| schema:articleBody
| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump rages at Biden in presidential debate + Armenia says Turkish jet shot down warplane + Disney to lay off 28,000 theme park workers + Scientists measure total matter in Universe US-vote,WRAP CLEVELAND, Ohio Democrat Joe Biden tells a raging President Donald Trump to "shut up" in an opening debate that turned almost immediately into a shouting match 35 days ahead of the most tense US election in recent memory. 700 words 0600 GMT by Saul Loeb with Sebastian Smith and Shaun Tandon in Washington. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moved: US-vote-Trump-Biden,POINTS Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP YEREVAN Armenia says that a Turkish fighter jet shot down one of its warplanes during heavy fighting with Turkey's ally Azerbaijan, but Ankara fiercely denies the claim. 950 words moved by Mariam Harutyunyan with Emil Guliyev in Baku. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,CHRONO US-layoffs-economy-Disney LOS ANGELES Disney will cut 28,000 jobs from its US theme parks division, singling out California restrictions that have prevented the giant Disneyland resort from reopening due to the coronavirus crisis. 600 words moved by Andrew Marszal Science-US-cosmology-Universe,FOCUS WASHINGTON A team of US astrophysicists has produced what they say is the most accurate measure ever for the total amount of matter in the Universe, a long-held goal that could help scientists untangle the mysteries of the cosmos. 600 words moved by Issam Ahmed -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA Up to 100 million additional doses of any eventual Covid-19 vaccines will be secured for poorer countries in 2021, health groups announce, as the virus shows no sign of receding after claiming more than one million lives around the world. 750 words moved by Nina Larson and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-debate-Biden,FOCUS CLEVELAND Donald Trump has long derided his White House rival as "Sleepy Joe" Biden but the US president gets a rude awakening as he faces fierce pushback from a candidate who manages to keep an indignant incumbent at bay at Tuesday's debate. 600 words 0530 GMT by Saul Loeb with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture. Video. US-vote,FACTCHECK WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden clash in their first televised debate, trading accusations over the economy, the coronavirus and voter fraud. AFP examines what the candidates said about these key issues. 800 words 0700 GMT by Arthur MacMillan, W.G. Dunlop and Claire Savage. Picture Mexico-culture-minorities,FOCUS CUAJINICUILAPA DE SANTA MARIA, Mexico With dancing devils, fireworks and traditional musical instruments like the donkey jawbone, Afro-Mexicans proudly celebrate a heritage that is often forgotten in the Latin American country despite a centuries-old presence. 650 words moved by Jean Luis Arce. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Italy-Vatican-US-diplomacy ROME Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits Rome, just a month ahead of the US elections and hot on the heels of a diplomatic breach with the Vatican experts see as an effort to win conservative Catholic votes. 550 words moved Germany-automobile-court-fraud-Volkswagen-Audi MUNICH Five years after "dieselgate" emissions cheating revelations rocked the car industry, ex-Audi CEO Rupert Stadler becomes the first top executive to stand trial in Germany. 650 words 0600 GMT by Ralf Isermann with Michelle Fitzpatrick in Frankfurt. File picture. File video. Also moved: Germany-automobile-pollution-court-Volkswagen,CHRONO Britain-Brexit-trade-EU,WRAP LONDON British lawmakers adopt a bill to regulate the UK's internal market after Brexit, defying a looming EU ultimatum as the two sides entered a final week of tense talks. 650 words moved by Jitendra Joshi and Alice Ritchie with Alex Pigman in Brussels Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP LONDON Britain and Canada become the first major nations to slap sanctions on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko over the country's seething political crisis. 700 words moved by Phil Hazlewood with Laurence Benhamou in Vilnius. Picture. Video Europe-migrants-France-camp,lead CALAIS, France French police dismantle a camp of about 800 migrants in the port city of Calais, the biggest such operation since the sprawling "Jungle" shantytown was broken up four years ago. 650 words moved by Elia Vaissiere and Bernard Barron. Picture. Video Germany-law-environment-rights,FOCUS FRANKFURT When German carmakers seek cobalt from Congolese mines or when a chocolatier sources cocoa beans from Ghana, they may soon no longer be able to hide behind their suppliers if it turns out that the producers are using child labourers or flouting environmental standards. 650 words 0200 GMT by Jean-Philippe Lacour Hungary-education-arts-politics,SCENE MUNICH A month into a blockade of Hungary's top arts university, hundreds of students rebelling against control by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's right-wing government show no sign of quitting. 750 words moved by Peter Murphy. Video. Picture Denmark-Islam-media-cartoons,FOCUS COPENHAGEN Author Kare Bluitgen, the man behind the Danish Mohammed cartoons that set off a firestorm when they were published 15 years ago, refuses to give in and is publishing a new illustrated Koran. 700 words moved by Camille Bas-Wohlert, Video. Picture Also moving: Denmark-media-France-religion-Islam-attacks,FACTS -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Kuwait-politics-Emir KUWAIT CITY Kuwait prepares for the funeral of its emir Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, an acclaimed diplomat and mediator who died in the US at the age of 91, and swear in his successor, his elderly half-brother Sheikh Nawaf. 500 words 0700 GMT Israel-conflict-Lebanon-Hezbollah,2ndlead UNITED NATIONS Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Lebanon's Hezbollah of manufacturing weapons next to a "gas station" in Beirut, warning of "another tragedy" if it explodes. 550 words moved Lebanon-blast-women-pregnancy,FOCUS BEIRUT Seven months ago, Lebanese mother-to-be Rana Mneimneh was ecstatic she was pregnant, but after a massive explosion at Beirut's port, she lives in constant fear for her baby girl. 730 words moved by Layal Abou Rahal. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-religion-politics,FOCUS NIORO DU SAHEL, Mali Cattle herders, traders and heads of state are among the people who have sought the ear of the sharif of Nioro, one of Mali's most influential men, to whom they voice their needs, grievances and hopes. 900 words moved by Amaury Hauchard. Picture -- SPORT -- Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Rafael Nadal looks to build on a promising start to his quest to match Roger Federer's 20 Grand Slam titles at the French Open on Wednesday while Serena Williams faces a familiar foe in round two of her latest push to equal Margaret Court's all-time mark. 600 words moved by Martyn Wood. Picture Basket-NBA-Lakers-James ORLANDO LeBron James says leading the Los Angeles Lakers into the NBA Finals after nearly three months inside the league's "bubble" in Orlando ranks as the biggest challenge of his career. 500 words moved afp
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)