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| - Duty Editor: Ross Adkin Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + AstraZeneca Covid jab is safe: UN health agency + Minneapolis to pay George Floyd's family $27 mn + Harassment claims pressure mounts on NY's Cuomo + Olympic chief urges no boycott of Beijing Games + French Oscars get political over virus shutdown Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA The World Health Organization says there is no reason to stop using AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine after several countries suspended the rollout over blood clot fears while some nations begin warning of another virus wave. 700 words moved by Robin Millard with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-racism-police-trial-settlement,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS The Minnesota city of Minneapolis reaches a $27 million "wrongful death" settlement with the family of George Floyd, the Black man who died while being arrested by a white police officer, sparking mass protests for racial justice across the United States. 600 words moved by Joy Powell. File picture. Video US-politics-Cuomo,WRAP NEW YORK New York's embattled Governor Andrew Cuomo says he will not step down despite calls to do so by heavyweights within his Democratic Party, as he faces multiple allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate touching. 600 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. File picture Oly-2022-IOC-Bach-China-Uighurs-rights LAUSANNE Olympic chief Thomas Bach pleads for no boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Games over China's treatment of its Uighur minority, saying such a move would only punish athletes. 550 words moved by Coralie Febvre France-film-award-gender-virus,WRAP PARIS There is a fiercely political air to France's annual celebration of cinema, Les Cesars, as frustrations are unleashed over the months-long shutdown of theatres. 500 words moved by Francois Becker. Picture. Graphic -- CORONAVIRUS -- US-Japan-India-Australia-China-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON India will produce more than one billion more Covid vaccine doses by the end of next year in an initiative launched Friday with the United States, Japan and Australia, challenging China as the four leaders held their first-ever joint summit. 800 words moved by Shaun Tandon with Bhuvan Bhagga in New Delhi and Shingo Ito in Tokyo. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-racism-Asian-minorities,FOCUS WASHINGTON As the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged America, Esther Lim grew more worried by the day for her parents' welfare and her own -- not just for their health, but their safety in the face of rising attacks against Asian-Americans. 850 words 0200 GMT by Tori Otten with Susana Mendoza in Oakland. File picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Brazil-politics,FOCUS Rio de Janeiro There were whispers when Brazilian leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made his political comeback this week that President Jair Bolsonaro was licking his chops, seeing an easy foil for his reelection bid. But it only took two days for the far-right leader to start looking worried at the prospect of a heavyweight showdown years in the making: Bolsonaro vs. Lula in 2022. 800 words 0200 GMT by Joshua Howat Berger. File picture Entertainment-US-music-Grammys-SAfrica-television-Noah,PROFILE NEW YORK Trevor Noah, once the relative unknown who took over for Jon Stewart at "The Daily Show," is set to host the Grammys as one of the biggest names in comedy. 600 words 0200 GMT by Thomas Urbain. File picture -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military-US-refugee,2ndlead WASHINGTON The US government says that Myanmar citizens stranded by the violence following the country's military coup will be able to remain inside the United States under "temporary protected status." 350 words moved. Picture Also moved: Myanmar-politics-military-India Myanmar-politics-military-press Health-virus-Malaysia-lifestyle-gardening KUALA LUMPUR Learning to tell your elephant ears from your flamingo flowers has become the latest virus lockdown escape in Malaysia, where houseplants are very much in season. 350 words 0300 GMT by Patrick Lee. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Grammys-Nigeria-music-BurnaBoy,PROFILE LAGOS Already an Afrobeat superstar and this year a leading voice of his country's youth protests, Nigeria's Burna Boy is now hoping to add a Grammy to his growing list of accomplishments. 700 words 0400 GMT by Caleb Okereke. File Picture Senegal-politics-demonstration,2ndlead DAKAR A Senegalese opposition movement calls off a demonstration planned for Saturday after earlier protests over the arrest of one of the president's rivals sparked the country's worst unrest in years. 400 words moved Nigeria-unrest-kidnap-school,WRAP KANO Gunmen raid a college in northwestern Nigeria and kidnap at least 30 students, government officials and parents say, in the latest mass abduction targeting a school. 700 words moved by Aminu Abubakar with Joel Olatunde Agoi in Lagos. -- EUROPE -- Britain-police-murder-arrest LONDON London police charge a fellow officer with kidnap and murder, hours after confirming a body discovered in woodland was that of a missing woman in a high-profile case that has shocked Britain. 600 words moved Britain-Scotland-crime-guns-Dunblane,FOCUS DUNBLANE, Scotland People in the Scottish town of Dunblane on Saturday mark the 25th anniversary of Britain's worst mass shooting, which led to the introduction of some of the world's toughest gun laws. 750 words 0300 GMT by Stuart Graham. Picture. Video Russia-Turkey-Afghanistan-diplomacy,WRAP MOSCOW Russia backs a US initiative to include the Taliban in a future interim Afghanistan government, as global powers ramp up efforts to secure a peace deal and end decades of war. 650 words moved by Jonathan Brown with Burin Gercek in Ankara -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- OECD-economy-politics-Australia,WRAP PARIS Australia's former finance minister Mathias Cormann is elected as the new head of the OECD group of advanced economies, despite warnings from environmental groups his record on fighting climate change is not strong enough. 800 words moved by Eve Szeftel Also moved: OECD-economy-politics-Australia,PROFILE afp
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