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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + US advisers recommend approving Pfizer vaccine + Airbnb hits $100bn valuation on sizzling debut + Morocco latest Arab state to agree Israel ties + US to execute teen murderer despite transition + Emissions fell record 7 percent in 2020: study 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. 800 words 0300 GMT by Issam Ahmed with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic 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 US-diplomacy-Morocco-Israel-Sahara,WRAP WASHINGTON Morocco becomes the fourth Arab nation this year to recognize Israel, as US President Donald Trump in turn fulfills a decades-old goal of Morocco by backing its sovereignty in disputed Western Sahara. 800 words moved by Shaun Tandon and Sebastian Smith, with Sophie Pons in Rabat. Picture 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 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 -- 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 -- EUROPE -- EU-diplomacy-Turkey-Greece-sanction,WRAP BRUSSELS EU leaders resolve a bitter dispute with Poland and Hungary, pave the way for new sanctions on Turkey and salvage the bloc's landmark post-coronavirus recovery plan, as the threat of an imminent no-deal Brexit looms large. 600 words 0430 GMT. Picture. Video 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 0300 GMT by Veronique Dupont. Picture Also moved: EU-politics-diplomacy-budgets-Brexit-climate-Turkey,WRAP Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,WRAP 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 0400 GMT by Briseida Mema. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-Biden-cabinet-diversity,FOCUS WASHINGTON Aware that he owes his presidential victory to Black voters, Joe Biden pledged to name the "most diverse" cabinet in US history. Behind the scenes African Americans seek to ensure he keeps his word by appointing minorities to key positions. 800 words moved by Elodie Cuzin. File picture 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 0130 GMT by Michel Comte. Picture Argentina-politics-abortion,WRAP BUENOS AIRES Argentine lawmakers begin discussions on a new bill to legalize abortion, re-opening a debate that has bitterly divided the traditionally Catholic South American nation. 550 words moved by Liliana Samuel and Nina Negron. 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 0330 GMT by Sunghee Hwang. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-UN-tribunal-Hariri LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands A UN-backed tribunal will sentence a Hezbollah member convicted of the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafic Hariri, with prosecutors demanding a life term. 500 words 0300 GMT by Danny Kemp Iran-justice-rights,FOCUS PARIS Western governments face a growing dilemma over how to secure the release of their citizens and dual nationals detained in Iran, with activists accusing Tehran of engaging in "hostage diplomacy" by seeking exchanges. 900 words 0330 GMT by Stuart Williams. File picture -- AFRICA -- Ghana-vote,WRAP ACCRA Ghana's opposition candidate John Mahama rejects as "fraudulent" the results of the country's presidential and parliamentary elections in which President Nana Akufo-Addo won a second term. 550 words moved by Kent Mensah and Louise Dewast. Picture 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 0300 GMT 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 0330 GMT by Jan Hennop -- ENTERTAINMENT -- 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 0130 GMT by Andrew Marszal China-entertainment-culture-gender,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 0400 GMT by Laurie Chen. Picture. Video 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. 700 words 0330 GMT by Peter Murphy. Picture -- 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 -- 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 0230 GMT by Kieran Canning afp
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