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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Calls for civil disobedience in Myanmar + WHO team visits Wuhan virus lab + Navalny allies vow to fight on + Mario Draghi set to be new Italy PM + Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO Myanmar-politics-army,WRAP YANGON Calls for a civil disobedience campaign in Myanmar gather pace as the United States formally declares the military's takeover a coup and vows further penalties for the generals behind the putsch. 900 words 1030 GMT. Picture. Video. Live Video. Graphic. Health-virus,WRAP WUHAN, China World Health Organization experts inspect a laboratory in China's Wuhan city that some US officials said could have been the source of Covid-19, as global vaccine hopes rise with strong results reported for Russia's Sputnik-V. 650 words 1200 GMT. Picture. Video Russia-politics-protests-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW Allies of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny vow to fight on after he was handed a nearly three-year prison term and monitors reported that more than 10,000 people were detained at recent protests calling for his release. 600 words 1030 GMT. Picture. Video Italy-politics,WRAP ROME Italy's president is expected to ask former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi to take over as prime minister, after the collapse of the coalition government in the coronavirus-ravaged country. 650 words 1000 GMT by Alice Ritchie. Picture. Video. We have also moved: Italy-politics-Draghi,PROFILE US-IT-Amazon-Bezos,WRAP WASHINGTON Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says he will stand aside this year as chief executive of the company he built from a startup into one of the world's most valuable firms. 700 words moved by Rob Lever. File picture. File video Also moved: US-IT-Amazon-Bezos,PROFILE -- SPOTLIGHT -- Yemen-conflict-women-crime,FOCUS SANAA Married at the age of 12, rejected at 16, and then disfigured in an acid attack, Al-Anoud Hussain Sheryan's fate is a shocking illustration of abuse in Yemen, a society beset by war and poverty. 700 words moved by Mohammed Huwais with Mohamed Hasni in Dubai. Picture. Video US-space-SpaceXIsaacman,FOCUS HAWTHORNE, California Jared Isaacman is not a professional astronaut, but by the end of the year the young billionaire will have shot around the Earth multiple times at the helm of a space mission made up entirely of tourists. 600 words moved by Laurent Banguet. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Russia-vaccine-diplomacy,WRAP MOSCOW Russia hails the international response to a leading medical journal's findings that the Sputnik V vaccine is over 90 percent effective, rebuffing scepticism from critics abroad. 550 words 1130 GMT by Andrea Palasciano. Picture Health-virus-China-WHO,INTERVIEW BEIJING There will be no quick answers into the origins of the coronavirus, one of the World Health Organization experts on a mission to central China where the outbreak first emerged tells AFP. 600 words moved by Laurie Chen. Video Health-virus-China-lab,Q&A WUHAN, China A high-security laboratory in Wuhan once identified by top US officials as the source of the Chinese city's coronavirus outbreak is among the most-watched items on the itinerary of a team of WHO inspectors investigating the pandemic's origins. 600 words 1000 GMT Health-virus-Austria-cafes-students,VIDEOESSAY VIENNA The interior of central Vienna's Cafe Museum is much quieter than usual given its closure as part of the coronavirus lockdown -- but the calm is all the more welcome for the students now nestling in its comfy red booths. 500 words moved by Anne Beade. Picture. Video Health-virus-Mexico-death,FOCUS MEXICO CITY When Miguel caught the coronavirus his family hoped help would come quickly for the Mexican grandfather, but instead they had to wait -- for oxygen, a hospital bed and, finally, a cremation. 500 words moved by Yussel Gonzalez. Picture. Video Health-virus-Israel-vaccines,FOCUS JERUSALEM Initial data from Israel's coronavirus vaccination campaign show the Pfizer/BioNTech jabs gives protection against the disease, but offers no conclusion yet that the country is nearing herd immunity, experts say. 750 words 1130 GMT by Guillaime Lavallee and Ben Simon. File Picture -- WORLD CANCER DAY -- Ahead of World Cancer Day on Thursday, we are moving the following stories: Health-cancer-treatments,FOCUS PARIS More effective therapies, nanotechnology and even the prospect of vaccinating for certain tumours: battles may slowly be starting to turn in the never-ending war against cancer. 700 words 0930 GMT by Amelie BauBeau Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-cancer,FOCUS GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories For cancer patients in Gaza, already struggling under an Israeli-enforced blockade, pandemic restrictions mean they are unable to access lifesaving treatment. 600 words moved by Adel Zaanoun. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- France-culture-heritage-tourism-Olympics-Eiffel-Oly,PHOTOESSAY PARIS The Eiffel Tower has embarked on the most extensive revamp of its 130-year history to look its best for the 2024 Paris Olympics, including a paint job giving it a distinctly golden hue. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Algeria-France-trial-jihadists,ADVANCER ALGIERS The trial over the murder of a French mountaineer opens in Algeria this week, more than six years after he was beheaded by Islamic State group-linked militants. 550 words moved by Abdelhafid Daamache with Salsabil Chellali in Tunis. File Picture -- AFRICA -- Finland-Liberia-war-trial,WRAP TAMPERE, Finland The trial of a suspected warlord accused of atrocities during Liberia's civil war begins in Finland, the first such case to also partly be heard on Liberian soil. 700 words 1200 GMT by Sam Kingsley. Video. Picture. File Picture. -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump was "singularly responsible" for the US Capitol riot last month, and acquitting the former president could damage American democracy, lawmakers leading the impeachment case say one week before his Senate trial begins. 800 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture US-politics-immigration,WRAP WASHINGTON Joe Biden's immigration reform push receives a boost as the Senate confirms his pick to head the Department of Homeland Security, while the US president seeks to roll back Donald Trump's hardline policies. 800 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-immigration-children,FOCUS US-politics-assault-Cortez,FOCUS NEW YORK Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's emotional video revealing she is a survivor of sexual assault was watched by hundreds of thousands on social media, highlighting the US lawmaker's role as a hero of the left and drawing hostility from conservatives for whom she has long been a lightning rod. 700 words moved by Peter Hutchison. File picture -- ASIA/PACIFIC -- Australia-fire-health-virus,lead PERTH, Australia At least 71 homes are destroyed in an out-of-control bushfire near Australia's fourth-biggest city Perth, forcing residents to ignore a virus lockdown and evacuate threatened areas. 500 words moved. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-earnings-Google-Amazon-pandemic,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO The pandemic -- which put the internet at the center of seemingly everything as much of the world faced restrictions on movement -- proved a financial boon for Amazon and Google in the final quarter of 2020, as the tech giants reported rock star earnings. 700 words moved by Glenn Chapman -- SPORT -- Cricket-health-virus-psychology,FOCUS NEW DELHI Psychologists have called for better support for cricketers' mental wellbeing as they head into a second year confined to biosecure "bubbles" around the world. 600 words moved by Faisal Kamal with Pirate Irwin in London. File Picture Oly-2020-2021-health-virus-Japan,FOCUS TOKYO With less than six months to go, Japanese who hope to be involved as spectators, torch bearers and volunteers are confronting the prospect of the Tokyo Olympics being drastically scaled back or cancelled altogether. 650 words moved by Andrew McKirdy. Picture. Video Oly-2022-CHN-USA-Gu,PROFILE SHANGHAI Born in California and representing the United States before switching to China, 17-year-old freestyle skier Eileen Gu looks destined to be one of the faces of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. 575 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Picture -- ENVIRONMENT/SCIENCE -- Environment-science-pollution-noise-birds-insects PARIS Crickets and the birds that snack on them are not natural allies, but they do have a common enemy, according to a pair of studies: roadside noise pollution. 600 words moved by Marlowe Hood afp
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