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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Police reveal vast hack of global criminal platform + US approves first new Alzheimer's drug in years + Harris focuses on migrants on Guatemala visit + Half of ransom paid to pipeline hackers recovered + Djokovic survives, Nadal cruises at French Open Australia-US-Europe-crime-police,WRAP SYDNEY International law enforcement agencies reveal a vast three-year global operation to infiltrate an encryption platform popular among criminal groups, resulting in hundreds of arrests worldwide. 600 words 0300 GMT. Picture US-health-Alzheimers,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States approves a drug called Aduhelm to treat patients with Alzheimer's, the first new medicine against the disease in almost two decades and the first to address cognitive decline linked to the condition. 550 words moved by Issam Ahmed US-Guatemala-Mexico-diplomacy-migration,WRAP GUATEMALA CITY US Vice President Kamala Harris says the United States hopes to work with Guatemala to address the root causes of illegal migration by creating "a sense of hope" in the poverty- and violence-plagued country, on her first trip abroad since taking office. 500 words moved by Moises Avila and Henry Morales Arana. Picture. Video US-oil-computers-hacking-pipeline,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Justice Department announces that it has recovered more than half of the $4.4 million paid by Colonial Pipeline to Russia-based ransomware extortionists Darkside, who had forced the shutdown of a major fuel network. 600 words moved by Paul Handley Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Novak Djokovic survives a five-set scare while Rafael Nadal shone in the Paris sun as the two Grand Slam heavyweights reached the French Open quarter-finals for the 15th time, stalling the advance of tennis's next generation. 650 words moved by Dave James. Picture. Graphic -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Spain-tourism,2ndlead MALAGA, Spain Hoards of beaming tourists fly into the sun-soaked resort of Malaga after Spain opens its borders to all vaccinated travellers from all over the world. 700 words moved by Marie Giffard. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-EU-tourism,FOCUS Health-virus-Brazil,FOCUS BRASILIA Already reeling from one of the highest death tolls in the pandemic, Brazil is bracing for the threat of a third wave of Covid-19, fueled by vaccination delays and a lack of containment measures. 700 words 0130 GMT by Jodi Miro. File picture -- ASIA -- Pakistan-train-crash,WRAP DAHARKI, Pakistan At least 43 people are killed and dozens injured when a packed Pakistani inter-city train ploughs into another express that had derailed just minutes earlier. 700 words moved by Ashraf Khan. Graphic. Picture. Video Also moved: Pakistan-train-crash,SCENE -- AMERICAS -- Canada-crime-police-Islam,WRAP LONDON, Canada A man driving a pick-up truck slammed into and killed four members of a Muslim family in the south of Canada's Ontario province, in what police say was a "premeditated" attack. 650 words 0200 GMT. Picture US-G7-NATO-EU-Russia-Biden,ADVANCER WASHINGTON Joe Biden will fight what he calls a "defining" battle for democracy on his first foreign presidential trip, meeting top US allies in Europe ahead of a tricky summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin. 850 words 0130 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture US-economy-education-teenagers,FOCUS ARLINGTON, Virginia When his father lost his job last year, Togi, then 16, quickly sought work to support his family -- one of many US teens forced to take on odd jobs while trying to keep up with virtual schooling and avoid catching Covid-19. 750 words 0200 GMT by Delphine Touitou. Picture. Video Peru-vote,WRAP LIMA Far-left trade unionist Pedro Castillo takes a razor-thin lead as the final votes are tallied in a neck-and-neck battle with populist Keiko Fujimori for the presidency of crisis-hit Peru. 800 words moved by Francisco Jara with Carlos Mandujano in Cajamarca. Picture. Video. Graphic Mexico-vote,WRAP MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says his ruling coalition is on course to retain its control of the lower house, despite a setback in legislative elections he called "free and fair." 700 words moved by Sofia Miselem and Jean Luis Arce. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Bosnia-Serbia-trial-genocide-warcrimes-UN,WRAP THE HAGUE UN judges will rule on Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic's appeal against his genocide conviction for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe's worst act of bloodshed since World War II. 650 words 0230 GMT by Danny Kemp with Rusmir Smajilhodzic in Kalinovik. File picture Also moving: Bosnia-Serbia-trial-genocide-warcrimes-UN,PROFILE Russia-US-politics-diplomacy,FACTS MOSCOW Russian leader Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden are to meet in Geneva on June 16 amid the biggest crisis in ties between their two countries in recent history. 600 words 0300 GMT Netherlands-Ukraine-Russia-MH17-court,WRAP BADHOEVERDORP, Netherlands Dutch judges say they want relatives of victims to finally have "clarity" about the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine, as the trial of four suspects enters a key phase. 600 words moved by Jan Hennop. Picture. Video France-education-research-investigation PARIS The former president of a French university has been charged following shock revelations over the putrid conditions in which thousands of corpses donated to the faculty for research were kept, a source says. 500 words moved by Guillaume Daudin -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel could face another week of political suspense after its parliament speaker declines to schedule a pivotal vote on a coalition aiming to oust veteran premier Benjamin Netanyahu after 12 straight years in power. 650 words moved by Maggy Donaldson and Daphne Rousseau. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-politics,WRAP BAMAKO Malian strongman Colonel Assimi Goita stands by the goal of staging elections next February as he is sworn in as transitional president, also naming a civilian premier after international outrage over the country's second coup in nine months. 650 words moved by Kassim Traore. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Mali-politics-conflict,CHRONO Mali-politics-coup-Goita,PROFILE Mali-politics-coup-Maiga,PROFILE Mali-unrest-coup-France-politics,FOCUS Nigeria-unrest-BokoHaram-IslamicState,WRAP KANO, Nigeria A rival Nigerian jihadist group claims Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has killed himself, potentially clearing the way for Islamic State-allied fighters to consolidate control and challenge an army already struggling after more than a decade of conflict. 700 words moved by Aminu Abubakar. File picture Nigeria-rights-media-Twitter,WRAP ABUJA Nigeria says it is in discussions with Twitter after it suspended the US social media giant's services in the country, branding its use as "unpatriotic". 700 words moved by Louise Dewast. Video -- SPACE -- US-space-BlueOrigin-Bezos,WRAP WASHINGTON Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announces plans to fly into space next month on a rocket built by his company Blue Origin, fulfilling what he said was a lifelong dream. 550 words moved by Chris Lefkow -- ARTS AND CULTURE -- Italy-Britain-culture-arts,PHOTOESSAY ROME Beneath the sumptuous ceiling of the entrance hall of Rome's Borghese Gallery, under the gaze of a dozen busts of caesars, Damien Hirst's giant sandalled foot looks only a little out of place. 450 words moved by Alice Ritchie. Picture afp
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