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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Oxford vaccine trial halted over safety fears + Belarus opposition figure 'tears up' passport + Trump 'may self-finance' re-election campaign + Police chief quits over death of US black man + Woodpeckers fight for days for breeding sites Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca says it has "voluntarily paused" a randomized clinical trial of its coronavirus vaccine in what it called a routine action after a volunteer developed an unexplained illness. 650 words 0200 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP MINSK Authorities in Belarus tried to forcibly expel leading opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova from the country but she tore up her passport in defiance and jumped out a car window to stay, her allies say. 700 words moved by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video Also moved: Belarus-politics-unrest,FACTS US-politics-vote,WRAP WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina President Donald Trump savages his Democratic opponent Joe Biden at the start of a tour of swing states, but seemed to concede that his reelection campaign is running out of donors, requiring him to dip into his own pocket. 700 words moved by Mandel Ngan with Sebastian Smith in Washington. Picture US-police-racism-investigation NEW YORK The police chief in the US city of Rochester resigns following days of protest over the death of a black man whom police had hooded and forced face-down on a road. 400 words moved Science-animal-behavior-woodpeckers-US,lead WASHINGTON Acorn woodpeckers wage battle royales that last days in order to win valuable territory vacated by deceased counterparts, according to a new study that used radio tags to track the warring birds. 600 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-justice-court-vote,FOCUS WASHINGTON It's a promise he might be able to keep: battling for reelection, President Donald Trump is telling supporters he will pack the Supreme Court with conservative-leaning justices for a generation to come if he defeats Joe Biden in November. 700 words 0130 GMT by Charlotte Plantive. File picture Also moved: US-politics-vote-state,FACTS Health-virus-US-economy-politics-budget,2ndlead WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's chief of staff says he is optimistic that Republicans and Democrats in Congress will reach agreement on a new pandemic emergency aid bill before the November 3 election. 550 words moved by Heather Scott ElSalvador-crime-politics-justice,FOCUS SAN SALVADOR Prosecutors in El Salvador are investigating alleged secret negotiations between government officials and a prominent organized crime gang that has long terrorized the Central American nation. 650 words 0130 GMT by Oscar Batres. Picture. Video Mexico-archaeology-animal,FOCUS ZUMPANGO, Mexico Archaeologists in hard hats and face masks carefully remove earth from around enormous bones at the site of Mexico City's new airport, where construction work has uncovered a huge trove of mammoth skeletons. 500 words 0230 GMT by Yussel Gonzalez. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- SKorea-social-law-tattoo,FOCUS SEOUL South Korean tattooist Doy counts Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt and members of K-Pop band EXO among his celebrity clients, but his delicate, detailed designs could land him in prison. 650 words 0330 GMT by Claire Lee. Picture. Video Taiwan-lifestyle-religion-animal,FOCUS HSINCHU, Taiwan A festival in Taiwan where enormous pigs are slaughtered and displayed is drawing smaller crowds as animal rights activists alter perceptions of the controversial tradition. 550 words 0330 GMT by Sean Chang. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-economy-bonds-debt,FOCUS PARIS When the economic seas become stormy, investors usually tend to seek out "safe haven" assets in which to place their money -- but, as in other areas of society, the coronavirus pandemic has skewed long-held ways of thinking. 800 words 0300 GMT by Ali Bekhtaoui -- MIDDLE EAST -- US-Lebanon-politics-corruption,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States slaps sanctions on two former Lebanese cabinet ministers over alleged corruption as it vows to weaken pro-Iranian movement Hezbollah amid political tumult. 500 words moved by Shaun Tandon with Alice Hackman in Beirut Iraq-politics-unrest,FOCUS BAGHDAD War-scarred Iraq hopes to launch reforms and revive its battered economy, but the drive is being derailed by a wave of violence blamed largely on shadowy pro-Iranian groups. 850 words 0300 GMT by Ammar Karim -- AFRICA -- Sudan-peace-rebels-politics,Q&A CAIRO Sudan's government and rebel forces have agreed a landmark deal aimed at ending decades of war in which hundreds of thousands of people have been killed. 800 words 0230 GMT by Menna Zaki -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-Canada-film,ADVANCER LOS ANGELES Hollywood's annual exodus to Toronto for North America's biggest film festival will take place online-only this week, as coronavirus and a closed Canadian border forces A-listers to stay home and peddle their upcoming films remotely. 600 words 0300 GMT by Andrew Marszal. File picture Entertainment-film-Venice-city VENICE, Italy The opening of the prestigious Venice film festival was trumpeted as a sign of hope and renewal for the beloved yet beleaguered city, but many Venetians say there is still little to celebrate. 700 words 0200 GMT by Alexandria Sage. File Picture -- SPORT -- Amfoot-NFL,ADVANCER LOS ANGELES The NFL will kick off its new season shrouded in trepidation on Thursday as America's most popular sport grapples with the new realities of life in the age of COVID-19. 800 words 0130 GMT by Rob Woollard afp
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