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| - Duty Editor: Simon Morgan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden says US 'on the move again' + China space station parts blast off + India logs new surge in Covid deaths + Giuliani's apartment raided in US probe + William and Kate celebrate 10 years' marriage US-politics-speech-Biden,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden triumphantly declares that the United States is "on the move again" in a rousing speech to Congress, calling for trillions of dollars to rebuild the post-Covid US middle class and give new life to "forgotten" workers. 850 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. File picture. Video. Live video Also moved: US-politics-Biden-Congress,SCENE Space-China-science,WRAP BEIJING China launches the first module of its "Heavenly Palace" space station, a milestone in Beijing's ambitious plan to establish a permanent human presence in space. 650 words moved by Ludovic Ehert and Jing Xuan Teng. Picture. Video. Also moved: Space-China-Mars-history,CHRONO Health-virus,WRAP KOLKATA, India India's coronavirus disaster deepens with its daily death toll climbing above 3,600, as more international aid flies in with the United States sending nearly one million test kits. 650 words 1200 GMT by Sailandra Sil with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic US-justice-politics-investigation-Giuliani,lead NEW YORK Federal investigators raid the New York apartment of president Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani as part of a probe into his dealings in Ukraine, US media report. 650 words moved by Catherine Triomphe Britain-royals-William-Kate LONDON Prince William and his wife Kate mark a decade of marriage, with the popular couple increasingly seen as the British monarchy's future as other senior royals age or recede from view. 750 words moved by Joe Jackson. Picture. File picture. File video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Serbia-animal-livestock,VIDEOESSAY LAPOVO, Serbia Pasha was once a mighty stallion who starred in movies, modelled for magazines and won carriage races. Now, the 24-year-old is spending his dotage in Serbia's only sanctuary for horses. 500 words moved by Miodrag Sovilj. Picture. Video Afghanistan-religion-Judaism,FOCUS KABUL For decades, Zebulon Simentov refused to leave Afghanistan -- surviving a Soviet invasion, deadly civil war, brutal rule by the Taliban and the US-led occupation of his homeland. But enough is enough for Afghanistan's last Jew. 600 words moved by Jay Deshmukh and Usman Sharifi. Video. Picture Lifestyle-Egypt-culture-sports,FOCUS CAIRO Egypt's tradition of tahtib (stick fighting), popular at festivities and dating back at least 5,000 years, has become a modern martial art that enthusiasts hope will eventually make it to the Olympics. 600 words moved by Emmanuel Parisse. Picture. Video Lifestyle-Basket-NBA-US-people-Switzerland-auction,FOCUS GENEVA Sotheby's is staging its first international dedicated sneaker sale, seeing the boom in a formerly niche market as a way to attract younger clients into the world of auctions. 650 words 1000 GMT by Robin Millard. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-India-oxygen,Q&A NEW DELHI A devastating surge in coronavirus infections has exposed India's dilapidated health infrastructure and a deep shortage in the supply of oxygen -- a key treatment for seriously ill patients as they battle the disease. AFP looks at the reasons behind the shortage. 600 words moved Virus-health-India-vaccine,FOCUS NEW DELHI India's hopes of beating its raging Covid surge with vaccinations look troubled, with its vast inoculation programme plagued by shortages, confusion and political squabbles. 600 words 1100 GMT by Bhuvan Bagga. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Argentina-poverty,FOCUS LA MATANZA, Argentina Before the coronavirus pandemic, Daisy Garcia used to serve meals to around 80 people at a soup kitchen in a poor slum on the outskirts of the Argentine capital Buenos Aires. Now she distributes meals for almost 1,000. 600 words moved by Maria Lorente. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-Navalny-court,WRAP MOSCOW Alexei Navalny's national political network says it is disbanding as the jailed Kremlin critic appears in court, gaunt and shaven-headed, for the first time since ending his hunger strike. 550 words 1030 GMT by Anastasia Clark. Picture. Video Germany-climate-trial-politics,WRAP BERLIN Germany's highest court rules that the government's flagship climate protection plan was "insufficient", a major setback for Angela Merkel's right-left coalition in an election year when environmental issues are expected to take centrestage. 