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| - Duty Editor: Sean Gleeson Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + North Korea accuses Biden of 'provocation' + Half a billion vaccine jabs given globally + Myanmar junta holds military show of force + Egyptian railway crash kills 32 passengers + French monks with too much cheese find salvation online NKorea-US-military-diplomacy,WRAP SEOUL North Korea threatens a further military build-up in response to Joe Biden's condemnation of this week's missile launches, a weapons test that marked Pyongyang's first substantive provocation since the US president took office. 750 words moved by Claire Lee Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Health officials have now rolled out more than 500 million coronavirus vaccine doses around the world, but with wide gaps between countries the WHO urges donations to help poorer nations start inoculations. 800 words moved by Joseph Boyle with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP NAYPYIDAW Myanmar's military will put on a major show of strength for the annual Armed Forces Day, as it struggles to quell widespread protests against its rule weeks after seizing power. 600 words 0800 GMT. Picture. Video. Live video Egypt-accident-rail,WRAP TAHTA, Egypt A collision between two trains kills at least 32 passengers and leaves more than 160 injured in southern Egypt, a country plagued by fatal rail accidents widely blamed on crumbling infrastructure and poor maintenance. 800 words moved by Emmanuel Parisse. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-France-religion-food,lead DIJON, France A French monastery in the heart of Burgundy launches an emergency online sale to get rid of thousands of its prized artisanal cheeses, which are languishing in its cellars as Covid-19 keeps buyers away. 300 words moved -- AMERICAS -- China-Britain-US-EU-diplomacy-Uyghurs,WRAP WASHINGTON Western powers push back against China in a standoff over Beijing's treatment of its Muslim Uyghur minority, as major global brands are pulled into the deepening international row. 700 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi with Beiyi Seow in Beijing. Picture. Video. Graphic US-Russia-China-climate-diplomacy-environment,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden has invited his counterparts Xi Jinping of China and Russia's Vladimir Putin to a virtual climate summit he is hosting in April, the White House announces. 500 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi -- ASIA -- India-vote,lead KOLKATA One person is killed and a candidate's car attacked as India's worst hotbed of political violence West Bengal holds elections, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to unseat one of his fiercest opponents and expand his party's empire. 500 words 0600 GMT by Sailendra Sil. Picture. Video Bangladesh-unrest-diplomacy,WRAP DHAKA Bangladesh deploys border guards to help maintain order after deadly protests by hardline Islamists against a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi rocked the Muslim majority nation. 550 words 0800 GMT. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Rwanda-genocide-history-France,WRAP PARIS France bears overwhelming responsibilities over the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and was "blind" to preparations for the massacres, a report by historians says, while adding there was no evidence Paris was complicit in the killings. 800 words moved by Lucie Peytermann and Cecile Feuillatre. Picture. Video Also moved: Rwanda-France-genocide-history,CHRONO Rwanda-genocide-history-France,SPECIALREPORT -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Egypt-shipping-Suez,WRAP CAIRO A megaship blocking Egypt's Suez Canal could be refloated as early as Saturday, the vessel's Japanese owner tells local media, as the crisis forced companies to re-route services from the vital shipping lane around Africa. 700 words moved by Bassem Aboualabass. Picture. Video. Videographic. Graphic Also moved: Egypt-shipping-Suez,Q&A Egypt-shipping-Suez-Netherlands-Smit,FACTS Egypt-shipping-Suez-Russia-Arctic,2ndlead -- AFRICA -- Mozambique-unrest-jihadists,WRAP MAPUTO More than 180 people including expatriate workers are trapped inside a hotel in a northern Mozambique town under attack by insurgents for three days, workers and security sources say. 500 words moved. Graphic -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Chile-vaccines,FOCUS SANTIAGO Chile is a world leader in its coronavirus vaccination program and has already given at least one dose to almost a third of its population. And yet, the country this week put more than 80 percent of the country's 19 million people in lockdown. 700 words moved by Paula Bustamante and Paulina Abramovich. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-IT-lifestyle-travel,FOCUS WASHINGTON Jem Jenkins Jones was stuck at home in Wales for much of the past year amid pandemic lockdowns but managed to fulfill a promise to her 10-year-old daughter to see the northern lights from Iceland and South Africa's game reserves -- in virtual reality. 750 words moved by Rob Lever. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- US-IT-politics-labor-Amazon,WRAP BIRMINGHAM, Alabama Senator Bernie Sanders joins the drive to unionize Amazon workers in Alabama as clashes intensify between lawmakers and the e-commerce giant ahead of a deadline for a vote that could lead to the first union on US soil at the massive tech company. 650 words moved by Julie Jammot US-enterprises-stock-IT-WeWork-lifestyle,WRAP NEW YORK WeWork announces it plans to enter public markets through a merger transaction that raises $1.3 billion, valuing the office-sharing firm at a fraction of the sum discussed in its unsuccessful pre-pandemic effort to go public. 600 words moved by John Biers and Rob Lever afp
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