IN CASE YOU MISSED IT–Schedule of Reuters features from this week
04/02/2021 06:00
Feb 4 (Reuters) - Every week, Reuters journalists produce
scores of multimedia features and human-interest stories from
around the world.
Below are some stories selected by our editors, as well as
explanatory context and background to help you understand world
headlines. For a full schedule of news and events, please go to
our editorial calendar on Reuters Connect https://www.reutersconnect.com/planning.
Robotic dog Spot learns new tricks with addition of helping
hand
Feb 2 - A dog-like robot named Spot, seen dancing in a viral
video, can now not only bring your slippers, it can pick up
dirty laundry, open doors and even plant flowers.
(TECH-ROBOTS/BOSTON DYNAMICS-SPOT (PIX, TV), by Matthew Stock,
303 words) urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2K823A
Work and play: for some Europeans, Dubai is ideal lockdown
location
DUBAI, Feb 3 - Some Europeans have extended their stay in
Dubai this winter to avoid strict coronavirus lockdown at home
and make the most of lighter restrictions to work, learn, dine
out and relax by the pool. (HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/DUBAI-EUROPEANS
(PIX, TV), by Tarek Fahmy, 411 words) urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2K9515
Wrapped in Brexit red tape, a UK freight firm struggles to
trade
FELIXSTOWE, England, Feb 1 - In just one month of
post-Brexit trading, British logistics expert Jon Swallow has
seen exports dive, prices rise and customers so desperate that
he is practically offering a counselling service.
(BRITAIN-EU/TRADE (PIX, TV), by Kate Holton, 550 words)
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Olympics-Undaunted by pandemic, S.Sudan athletes in Japan
fix eyes on the prize
MAEBASHI, Japan, Feb 1 - After the coronavirus forced a
delay in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, athletes from South Sudan who
are training in Japan seized the opportunity for more practice,
which they have vowed to keep up, despite mounting uncertainty
over this year's event. (OLYMPICS-2020/SOUTH-SUDAN (TV, PIX),
by Kiyoshi Takenaka, 504 words) urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2K6055
Pakistan's Charlie Chaplin aims to raise a smile in bleak
times
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb 1 - In the bustling northern
Pakistani city of Peshawar a man in bowtie, bowler hat and
carrying a cane flamboyantly weaves through busy traffic,
narrowly avoiding rickshaws, motorcycles and buses in a scene
reminiscent of a 1920s silent film. (PAKISTAN-CHARLIE CHAPLIN/
(PIX, TV), moved, 359 words) urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2K42IO
'Loved ones, not numbers': Inside a British funeral business
as COVID deaths surge
LONDON, Feb 1 - It was a normal busy winter for British
funeral director Matthew Uden until the second week of January.
"Then it was like someone flicked a switch," he said.
(HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/BRITAIN-FUNERAL (PIX, TV), by Andrew R.C.
Marshall, 690 words) urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2K6089
Splendid isolation: Hungarian family outsails COVID
nightmare on the sea
BUDAPEST, Feb 1 - While the world was grappling with the
pandemic, a Hungarian family of four decided last summer to
fulfil their dream: sailing around the globe in a 50-feet boat
called "Teatime." (HUNGARY-SAILING/FAMILY (PIX, TV), by
Krisztina Than, 519 words) urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2K60EK
Crossing the COVID chasm between Israel and the Palestinian
Territories
JERICHO, West Bank, Feb 3 - As a Palestinian living in
Jerusalem, Ismail Daiq is used to negotiating the dividing lines
between communities: the daily commute to his Jordan Valley date
farm involves crossing a checkpoint on his way home.
(HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL-VACCINES (PIX, TV), by
Zainah El-Haroun and Adel Abu Nimeh, 528 words) urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2K948M
Rust Never Sleeps - Gaza's car graveyards turn to profit
GAZA, Feb 3 - The rusting hulks of thousands of old cars
brought into Gaza from Israel decades ago have long been piled
up in Mad Max-stye wastelands of decaying metal that scar the
northern part of the Palestinian enclave.
(ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/GAZA-SCRAPMETALS (TV, PIX), by Nidal
al-Mughrabi, 410 words) urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2K350I
'Oxygen, oxygen, oxygen': Nigeria battles shortages amid
COVID-19 surge
LAGOS, Feb 2 - The Lagos businesswoman recalled the
"horrendous" week she spent in the COVID-19 wing of a city
public hospital, where the sense of crisis was lifted only
briefly by whoops of joy when a patient secured one of the few
available tanks of oxygen. (HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/NIGERIA-OXYGEN
(PIX, TV), by Libby George and Alexis Akwagyiram, 589 words)
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EXPLANATORY CONTENT
FACTBOX-Space Race: The sport of choice for billionaires
Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2K92XM
FACTBOX-Who is Andy Jassy, the next CEO of Amazon?
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NEWSMAKER-From ECB to Rome, 'Super Mario' Draghi rides to
Italy's rescue urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2K92ST
EXPLAINER-Myanmar generals are back in charge, but for how
long? urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2K73YM
TIMELINE-Aung San Suu Kyi: Myanmar's most famous political
figure detained again urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2K80B5
FACTBOX-What has Biden done so far to roll back Trump's
immigration policies? urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2K82Y8
FACTBOX-The long and short of it: GameStop and other market
squeezes urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2K85IM
FACTBOX-How silver is traded, from stocks and shares to
coins and bars urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2K84DQ
GRAPHIC-The age of the 'megafire' https://tmsnrt.rs/2KVXP1V
UNDERSTANDING COVID-19
FACTBOX-Olympic organisers unveil new COVID-19 measures for
Tokyo Games urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2K90JR
FACTBOX-EU approves Astra-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, J&J
vaccine 66% effective urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HE3IR
FACTBOX-Russia's Sputnik V vaccine 91.6% effective against
COVID-19 in late-stage urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2GS24X
Vaccine tracker (https://tmsnrt.rs/36jDuuj) urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HE3IR
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Global COVID-19 tracker (https://tmsnrt.rs/32CyMHu)
U.S. COVID-19 tracker (https://tmsnrt.rs/2WTOZDR)
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(Compiled by Patrick Enright and Tiffany Wu)
((tiffany.wu@thomsonreuters.com; +1 646 223 6000;))