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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Tributes pour in after death of Maradona + Academic freed by Iran speaks of 'traumatic ordeal' + Trump pardons adviser who triggered Russian probe + Six Pakistan cricket players in NZ 'have Covid' + Devil horns meet sutras in Buddhist death metal band Fbl-ARG-Argentina-Maradona-death,WRAP BUENOS AIRES Millions of fans pay tribute and Argentina is sent into mourning as Diego Maradona, one of the greatest footballers of all time, dies aged 60 after years of drug and alcohol problems. 750 words moved by Maria Lorente. Picture. File Picture. Video. Graphic. Iran-prisoner-Australia-Britain,WRAP SYDNEY An Australian-British lecturer jailed for spying by Iran has been released after two "traumatic" years, part of a swap for three Iranian prisoners reportedly linked to a botched Bangkok bomb plot. 800 words 0800 GMT by Andrew Beatty. Picture. Video US-politics-Trump-Flynn WASHINGTON President Donald Trump announces he has pardoned Michael Flynn, the former security adviser whose lies about his Russian contacts spurred the troubling investigation into Trump campaign collusion with Moscow. 700 words moved by Paul Handley. File Picture Cricket-PAK-NZL-health-virus WELLINGTON Six members of Pakistan's squad have tested positive for Covid-19, hosts New Zealand Cricket say, throwing preparations for a five-game tour into turmoil. 500 words 0530 GMT. Taiwan-music-religion,FEATURE TAIPEI The gig began with a nun chanting on stage but suddenly erupted into a wall of noise unleashed by distorted guitars and screamed sutras -- the unique sound of Taiwan's first Buddhist death metal band. 700 words moved by Sean Chang. Picture. Video. -- DEATH OF MARADONA -- Fbl-ARG-Maradona,OBIT BUENOS AIRES Diego Maradona was football's archetypal troubled genius, a world-beating player whose life and career scaled the most dazzling heights but also plumbed the darkest depths. 1,000 words moved. File picture -- Please see our separate special advisory already moved for full coverage of plans on Maradona's death -- We have also moved: Fbl-death-Maradona-ARG,REAX Argentina-Maradona-death,SCENE Fbl-ARG-Maradona-ITA-SerieA-Napoli-Italy,REAX Fbl-Maradona-ARG-ENG-WC-1986 Fbl-Maradona-Pele,FOCUS Fbl-Maradona-Goals-Five Fbl-ARG-Maradona,QUOTES -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP BERLIN Germany announces that it will push for Europe to ban ski holidays in a bid to curb coronavirus infections, while cases of Covid-19 reached a new peak of more than 60 million globally. 800 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Year2020-vaccines,FOCUS PARIS Less than a year after an unknown coronavirus that has claimed 1.4 million lives began spreading across the globe, a number of highly promising Covid-19 vaccines are on the cusp of release -- the most rapid vaccine development for a pandemic in history. 1,550 words moved by Paul Ricard Health-virus-vaccine-safety,FOCUS WASHINGTON Covid-19 vaccine emergency approvals are around the corner, makers are preparing to ship millions of doses -- and experts are trying to reassure the public that the breakneck speed of development hasn't compromised safety. 700 words moved by Ivan Courrone Health-virus-Year2020-LatAm,FOCUS MONTEVIDEO Cash-strapped Latin American governments face severe geographical, economic and social challenges in trying to ensure life-saving Covid-19 vaccines are made available to vulnerable populations, experts say. 850 words moved by Lucia Lacurcia. Picture Health-virus-Israel-Judaism-social,FOCUS JERUSALEM For many, the pandemic has been a time of devastating isolation, but for some ultra-Orthodox Israeli Jews it has pushed them to integrate in the world outside their narrow communities. 700 words moved by Michael Blum. File picture -- Please see our special advisory for full filing plan on the coming anniversary of the discovery of the novel coronavirus -- -- ASIA -- India-weather-cyclone,WRAP PUDUCHERRY, India Rescue workers clean up after a cyclone clobbers southeastern India, but with accurate forecasting and a timely evacuation of tens of thousands of people averting any loss of life. 500 words 0700 GMT by Arun Sankar. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President-elect Joe Biden says that Americans "won't stand" for attempts to derail the US election outcome, as Donald Trump calls for the results to be overturned. 650 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture US-vote-misinformation-Facebook,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO The US presidential election is finished: votes cast, the transition -- though delayed -- begun. But on Facebook, the fight against election misinformation continues. 750 words moved by Julie Jammot -- MIDDLE EAST -- Turkey-coup-trial ANKARA A Turkish court will hand down verdicts to nearly 500 suspects in one of the main trials stemming from the bloody 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. 600 words moved by Raziye Akkoc. File picture Saudi-Greece-Yemen-conflict-maritime,WRAP RIYADH An explosion rocks a Greek-operated oil tanker docked at Saudi Arabia's port of Shuqaiq, Greek officials say, in an attack that a Riyadh-led military coalition blames on Yemeni rebels. 700 words moved -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- France-US-internet-tax,WRAP PARIS France will enforce a new digital levy for online technology giants this year, breaking a truce with Washington over the long-running tax fight that could prompt a round of punitive US tariffs on French goods. 700 words moved by Eve Szeftel and Joseph Schmid -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-television-chess-internet,FOCUS SYDNEY Hit miniseries "The Queen's Gambit" has led to a surge of interest in chess, with one popular website registering millions of new players and academies reporting unprecedented demand. 750 words moved by Andrew Beatty -- ARCHAEOLOGY -- Archaeology-animal-research-birds TOKYO The discovery of a creature described as resembling a "buck-toothed toucan" that lived some 68 million years ago has upended assumptions about diversity in the birds that lived alongside dinosaurs. 550 words moved by Sara Hussein. 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