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| - Duty Editor: Ross Adkin Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + AstraZeneca Covid jab is safe: UN health agency + Myanmar mourns coup dead with candlelight vigils + Minneapolis to pay George Floyd's family $27 mn + Harassment claims pressure mounts on NY's Cuomo + Olympic chief urges no boycott of Beijing Games Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA The World Health Organization says there is no reason to stop using AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine after several countries suspended the rollout over blood clot fears while some nations begin warning of another virus wave. 700 words moved by Robin Millard with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Myanmar-politics-military-unrest,WRAP YANGON Myanmar security forces use stun grenades against anti-coup protesters, as hundreds defy a curfew to hold candlelit vigils in honour of those killed since the military seized power. 600 words 0600 GMT. Photo. Video. Graphic. Already moved: Myanmar-politics-military-India Myanmar-politics-military-press Myanmar-politics-military-US-refugee,2ndlead US-racism-police-trial-settlement,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS The Minnesota city of Minneapolis reaches a $27 million "wrongful death" settlement with the family of George Floyd, the Black man who died while being arrested by a white police officer, sparking mass protests for racial justice across the United States. 600 words moved by Joy Powell. File picture. Video US-politics-Cuomo,WRAP NEW YORK New York's embattled Governor Andrew Cuomo says he will not step down despite calls to do so by heavyweights within his Democratic Party, as he faces multiple allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate touching. 600 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. File picture Oly-2022-IOC-Bach-China-Uighurs-rights LAUSANNE Olympic chief Thomas Bach pleads for no boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Games over China's treatment of its Uighur minority, saying such a move would only punish athletes. 550 words moved by Coralie Febvre -- CORONAVIRUS -- US-Japan-India-Australia-China-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON India will produce more than one billion more Covid vaccine doses by the end of next year in an initiative launched Friday with the United States, Japan and Australia, challenging China as the four leaders held their first-ever joint summit. 800 words moved by Shaun Tandon with Bhuvan Bhagga in New Delhi and Shingo Ito in Tokyo. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-racism-Asian-minorities,FOCUS WASHINGTON As the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged America, Esther Lim grew more worried by the day for her parents' welfare and her own -- not just for their health, but their safety in the face of rising attacks against Asian-Americans. 850 words moved by Tori Otten with Susana Mendoza in Oakland. File picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-arts-festival-health-virus,PHOTOESSAY PALM SPRINGS, California The giant, white letters standing astride a California mountainscape look a lot like the Hollywood sign, but their message could hardly be more different -- this is "INDIAN LAND." The monumental work is part of Desert X, one of the first large-scale art festivals to reopen in the pandemic. 700 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-SAfrica-television-Noah,PROFILE NEW YORK Trevor Noah, once the relative unknown who took over for Jon Stewart at "The Daily Show," is set to host the Grammys as one of the biggest names in comedy. 600 words moved by Thomas Urbain. File picture Also moved: Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-highlights,POINTS -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Malaysia-lifestyle-gardening KUALA LUMPUR Learning to tell your elephant ears from your flamingo flowers has become the latest virus lockdown escape in Malaysia, where houseplants are very much in season. 350 words moved by Patrick Lee. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Grammys-Nigeria-music-BurnaBoy,PROFILE LAGOS Already an Afrobeat superstar and this year a leading voice of his country's youth protests, Nigeria's Burna Boy is now hoping to add a Grammy to his growing list of accomplishments. 700 words moved by Caleb Okereke. File Picture Senegal-politics-demonstration,2ndlead DAKAR A Senegalese opposition movement calls off a demonstration planned for Saturday after earlier protests over the arrest of one of the president's rivals sparked the country's worst unrest in years. 400 words moved -- EUROPE -- Britain-police-murder-arrest LONDON London police charge a fellow officer with kidnap and murder, hours after confirming a body discovered in woodland was that of a missing woman in a high-profile case that has shocked Britain. 600 words moved Britain-Scotland-crime-guns-Dunblane,FOCUS DUNBLANE, Scotland People in the Scottish town of Dunblane on Saturday mark the 25th anniversary of Britain's worst mass shooting, which led to the introduction of some of the world's toughest gun laws. 750 words moved by Stuart Graham. Picture. Video Health-virus-Russia-EU-vaccines,FOCUS PRAGUE Russia's Sputnik V vaccine has sown division among former Eastern Bloc countries once ruled by Moscow, analysts say, with some seeing it as a godsend and others as a Kremlin propaganda tool. 750 words 0600 GMT by Jan Flemr -- ENTERTAINMENT -- France-film-award-gender-virus,WRAP PARIS There is a fiercely political air to France's annual celebration of cinema, Les Cesars, as frustrations are unleashed over the months-long shutdown of theatres. 500 words moved by Francois Becker. Picture. Graphic afp
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