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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + UN slams Myanmar army for protest crackdown + Vaccine hopes high as world marks pandemic anniversary + Japan marks 10 years since devastating tsunami + US congress passes $1.9 tn Covid relief plan + Hong Kong jails knife-wielding toilet paper hoarders Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Six protesters are killed in Myanmar as the United Nations condemns the growing violence against anti-coup demonstrations. 750 words 1100 GMT. Graphic. Picture. Video Also moved: Myanmar-politics-military-US-lobbying Myanmar-politics-military-SriLanka-diplomacy Myanmar-politics-military-rights-Amnesty Health-virus,WRAP THE HAGUE The world marks one year since the coronavirus threat was declared a pandemic, with vaccinations offering hope but much of humanity still enduring highly restricted lives with no clear path back to normality. 700 words 1200 GMT by Danny Kemp and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Japan-tsunami-earthquake-nuclear-anniversary,WRAP HISANOHAMA, Japan Japan falls silent to mark 10 years since its worst natural disaster in living memory: a powerful earthquake, deadly tsunami and resulting nuclear meltdown that traumatised a nation. 650 words moved by Harumi Ozawa with Sara Hussein in Tokyo. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live video Also moved: Japan-tsunami-anniversary-earthquake-nuclear-disaster,FOCUS US-politics-economy-health,WRAP WASHINGTON Joe Biden's enormous economic relief package passes Congress, delivering a resounding victory for the US president and a desperately needed cash injection to millions of families and businesses suffering during the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-economy-politics-poverty,FOCUS US-politics-economy-health,WRAP HongKong-China-virus-health-crime-offbeat HONG KONG Knife-wielding men who stole hundreds of toilet rolls during panic-buying shortages in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic in Hong Kong are jailed for more than three years. 250 words moved. File Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Benin-art,PHOTOESSAY GANVIE, Benin On a small island surrounded by hundreds of wooden huts on stilts, in the middle of Lake Nokoue in southeast Benin, a giant painting is taking shape. 300 words moved by Josue Mehouenou. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-WHO-investigation,FACTS GENEVA In the year since the World Health Organization first described the Covid-19 outbreak as a pandemic, it has faced towering criticism, but has also been showered with praise. 900 words moved by Agnes Pedrero Moved: China-science-technology,FACTS ** Please see AFP's special advisory marking a year since the pandemic was declared ** -- EUROPE -- Britain-crime-women-safety,FOCUS LONDON A high-profile investigation into the disappearance of a 33-year-old woman from the streets of south London prompts thousands of women to speak out about their own experiences of threats, harassment and intimidation by men. 600 words 1300 GMT by Pauline Froissart US-Britain-royals-media,FOCUS LONDON For all the anguished talk of a reckoning on racism for Britain's royal family, so far it is the media that is feeling the brunt most visibly with two high-profile departures. 700 words 1300 GMT by Jitendra Joshi. File picture Serbia-LGBT-rights-law-gender,FOCUS BELGRADE LGBT couples in Serbia will soon be able to tie the knot under a law recognising same-sex unions, but their rights fall short of full equality in a country where homophobia runs strong. 850 words moved by Miodrag Sovilj. Picture Entertainment-Spain-television-chess,FOCUS LA GARRIGA, Spain At David Ferrer's factory, workers are busy cutting, trimming and stitching together fine sheets of wood to make chessboards to meet a surge in orders in the wake of the runaway success of the Netflix series, "The Queen's Gambit". 650 words moved by Daniel Bosque. Picture. Video Georgia-lifestyle-travel-labour,FOCUS TBILISI American travel addict Candy Treft radiates enthusiasm while she extols the virtues of her new home country Georgia as one of the world's best locations for digital nomads. 600 words moved by Irakli Metreveli. Picture. Video Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-missing,FOCUS YEREVAN Ruzanna Vartanyan has spent the past five months trapped somewhere between hope and despair as she prays to see her oldest son Sarkis again. 