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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0544 -- TOP STORIES -- + Third of planet placed under virus lockdown + China lifts travel bans on 50 million people + US Congress homes in on $2 tln virus rescue + Coronavirus kills Afro-jazz icon Manu Dibango + Smelling a rat: how rodents sniff out fake beggars Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI Global giant India joins the countries ordering their citizens to stay at home, putting a third of the world on lockdown as the coronavirus pandemic forces Japan to postpone the Olympics. 850 words 2000 GMT by Bhuvan Bagga with Shaun Tandon in Washington. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus-China-toll,4thlead BEIJING China announces that a lockdown will be lifted on more than 50 million people in central Hubei province where the coronavirus first emerged late last year. 400 words moved Health-virus-US-politics-economy-Congress,2ndlead WASHINGTON US lawmakers scramble to seal a deal that buttresses the teetering economy by giving nearly $2 trillion to hospitals, businesses and ordinary Americans buckling under the strain of the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words 2000 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture Moved: Health-virus-US-politics-economy,POINTS Health-virus-music-Dibango,3rdlead PARIS Veteran Afro-jazz legend Manu Dibango dies at the age of 86 from coronavirus, becoming one of the first worldwide stars to succumb to the disease. 600 words moved by Philippe Grelard. File picture. File video Science-animal-rats WASHINGTON Rats can tell if other rats are lying about their need for food, and give more generously to others when they can use odor cues to sniff out genuine hunger, scientists say. 450 words 1930 GMT by Issam Ahmed -- TOKYO OLYMPICS -- Health-virus-Oly-2020,WRAP TOKYO Olympic chiefs postpone the 2020 Tokyo Games until next year, a historic move to push back the world's biggest sporting event due to the coronavirus pandemic that is upending global society. 850 words 2000 GMT by Shingo Ito with Eric Bernaudeau in Lausanne. Picture. Video Oly-2020-JPN-Japan-economy-virus-health,Q&A TOKYO The historic decision to postpone this year's Olympic Games over the coronavirus pandemic is likely to pile on the pain for Japan's economy, already expected to be roiled by the global virus outbreak, economists say. 650 words moved by Etienne Balmer. Picture Health-virus-Oly-2020-Japan-torch,INTERVIEW TOKYO Kazuo Goto still vividly remembers his pride as he carried the Olympic flame on the last day of the torch relay in 1964. But with coronavirus threatening the Games, he wants the 2020 relay to be scrapped. 600 words moved by Shingo Ito. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-sport-calendar,FOCUS Oly-2020-health-virus-athletes,REAX Oly-2020-health-virus-Japan- postponement,Q&A Oly-2020-health-virus-Japan-1940-history,FOCUS Health-virus-Oly-2020-Japan-disappointment,SCENE Oly-2020-torch-relay-mishaps,FACTS Oly-2020-cancellations,FACTS -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US WASHINGTON President Donald Trump announces he wants to loosen the coronavirus lockdown and restart the economy within three weeks, warning that keeping restrictions in place could "destroy" the country. 700 words 2000 GMT by Sebastian Smith with Peter Hutchison in New York. Picture Health-virus-US-politics-Cuomo,PROFILE NEW YORK America's coronavirus crisis has thrust New York Governor Andrew Cuomo into the national spotlight, his no-nonsense yet empathetic style contrasting with President Donald Trump's and developing him a fan following. 700 words 1930 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture Health-virus-Brazil-SaoPaulo,FOCUS SAO PAULO Latin America's biggest city, the traffic-clogged concrete jungle of Sao Paulo, slows to an eerily quiet lull as it goes into partial quarantine in a bid to stop the new coronavirus from ravaging Brazil. 600 words 2000 GMT by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-labor-food,FOCUS HOUSTON, Texas Until last week, Ashlyne Collins worked as a bartender at a restaurant in Houston. But the coronavirus epidemic has shut the place down and the 22-year-old is out of work. 600 words moved by Julia Benarrous -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy,2ndlead ROME Italy receives more reassuring evidence that its coronavirus infection rate is slowing thanks to a painful lockdown that other nations are starting to apply at great economic cost. 600 words 2000 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video Moved: Health-virus-Italy-3D,FOCUS Health-virus-Spain,SCENE MADRID At the foot of the skyscrapers in Madrid's business district, the streets are empty as the city silently marks day 10 of lockdown to halt the spread of the virus. 800 words moved by Laurence Boutreuax. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-Spain,2ndlead Health-Britain-virus-ventilators,FOCUS WORCESTER, United Kingdom When vacuum cleaner manufacturer Nick Grey got an email from a "special government adviser", he thought it was a hoax. But now he's on the frontline of making thousands of emergency hospital ventilators. 550 words moved by Will Edwards. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-Britain-virus-plague,FOCUS Health-virus-Britain-France-US-symptom,FOCUS -- MIDEAST -- Health-virus-Iran TEHRAN A senior Iranian official rules out "foreign" help on the ground to deal with the coronavirus epidemic after an offer from a France-based medical charity, as the country's death toll from the illness nears 2,000. 650 words 2000 GMT. Video Health-virus-Yemen-conflict,FOCUS AL HAJJAH, Yemen Hand-washing to combat the spread of coronavirus is the order of the day, but it's an unaffordable luxury for millions in war-ravaged Yemen where clean water is dangerously scarce. 640 words moved by Mohammed Al-Wafi with Shatha Yaish in Dubai. Picture. Video Also moved: Yemen-conflict-children-health Yemen-conflict-Saudi,CHRONO -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Africa-measures,FOCUS DAKAR African nations order curfews and lockdowns in response to the growing coronavirus epidemic, raising fears of turmoil for low-income workers and cash-strapped governments across the continent. 850 words moved by Philippe Siuberski with AFP bureaux in Africa. Pictures Also moved: Virus-Africa,FOCUS -- ASIA -- India-health-virus-law,3rdlead India's 1.3 billion people will go under "total lockdown" for 21 days to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, sparking panic buying with shoppers clearing out shelves. 650 words 2000 GMT by Bhuvan Bagga with Aishwarya Kumar and Vishal Manve in Mumbai. Picture. Video Moved: Health-virus-India-IND-bodybuilding,FOCUS Afghanistan-conflict-diplomacy-US-Pompeo,WRAP DOHA US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slashes aid to Afghanistan's government after a mission to Kabul fails to bridge a divide between feuding leaders as he moved forward with the Taliban on a deal to pull out troops. 750 words moved by Gregory Walton with Shaun Tandon in Washington. Picture. Video afp
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