650 words 1000 GMT by Kit Holden. File picture Germany-homicide-clinic,WRAP BERLIN An employee at a clinic for disabled people close to Berlin has been detained over the killings of four patients at the institution, say police, adding that the motives of the crime were still unclear. 450 words 1000 GMT by Deborah Cole Germany-politic-internet-Baerbock,FOCUS BERLIN With Germany's Green party leading the polls ahead of September's general elections, the ecologists' would-be successor to Angela Merkel has become increasingly targeted by internet trolls and fake news in recent weeks. 650 words moved by Mathieu Foulkes. File picture Britain-politics-Johnson-scandal,Q&A LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and fiancée Carrie Symonds clearly have expensive taste in home decor. But how did "wallpaper-gate" spread into a national scandal that could yet involve the police? 700 words 1200 GMT by Jitendra Joshi Also moving: Britain-politics-Johnson,PROFILE France-LBGT-gender-rights,FOCUS PARIS A new generation of French activists emerging in the post #MeToo era are turning to lesbian feminism to denounce centuries of male oppression, inspiring the first march of lesbians in forty years but also sparking controversy. 750 words 1100 GMT by Eleonore Hughes. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Cuba-US-politics-music-diplomacy-culture,FOCUS HAVANA An ideological battle is being waged over Cuba's communist government between musicians in Havana and Miami, with political slogans set to reggaeton, salsa and rap. 700 words moved by Katell Abiven with Leila Macor in Miami. Picture. Video US-politics-unrest-Capitol-court,FOCUS NEW YORK Free speech may be sacred in the United States but calling for the killing of US lawmakers on social media is unlawful, a New York jury rules after a weeklong trial that revisited the January 6 riot at the Capitol. 700 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture -- ASIA -- Logistics-accident-China BEIJING Around 400 tonnes of oil spilt into the Yellow Sea after a tanker collided with another ship off China's largest crude-receiving port earlier this week, maritime authorities say. 300 words moved. -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Algeria-politics-unrest-arrest,WRAP ALGIERS A leading Algerian opposition activist has been detained and is to appear before a prosecutor, his lawyer says, weeks ahead of elections he and other opponents have pledged to boycott. 500 words moved. File picture. Health-virus-UAE-India-aviation,FOCUS DUBAI Indians from the millions-strong expat community in the UAE, stranded in their homeland during a catastrophic coronavirus surge, are swamping private jet operators with requests to whisk them back to safety. 600 words moved. Picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- British-energy-earnings-Shell,2ndlead LONDON Royal Dutch Shell swings back into profit in the first quarter as oil prices recovered strongly from a year earlier, the company says. 450 words moved. File picture Romania-technology-startup,FOCUS BUCHAREST Born in the small Bucharest apartment of a once aspiring writer, robotics firm UiPath has grown into a $40 billion tech star after becoming Romania's first Wall Street-listed company. 500 words 1100 GMT by Ionut Iordachescu. Picture. File picture US-IT-pandemic-earnings,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO A week of blockbuster earnings reports from Big Tech is expected to culminate with Amazon revealing profits from pandemic-revved online shopping and reliance on cloud-hosted services. 700 words moved by Glenn Chapman, with Rob Lever in Washington SKorea-Samsung-economy-tech-telecommunication-results,WRAP SEOUL South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics posts a 46.3 percent rise in first-quarter net profits, largely driven by robust sales of its smartphones and home appliances due to continued stay-at-home demand. 700 words moved by Sunghee Hwang. File picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-Asia-CHN-salaries,FOCUS SHANGHAI The team bus of Liaoning Hongyun will be auctioned to help pay its former players, but it will take much more than that to raise the $850,000 that Jacob Mulenga says he is owed. 700 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File picture RugbyU-NZL-investment,WRAP WELLINGTON New Zealand Rugby backs a "revolutionary" plan to sell a stake in the All Blacks to US investors, ignoring opposition from top players who fear the deal will sully rugby's most storied team. 700 words moved by Neil Sands. Picture. Video. Fbl-Eur-C1-FRA-ENG-PSG-ManCity,FOCUS LONDON After 10 years of trying and billions spent to make it possible, Manchester City are closer to winning the Champions League than they have ever been. 600 words by Kieran Canning. Picture afp
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