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| - Duty Editor: Jonny Jacobsen Email: jonny.jacobsen@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + US authorises Moderna Covid vaccine + Pompeo blames cyberattack on Russia + France charges Epstein associate + CAfrica rebels join forces + Australian cricketers dominate India Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States authorizes Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, paving the way for millions of doses of a second vaccine to be shipped across the hardest-hit country in the world. 750 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video. Graphic US-IT-politics-hacking,WRAP WASHINGTON Russia was "pretty clearly" behind a devastating cyberattack on several US government agencies that also hit targets worldwide, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says. 800 words moved by Rob Lever France-US-crime-fashion,WRAP PARIS French prosecutors charge and imprison a former close associate of disgraced American billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, the prominent French modelling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, over alleged sex crimes. 500 words 0900 GMT CAfrica-vote-unrest,WRAP BANGUI Leaders of the three main armed rebel groups that occupy large areas of the Central African Republic announce a coalition ahead of next week's elections, as UN peacekeepers deploy in response to fresh attacks. 500 words 0900 GMT. File picture. Cricket-AUS-IND,2ndlead ADELAIDE A devastated India crash to their lowest ever score of 36 as Australia run riot to win the opening Test in Adelaide by eight wickets after Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins produced a bowling masterclass. 600 words 1000 GMT. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-India,2NDLEAD NEW DELHI India surges past 10 million coronavirus cases, official data show, the second-highest in the world although new infection rates appear to have fallen sharply in recent weeks. 650 words moved. Live video. Health-virus-France-politics-Macron,lead PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledges he had been "slowed down" by his Covid-19 infection and ongoing symptoms, but insists he is doing well as the country's coronavirus death toll tops 60,000. 650 words moved by Laurence Benhamou and Stuart Williams. Picture. Video Health-virus-WHO-Gavi-vaccine,2ndlead GENEVA Poorer countries will begin to receive coronavirus vaccination doses early next year from a facility created to ensure fair access, the World Health Organization and its partners announce. 450 words moved by Agnes Pedrero Also moved: Health virus WHO China animal Health-virus-world,FACTS Health-virus-Brazil-politics-vaccines,FOCUS BRASILIA Brazil prides itself on its world-leading immunization experts, medical institutions and vaccine research, but President Jair Bolsonaro's government has been accused of having a chaotic plan to inoculate against Covid-19. 700 words moved by Jordi Miro. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-lifestyle-Christmas-NewYork,PHOTOESSAY NEW YORK In a New York where traditional holiday performances are cancelled, Rockefeller Center tree viewings are timed and travel is ill-advised, it's beginning to feel a lot like the Covid Grinch stole Christmas. But in Brooklyn's illuminated Dyker Heights neighborhood, not even a pandemic can keep the festive spirit down. 550 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP YEREVAN Armenia begins three days of mourning for the victims of clashes with Azerbaijan as the opposition kept up pressure on the country's leader to resign over the handling of the conflict. 500 words 1100 GMT by Mariam Harutyunyan. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-kidnapping-unrest-release,WRAP KATSINA, Nigeria Exhausted and dishevelled, hundreds of Nigerian schoolboys seized in a mass abduction claimed by Boko Haram experience their first full day of freedom after a nearly week-long ordeal. 750 words moved by John Okunyomih. Picture. Video. Graphic -- ASIA -- Fiji-Tonga-weather-cyclone,WRAP SUVA The devastation in Fiji following Cyclone Yasa is compared to a war zone as reconnaissance flights show entire villages wiped out and authorities put the cost of the damage at hundreds of millions of dollars. 450 words moved by Leon Lord. Video. Picture Singapore-gender-social-entertainment,FOCUS SINGAPORE From vaginal warts to masturbation, taboo-breaking Singaporean podcaster Nicole Lim tackles topics that may make some squirm but has won a following in socially conservative Asian societies. 700 words moved by Catherine Lai. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-economy-health-virus-stimulus,lead WASHINGTON US lawmakers struggling to reach a critical pandemic relief and federal spending deal strike a last-minute agreement to avert a midnight shutdown of the government, and extend negotiations through the weekend. 600 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture US-Russia-diplomacy-politics WASHINGTON Donald Trump's outgoing administration is planning to close the two remaining US consulates in Russia, media reports say, as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office amid high tensions with Moscow. 350 words moved Canada-homicide-trial-internet TORONTO A Canadian man inspired by the misogynist "incel" movement to kill 10 people by ploughing a van into pedestrians in Toronto was aware of his actions and cannot claim criminal irresponsibility, prosecutors say. 300 words moved -- SPORT -- Box-middle-IBF-Golovkin,lead MIAMI Gennady Golovkin makes boxing history by knocking down Kamil Szeremeta four times en route to a seventh round TKO over the overmatched Polish challenger to retain his IBF world middleweight title. 400 words moved. Picture Fbl-ENG-Pr LONDON Premier League champions Liverpool will aim to move further clear at the top of the table when they face Crystal Palace in the day's early kickoff. 500 words 1430 GMT. 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