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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump's not conceding an embarrassment: Biden + US Covid caseload rockets + Russian peacekeepers head to Nagorno-Karabakh + Newly discovered monkey already endangered + China online shoppers spurge billions US-vote,WRAP WILMINGTON, Delaware President-elect Joe Biden calls President Donald Trump's refusal to concede his election loss an "embarrassment" but dismisses the standoff as unimportant. 900 words moved by Elodie Cuzin with Sebastian Smith in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Covid-19 caseload rockets again, highlighting the desperate need for a vaccine to combat the spiralling pandemic. 800 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-toll,FACTS Health-virus-world,FACTS Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP YEREVAN Hundreds of Russian peacekeepers head to Nagorno-Karabakh after Armenia and Azerbaijan agree to a peace deal to end weeks of fierce fighting over the disputed region. 850 words moved by Herve Bar. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Armenia-Azerbaijan-Karabakh-conflict-politics-Pashinyan,PROFILE Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-agreement,POINTS Environment-species-primate-langur-Myanmar PARIS Scientists have identified a new species of primate living in the forests of central Myanmar, the Popa langur which is likely to be classified as critically endangered with just 200 to 250 left in the wild. 450 words moved. Picture. Graphic China-economy-ecommerce-shopping-SinglesDay,WRAP SHANGHAI Chinese consumers splurge billions of dollars as retailers slashed prices for the world's largest online shopping bonanza, closely watched this year for clues on post-pandemic consumer sentiment. 500 words 0900 GMT by Dan Martin with Beiyi Seow in Beijing. Video. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Brazil-China-vaccine,lead SAO PAULO Brazil's decision to halt trials of a Chinese-developed Covid-19 vaccine triggers a politically charged row as a top health official expresses "indignation" and far-right President Jair Bolsonaro claims the ruling as a personal victory. 550 words moved by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video Health-virus-vaccine,FOCUS PARIS Reports that one of the vaccines for Covid-19 has shown 90 percent effectiveness have kindled hopes that the virus can be tamed. But many questions remain about how long it will last, whether it will protect the vulnerable and how it could be distributed. 850 words moved by Paul Ricard -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-health-insurance-justice,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Supreme Court appears inclined to reject Trump administration arguments and let stand former president Barack Obama's signature health care program, ending the threat to the insurance coverage of 20 million people in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. Picture Peru-politics,WRAP LIMA Speaker of Congress Manuel Merino assumes office as Peru's third president in four years, amid street protests and market jitters after the impeachment of Martin Vizcarra over corruption allegations. 550 words moved by Carlos Mandujano. Picture. Video US-vote-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON The leaders of close US allies telephone President-elect Joe Biden and pledge to work together but in an extraordinary break, America's top diplomat Mike Pompeo insists that Donald Trump would remain in power. 600 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Pictures US-vote-politics-Democrats-socialism,FOCUS NEW YORK Donald Trump's election defeat to Joe Biden came as a relief to the Democratic party's left flank -- but for most progressives, the centrist's White House win ends one battle and launches another. 750 words moved by Maggy Donaldson Canada-homicide-trial,WRAP TORONTO A Canadian man inspired by the misogynist "incel" movement to kill 10 people by ploughing a van into pedestrians in Toronto pleads "not criminally responsible" due to mental illness at the start of his trial. 650 words moved by Olivier Monnier. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-e-commerce-internet,lead BEIJING Chinese tech shares tumbled for a second day Wednesday, after Beijing's market regulator put out draft antitrust rules that signalled a looming crackdown on high-flying internet giants. 450 words by 0730 GMT Beiyi Seow Japan-culture-crafts-economy-internet-government,FOCUS TOKYO Japan's new prime minister is declaring war, but there's no danger of an international conflict: the target of his ire is the humble ink stamp known as hanko. 700 words moved by Harumi Ozawa. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Vatican-religion-pope-US-McCarrick,WRAP VATICAN CITY The Vatican admits that late pope John Paul II ignored advice against promoting US clergyman Theodore McCarrick to cardinal given rumours of sexual misconduct against him that were later substantiated. 750 words moved by Catherine Marciano and Ella Ide. File picture Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-Pashinyan,FOCUS YEREVAN Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's agreement to end fighting with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region sparked widespread anger from Armenians that threatens to spiral into a full-blown political crisis. 700 words moved by Herve Bar. Picture. File Picture Also moved: Karabakh-Azerbaijan-Armenia-Russia-Turkey-diplomacy,FOCUS France-politics-religion-Macron,FOCUS PARIS President Emmanuel Macron has stirred controversy even beyond the Muslim world with a staunch defence of the French model for secularism and integration of minorities in the wake of a string of attacks blamed on Islamist radicals. 850 words moved by Clare Byrne. File picture Also moving: France-religion,FACTS Poland-Germany-abortion,FOCUS WARSAW Abortion charities are reporting a sharp increase in the number of Polish women turning to them for help after a constitutional court ruling in Warsaw last month to tighten legislation. 700 words moved by Anna Maria Jakubek with Isabel Guigui in Berlin. Picture. Video Britain-literature-gender-sculpture LONDON A monument to British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft is unveiled in London, prompting praise from fans but criticism from others who slammed the nude design. 300 words moved. Picture -- MIDEAST -- Qatar-economy-property,FOCUS DOHA Gas-rich Qatar has flung open its property market to foreigners, with a scheme giving those purchasing homes or stores the right to call the Gulf nation home. 750 words moved by Anne Levasseur and Gregory Walton. File picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Rwanda-genocide-court THE HAGUE A suspected financier of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Felicien Kabuga, will make his first appearance at a UN court in The Hague following his arrest in France. 400 words moved -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-Egypt-television,FOCUS CAIRO With killer mummies, a house of horrors, slick special effects and a melancholic soundtrack, streaming giant Netflix is banking on new blockbuster Egyptian series "Paranormal" achieving worldwide success. 750 words moved by Farid Farid. Picture. Video afp
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