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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + US to have enough vaccines for adults in May + Washington sanctions Russians over Navalny poisoning + 'Racist' Dr Seuss books pulled + Australian attorney general denies rape claim + Moon spots: Billionaire offers seats on rocket Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States will have enough Covid-19 vaccine for its entire adult population by the end of May, President Joe Biden says, while Brazil's troubles deepen as it registers its highest 24-hour death toll. 700 words moved by Ben Sheppard US-Russia-EU-diplomacy-dissent,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States imposes sanctions on senior Russian officials in a coordinated action with the European Union as US intelligence concludes that Moscow orchestrated the near-fatal poisoning of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. 650 words moved by Shaun Tandon. File picture. File video Also moved: Lithuania-Russia-politics-Navalny,INTERVIEW US-culture-literature-books-racism,lead NEW YORK They are beloved by generations of early readers for their wacky rhyming tales and mischievous plotlines, but six Dr. Seuss books are being pulled because of imagery now considered racist. 500 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture Australia-politics-assault,WRAP PERTH Australia's attorney general outs himself as the cabinet minister accused of raping a 16-year-old girl, denying the decades-old allegation and trying to draw a line under a crisis that has consumed the conservative government. 600 words 0630 GMT Space-Japan-aerospace-SpaceX-Maezawa-Moon,lead TOKYO It's the sort of chance that comes along just once in a blue Moon: a Japanese billionaire is throwing open a private lunar expedition to eight participants from around the world. 550 words moved. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Mexico education children, FOCUS SANTA MARIA CHIMALHUACAN, Mexico The coronavirus pandemic closed their school, but it also thrust a group of disadvantaged Mexican children living next to a giant garbage dump into the digital world. 600 words 0530 GMT by Natalia Cano. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Ethiopia-Eritrea-conflict-massacre,INVESTIGATION DENGOLAT Residents recount what they say was a massacre by Eritrean troops in Dengolat, a village in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region where AFP has interviewed survivors and viewed mass graves. 1000 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-budget-cabinet,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden suffers his first cabinet defeat as he pulls an ill-fated cabinet nomination, the clearest signal yet that immensely powerful Democratic moderates in the deadlocked Senate can imperil his administration's ambitious agenda. 650 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture US-politics-assault-Cuomo,WRAP NEW YORK New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is fighting for his political life after a third woman accuses him of sexual harassment. 650 words moved by Peter Hutchison. File picture Canada-homicide-trial-internet TORONTO A Canadian man who killed 10 people by ploughing a van into pedestrians in Toronto will learn whether his actions were criminal or owed to an autism spectrum disorder when a judge delivers her verdict. 500 words 0530 GMT by Olivier MONNIER. File picture. Dominican-Haiti-migration,FOCUS SANTO DOMINGO Experts have hit out at a plan by the Dominican Republic government to build a wall on its border with Haiti to reduce illegal immigration, claiming it won't work unless accompanied by development. 650 words moved by Erika Santelices. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's military authorities charge an Associated Press photographer and five other journalists over their coverage of anti-coup protests, their lawyer says. 500 words by 0530 GMT. Picture. HongKong-China-politics-court,WRAP HONG KONG A marathon bail hearing enters its third day as dozens of Hong Kong democracy activists return to court in a subversion case that has reignited international concern over Beijing's crackdown on dissent. 550 words 0600 GMT Afghanistan-conflict-media, WRAP JALALABAD, Afghanistan Outrage ripples through Afghanistan as funerals are held for three female media workers gunned down in yet another targeting killing that raises fresh questions over the agreed US military withdrawal. 500 words 0700 GMT by Noorullah Shirzada. Picture. Video France-China-rights-Uighurs-book,INTERVIEW PARIS Gulbahar Haitiwaji knew that China would not be happy about her book describing nearly three years of imprisonment, brainwashing and harassment at the hands of the authorities simply because she is Uighur. 600 words moved. Picture -- EUROPE -- Vatican-pope-Iraq-religion-Islam,ANALYSIS VATICAN CITY Pope Francis, on a historic trip to Iraq, will on Saturday hold a hugely symbolic meeting with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, seeking to deepen his cautious dialogue with Muslim leaders. 800 words moved by Catherine Marciano. Graphic. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Egypt-traffic-technology,FOCUS CAIRO In gridlocked and heavily polluted Cairo, start-ups are searching for technological solutions to solve the transport headaches for an expanding megacity already struggling with over 20 million people. 650 words moved by Emmanuel Parisse. Picture Israel-army-social,FOCUS TEL AVIV Israel's military is facing a challenge on the home front unrelated to traditional threats against the Jewish state: it's over facial hair, and activists say the army's future is at stake. 500 words moved by Alexandra Vardi. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-Jamaica-music-Wailer,OBIT KINGSTON Reggae legend Bunny Wailer, who co-founded The Wailers with Bob Marley in the 1960s, has died in Kingston at the age of 73, the Jamaican government says. 500 words moved by Andre Rich. File picture afp
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