750 words moved Max Delany. Picture. Video Germany-vote-health-virus,ADVANCER FRANKFURT, Germany Corruption allegations and a series of pandemic setbacks have plunged German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives into turmoil, just days before two regional polls kick off a key election year. 700 words moved by Michelle Fitzpatrick. Picture. Video Also moved: Germany-politics-vote-Greens -- MIDDLE EAST -- Palestinians-vote-Israel-conflict-UAE,FOCUS KHAN YUNIS, Palestinian Territories As Palestinians ready for their first elections in 15 years, two powerful players loom large from afar. One is a royal adviser in the UAE, the other lives in an Israeli prison cell and is sometimes dubbed the "Palestinian Mandela". 800 words moved Guillaume Lavallee. Picture -- AFRICA -- Tanzania-politics-health-virus DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania's opposition demands to know the whereabouts of President John Magufuli, who has not been seen in public in almost two weeks, raising concerns about his health. 500 words moved. File video -- AMERICAS -- US-police-press-demonstration-trial,FOCUS WASHINGTON Does the freedom to inform stop during a police operation? The US trial of a journalist arrested during an anti-racism protest has reopened the debate on freedom of the press and media-police relations. 650 words moved by Cyril Julien. Picture US-racism-police-trial-jury,FOCUS MINNEAPOLIS Millions of people have watched the video of George Floyd's death -- a dozen will decide the fate of the white policeman seen kneeling for nearly nine minutes on his neck. 650 words moved by Charlotte Plantive and Chris Lefkow in Washington Mexico-politics-drugs,WRAP MEXICO CITY Mexico's lower house of Congress votes in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana use, in a step towards transforming the land of the drug cartels into a huge regulated market. 500 words moved by Natalia Cano. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-vote-government-parliament,WRAP BEIJING China's rubber-stamp parliament votes for sweeping changes to Hong Kong's electoral system -- including powers to veto candidates -- as Beijing moves to ensure only "patriots" run the city following huge pro-democracy rallies. 600 words moved by Beiyi Seow and Leo Ramirez. Picture. Video. Live video US-China-Japan-SKorea-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden's top aides will meet for the first time next week with Chinese officials in Alaska, straight on the heels of showing solidarity through trips to Asian allies wary of Beijing's might. 650 words moved by Shaun Tandon -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Ireland-US-aviation-merger-GE-AerCap,WRAP NEW YORK General Electric announces a deal to sell its aircraft leasing business to AerCap for $30 billion, establishing a new industry giant amid the pandemic-induced downturn in air travel. 600 words moved ECB-EU-eurozone-rates-banking,WRAP FRANKFURT The European Central Bank is expected to stress its commitment to keeping borrowing costs low in response to fears that rising bond yields and higher inflation could hobble the eurozone's pandemic recovery. 600 words 1300 GMT by Michelle Fitzpatrick -- SPORT -- RugbyU-RugbyL-Box-Williams,lead WELLINGTON Dual-code superstar Sonny Bill Williams announces his retirement from rugby but the New Zealander isn't giving up on sport, saying he wants to concentrate on his boxing career. 500 words moved. File picture Also moved: RugbyU-RugbyL-Box-Williams,POINTS -- LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-women,FOCUS NEW YORK The Grammys' rock categories normally ooze testosterone, but this year, women-led acts have seized the mic. 800 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. File picture US-art-IT-Beeple,PROFILE NEW YORK Six months ago he had not sold any work -- but on Thursday one of his creations will exceed $13 million at auction. The American artist Beeple is at the vanguard of an exploding virtual market, feverishly fuelled by digital collectors. 700 words moved Thomas Urbain. Picture HongKong-China-virus-health-music-offbeat HONG KONG In a densely populated city with notoriously high rents, Hong Kong's musicians are used to playing cramped stages. But few venues are quite as pokey -- or unorthodox -- as Yuen Hing Lung noodles. 300 words moved. Picture. Video afp
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