| schema:articleBody
| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Worldwide coronavirus lockdown tightens + Amazon workers protest over virus fears + Harry and Meghan formally step aside + Van Gogh stolen from virus-shut gallery + US man arrested teaching dog to drive Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Harsh lockdowns aimed at halting the march of the coronavirus pandemic extend worldwide as the death toll soars past 37,000 with new waves of US outbreaks. 800 words 0300 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-labor-retail,lead NEW YORK Amazon warehouse employees and Instacart delivery shoppers join protests to press safety demands, highlighting the health risks for workers on the front lines of supplying Americans largely sheltering at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 500 words moved by Angela Weiss. Pictures Also moved: Health-virus-US-automobile-politics-GM,Q&A Britain-US-royals-Harry-Meghan LONDON Prince Harry and his wife Meghan formally step down as senior members of the British royal family as they start a controversial new life in the United States. 650 words 0200 GMT by Joe Jackson Netherlands-art-crime-VanGogh-health-virus,WRAP THE HAGUE Thieves steal a painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh in a daring heist from a museum that was closed to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words moved by Jan Hennop. Picture US-crime-dog-driving-offbeat LOS ANGELES A resident of the western US state of Washington is arrested following a high-speed chase that left officers dumbfounded after they found the man's pit bull behind the wheel. 250 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US NEW YORK A military hospital ship docks in New York as America's coronavirus epicenter gears up for the peak of the pandemic, with President Donald Trump extending emergency restrictions amid grim warnings about the death toll. 650 words 0230 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-Russia-US-sanction-politics,4thlead WASHINGTON President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discuss plunging oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic, as Trump says Moscow is pressing for an end to US sanctions. 750 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture Health-US-virus-seamstress,FOCUS LOS ANGELES From amateur seamstresses and sewing clubs to Hollywood costume-makers, a patchwork army of volunteers across the United States is churning out gowns and masks for emergency workers battling coronavirus. 650 words 0230 GMT by Andrew Marszal and Catherine Triomphe. Picture. Video Health-virus-Panama-ship-US FORT LAUDERDALE, United States Florida's governor says he does not want passengers suffering from coronavirus on the cruise ship Zaandam to be "dumped" in his southern US state. 600 words moved by Leila Macor. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-France-brotherhood,FOCUS Bethune, FRANCE A ringing bell breaks the silence of the cemetery as five members of the Charitable Brotherhood of Saint Eloi solemnly remove their two-pointed hats. The charity is continuing its mission to give homeless people a respectable burial -- even during the coronavirus pandemic. 500 words 0230 GMT by Clement Melki. Picture. Video Health-virus-France-hospitals,FOCUS PARIS "I cry when I wake up. I cry eating breakfast." The strain on the medical staff fighting the coronavirus in France is beginning to show as the peak of the epidemic is set to hit the country. 700 words moved by Anne Chaon. File picture Health-virus-indigenous-plea,FOCUS PARIS Indigenous leaders from around the world issue a desperate plea for protection from COVID-19, warning that their voluntary isolation in nature renders them uniquely vulnerable to the deadly virus. 600 words moved by Patrick Galey Health-virus-Turkey-economy,FOCUS ANKARA The Turkish economy was healing from a recession when the new coronavirus struck, leaving Ankara scrambling to contain the damage with stimulus measures worth billions. 750 words 0400 GMT by Raziye Akkoc. Pictures by Adem Altan. Video by Volkan Nakiboglu -- MIDEAST -- Health-virus-Israel-IT-biometrics,FOCUS JERUSALEM One app tells you if you've been in the vicinity of a COVID-19 carrier and another aims to assess whether you have the virus based purely on the sound of your voice -- Israel has seen a flurry of new technologies designed to contain contagion. 600 words 0200 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee and Jonah Mandel. Picture Health-virus-Israel-Netanyahu,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu goes into precautionary quarantine after a staffer within his office tests positive for COVID-19, as the veteran premier seeks a unity government to combat the pandemic. 500 words moved by Delphine Matthieussent. File picture Saudi-Yemen-conflict RIYADH The Saudi-led military coalition says it carried out multiple air strikes on Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa in retaliation for missile strikes on Riyadh. 400 words moved -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Africa,2ndlead LAGOS More than 20 million Nigerians go into lockdown in sub-Saharan Africa's biggest city Lagos and the capital Abuja, as the continent struggles to curb the spread of coronavirus. 750 words moved by Celia Lebur and AFP Africa bureaus. Picture Algeria-politics-Bouteflika,FOCUS ALGIERS A year after the unexpected downfall of Algeria's longtime president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the ailing octogenarian remains holed up in his plush and medically adapted home, with his detractors still demanding justice. 600 words 0200 GMT by Abdellah Cheballah. File picture. File video Also moving: Algeria-politics-Bouteflika,CHRONO 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)