-democracy activist Mya Aye was escorted from his home in the dead of the night by Myanmar soldiers just as an internet blackout shrouded the country and a dawn coup ousted its civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. 700 words 1200 GMT by Dene-Hern Chen and Sophie Deviller. Picture US-space-astronomy-Loeb,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON Discovering intelligent life beyond our planet could be the most transformative event in human history -- but what if scientists decided to collectively ignore evidence suggesting it already happened? 800 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture ICoast-economy-environment-honey,FOCUS ASSOUNVOUE, Ivory Coast Night has just fallen in central Ivory Coast and the hour has come for two men, venturing forth in protective suits, veils and gloves, to steal honey from their bees. The art of beekeeping has spread swiftly in Assounvoue, in the heart of the world's top cocoa producer. 750 words moved by Patrick Fort. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-China WUHAN Thousands of people pay tribute on Chinese social media to Li Wenliang to mark the first anniversary of the death of the doctor who blew the whistle on the new coronavirus outbreak. 500 words 0930 GMT. Picture. Video. Health-virus-LatAm-oxygen,FOCUS MONTEVIDEO As a second, deadly wave of Covid-19 has battered Latin America, images have emerged from country after country of desperate people lining up for days on end to buy oxygen, sometimes at exhorbitant prices, to ease the suffering of infected loved ones fighting for breath at home. 750 words moved by Yemeli Ortega with AFP bureaus. Picture. File picture. File video Health-virus-US-vaccination-stadium,FOCUS NEW YORK Defying the cold and rain, hundreds of people bundled up in thick coats come to get vaccinated in the famous Yankees baseball stadium in the Bronx, a New York borough that has been particularly badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Laura Bonilla. Picture -- EUROPE -- Italy-politics,WRAP ROME Former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi wraps up a first round of talks aimed at forming a new Italian government, hoping to drag the country out of its economic and Covid-19 crises. 550 words 1300 GMT by Gael Branchereau. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Palestinian-conflict-ICC-warcrimes,WRAP THE HAGUE The International Criminal Court rules that it has jurisdiction over the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, paving the way for the tribunal to open a war crimes investigation. 650 words moved by Danny Kemp -- AFRICA -- Africa-pandemic-diplomacy-AU,WRAP ADDIS ABABA African leaders open a two-day virtual summit to discuss the continent's Covid-19 response as well as security issues that have been overlooked during the pandemic. 700 words 1200 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet Somalia-politics,vote,WRAP MOGADISHU Emergency talks convened between Somalia's divided political leaders end without agreement on how to proceed with elections, a government minister announces just days before the president's mandate expires. 550 words 1030 GMT by Mustafa Haji Abdinur -- AMERICAS -- US-China-diplomacy-rights,3rdlead WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Antony Blinken presses Beijing on its treatment of Uighurs, Tibetans and Hong Kong in the first conversation between top officials of the two powers since President Joe Biden took office. 550 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture Brazil-corruption-politics-economy-investigation,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO One of the biggest corruption investigations in history, Brazil's "Operation Car Wash", which felled presidents and powerful players across Latin America, wrapped up this week after falling into scandal itself. 850 words moved by Joshua Howat Berger. File picture -- ASIA -- India-Kashmir-Pakistan-internet-unrest SRINIGAR, India An internet clampdown in Indian-administered Kashmir, described by rights groups as one of the world's longest, is set to end, authorities say just days after international criticism from celebrities over shutdowns in the national capital. 350 words moved -- ECONOMY/TRADE -- US-politics-economy-health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden seizes on feeble US employment data to argue the world's largest economy needs his $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package, which cleared a key Senate hurdle without support from the Republican opposition. 750 words moved by Chris Stein. Picture. Video WTO-US-Nigeria-trade-diplomacy,WRAP GENEVA US President Joe Biden's administration offers its "strong support" to Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to lead the World Trade Organisation (WTO), clearing a path for her to become the body's first female and first African leader. 550 words moved by Nina Larson with Claire Lee in Seoul. Picture. File picture -- SPORT -- Amfoot-NFL-SuperBowl,ADVANCER LOS ANGELES The greatest quarterback in NFL history faces off with the pretender to his throne on Sunday when Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes go head-to-head in a Super Bowl clash of generations. 800 words moved by Rob Woollard. Picture Also moved: Amfoot-SuperBowl-NFL-women-Thomas Oly-2020-2021-Japan-sexism-Mori-Osaka,UPDATE-LEAD MELBOURNE Japanese tennis superstar Naomi Osaka slams "ignorant" remarks from the Tokyo Olympics' chief organiser after a sexism row that triggered an angry backlash and calls for his resignation. 550 words moved. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-Canada-US-film-Plummer,OBIT LOS ANGELES Veteran Canadian actor Christopher Plummer, whose decades-long career featured an indelible star turn in "The Sound of Music" and an Oscar win late in life, has died. He was 91. 750 words moved by Laurent Banguet with Janet McEvoy in Paris. Picture. File picture. File video -- LIFESTYLE -- Lifestyle-US-skateboarding-minorities,FOCUS HOUSTON "What we've been through those last months, that's history in the making," 25-year-old Jerahn Thomas says. The reason for his excitement? Thrasher, the iconic skateboarding magazine, recently confronted a historic image of whiteness in his sport by placing 32 Black skaters on its front and back covers. 750 words moved by Francois Picard. Picture. Video afp
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