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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden warns 'people may die' if transition delayed + Hurricane Iota smashes into Central America + 100,000 claim sex abuse compensation from Boy Scouts + SpaceX Crew Dragon docks with ISS + France's RFI radio 'sorry' after killing off Queen US-vote-Biden-transition-health WILMINGTON, Delaware US President-elect Joe Biden expresses frustration over Donald Trump's refusal to cooperate on the White House transition process, saying "more people may die" of coronavirus without immediate coordination on fighting the surging pandemic. 500 words moved. Picture Weather-hurricane-Centram,WRAP BILWI, Nicaragua Iota weakens to a Category 4 hurricane as it makes landfall in Honduras, threatening to deliver more drenching rains and fierce winds to areas devastated by a powerful storm just two weeks ago. 750 words 0630 GMT by Julia Rios. Picture. Graphic US-crime-assault-children-scouts,WRAP WASHINGTON Almost 100,000 victims of sexual abuse that took place in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) have come forward by the deadline to receive compensation from the organization, a lawyer for the victims tells AFP. 600 words moved. US-space-SpaceX-ISS,WRAP WASHINGTON A SpaceX Crew Dragon carrying four astronauts docks with the International Space Station, the first of what the US hopes will be many routine missions ending reliance on Russian rockets. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture Celebrity-media-obituaries PARIS France's RFI public radio apologises for mistakenly publishing obituaries for a number of celebrities still very much alive, including Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Brazilian footballer Pele. 150 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Hopes of overcoming the coronavirus are boosted as a second vaccine claims nearly 95 percent effectiveness, bringing much-needed optimism to a world facing surging infections and gruelling restrictions. 800 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video Health-virus-vaccine-Fauci,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON The United States' top infectious disease scientist hails early results from Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine trial as "stunningly impressive," calling the findings an emphatic validation of experimental mRNA technology that some had doubted. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Health-virus-US-Moderna WASHINGTON Moderna has long been a darling of investors but it wasn't until the coronavirus pandemic came along that the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotech company could prove the value of its new vaccine technology and mint some new billionaires. 650 words moved by Ivan Couronne. File picture Also moved: Health-virus-vaccine-mRNA,FACTS -- ASIA -- China-US-Huawei-telecommunication, WRAP SHANGHAI Chinese telecom giant Huawei announces it has sold its Honor budget phone line to a domestic consortium in a move it says is necessary to keep the brand alive amid "tremendous" supply chain pressures caused by US sanctions. 500 words moved by Dan Martin -- EUROPE -- Health-disease-TB PARIS The global community is missing the chance to end the "modern tragedy" of tuberculosis, the biggest infectious killer, experts say as they warn how Earth's other pandemic will worsen during Covid-19. 500 words moved by Patrick Galey Lifestyle-Britain-France-wine-Beaujolais,FOCUS LEDBURY, United Kingdom In years gone by, British wine merchants would race to secure Beaujolais Nouveau for their stocks. But now the UK's first young red is being made near the English border with Wales. 675 words moved by Sylvain Peuchmaurd. Picture. Video Spain-Flamenco-music,INTERVIEW MADRID "El Yiyo", a flamenco dancer whose real name is Miguel Fernandez, honed his skills by watching YouTube videos. Now aged just 24, he made his debut at Spain's main opera house with a show he developed during the country's virus lockdown. 600 words moved by Alvaro Villalobos. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Peru-politics-demonstration LIMA Peru's Congress chooses a 76-year-old former World Bank official as the South American country's new president -- the third in a rollercoaster week of political upheaval. 700 words moved by Luis Jaime Cisneros. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Syria-conflict-Kurds-IS,lead Al-Hol Camp, SYRIA More than 500 Syrians, some related to alleged Islamic State group members, quit the overcrowded Kurdish-run camp of Al-Hol in the northeast of the war-torn country. 500 words moved. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-UN-US,INTERVIEW GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories The worst financial crisis in the history of the UN organisation for Palestinian refugees could lead to "disaster" in the Gaza Strip and insecurity in Lebanon, the agency chief warns. 650 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. File picture -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray-army,WRAP ADDIS ABABA African leaders try to kickstart talks over Ethiopia's internal conflict two days after rockets hit Eritrea, highlighting the risk of fighting spilling over borders. 700 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Ethiopia-conflict-Sudan-refugees,FOCUS Guinea-vote-unrest CONAKRY Guinea's President Alpha Conde tells AFP and Radio France that he is not carrying out a "witch hunt" against the opposition in his first interview since his re-election. 650 words moved by Carol Valade with Philippe Siuberski in Dakar. Video SAfrica-corruption-politics-Zuma JOHANNESBURG After months of refusing to testify, South Africa's ex-president Jacob Zuma appeared Monday before a panel probing rampant state corruption during his nine-year reign, demanding a fair investigation. 400 words moved. Picture. Video afp
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