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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump halts WHO funding over handling of virus + South Korea holds election despite coronavirus + Social distancing may last until 2022: Harvard + Obama endorses Biden as president to 'heal' US + Reduced-priced new iPhone rumoured for release Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump orders a freeze on funding for the World Health Organization for "mismanaging" the coronavirus crisis, as world leaders weighed easing lockdowns that threaten to tip the global economy into a second Great Depression. 800 words 0730 GMT by Susan Stumme with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic SKorea-politics-vote-health-virus,WRAP SEOUL Temperature checks on voters, separate booths for those with fevers, and special polling times for the quarantined: South Koreans head to the polls with a big turnout expected despite the coronavirus threat. 700 words 0700 GMT by Sunghee Hwang. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-US-virus-model,lead WASHINGTON A one-off lockdown won't stop the novel coronavirus pandemic and intermittent periods of social distancing may be required into 2022 to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed, Harvard scientists say. 600 words moved by Issam Ahmed US-vote-politics-Democrats-Obama-Biden,WRAP WASHINGTON Barack Obama endorses Joe Biden's White House bid, saying his longtime vice president can unify and "heal" a nation struggling through some of its darkest moments. 700 words moved by Michael Mathes. File picture US-IT-lifestyle-smartphone SAN FRANCISCO Is now the time to launch a new iPhone? Despite a pandemic-induced global economic crisis, Apple is widely believed to be set to release a reduced-priced handset that aims to fill a gap in its lineup, as early as this month. 600 words moved by Glenn Chapman -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-economy-politics WASHINGTON President Donald Trump announces that swaths of the United States could lift coronavirus shutdowns "very soon" and makes peace with state governors after being accused of acting like a king. 750 words moved by Sebastian Smith Also moved: Health-virus-US-Texas-physician,FOCUS Sport-USA-virus-health,FOCUS Health-US-virus-workplace,FOCUS WASHINGTON Mandatory temperature checks, hands-free hand sanitizers, staggered shift timings and no meetings: When we finally go back, workplaces will be far different to how we remember them. 650 words moved by Issam Ahmed Health-virus-US-IT-smartphone,Q&A WASHINGTON Can an app contain the pandemic? Interest is growing in smartphone technology as a potential key to ending lockdowns and reopening economies around the world. 800 words moved by Rob Lever US-health-virus-California,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Swift and strict containment measures in California appear to have succeeded in reducing hospital overcrowding and mass deaths from coronavirus, according to health experts in the country's most populous state. 750 words 0530 GMT by Laurent Banguet. Video Health-virus-Ecuador-mayor,INTERVIEW GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador Ecuador's economic capital Quayaquil is reeling from the most aggressive outbreak of COVID-19 in Latin America after the pandemic hit the city "like a bomb," its mayor says. 650 words moved Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-economy-growth,ADVANCER BEIJING China's economy contracted for the first time in around three decades in the first quarter as the coronavirus crisis brought the country to a standstill, according to an AFP poll of economists. 650 words moved by Beiyi Seow Health-virus-India-religion-Varanasi,FOCUS VARANASI, India The stench of smouldering funeral pyres usually hangs heavy by the Ganges in Varanasi, where the fires have burned since time immemorial, but a nationwide lockdown over coronavirus has left the ghats eerily quiet. 600 words moved by Anand Singh with Bhuvan Bagga in New Delhi. Picture. Video Health-virus-Japan-social,FOCUS YOKOHAMA, Japan Thousands of cash-strapped "net cafe refugees" in Japan risk being turfed out onto the streets as the coronavirus pandemic forces the closure of these 24/7 havens unique to the country. 700 words moved by Miwa Suzuki. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-world,FOCUS ROME Doctors, nurses and healthcare workers have become the unwitting heroes of the coronavirus pandemic. Workers from four continents tell AFP their stories. 1,300 words moved. File picture. File video -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict,WRAP TRIPOLI The forces of Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar rain rockets on Tripoli after being ousted by government loyalists from a string of strategic towns west of the capital. 700 words moved by Imed Lamloum. Picture. Video Also moved: Libya-conflict,CHRONO Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival Benny Gantz hold new talks on forming a coronavirus emergency government after a year of stalemate, with a deadline less than two days away. 600 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee -- AFRICA -- Malawi-vote-politics-court LILONGWE Malawi's Supreme Court is to begin hearing an appeal by President Peter Mutharika against the re-run of an election in which he was returned to office last year. 500 words moved by Jack McBrams -- SPORT -- Cycling-FRA-Tour-2020-Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Tour de France organisers are working to find a new start date for cycling's biggest race after large public gatherings were banned until mid-July in the latest extension of the French coronavirus lockdown. 550 words moved by Jean Montois. File picture Also moved: Health-virus-cycling-Tour-FRA-2020,FACTS afp
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