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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Facebook imposes Australia news blackout + Hackers target Myanmar govt websites + Two million without power in Texas + NASA Rover set to touch down on Mars + Osaka topples Williams in Aus Open semis Australia-US-IT-media-Facebook,WRAP BRISBANE Facebook is branded "arrogant" and "unconscionable" for banning Australian users from sharing news, as its defiant response to government regulation inadvertently cripples the pages of several emergency services. 800 words moved by Holly Robertson with Andrew Beatty in Sydney. File picture. Graphic Also moving: US-Australia-media-internet-Microsoft-Google-Facebook,Q&A Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Hackers target Myanmar government websites to protest against the military coup, as the junta presses on with its attempts to stymie nationwide opposition with internet blockades and troop deployments. 750 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic US-weather,WRAP HOUSTON, Texas Nearly two million people are without power in Texas, the oil and gas capital of the United States, with some facing water shortages as an unusual winter storm pummels the southeastern part of country. 750 words moved by Francois Picard with Chris Lefkow in Washington. Picture. Video Also moved: US-energy-electricity-Texas,Q&A US-Mars-space,WRAP WASHINGTON Seven months in space, a mission that was decades in the making and cost billions of dollars, all to answer the question: was there ever life on Mars? NASA's Perseverance rover prepares for touchdown on the Red Planet to search for telltale signs of microbes that might have existed there billions of years ago. 750 words moved by Issam Ahmed and Lucie Aubourg. Picture. Graphic Also moved: US-Mars-space,POINTS Tennis-AUS-Open,WRAP MELBOURNE, Australia Japan's Naomi Osaka brutally halts Serena Williams's latest bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title as she sets up an Australian Open final with Jennifer Brady. 550 words moved. Picture. Video Also moving: Tennis-AUS-Open-Serena-Slams,FACTS -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP UNITED NATIONS UN chief Antonio Guterres says the world "urgently needs a global vaccination plan" to stop wealthy countries leaving poorer nations behind in the coronavirus fightback. 750 words moved by Philippe Rater. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-HongKong-China-vaccines,lead HONG KONG Hong Kong's government approves the Chinese-made Sinovac coronavirus vaccine after a panel of experts fast-tracks its recommendation despite comparatively low efficacy and limited published data. 300 words moved Health-virus-SAfrica,lead JOHANNESBURG Around half of South Africa's population is thought to have contracted Covid-19, studies and statisticians say, suggesting the virus has claimed tens of thousands more lives than officially recorded. 400 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Iran-nuclear-politics-diplomacy,WRAP PARIS Foreign ministers from European powers and the United States hold talks to try to revive the 2015 deal to curb Iran's nuclear drive, days ahead of a deadline set by Tehran that could hinder the efforts by limiting inspections. 750 words moved by Stuart Williams. Graphic Israel-housing-politics,FOCUS TEL AVIV, Israel Ten years since protests against the cost of living rocked Israel, affordable housing remains just as scarce, even prompting some city-dwellers to seek cheaper living on a rural kibbutz. 650 words moved by Alexandra Vardi. Picture Lifestyle-Tunisia-food-agriculture,FOCUS TABARKA, Tunisia A Tunisian entrepreneur growing edible flowers says she is surprised by the appetite for her homegrown product in the North African country and hopes to see a "new culinary culture" bloom. 500 words 1000 GMT by Kaouther Larbi. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Spain-politics-rights-music,WRAP MADRID Scores of protesters clashed with police in Madrid and Barcelona as hundreds rallied in the capital over the jailing of a Spanish rapper for tweets insulting police and the monarchy. 500 words moved. File picture. Picture Britain-royals-health-Philip,WRAP LONDON Britain's Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, remains in a London hospital as a "precautionary measure", according to Buckingham Palace, with sources saying it is not due to coronavirus. 650 words moved by Callum Paton and Anna Malpas. Picture. Video Belarus-politics-unrest-media-trial,WRAP MINSK A court in Belarus sentences a pair of young television reporters to two years in prison for their coverage of protests last year, the first lengthy prison term for journalists in a growing legal crackdown. 