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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Hurricane Sally sows mayhem on US Gulf Coast + Trump clashes with health experts on vaccine + NZ enters recession, sees record contraction + Boeing MAX crashes blamed on multiple lapses + 120,000-year-old human footprints discovered US-weather-hurricane,WRAP PENSACOLA, Florida Hurricane Sally downs trees, floods streets and homes and knocks out power to hundreds of thousands as it pounds the US Gulf Coast states of Alabama and Florida with torrential rain. 600 words 0300 GMT by Gianrigo Marletta, with Leila Macor in Miami. Picture. Graphic. Video US-politics-vote-health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump expresses renewed confidence that a viable Covid-19 vaccine will be ready by October, directly contradicting a top administration health expert and facing fierce criticism from his Democratic election rival Joe Biden. 700 words 0230 GMT by Michael Mathes, with Elodie Cuzin in Wilmington. Picture. Graphic NZealand-economy-health-virus-vote,UPDATE WELLINGTON New Zealand's economy plunges into recession for the first time in a decade, posting a record contraction in the June quarter due to the coronavirus pandemic, as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern heads into next month's general election. 550 words 0330 GMT by Neil Sands. Graphic. File Picture US-aerospace-accident-Boeing,WRAP NEW YORK Congressional investigators blame two deadly Boeing 737 MAX crashes on "repeated and serious failures" by Boeing and air safety regulators, according to a report that calls for an overhaul of the US aviation regulatory system. 750 words moved by John Biers. File Picture. Graphic Science-biology-anthropology-Saudi-Africa,FOCUS WASHINGTON Around 120,000 years ago in what is now Saudi Arabia, a band of homo sapiens stopped to drink and forage at a shallow lake also frequented by camels, buffalo, and elephants bigger than any species seen today, according to a study based on the discovery of ancient human and animal footprints. 600 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-fires,WRAP LOS ANGELES California faces more devastation from wildfires that have ravaged the West Coast, authorities warn, with strong winds and dry heat expected to whip up flames from dozens of blazes raging across the state. 700 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-US-economy-bank-rate-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve pledges to keep boosting the US economy with low rates to help recover the tens of millions of jobs lost in the pandemic, but says additional help from the government will be key. 700 words moved by Heather Scott US-Guyana-Suriname-Venezuela-diplomacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON Mike Pompeo becomes the first US secretary of state to visit Guyana and Suriname as the discovery of oil fuels a sudden new interest in the small South American nations. 650 words 0130 GMT by Shaun Tandon Health-virus-Canada-environment-urban-planning,FOCUS MONTREAL Hundreds of back alleys in Montreal have been turned into community gardens and parks, creating safe meeting places for pandemic-weary city dwellers eager for fresh air and greenery after months of isolation at home. 600 words 0130 GMT by Anne-Sophie Thill. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-virus-rights-families,FOCUS WUHAN, China Wuhan pensioner Zhong Hanneng endured every parent's worst nightmare when coronavirus claimed her son in February, and -- alongside other bereaved relatives -- she wants to sue the local government she blames for his death. 750 words 0300 GMT by Dan Martin. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Albania-tourism-history-health-virus,FOCUS GJIROKASTRA, Albania Snaking beneath a fortress in southern Albania, a covert tunnel network built during the communist era captures the secrecy and paranoia that defined the long rule of tyrant Enver Hoxha. 700 words 0300 GMT by Briseida Mema and Emmy Varley -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-execution-wrestling-rights,FOCUS PARIS Iran has signalled it intends to ignore a growing outcry over its use of the death penalty against people arrested during anti-government protests by executing with unusual swiftness a wrestler whose case had won international attention, activists say. 900 words 0330 GMT by Stuart Williams Lebanon-Cyprus-poverty-migration,FOCUS TRIPOLI, Lebanon Suad Mohammad had hoped for a better life when her husband climbed into a dinghy to flee poverty-hit Lebanon, but he disappeared into the waves before he reached Cyprus. 700 words by Jana Dhayby. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Lifestyle-Britain-fashion-health-virus,WRAP LONDON London Fashion Week kicks off with a livestreamed show from Burberry but without the hordes of industry insiders, A-listers and journalists who usually flock to it from around the world. 600 words 0200 GMT by Pauline Froissart -- LIFESTYLE -- Netherlands-environment-death-funeral-parlour,FOCUS DELFT, Netherlands In the Netherlands you can keep helping the planet after you die -- by opting for a living coffin made of mushrooms which speeds up the decomposition of your body. 450 words 0300 GMT by Charlotte van Ouwerkerk. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Cricket-IND-IPL,PREVIEW NEW DELHI The much-delayed Indian Premier League starts Saturday without its customary glitz and glamour, but the Twenty20 tournament is expected to be a welcome relief to cricket fans amid the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words 0300 GMT by Faisal Kamal. File picture afp
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