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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Hopes for global corporate tax deal as G7 meets + Facebook imposes two-year ban on Trump + Putin reaches out to Biden to improve ties + Church must 'take responsibility' for abuses: Trudeau + 'Sea snot' on Turkey's shores alarms residents G7-Britain-economy-politics,WRAP LONDON Finance ministers from wealthy G7 nations are expected to announce support for a minimum global level of corporate tax, aimed at getting multinationals -- especially tech giants -- to pay more into government coffers hit hard by the pandemic. 800 words moved by Roland Jackson. Picture. Video US-IT-politics-internet,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Facebook bans former US president Donald Trump for two years, saying he deserved the maximum punishment for violating platform rules over a deadly attack by his supporters on the US Capitol. 750 words moved by Glenn Chapman. File picture Russia-US-diplomacy-politics-economy,WRAP SAINT PETERSBURG Russian President Vladimir Putin says he hopes to improve deeply damaged relations with the United States when he holds his first summit with US counterpart Joe Biden later this month. 750 words moved by Anastasia Clark. Picture. Video Canada-indigenous-school-church-Roman-Catholic,lead OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urges the Catholic Church to "take responsibility" and release records on indigenous residential schools under its direction, after the discovery of remains of 215 children in unmarked graves. 500 words moved Turkey-environment-sea ISTANBUL A thick, brown, bubbly foam dubbed "sea snot" has covered the shores of the Sea of Marmara, alarming Istanbul residents and threatening marine life. 550 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Health-HIV-40years-US-race,FOCUS WASHINGTON Dedra Spears Johnson was working as a social worker in a suburb of the US capital Washington at the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1990s, when she concluded Black women's needs weren't being met by efforts to fight the disease. 900 words moved by Philip Van Slooten. Picture Also moved: Health-HIV-40years-timeline,CHRONO -- ASIA -- Indonesia-waste-environment,FOCUS JAKARTA Alarmed by the mountains of plastic waste leaching into Indonesia's waters, two best friends are taking on the environmental menace by turning crisp bags and shampoo packets into paving bricks. 450 words moved by Agnes Anya. Picture. Video Myanmar-coup-politics-military-poetry,FOCUS BANGKOK Before he was killed, Khet Thi's poems railed eloquently against Myanmar's sudden coup, joining a deluge of protest verse celebrating democracy demonstrators and defying the military's brutal war on words. 650 words moved by Lisa Martin. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-vaccines-Covax-WHO GENEVA The World Health Organization says a shortfall in Covid-19 vaccine doses going through the Covax programme in June and July could undermine the efficiency of the roll-out. 450 words moved Health-virus-India-social-rural,FOCUS KALWA, India When health worker Neelam Kumari knocks on doors in Indian villages the occupants sometimes run out the back, terrified that she wants to vaccinate them against Covid-19. 700 words moved by Glenda Kwek with Abhaya Srivastava in New Delhi and Nishant Saxena in Lucknow. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Belarus-politics-unrest-Poland-opposition,WRAP WARSAW European powers line up to condemn a tearful interview shown on Belarusian state television with a dissident journalist who was arrested after his plane was diverted to Minsk, saying he was only speaking "under duress". 800 words moved by Dario Thuburn. Picture. Video Britain-extradition-US-Switzerland-Australia-Assange GENEVA Julian Assange's fiancee joins forces with the mayor of Geneva and the UN's torture expert to seek the WikiLeaks founder's immediate release from a British jail and safe haven in another country. 500 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-media-internet-Twitter,WRAP ABUJA Nigeria's government says it is suspending Twitter's operations indefinitely, two days after the social media giant deleted a tweet from President Muhammadu Buhari's account for violating its rules. 450 words moved Mali-France-politics-coup,WRAP BAMAKO Supporters of Mali's M5 opposition movement stage a rally, with the group poised to join the government following the crisis-stricken country's second coup in nine months. 800 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Peru-vote,FOCUS CHOTA, Peru Chewing on coca leaves and brandishing whips, 15 Peruvian peasants patrol the paths around an Andean hamlet in the dead of night, just like presidential candidate Pedro Castillo once did. 650 words moved by Carlos Mandujano. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- US-economy-internet-IT-currency-forex-bitcoin,FOCUS MIAMI Thousands of people have descended on Miami for a massive two-day bitcoin conference -- a sign that the US city, in the midst of a tech boom, is hoping to become the next cryptocurrency hub. 650 words moved by Leila Macor. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-musical,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Long before his mega smash-hit "Hamilton," Lin-Manuel Miranda dazzled Broadway with "In The Heights," a Latin pop and salsa-inspired musical celebrating the New York immigrant community that raised him. 600 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Fbl-Euro-2020-ESP-Spain-tourism,FOCUS SEVILLE Seville's pandemic-hit tourism sector is hoping to get a shot in the arm from UEFA's last-minute decision to name the southern Spanish city as a host for Euro 2020 matches. 600 words moved by Alvaro Villalobos. Picture. Video Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Serena Williams continues her quest for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title by reaching the French Open second week for the first time since 2018, after third seed Aryna Sabalenka's surprise loss leaves the veteran American as the highest-ranked player in her half of the draw. 750 words moved by Jed Court. Picture Fbl-ENG-Pr-ManUtd-Glazers LONDON Manchester United announce they will create a fan advisory board to improve supporters' input into the club's decision-making processes after the backlash to the English giants involvement in the failed European Super League (ESL) project. 450 words moved afp
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