650 words 1030 GMT Picture. File Video Georgia-politics,WRAP TBILISI Georgia's prime minister resigns over plans to arrest a top opposition leader, deepening a political crisis that has shaken the ex-Soviet nation since elections last year. 650 words 1000 GMT by Irakli Metreveli. Picture. Video Italy-politics,WRAP ROME Prime Minister Mario Draghi pledges to use "all means" to fight the coronavirus pandemic that has devastated Italy, and said it presented an opportunity for the country to rebuild as it did after World War II. 750 words moved by Alvis Armellini. Picture. Video Spain-politics-Montero,PROFILE MADRID A protester-turned-politician, Spain's Equality Minister Irene Montero is an outspoken feminist and young mover-and-shaker in the leftwing government. 700 words moved by Marie Giffard. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Trump-Biden,FOCUS WASHINGTON Insisting that he won the US election and brawling with his own party's top senator, Donald Trump was back to demanding national attention this week. President Joe Biden just yawned. 550 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture US-radio-Limbaugh,OBIT WASHINGTON Rush Limbaugh, the firebrand radio host and relentless provocateur with a finger on the pulse of America's conservative middle class, has died after battling lung cancer. He was 70. 650 words moved by Joshua Melvin. File picture Cuba-agriculture-tourism-health-pandemic,FOCUS VINALES, Cuba A year ago, Carlos Millo was renting rooms to foreigners in the picturesque Cuban town of Vinales. Now, with the pandemic driving tourists away, Millo and other townsfolk have resorted to growing their own food to survive. 800 words moved by Leticia Pineda. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Oly-Japan-2020-2021-Hashimoto-Mori,WRAP TOKYO Japan's Olympic minister Seiko Hashimoto becomes the new president of Tokyo 2020, capping an embarrassing sexism row with just over five months until the virus-postponed Games. 700 words 1030 GMT by Sara Hussein and Kyoko Hasegawa. Picture. Video. Live video Also moved: Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus,CHRONO Oly-2020-2021-Japan-politics-Hashimoto,PROFILE Tennis-AUS-Open-fans,SCENE MELBOURNE, Australia Excited fans drift back to the Australian Open after a snap five-day lockdown in Melbourne was eased, determined to create some atmosphere over the final days of a tournament severely disrupted by the coronavirus. 550 words moved. Picture. Video -- ENVIRONMENT -- Environment-pollution-health-virus KUALA LUMPUR Serious pollution caused around 160,000 premature deaths in the world's five most populous cities last year, even as air quality improved in some places due to coronavirus lockdowns, an environmental group says. 350 words moved -- LIFESTYLE -- Health-virus-France-cinema,FOCUS ROMORANTIN, France The coronavirus pandemic might not seem like the obvious time to build new movie theatres, but in cine-mad France, it will take more than a virus to dampen passions for the big screen. 550 words moved by Francois Becker. Video Health-virus-Canada-skating,VIDEOESSAY MONTREAL With health authorities restricting public gatherings and other social activities, more Canadians than ever are embracing an old winter tradition -- the backyard ice rink. 500 words moved by Anne-Sophie Thill. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-celebrity-podcast,FOCUS WASHINGTON Cooped up like many of us, movie stars, politicians and reality show types eager to hold onto their fans are turning to podcasts to get through the pandemic, converting their homes -- even a bathroom in one case -- into makeshift recording studios. 750 words moved by Daxia Rojas. File picture -- BUSINESS/TECH -- Australia-media-internet-Facebook,FOCUS BRISBANE, Australia Facebook's news blackout in Australia has raised fears misinformation could come to dominate the platform in the country, with fake news and conspiracy theories left untouched while credible sources have been cut off. 700 words moved by Holly Robertson Health-virus-aviation-planes,FOCUS TARBES, France At the foot of the snow-capped Pyrenees, dozens of planes are lined up like toys on a shelf, at one of several airports in southern Europe where parking planes has become big business thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic. 750 words moved by Marisol Rifai Health-virus-aviation-outlook,Q&A PARIS Dizzying losses, the looming threat of bankruptcies and tens of thousands of people thrown out of work: the aviation industry has been devastated by Covid-19 and there is still no light at the end of the tunnel. The sector may be unrecognisable when it finally emerges. 900 words moved by Tangi Quenemer and Mathieu Rabechault Also moved: Health-virus-aviation-training afp
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