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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Experimental drug cleared for coronavirus in US + N. Korea's Kim reappears after weeks of speculation + Assault weapons banned in Canada + NASA, SpaceX target historic flight Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON American authorities approve an experimental drug for emergency use on coronavirus patients as US states ease pandemic lockdowns despite another spike in deaths and Spaniards are allowed to leave their homes. 800 words 1200 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic NKorea-politics-Kim,WRAP SEOUL North Korea's Kim Jong Un has made his first public appearance in nearly three weeks, state media reports, following intense speculation that the leader of the nuclear-armed nation was seriously ill or possibly dead. 800 words moved by Claire Lee. Picture. File picture. Video Canada-politics-guns,WRAP OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces an immediate ban on military-grade assault weapons in response to the country's deadliest-ever mass shooting, a rampage that left 22 people dead last month. 650 words moved by Jacques Lemieux. File picture Space-US-NASA-SpaceX,WRAP WASHINGTON NASA and SpaceX say they are pressing ahead with plans to launch astronauts to space from US soil for the first time in a decade later this month, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. 650 words moved by Ivan Couronne. File picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Germany-migrants,FOCUS BERLIN In a community centre in Berlin, two large rooms are filled with the clunk and whirr of sewing machines, rolls of colourful fabric strewn across the tables. About a dozen migrants from countries including Iran and Afghanistan are busy making face masks to donate to the community. 650 words moved by Femke Colborne. Pictures by John MacDougall. Video by Marion Payet Kazakhstan-politics,WRAP NUR-SULTAN The Kazakh president dismisses the eldest daughter of his predecessor Nursultan Nazarbayev as speaker of the upper house of parliament, triggering speculation over a power struggle in the oil-rich Central Asian state. 450 words 0930 GMT by Dana Rysmukhamedova. File picture Greece-economy-debt-health-virus,FOCUS ATHENS Ten years after sinking into its worst economic crisis in living memory, Greece once again faces the spectre of a grave recession in the midst of a global coronavirus lockdown. 750 words moved by Helen Colliopoulou. Picture Bosnia-Yugoslavia-Tito-history,FOCUS BUGOJNO, Bosnia In the Bosnian town where the late Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito used to hunt for bears, a small group of admirers try to keep flickers of his legacy alive in a community scarred by war. 700 words moved by Rusmir Smajilhodzic. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Yemen-conflict,FOCUS SANAA While most of the world's markets have closed to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Yemen's capital Sanaa, downtown districts selling qat -- the ubiquitous mild narcotic -- still bustle with people. 750 words moved by Abdulkarim al-Marani with Shatha Yaish in Dubai. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-SAfrica,FOCUS LETSITELE, South Africa From his garden in South Africa's remote Limpopo province, Gilbert Phakola chuckled at a group of healthcare workers knocking on doors to test rural inhabitants for coronavirus. 700 words moved by Philippe Alfroy. File picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Biden,WRAP WASHINGTON US presidential candidate Joe Biden emphatically denies sexually assaulting a former aide, saying the incident she says occurred 27 years ago "never happened." 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. File picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-demonstration-world-MayDay HAVANA Workers of the world scale back their traditional May Day demos with coronavirus lockdowns forcing many to rally online while a determined few hit the streets in face masks. 850 words moved by Rigoberto Diaz with Mariette Le Roux in Paris. Picture. Video Brazil-health-virus-Bolsonaro,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Rarely have two words ignited such a firestorm of controversy. "So what?" said Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro when a journalist asked him about the fact that more than 5,000 Brazilians had died of the coronavirus. 700 words moved by Pascale Trouillaud Health-virus-US-doctors,FOCUS WASHINGTON They have seen war and toured the world's "hot zones" tackling the kind of biological hazards that can threaten civilizations. But for these returned exiles the US coronavirus outbreak has in some ways been more painful. 800 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. Picture. Video Virus-health-entertainment-celebrity,FOCUS NEW YORK As the coronavirus pandemic has forced populations worldwide indoors, many celebrities have harnessed their star power to try and raise spirits online, dubbing the illness a great unifier. 725 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. File picture US-politics-media-Trump-McEnany,lead WASHINGTON Promising "never" to lie and saying she prays for coronavirus victims, new White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany hits a strikingly sunny tone in her debut press conference. 625 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video Health-virus-Cuba-culture,FOCUS HAVANA These are hot, humid days in Havana. When the afternoon breeze sweeps in off the sea, William Roblejo steps onto the roof of his building, draws his bow across the strings of his violin, and runs through his repertoire of music to soothe an anxious city. 600 words moved by Rigoberto Diaz. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-pandemic-epidemic-disease MUMBAI Rock legend Mick Jagger and Hollywood's Will Smith will be among dozens of international and Bollywood stars who will take part in a four-hour concert Sunday to raise funds for the battle against coronavirus in India where the number of cases is surging. 300 words moved. File picture -- SPORTS -- OLY-IND-virus-IOA-Batra,INTERVIEW NEW DELHI India will step up its battle to win the 2032 Olympic Games and other international events when the global pandemic eases, its top sports leader Narinder Batra told AFP. 550 words moved GMT by Faisal Kamal. File picture afp
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