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| - Duty Editor: Anita Beattie Email: anita.beattie@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Myanmar sees largest anti-coup protests yet + Israel rejects ICC ruling on Palestinians + Drive-thru Covid-19 shots a big hit in Texas Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Myanmar sees its largest anti-coup protests yet with young demonstrators spilling onto the streets to denounce the country's new military regime, despite a nationwide internet blackout aimed at stifling a growing chorus of popular dissent. 800 words moved. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-ICC-Netanyahu,lead JERUSALEM Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angrily rejects an International Criminal Court's ruling that paves the way for a war crimes probe into the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, condemning it as "pure anti-Semitism". 450 words moved. Video Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-ICC-Gaza,FACTS Health-virus-US-Texas,FOCUS HOUSTON Mary Donegam is almost 90 and says with a chuckle that she does not want to die young, as she gets vaccinated against the coronavirus at a five-lane, drive-through inoculation center which is proving a hit with seniors. 600 words moved by Francois Picard. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-China WUHAN Thousands of Chinese social media users pay tribute to Li Wenliang, marking the one year anniversary of the death of the doctor who first blew the whistle on the coronavirus outbreak. 500 words moved. Picture. Video -- MIDEAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Egypt-media-rights,lead CAIRO Mahmoud Hussein, a journalist for Qatar's Al Jazeera, arrives at his home in greater Cairo after four years in an Egyptian jail, amid thawing relations between the two countries. 400 words 2000 GMT. Picture. Video Libya-conflict-politics,WRAP TRIPOLI Libya embarks on a new phase of its post-Kadhafi transition after an interim executive is selected to lead the country until December elections following a decade of chaos. 750 words 2000 GMT by Rim Taher in Tripoli and Hamza Mekouar in Rabat. File picture. Also moved: Libya-politics-Dbeibah,PROFILE Yemen-conflict-US-terrorism,WRAP WASHINGTON The US moves to delist Yemen's Huthi rebels as a terrorist organization, removing a block that humanitarian groups say jeopardize crucial aid as the country's warring sides cautiously welcome a push for peace by President Joe Biden. 650 words moved by Shaun Tandon and Shatha Yaish in Dubai -- ASIA -- India-demonstration-politics-parliament-agriculture, lead NEW DELHI Tens of thousands of police are deployed across India in a bid to smother new protests by farmers fighting government agriculture reforms. 300 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- ICoast-economy-environment-honey,FOCUS ASSOUNVOUE, Ivory Coast Night has just fallen in central Ivory Coast and the hour has come for two men, venturing forth in protective suits, veils and gloves, to steal honey from their bees. The art of beekeeping has spread swiftly in Assounvoue, in the heart of the world's top cocoa producer. 750 words moved by Patrick Fort. Picture. Video Myanmar-politics-military-rights,FOCUS BANGKOK Carrying just a small bag, lifelong democracy activist Mya Aye was escorted from his home in the dead of the night by Myanmar soldiers just as an internet blackout shrouded the country and a dawn coup ousted its civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. 700 words moved by Dene-Hern Chen and Sophie Deviller. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Italy-politics,WRAP ROME Former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi wraps up a first round of talks aimed at forming a new Italian government, hoping to drag the country out of its economic and Covid-19 crises. 600 words moved by Gael Branchereau. Picture. Video EU-migrant-Frontex-rights,FOCUS BRUSSELS Pressure is growing on the head of the EU's border patrol agency after new accusations of abuses that were deemed "very worrying" by Brussels. 450 words moved by Anne-Laure Mondesert. File picture -- AFRICA -- Somalia-politics-vote,WRAP MOGADISHU Somalia's leaders trade blame after failing to break a deadlock over how to hold elections, with no clear path to a vote just days before the government's mandate expires. 700 words moved by Mustafa Haji Abdinur. Africa-pandemic-diplomacy-AU,WRAP ADDIS ABABA African leaders open a two-day virtual summit to discuss the continent's Covid-19 response as well as security issues that have been overlooked during the pandemic. 700 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Video Chad-vote-politics,WRAP N'DJAMENA Chad's ruling party endorses a bid by veteran President Idriss Deby Itno to win a sixth term in an election in the central African state later this year. 450 words 2030 GMT by Ali Abba Kaya Also moved: Chad-vote-politics-Deby,PROFILE afp
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