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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump impeachment trial begins in Senate + Second death from SARS-like virus in China + Microsoft vows to be carbon negative by 2030 + Harry resurfaces but silent on royal upset + Wolf puppies play fetch, scientists find US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON The historic impeachment trial of Donald Trump opens in the US Senate, as lawmakers took a solemn oath to be impartial in deciding whether to force the 45th US president from office. 800 words 0130 GMT by Chris Lefkow and Michael Mathes We also moved: US-politics-Trump-impeachment-Nadler,FOCUS China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING A second person has died in China from a mystery virus that has stricken dozens and appeared in two other Asian countries, officials say. 500 words 0300 GMT. File picture. File video. Graphic. US-IT-climate-Microsoft,lead WASHINGTON Microsoft pledges to become "carbon negative" by 2030 as part of a ramped-up effort by the US tech giant to combat climate change. 500 words moved by Rob Lever Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan,WRAP LONDON Prince Harry keeps silent about the shock decision he and his wife took last week to quit as full-time royals at his first public appearance since the bombshell announcement. 750 words moved by Robin Millard. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic Also moved: Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan-court-media,Q&A Science-animal-dog-wolf,lead WASHINGTON A new study in the journal iScience shows that some wolf puppies also know how to play fetch, upending the long-held hypothesis that the ability to interpret subtle human social cues is unique to dogs and arose as a result of selective breeding. 500 words moved by Issam Ahmed -- ASIA -- Australia-fire-environment-climate,WRAP SYDNEY Heavy rains fall on bushfires in eastern Australia for a second straight day, but the wet weather is not enough to end a months-long crisis of unprecedented blazes. 500 words 0300 GMT SKorea-film-award-language,FOCUS SEOUL South Korean satire Parasite's Oscar nominations are the latest example of its critical and commercial success in the US, but a little white wall of words still stands between Korean cinema and a breakthrough into English-language markets. 750 words 0400 GMT by Claire Lee. File Picture. Video -- AMERICAS - - US-politics-impeachment-Trump-Davos,FOCUS WASHINGTON Far from feeling the heat, President Donald Trump will be chilling in Davos, a fancy Swiss ski resort, when the Senate hears opening arguments in his impeachment trial next week. 600 words 0200 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture Canada-China-US-extradition,ADVANCER OTTAWA A Canadian court on Monday will consider a US request to hand over Chinese tech executive Meng Wanzhou, whose arrest 13 months ago on fraud charges plunged Canada-China relations into a deep freeze. 700 words 0200 GMT by Michel Comte. File Picture Also moving: Canada-China-US-extradition,CHRONO Canada-China-US diplomacy-telecoms-court,FACTS Entertainment-Cuba-music-culture-jazz,INTERVIEW HAVANA Roberto Fonseca has been enchanting jazz fans in Havana since he was 15. As the prodigious pianist once again heads a list of stars at the 35th edition of the Havana Jazz Festival, he spoke to AFP about his new -- and ninth -- album. 600 words 0130 GMT by Katell Abiven. Picture. Video Argentina-politics-justice-Nisman,FOCUS BUENOS AIRES Five years following the mysterious death of Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman after he accused then-president Cristina Kirchner of a cover-up in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center, a Netflix documentary has revived debate in the country still bitterly divided over the case. 800 words 0200 GMT by Liliana Samuel. File Picture US-trade-economy-tariffs,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Senate votes overwhelmingly to approve a new North American trade pact, handing President Donald Trump a second back-to-back trade win just as his impeachment trial begins in Washington. 700 words moved by Douglas Gillison. Picture. Video. Graphic Brazil-politics-environment-Amazon,WRAP PIARACU, Brazil Dozens of indigenous leaders and representatives of Amazon communities gather in the heart of the threatened rainforest to form an alliance against Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro's environmental policy and his threats to throw their homelands open to mining concerns. 600 words moved by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Davos-summit-diplomacy-economy-climate,ADVANCER PARIS Global decision-makers gather in Davos starting Tuesday for their annual meeting, with challenges facing the planet -- from climate change to conflict in the Middle East -- as imposing as the Alps that surround the Swiss resort. 700 words 0300 GMT by Stuart Williams Also moving: Davos-summit-WEF Russia-politics,WRAP MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin's new prime minister promises "real changes" as he is approved by lawmakers after the Kremlin announced sweeping reform plans. 700 words moved by Maria Antonova. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Russia-politics-government-Putin,Q&A Balkans-environment-health-pollution,FOCUS SARAJEVO As winter grips the Balkans, the poor are caught in a cruel bind, being forced to light fires at home for heating while fuelling a pollution crisis smothering the region. 650 words 0400 GMT by Rusmir Smajilhodzic and Emmy Varley in Belgrade. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Syria-conflict,WRAP BEIRUT Dozens of fighters and civilians are killed in Syria's Idlib province as the government presses an offensive towards a key town in the country's last rebel bastion. 650 words moved by Layal Abou Rahal with Omar Haj Kadour in Idlib. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Syria-conflict-Kurds-IS-children,EXCLUSIVE-LEAD Iran-nuclear-politics-US-diplomacy,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says he is working daily "to prevent military confrontation or war" after Tehran and Washington came within a hair's breadth of direct confrontation for the second time in seven months. 700 words moved. Picture. Video Libya-conflict-diplomacy-Germany,WRAP TRIPOLI Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar agrees "in principle" to attend a peace conference in Berlin after the head of Tripoli's UN-recognised government Fayez al-Sarraj signals he will be present. 750 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Eswatini-law-rape-marriage,FOCUS MBABANE, eSwatini The southern African kingdom of Eswatini is ramping up rights for married women, enforcing the charge of rape against offending husbands -- a taboo in conservative Swati society. 600 words 0300 GMT by Mongi Zulu. File picture -- HEALTH -- Health-sepsis-mortality PARIS Sepsis played a direct role in the deaths of 11 million people in 2017, almost twice as many as previously estimated, according to a study. 450 words moved by Marlowe Hood -- SPORT -- Tennis-AUS-Open-Court MELBOURNE Margaret Court is one of Australia's greatest athletes, but celebrating 50 years since she won all four Grand Slam titles in a season is posing a dilemma for Australian Open organisers with her homophobic views angering the tennis world. 550 words 0200 GMT. Picture Already moved: Tennis-AUS-Open-women-Osaka-JPN,FOCUS Tennis-AUS-Open-men,PREVIEW Tennis-AUS-Open-men-five,POINTS Tennis-AUS-Open-women,PREVIEW Tennis-AUS-Open-women-five,POINTS Tennis-Australia-AUS-Open-climate-fire Tennis-AUS-Open-fire,Q&A afp
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