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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Chinese spacecraft returns with Moon rocks + Floods and landslides as monster storm hits Fiji + Cyber attack on US government 'ongoing' + US Congress nears deal on stimulus package + Russia to learn doping ban appeal decision China-space,WRAP BEIJING An unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon returns safely to Earth, completing another chapter in China's effort to become a space superpower. 650 words moved by Helen Roxburgh and Laurie Chen. Picture. Video. Graphic Fiji-Tonga-weather-cyclone,WRAP SUVA Super cyclone Yasa slams into Fiji's second-largest island, tearing roofs off buildings as it triggers flash floods and landslides in the Pacific island nation. 650 words 0930 GMT by Leon Lord. Graphic. Picture. Video. US-computers-hack-Russia WASHINGTON US intelligence agencies warn a "significant" cyber attack on several federal departments uncovered over the weekend remains ongoing as the government rushes to assess the extent of the breach. 300 words moved by Jack Moore. File picture US-economy-bank-rate-politics-stimulus,WRAP WASHINGTON Congressional leaders say they are nearing a long-awaited agreement on a stimulus package for the US economy, as the Federal Reserve cautioned that the economic outlook remains uncertain. 650 words moved by Heather Scott. File picture. Doping-Russia-RUS-Oly-2020-2021-court-WADA,WRAP LAUSANNE Sport's highest court is set to deliver its decision on whether to overturn Russia's four-year ban from international sport over alleged state-sponsored doping that would see it barred from next year's Tokyo Olympics. 600 words 1100 GMT by Coralie Febvre. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON American experts look set to approve Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine, as European nations vowed to get their coronavirus inoculation campaigns rolling before the end of the year. 750 words 1300 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Tennis-AUS-Open-health-virus,2ndlead MELBOURNE, Australia The Australian Open is pushed back to February 8 after weeks of negotiations as coronavirus disruption hits a second Grand Slam tennis season. 600 words moved Health-virus-Gabon-science,FOCUS ZADIE CAVES, Gabon Six men in yellow biohazard suits clamber in suffocating heat towards a cave in the heart of the Gabonese jungle. Their quest: to unlock new knowledge on how pathogens like coronavirus leap the species barrier to humans. 800 words moved by Adrien Marotte. Picture. Video Health-virus-vaccine-Kariko,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON Hungarian-American scientist Katalin Kariko's obsession with mRNA as a disease-fighting tool cost her a faculty position at a prestigious university, which dismissed it as a dead end. Now, her pioneering work -- which paved the way for the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines -- could save the world from a 100-year pandemic. 750 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video Health-virus-Sweden,FOCUS STOCKHOLM Despite a sharper tone from authorities and new measures, Sweden, which has famously relied on non-coercive measures, is struggling to contain a strong second wave of Covid-19 that it thought it could avoid. 700 words 1000 GMT by Marc Preel. File picture. -- SPOTLIGHT -- Pakistan-rights,FOCUS KARACHI Hani Baloch and her fiance Nasim never thought of themselves as dissidents, but one day in May -- just weeks before their wedding -- the students were snatched by armed and hooded men she says were from Pakistan's security services. 900 words moved by Joris Fioriti. Picture. Video France-drugs-politics-police,FOCUS PARIS As Ousmane heats the small square of whitish powder, the "rock" crackles. One draw on his homemade pipe, and he is away with the spirals of smoke. Welcome to Paris, City of Lights -- and France's crack cocaine capital. 1,200 words moved by Romain Fonsegrives. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-Tigray-conflict-aid-hunger,FOCUS EXCLUSIVE AYASU GEBRIEL, Ethiopia Tesfaye Berhe looks on with worry as his farmhands strip leaves from sorghum stalks dried brown by the blaring sun, wondering how he could salvage a harvest disrupted by heavy fighting in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region. 900 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Graphic Sudan-politics,FOCUS KHARTOUM Sudan has experienced a whirlwind of change since its popular revolution kicked off two years ago bringing an end to the three-decade reign of strongman Omar al-Bashir. 800 words moved by Sammy Ketz. File picture -- EUROPE -- Serbia-health-children-fundraising,FOCUS BELGRADE For Serbian mother Timea Gajodi, watching her 11-month-old baby grow is a nerve-wracking race against the clock to raise more than $2 million to treat his rare disease. 800 words moved by Miodrag Sovilj. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST / NORTH AFRICA -- Arab-revolution-anniversary-Tunisia,WRAP SIDI BOUZID, Tunisia Ten years since the intoxicating early days of Tunisia's revolution, hopes for a better future lie crushed, and in the rural town where it all began, few are celebrating. 700 words 1200 GMT by Kaouther Larbi. Picture. Video Also moved: Arab-revolution-anniversary,SPECIALREPORT Arab-revolution-anniversary,CHRONO Arab-revolution-anniversary-Tunisia,FOCUS Arab-revolution-anniversary-Tunisia,INTERVIEW -- AMERICAS -- Venezuela-government-water,FOCUS CARACAS Alfredo Araya used to dig wells on farms or out in the countryside, but due to a failing water supply he says demand for his services has recently exploded in Venezuela's capital Caracas. 600 words moved by Andrea Tosta. Picture. Video US-justice-execution-children,FOCUS CHICAGO In 2004, Lisa Montgomery strangled a pregnant woman to death and used a kitchen knife to remove the unborn baby from the victim's uterus so she could kidnap the girl. 750 words moved by Robert Chiarito. File picture -- ASIA -- NZealand-economy-politics-health-virus,2ndlead WELLINGTON New Zealand roared back from a coronavirus-induced recession with record economic growth of 14 percent in the July-September quarter, official data shows. 500 words moved China-Oly-skiing-construction-entertainment,FOCUS CHENGDU, China Speeding down a steep slope, snowboarder Zhang Xu skids gracefully to a halt in a shower of white powder -- one of a new generation of winter sports fans in China learning in brand new skiing facilities. 500 words moved by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video China-rights-ecommerce-Alibaba SHANGHAI China tech giant Alibaba offered face-recognition software that could enable users to identify Uighurs, a report says, becoming the latest Chinese company embroiled in the country's controversial treatment of the Muslim minority. 350 words moved -- SPORTS -- Fbl-Asia-JPN-Iniesta TOKYO Former Barcelona star Andres Iniesta promises his glittering career won't be cut short by the thigh injury that has left him facing four months on the sidelines. 400 words moved eSports-IND-PAK-India-Pakistan-Kashmir,FOCUS NEW DELHI When India banned the hit PUBG mobile game over its diplomatic row with China, Zeyan Shafiq's eSports team was suddenly left without players. So Shafiq, who is based in war-torn Kashmir, did something very unusual: he reached across the border to Pakistan. 500 words moved by Faisal Kamal. Picture afp
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