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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump's not conceding an embarrassment: Biden + Vaccine results fuel hope of return to normal + Supreme Court looks set to let Obamacare stay + Russian peacekeepers head to Nagorno-Karabakh + Online China buying frenzy for 'Singles' Day' US-vote,WRAP WILMINGTON, Delaware President-elect Joe Biden calls President Donald Trump's refusal to concede his election loss an "embarrassment" but dismisses the standoff as unimportant. 900 words moved by Elodie Cuzin with Sebastian Smith in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Hugely promising results from a coronavirus vaccine trial fuel optimism around the world, even as tighter restrictions are imposed in Europe and the Middle East to try to stem the worst pandemic in a century. 800 words 0230 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-toll,FACTS Health-virus-world,FACTS US-politics-health-insurance-justice,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Supreme Court appears inclined to reject Trump administration arguments and let stand former president Barack Obama's signature health care program, ending the threat to the insurance coverage of 20 million people in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. Picture Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP YEREVAN Hundreds of Russian peacekeepers head to Nagorno-Karabakh after Armenia and Azerbaijan agree to a peace deal to end weeks of fierce fighting over the disputed region. 850 words moved by Herve Bar. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Armenia-Azerbaijan-Karabakh-conflict-politics-Pashinyan,PROFILE Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-agreement,POINTS China-economy-ecommerce-shopping-SinglesDay,WRAP SHANGHAI The world's largest online shopping bonanza begins in China with an army of workers and robots primed to sort packages, and international superstars hired to drive sales, on "Singles' Day". 500 words 0300 GMT by Dan Martin with Beiyi Seow in Beijing. Video. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Brazil-China-vaccine,lead SAO PAULO Brazil's decision to halt trials of a Chinese-developed Covid-19 vaccine triggers a politically charged row as a top health official expresses "indignation" and far-right President Jair Bolsonaro claims the ruling as a personal victory. 550 words moved by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video Health-virus-vaccine,FOCUS PARIS Reports that one of the vaccines for Covid-19 has shown 90 percent effectiveness have kindled hopes that the virus can be tamed. But many questions remain about how long it will last, whether it will protect the vulnerable and how it could be distributed. 850 words moved by Paul Ricard -- AMERICAS -- Peru-politics,WRAP LIMA Speaker of Congress Manuel Merino assumes office as Peru's third president in four years, amid street protests and market jitters after the impeachment of Martin Vizcarra over corruption allegations. 550 words moved by Carlos Mandujano. Picture. Video US-vote-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON The leaders of close US allies telephone President-elect Joe Biden and pledge to work together but in an extraordinary break, America's top diplomat Mike Pompeo insists that Donald Trump would remain in power. 600 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Pictures US-vote-politics-Democrats-socialism,FOCUS NEW YORK Donald Trump's election defeat to Joe Biden came as a relief to the Democratic party's left flank -- but for most progressives, the centrist's White House win ends one battle and launches another. 750 words 0130 GMT by Maggy Donaldson Canada-homicide-trial,WRAP TORONTO A Canadian man inspired by the misogynist "incel" movement to kill 10 people by ploughing a van into pedestrians in Toronto pleads "not criminally responsible" due to mental illness at the start of his trial. 650 words moved by Olivier Monnier. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Japan-culture-crafts-economy-internet-government,FOCUS TOKYO Japan's new prime minister is declaring war, but there's no danger of an international conflict: the target of his ire is the humble ink stamp known as hanko. 700 words 0300 GMT by Harumi Ozawa. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Vatican-religion-pope-US-McCarrick,WRAP VATICAN CITY The Vatican admits that late pope John Paul II ignored advice against promoting US clergyman Theodore McCarrick to cardinal given rumours of sexual misconduct against him that were later substantiated. 750 words moved by Catherine Marciano and Ella Ide. File picture Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-Pashinyan,FOCUS YEREVAN Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's agreement to end fighting with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region sparked widespread anger from Armenians that threatens to spiral into a full-blown political crisis. 700 words moved by Herve Bar. Picture. File Picture Also moved: Karabakh-Azerbaijan-Armenia-Russia-Turkey-diplomacy,FOCUS France-politics-religion-Macron,FOCUS PARIS President Emmanuel Macron has stirred controversy even beyond the Muslim world with a staunch defence of the French model for secularism and integration of minorities in the wake of a string of attacks blamed on Islamist radicals. 850 words 0130 GMT by Clare Byrne. File picture Also moving: France-religion,FACTS France-war-literature,FOCUS PARIS France will move the remains of World War I writer Maurice Genevoix into its Pantheon of national heroes in Paris, an honour championed by President Emmanuel Macron to encourage remembrance of the conflict. 550 words 0200 GMT by Raphaelle Picard and Stuart Williams. File picture Poland-Germany-abortion,FOCUS WARSAW Abortion charities are reporting a sharp increase in the number of Polish women turning to them for help after a constitutional court ruling in Warsaw last month to tighten legislation. 700 words 0300 GMT by Anna Maria Jakubek with Isabel Guigui in Berlin. Picture. Video Britain-literature-gender-sculpture LONDON A monument to British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft is unveiled in London, prompting praise from fans but criticism from others who slammed the nude design. 300 words moved. Picture -- MIDEAST -- Qatar-economy-property,FOCUS DOHA Gas-rich Qatar has flung open its property market to foreigners, with a scheme giving those purchasing homes or stores the right to call the Gulf nation home. 750 words 0300 GMT by Anne Levasseur and Gregory Walton. File picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Rwanda-genocide-court THE HAGUE A suspected financier of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Felicien Kabuga, will make his first appearance at a UN court in The Hague following his arrest in France. 400 words 0300 GMT ICoast-vote-unrest,WRAP ABIDJAN More clashes break out over Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara's reelection as West African nations and France call for dialogue to end tensions over his contested third term. 600 words moved by Patrick Fort. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-Egypt-television,FOCUS CAIRO With killer mummies, a haunted house of horrors, slick special effects and a melancholic soundtrack, streaming giant Netflix is banking on new blockbuster Egyptian series "Paranormal" achieving worldwide success. 750 words 0300 GMT by Farid Farid. Picture. Video afp
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