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| - Duty Editor: Adam Plowright Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Pfizer files for EU vaccine approval + Biden prepares to unveil economic team + Two dead as car hits pedestrians in Germany + Two-thirds of pupils have no home internet: UN + F1's Hamilton 'devastated' by positive virus test Health-virus,WRAP FRANKFURT Pharma companies Pfizer and BioNTech file for European approval for their coronavirus vaccine, following in the footsteps of competitor Moderna, while the OECD predicts the world economy will bounce back to pre-pandemic levels by late 2021. 800 words 1600 GMT by Michelle Fitzpatrick and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. US-economy-stimulus-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON President-elect Joe Biden prepares to present his economic team, as a bipartisan group of senators make a renewed push for another stimulus package to help the faltering US economy. 500 works 1600 GMT by Heather Scott. Picture. Picture. Video Germany-police-car-arrest,WRAP BERLIN At least two people have been killed and several injured when a car drove into a pedestrian zone in the southwestern German city of Trier, police say, adding that the driver has been arrested. 450 words 1500 GMT Health-virus-education-children-computers-UN GENEVA Two thirds of school-age children worldwide have no internet at home, a UN report finds, even as pandemic-induced school closures have made online access vital to getting an education. 500 words moved Auto-Prix-BRN-Hamilton-health-virus,3rdlead SAKHIR, Bahrain World champion Lewis Hamilton says he is devastated to miss this weekend's Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain having tested positive for coronavirus. 450 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US-vaccine-priority,FOCUS WASHINGTON When the Covid vaccines are approved, who will get them first? Nothing is yet confirmed, but the US could differ from others countries in prioritizing "critical" workers who keep society running -- potentially even before people at highest risk. 600 words 1600 GMT by Ivan Couronne Health-virus-aid-conflict,WRAP GENEVA The UN says $35 billion will be needed for aid in 2021, as the pandemic leaves tens of millions more people in crisis, and with the risk of multiple famines looming. 650 words moved by Nina Larson. Picture. Video. Graphic. Epidemic-health-virus-Year2020-origin-animal,FOCUS PARIS While many scientists are racing to find vaccines to tame the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, other researchers are probing the past, trying to unravel one of the greatest mysteries of the virus: exactly where it came from. 900 words moved by Paul Ricard Please see our separate advisory on a year of the pandemic -- EUROPE -- Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP LACHIN, Azerbaijan Azerbaijani soldiers hoist their country's flag in the final district given up by Armenia under a peace deal that ended weeks of fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. 750 words 1530 GMT by Emmanuel Peuchot. Picture. Video. Graphic We will also move: Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-Lachin,SCENE Also moved: Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-deal,CHRONO Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-deal-diplomacy,FACTS Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP BRUSSELS EU member states warn European negotiators in a rare reproach not to lose their nerve with Britain, as post-Brexit talks enter their most delicate phase. 650 words 1500 GMT by Alex Pigman We will also move: Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade,FOCUS Sweden-crime-children,WRAP STOCKHOLM A mother in Sweden is arrested on suspicion of holding her son captive inside their apartment for 28 years, leaving him undernourished, covered in sores and with almost no teeth. 650 words 1500 GMT by Pia Ohlin. Picture. Video. Britain-court-health-trans-children LONDON Three judges in London rule that children under 16 who wish to undergo gender reassignment can only consent to having puberty blockers if they can understand the treatment. 500 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-science-astronomy,lead SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico The renowned Arecibo Observatory telescope in Puerto Rico collapses, just weeks after an announcement that the vast structure would be dismantled due to its decrepit and dangerous condition. 400 words 1600 GMT. File picture -- ASIA -- Australia-China-Afghanistan-politics-diplomacy SYDNEY Twitter rebuffs Australian calls to remove a Beijing official's incendiary tweet targeting Australian troops, as China doubles down on criticism in the face of mounting international condemnation. 550 words moved Vietnam-censorship-Facebook-YouTube-Google HANOI Facebook and Google are fast becoming "human rights-free zones" in Vietnam, Amnesty International warns, accusing the tech titans of helping censor peaceful dissent and political expression in the country. 500 words moved by Alice Philipson -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-unrest, Q&A LAGOS Scores of farmworkers were slaughtered last weekend when jihadists attacked villages in northeastern Nigeria, setting a new benchmark for brutality in their 11-year-old insurgency. Here's what we know about the massacre. 600 words 1530 GMT by Camille Malplat Mali-Niger-conflict-unrest,FOCUS MENAKA, Mali After years of violence and lawlessness during which it changed hands between separatists rebels and Islamists, relative calm has finally returned to the turbulent northern Malian town of Menaka due to joint patrols by local troops, militiamen and UN peacekeepers. 650 words 1500 GMT by an AFP correspondent in Menaka and Amaury Hauchard in Bamako. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Egypt-media-arrest-internet CAIRO Egyptian police have detained a photographer for disrespect after he shot images of a dancer in ancient costume at the Pyramid of Djoser outside Cairo, a security source confirms. 300 words moved Syria-conflict-doctors,FOCUS AZAZ, Syria Mohammed Mostafa al-Mohammed started studying medicine in rebel-held northern Syria to help the victims of war, but instead he has graduated into a world battling the novel coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Bakr Al-Kasem. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Yachting-Vendee-rescue,WRAP CAPE TOWN, South Africa The French Vendee Globe skipper recovering after a dramatic rescue by a rival competitor 600 nautical miles off the Cape of Good Hope speaks of how a giant wave folded his boat in two "in four seconds". 650 words moved Fbl-ENG-Pr-MEX-Wolves-Jimenez LONDON Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Raul Jimenez says he hopes to be back playing football soon despite suffering a fractured skull in a horrific clash of heads with Arsenal defender David Luiz. 300 words moved Rugby-ARG-Tri-2020-racism-Matera,3rdlead SYDNEY Argentina rugby skipper Pablo Matera is stripped of the captaincy and suspended along with two other players over "discriminatory and xenophobic" tweets. 500 words moved by Andrew Beatty. File picture -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- Health-virus-economy-OECD,WRAP PARIS The global economy may get back to pre-pandemic levels by the end of next year as vaccines help propel recovery, but growth is likely to be uneven, the OECD says. 700 words moved Britain-retail-layoffs-clothing-bankruptcy-Debenhams-Arcadia,WRAP LONDON Debenhams and Topshop-owner Arcadia, two of Britain's biggest clothing retailers, stand on the brink of collapse following coronavirus fallout and fierce online competition, risking the loss of 25,000 jobs. 600 words moved by Ben Perry. Picture US-IT-politics-Facebook,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO Facebook's "supreme court" tasked with deciding on allowing on removing sensitive and harmful content has begun operations, with a backlog of some 20,000 cases already piling up for the expert panel. 650 words 1600 GMT by Glenn Chapman and Julie Jammot US-business-market-minorities-gender,WRAP NEW YORK Citing sluggish progress in appointments of non-white directors, the Nasdaq is seeking US regulatory approval to enact board diversity requirements on listed companies. 550 words 1600 GMT by John Biers -- LIFESTYLE -- SKorea-US-music-BTS,lead SEOUL Trailblazing South Korean boyband BTS have became the first group to have a foreign-language song enter the US Billboard chart at number one, as parliament in Seoul cleared the way for them to delay compulsory military afp
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