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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Global gangsters caught in encrypted phone sting + Harris focuses on migrants on Guatemala visit + Half of ransom paid to pipeline hackers recovered + US approves contentious new Alzheimer's drug + Heavy sleepers: elephants on epic trek take nap Australia-US-Europe-crime-tech-police,WRAP SYDNEY Thousands of global underworld figures used encrypted phones to coordinate drug deals, arms transfers and gangland hits for years, unaware the law enforcement agencies planted the devices as part of a worldwide string revealed Tuesday. 600 words 0600 GMT by Andrew Beatty. Photo. Video. 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 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 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 China-animal-environment-elephant KUNMING A herd of wild elephants takes a rest from their epic journey across southwestern China to nap in a forest, after causing chaos on the outskirts of a city of millions. 300 words 0630 GMT. Picture. Video -- 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 moved by Jodi Miro. File picture -- ASIA -- Pakistan-train-crash,WRAP DAHARKI, Pakistan Pakistani rescue workers comb the mangled wreckage of two trains that collided in a remote farming region, killing dozens of passengers and highlighting huge safety problems with the nation's dilapidated rail network. 400 words 0600 GMT by Ashraf Khan. Picture. Video. Virus-health-India-women,FOCUS NEW DELHI Tanya Ashnigdh is four months pregnant and terrified, one of millions of expectant women excluded from India's faltering inoculation drive despite being at greater risk from Covid-19. 600 words 0800 GMT by Abhaya Srivastava. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Haiti-politics-vote-health-virus,WRAP PORT-AU-PRINCE Haiti on Monday postponed a constitutional referendum scheduled for June 27 citing the coronavirus pandemic, but did not give a new date for the vote in the latest twist in its political crisis. 500 words moved 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 0600 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 moved 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 moved by Delphine Touitou. Picture. Video Peru-vote,WRAP LIMA Far-left trade unionist Pedro Castillo takes a narrow lead in Peru's presidential run-off election against right-wing populist Keiko Fujimori, who alleges fraud in the vote count. 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 moved by Danny Kemp with Rusmir Smajilhodzic in Kalinovik. File picture Also moved: 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 moved -- 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 -- 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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