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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Major EU nations halt AstraZeneca as WHO says it is safe + 'Mank' leads Oscars nominations in record year for women + Eleven killed in anti-coup demonstrations across Myanmar + Biggest sandstorm in a decade turns Beijing skies yellow + Beyonce, Taylor, Megan make history for women at Grammys Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA Several major EU countries halt the AstraZeneca jab over blood clot fears, as the World Health Organization and Europe's medicines watchdog insist it is safe to use. 700 words 2300 GMT by Nina Larson with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Videographic Entertainment-US-film-Oscars,WRAP LOS ANGELES "Mank," David Fincher's black-and-white ode to "Citizen Kane," comfortably leads this year's Oscars nominations with 10 nods including for best picture and best director, as female filmmakers smash Academy records. 900 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture. Graphic Also moved: Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-nominees,FACTS Entertainment-US-film-Oscars,POINTS Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON At least 11 anti-coup protesters are killed across Myanmar as demonstrators return to the streets after the deadliest day since the military seized power from civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. 800 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic China-environment-health-pollution,WRAP BEIJING Beijing is cloaked in thick yellow smog with pollution levels surging off the charts as the worst sandstorm in a decade descends on China's capital from the Gobi desert. 650 words moved by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video. Graphic Entertainment-US-music-Grammys,WRAP NEW YORK Women win every major Grammy at a history-making gala that aims to move past a devastating year for the music industry, with Beyonce, Megan Thee Stallion and Taylor Swift scoring big at the socially distanced event anchored by electrifying performances. 850 words moved by Maggy Donaldson with Laurent Banguet in Los Angeles. Picture. Graphic. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Health-virus-France-employment-poverty,FOCUS MARSEILLE, France They see the struggle behind the statistics -- every day, staff at a job centre in the southern French city of Marseille try to heal the financial distress that has been compounded by the pandemic. 900 words moved by Isabelle Wesselingh. Picture. Video Health-virus-Panama-education,PHOTOESSAY ELLA PURU, Panama Once a week, Panamanian teacher Graciela Bouche takes a canoe ride from her small town to an indigenous village where spotty internet cannot replace shuttered classrooms. 600 words moved by Moises Avila. Picture - GRAMMYS -- Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-MeganTheeStallion,FOCUS NEW YORK A social media master with a magnetic, Texas-sized personality and razor-sharp flow, Megan Thee Stallion has established herself as a leading member of rap's vanguard. 750 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. Picture. File picture Also moved: Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-Beyonce,FOCUS Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-winners,FACTS Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-Kanye Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-fashion,lead -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-immigration,WRAP BROWNSVILLE, Texas President Joe Biden faces mounting pressure from Republicans over his handling of a surge in migrants -- including thousands of unaccompanied children -- arriving at the US-Mexican border. 600 words 2100 GMT by Paul Handley. Picture. Video US-racism-justice-Floyd,FOCUS MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Memorial or no-go zone? The Minneapolis intersection where George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man who was killed last summer by a white police officer, has become a bit of both. 600 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. Picture. Video Bolivia-politics-prosecution,WRAP LA PAZ Bolivia's opposition calls for protests against the arrest and detention of former president Jeanine Anez on charges she led a coup against her predecessor Evo Morales. 600 words 2000 GMT by Jose Arturo Cardenas -- EUROPE -- Netherlands-vote-politics,WRAP THE HAGUE The Netherlands starts three days of socially-distanced voting in one of the first major tests of a European government's coronavirus policies, with Prime Minister Mark Rutte expected to win another term in office. 700 words moved by Danny Kemp and Jan Hennop. Picture. Video. Graphic Spain-politics-Podemos,WRAP MADRID Pablo Iglesias, leader of the hard-left party Podemos and a deputy prime minister in Spain's ruling coalition, says he is resigning from the government to run as Madrid's regional chief. 620 words moved by Hazel Ward. Picture Also movied: Spain-politics-Podemos-Iglesias,PROFILE -- MIDEAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-politics,WRAP TOBRUK, Libya Libya's new interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah is sworn in to lead the war-torn country's transition to elections in December, after years of chaos and division. 600 words moved. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Libya-conflict-politics,CHRONO Syria-conflict-anniversary-protest,lead IDLIB, Syria Thousands rally in Syria's last major rebel bastion of Idlib to mark 10 years since the nationwide anti-government protests that sparked the country's devastating civil war. 500 words moved. Picture. Graphic. Video -- AFRICA -- Kenya-Somalia-ICJ-diplomacy-oil THE HAGUE The UN's top court allows Somalia's case to go ahead in a long-running dispute with Kenya over their sea border -- a quarrel with a potential oil and gas bonanza at stake. 450 words moved by Danny Kemp. Graphic. Videographics Also moved: Kenya-Somalia-court-diplomacy-fishing,SCENE Somalia-Kenya-diplomacy, FACTS -- ASIA -- Health-virus-WHO-China-report,ADVANCER GENEVA The much-anticipated report from the international mission to Wuhan to investigate Covid-19's origins is set to be published this week, following intense US and Chinese pressure over its contents. 800 words moved by Robin Millard and Agnes Pedrero. File picture. File video Australia-women-assault-politics,WRAP CANBERRA Tens of thousands of women protest across Australia against sexual violence and gender inequality, as outrage grows over rape allegations that have convulsed the conservative government. 850 words moved by Andrew Leeson with Holly Robertson in Brisbane. Picture. Video Also moved: Australia-women-feminism-assault-politics,FOCUS US-Japan-SKorea-China-diplomacy,2ndlead TOKYO Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin and top US diplomat Antony Blinken arrive in Japan on their first overseas trip, looking to rally key Asian allies as a bulwark to China. 650 words moved. Picture -- SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT -- US-space,FOCUS WASHINGTON After 20 years of continuous habitation, the International Space Station has entered its "Golden Age" and is abuzz with activity. But though the immediate future of this symbol of post-Cold War cooperation is assured, NASA hopes to begin disengaging by the end of the decade. 700 words moved by Lucie Aubourg. File picture US-environment-nature-animal,FOCUS WASHINGTON They have spent close to two decades buried underground, waiting -- before pouring forth by the billions, filling the air with an ear-piercing racket and covering walls and floors from the US east coast to the Midwest. The cicadas are coming, and their unnerving arrival is as spectacular as it is rare. 750 words moved by Ines Bel Aiba. File picture -- LIFESTYLE/ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Zhao,PROFILE LOS ANGELES Born in Beijing but long fascinated by the US West, "Nomadland" director Chloe Zhao has Hollywood in the palm of her hand with a string of prestigious award nominations and a Marvel superhero film on the way. 700 words 2000 GMT by Andrew Marszal. File picture Music-technology-culture-celebrity,FOCUS PARIS "NFT" is quickly becoming the acronym of 2021, offering a new way to sell digital art online, and music stars including Kings of Leon and Grimes have been quick to jump on the bandwagon. 700 words moved by Philippe Greland and Eric Randolph. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Box-heavy-world-GBR-Joshua-Fury,WRAP LONDON Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury will clash for the title of undisputed world heavyweight champion after signing a two-fight deal, Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn says. 500 words moved by Kieran Canning. File picture Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus-torch,2ndlead TOKYO Spectators will be barred from the start of the Tokyo Olympics torch relay, organisers say, announcing a pared-back launch as the countdown to the postponed Games begins in earnest. 450 words moved afp
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