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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Protesters rally in Myanmar, despite deadly crackdown + Sarkozy awaits corruption verdict + Iran says time not 'suitable' for nuclear deal meeting + 'Nomadland' bags Golden Globes honours + Scientists discover 140-million-year old titanosaur Myanmar-politics-military YANGON Unarmed democracy protesters rally across Myanmar again, barricading roads with bamboo poles and sofas in the nation's biggest city, following the military's deadliest crackdown since staging its coup a month ago. 600 words 0600 GMT. Picture. Graphic. France-Sarkozy-corruption-trial,WRAP PARIS A French court is to hand down its verdict in the corruption trial of former president Nicolas Sarkozy, with prosecutors demanding prison time for the 66-year-old. 600 words moved by Anne Lec'hvien. File picture. File video Iran-nuclear,WRAP TEHRAN Iran dismisses Europe's offer for an informal meeting involving the United States on the troubled 2015 nuclear deal, saying the time is not "suitable" as Washington has failed to lift sanctions. 700 words moved by Amir Havasi Entertainment-US-film-television-Globes,WRAP LOS ANGELES US road movie "Nomadland" makes Golden Globes history as Chloe Zhao becomes the first female director to win the awards' top prize for best drama with her film about a generation of marginalized Americans. 800 words 0200 GMT by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video Science-palaeontology-Argentina-dinosaur BUENOS AIRES A colossal dinosaur dug up in Argentina could be the oldest titanosaur ever found, having roamed what is now Patagonia some 140 million years ago at the beginning of the Cretaceous period, scientists say. 200 words moved -- GOLDEN GLOBES -- Entertainment-US-film-television-Globes-fashion,lead LOS ANGELES With the stars at home or in hotel rooms for the Golden Globes due to pandemic restrictions, what is usually one of Hollywood's biggest red carpet nights is certainly deprived of some of its glamour. But the A-listers are working hard to create fashion buzz with their Zoom close-ups. 650 words 0630 GMT by Valerie Macon with Susan Stumme in Washington. Picture. Entertainment-US-film-television-Globes-Britain-Cohen,PROFILE LONDON From a tracksuited rapper to a bumbling Kazakh TV reporter in a green mankini, Sacha Baron Cohen has made his name with outrageous characters who expose real people's prejudices and hypocrisy. Baron Cohen's wild portrayal of the journalist Borat has now won him two more Golden Globes. 800 words 0600 GMT by Anna Malpas. Picture. -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP LONDON Britain says that more than 20 million of its people have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while the rest of Europe lags behind, with the hard-hit Czech Republic turning to Russia's Sputnik V jab as it fights the world's highest infection rate. 750 words moved by Anna Malpas with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-SAfrica JOHANNESBURG South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa says the country will start relaxing coronavirus restrictions, moving from alert level three down to level one, after a "dramatic decline" in infections. 350 words moved Health-virus-US-schools-Fauci,lead WASHINGTON The United States could start vaccinating older children against Covid-19 by the fall and younger ones by year-end or early 2022, the White House's top pandemic advisor Anthony Fauci says. 450 words moved -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-protest,WRAP HONG KONG Hundreds of democracy supporters gather outside a Hong Kong courthouse chanting slogans and flashing protests symbols as some of the city's best-known dissidents were expected to appear in the dock later charged with subversion. 700 words 0700 GMT by Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moving: HongKong-China-politics-protest,SCENE -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Oman-heritage-tourism,FOCUS MISFAT AL-ABRIYEEN, Oman Perched on an Oman mountain top, the village of Misfat al-Abriyeen has changed its fortunes by transforming mud-brick homes into boutique hotels, drawing tourists to a region famed for hiking trails and tales of genies. 700 words moved by Khalid Orabi. Picture. Video Saudi-Yemen-conflict,WRAP SANAA Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels claim missile and drone strikes that targeted neighbouring Saudi Arabia overnight and threaten more attacks, as fighting in the grinding civil war escalates. 700 words moved. Video. File picture Also moved: Yemen-conflict-UN,INTERVIEW -- AMERICAS -- Canada-US-China-extradition-court VANCOUVER The high-stakes battle by Chinese Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou against extradition to the United States enters its final stage in a Canadian court, after more than two years of legal skirmishes and diplomatic barbs. 650 words 0630 GMT by David Ball. File picture. Picture Chile-Venezuela-migration,SPECIALREPORT COLCHANE, Chile Anyier sits at the side of the road gasping for breath as the beating sun and 3,700-meter (12,000-foot) altitude take their toll. It has been seven hours since she entered Chile from Bolivia on foot -- her fifth border crossing since leaving Venezuela nearly a month and 5,000 kilometers (more than 3,000 miles) ago. 1,100 words 0630 GMT by Paula Bustamante. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-Republicans-Trump-CPAC,WRAP ORLANDO, Florida Donald Trump tells conservatives he is considering running for president again in 2024, as he seeks to reassert dominance over the Republican Party and warns of a "struggle" for America's very survival. 750 words moved by Chandan Khanna with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture. Video -- SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT -- Russia-pollution-environment,FOCUS NIKEL Freezing winds blow through a vast hangar in the Russian Arctic, where once-gleaming giant machines are at a standstill and a layer of snow has covered empty vats. 700 words moved by Maxime Popov. Picture. Video afp
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