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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Ultraconservative tipped to win Iranian election + US Supreme Court saves 'Obamacare' + Hong Kong pro-democracy paper defiant after raid + Osaka and Nadal pull out of Wimbledon + Biden, Putin lead handshake comeback Iran-vote,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's supreme leader opens a presidential election in which ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi is seen as all but certain to coast to victory over his vetted rivals. 750 words 0700 GMT by Frank Zeller. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Iran-vote,COUNTRYFACTFILE Iran-vote-history,CHRONO HongKong-China-politics-media,WRAP HONG KONG A day after police raided its newsroom, Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper hit the news stands with an extra large print run and a characteristic message of defiance emblazoned on its front: "We must press on". 500 words 0800 GMT by Yan Zhao. Picture. Video US-justice-health-Obamacare,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Supreme Court throws out a bid by Republican-led states to demolish the "Obamacare" program, safeguarding the health insurance of millions with the pandemic still a threat in much of America. 650 words moved by Chris Lefkow and Charlotte Plantive. File picture Tennis-Oly-2020-2021-GBR-Wimbledon,WRAP LONDON Rafael Nadal and Naomi Osaka, with 24 Grand Slam titles between them, both withdraw from Wimbledon, with the Spanish star also pulling out of the Tokyo Olympics in a bid "to prolong my career". 600 words moved Health-virus-social-US-tradition,FOCUS NEW YORK Banished at the start of the pandemic, the handshake is making something of a comeback, thanks to vaccinations and the lifting of social restrictions -- but pressing the flesh faces an uncertain future. 800 words moved by Thomas Urbain. File picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- China-politics-social,PHOTOESSAY BEIJING China is ramping up a propaganda blitz ahead of the 100th birthday of the ruling Communist Party, with banners and billboards around the country reminding citizens to live a "civilised" life and obey authorities. 350 words moved. Picture Health-virus-Philippines-leisure-economy,FOCUS SAN JUAN, Philippines After months cooped up in coronavirus-hit Manila, Tanya Mariano fled the Philippine capital to work from the beach, joining a growing number of digital nomads helping a devastated tourism industry stay afloat. 750 words moved by Allison Jackson. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus TOKYO Tens of thousands of Tokyo 2020 staff and volunteers begin receiving vaccines as experts warn it would be safest to hold the Games behind closed doors. 500 words 0700 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Highly contagious coronavirus variants are fuelling a surge in infections in Africa, the World Health Organization warns, while in Europe more governments are easing their pandemic restrictions. 800 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-vaccines-Africa-WHO Health-virus-world,FACTS -- AMERICAS -- Afghanistan-conflict-US-Turkey-Taliban,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States hails a promise by Turkey to secure Kabul's airport once US forces leave, helping ease fears of a government collapse once US forces leave. 550 words moved by Shaun Tandon Mexico-crime-press-justice,WRAP CULIACAN, Mexico A Mexican judge sentences one of the murderers of acclaimed journalist and AFP contributor Javier Valdez to 32 years and three months in prison for the killing, which sparked international condemnation. 600 words moved by Marcos Vizcarra. File Picture Haiti-refugee-gangs,FOCUS PORT-AU-PRINCE Daniella Francois sleeps on a foam mattress in a gym-turned-emergency shelter in Haiti's capital because her neighborhood is in the grips of a gang war. 600 words moved by Amelie Baron. Picture US-politics-Democrats-Pelosi,FOCUS WASHINGTON For years Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the US House of Representatives, was the most powerful woman in American politics, regularly squaring off against Donald Trump. Today her fiercest battles are not against an intransigent White House but rebellious progressives in her own caucus. 800 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture US-automobile-environment-stocks-fraud-Lordstown,FOCUS NEW YORK Several electric auto startups that raised large sums from investors in the wake of Tesla's ascent are hitting potholes as they pursue next-generation vehicles. 800 words moved by Juliette Michel and John Biers Science-US-patents-women,FOCUS WASHINGTON Harvard business professor Rem Koning studies how bias hurts innovation. But three years ago, his research hit too close to home when his wife, suffering from a rare post childbirth condition, couldn't find treatments designed with new moms in mind. 650 words moved by Philip Van Slooten. File Picture -- ASIA -- NKorea-US-diplomacy,WRAP SEOUL North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says his country should be "fully prepared for confrontation" with the United States, while keeping the door open for dialogue with US President Joe Biden. 550 words moved Afghanistan-conflict-militia,FOCUS LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan As fighting between government forces and the Taliban rages across Afghanistan, a covert militia is also engaging the insurgents in fierce battles in the southern province of Helmand. 450 words moved by Rashid Durrani. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza,WRAP GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Israeli jets launch overnight air strikes on Gaza after militants in the Palestinian territory again set off incendiary balloons into southern Israel, the army and AFP journalists say. 550 words moved by Adel Zaanoun with Peter Martell in Jerusalem. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- UN-refugee-migrants-conflict-health-virus,WRAP GENEVA Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the number of people fleeing war and persecution continued rising last year, with global displacement climbing to over 82 million -- double the figure a decade ago, the UN says. 750 words moved by Nina Larson. Video. Graphic -- AFRICA -- ICoast-politics-Gbagbo,WRAP ABIDJAN Former president Laurent Gbagbo returns to Ivory Coast to a mixture of jubilation and tension, ending a nearly decade-long absence in which he was tried and then acquitted of crimes against humanity over a bloody civil conflict. 700 words moved by Stephane Barbier and Christophe Koffi. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: ICoast-politics-Gbagbo,CHRONO ICoast-politics-Gbagbo-massacre,PROFILE ICoast-politics-Gbagbo,DATES Zambia-politics-Kaunda,WRAP LUSAKA Zambia's founding president Kenneth Kaunda dies at the age of 97, the government announces, days after he was admitted to hospital with pneumonia. 650 words moved by Obert Simwanza. File picture. File video Also moved: Zambia-politics-Kaunda,OBIT Zambia-Africa-Kaunda,FACTS Zambia-politics-Kaunda,DATES Libya-conflict-Kadhafi-parks,FOCUS TRIPOLI Libyans a decade ago could scarcely have imagined picnicking at a key military facility in Tripoli, but today a once feared site has been transformed into a family relaxation area. 550 words moved by Jihad Dorgham. Picture. Video -- ENVIRONMENT -- Environment-climate-Jordan-fish,FOCUS FIFA NATURE RESERVE, Jordan Jordan is racing against time to save a tiny rare fish from extinction as falling water levels partly triggered by global warming threaten to dry up its last habitat. 700 words moved by Mussa Hattar. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Fbl-Euro-2020-2021,WRAP PARIS Kevin De Bruyne scores the winner as Belgium beat Denmark 2-1 to reach the knockout stage of Euro 2020 in Copenhagen, where fans and players show their support for Christian Eriksen, while the Netherlands also book a last-16 spot. 650 words moved Jed Court. Picture. Graphic. Video Oly-2020-2021-athletics-PAK-Nadeem,FOCUS LAHORE, Pakistan Arshad Nadeem once dreamed of becoming a star cricketer, but after a switch to athletics as a teenager he now has an opportunity to grab Pakistan's first individual Olympic medal in more than 30 years. 750 words 0400 GMT by Shahid Hashmi. Picture. Video afp
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