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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Big Tech bosses grilled at US hearing + US coronavirus deaths surpass 150,000 + Students held under new Hong Kong law + Barty pulls out of US Open over virus + Mystery of Stonehenge boulders solved US-IT-politics-antitrust-Congress,WRAP WASHINGTON Big Tech executives face an onslaught of criticism from US lawmakers at a high-stakes antitrust hearing which could lay the groundwork for tougher regulation and legal actions against the major internet platforms. 800 words 0230 GMT by Rob Lever, with Glenn Chapman in San Francisco. Photo. Video Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States marks a grim milestone with its coronavirus deaths topping 150,000 -- far exceeding the toll in any other pandemic-hit nation. 650 words 0230 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic HongKong-China-politics,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kong has fallen into an era of "white terror", student groups say after four of their colleagues -- one aged just 16 -- were arrested for social media posts deemed to be a threat to China's national security. 650 words 0300 by Jerome Taylor and Yan Zhao Tennis-USA-Open-AUS-Barty,WRAP SYDNEY World number one Ashleigh Barty pulls out of the US Open over "significant risks" from the coronavirus pandemic, in a major blow for the Grand Slam in New York. 550 words 0400 GMT. File Picture Science-history-archaeology-Britain-Stonehenge,FOCUS WASHINGTON Stonehenge, a Neolithic wonder in southern England, has vexed historians and archaeologists for centuries with its many mysteries: How was it built? What purpose did it serve? Where did its towering sandstone boulders come from? 550 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-unrest-Portland,WRAP LOS ANGELES President Donald Trump's administration agrees to a deal to defuse weeks of clashes in the US city of Portland with the withdrawal of federal forces whose presence enraged protesters, but the timing remains in dispute. 700 words 0230 GMT by Jocelyne Zablit. File picture. File video US-politics-vote-Biden-VP,WRAP WASHINGTON Joe Biden's vice presidential pick has been one of Washington's best kept secrets but a supposedly accidental news publication and Biden's own teasingly displayed notes are raising expectations that the winner is Kamala Harris. 650 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture US-Germany-NATO-military-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON The Pentagon will slash troop levels in Germany by nearly 12,000 in a move reshaping NATO deterrence in Europe that President Donald Trump says is it to punish Berlin for underspending on defense. 750 words moved by Paul Handley. File picture Health-virus-Brazil-vaccines,VIDEOESSAY SAO PAULO In Brazil, health care workers are on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic in more ways than one, treating patients but also volunteering to test some of the most promising experimental vaccines. 450 words 0200 GMT by Florence Goisnard, with Jorge Svartzman in Rio de Janeiro. Picture. Video Entertainment-US-film-assault-Weinstein-AshleyJudd LOS ANGELES A US court of appeals rules that actress Ashley Judd has the right to pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, overturning a lower court's decision. 600 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Saudi-religion-hajj,FOCUS MECCA, Saudi Arabia This year's downsized hajj may prove to be the safest ever despite the ever-present threat posed by coronavirus. 630 words 0300 GMT. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-Saudi-religion-hajj,WRAP Iraq-Kuwait-conflict,FOCUS BAGHDAD Thirty years have passed since Iraqi tyrant Saddam Hussein invaded neighbouring Kuwait, but despite hints of a diplomatic rapprochement, people in both countries say the wounds have yet to heal. 800 words 0300 GMT by Ammar Karim with Salima Lebel in Kuwait. Picture. File Picture. Video Also moving: Iraq-Kuwait-conflict,FACTS Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-conflict-refugees,FOCUS AL-AMARI, Palestinian Territories A second wave of coronavirus infections sweeping the Israeli-occupied West Bank is fuelling fears of a surge in overcrowded Palestinian refugee camps where social distancing is next to impossible. 700 words 0300 GMT by Hossam Ezzedine. Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Germany-economy-growth FRANKFURT The German economy suffered a record slump in the second quarter as coronavirus lockdowns took their toll, official data is expected to show, but experts say a recovery is already under way. 450 words 0200 GMT by Michelle Fitzpatrick Europe-migrants-Italy-trial-Salvini ROME Italy's Senate votes on whether far-right chief Matteo Salvini should be stripped of his parliamentary immunity so he can be tried for the second time for allegedly illegally detaining migrants at sea. 500 words 0200 GMT by Ella Ide. File picture Health-virus-Ireland-religion,SCENE PETTIGOE, Ireland As people in Ireland endured months of coronavirus lockdown limbo, priest Laurence Flynn experienced his own private purgatory, keeping solitary vigil on a hallowed island usually crowded with pilgrims. 650 words 0300 GMT by Joe Stenson. Picture. Video Britain-Twitter-discrimination-grime,2ndlead LONDON British rap scene godfather Wiley apologises for "generalising" but refuses to distances himself completely from anti-Semitic posts that got him permanently banned by Twitter. 500 words moved by Dmitry Zaks Azerbaijan-climate-rivers-water-agriculture,FOCUS BANKA, Azerbaijan The Azerbaijan village of Banka should have plentiful supplies of water, but its mighty Kura river has shallowed dramatically and become contaminated with salty seawater, in what experts warn is an unfolding ecological disaster. 600 words 0300 GMT by Isgender Ganbarov with Emil Guliyev in Baku. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Japan-photography-culture,FOCUS TOKYO A pair of Japanese schoolgirls primp their hair before a long mirror, preparing for the perfect shot. But they are not taking a smartphone selfie, they are using a "purikura" photo booth. 700 words 0200 GMT by Mathias Cena. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- US-aviation-earnings-Boeing,WRAP NEW YORK Boeing suffers a bigger-than-expected loss in the latest quarter and signals additional job cuts are likely as it contends with a protracted air travel downturn amid the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words moved by John Biers Also moved: US-aviation-Boeing-747-travel,FOCUS Health-virus-US-economy-GDP-unemployment WASHINGTON US data reports are set to confirm the coronavirus pandemic caused a historic plunge in GDP as well as a worryingly high number of new unemployment filings. 550 words 0130 GMT Also moved: Health-virus-US-economy-bank-rate,WRAP -- SCIENCE -- Science-space-Mars-Perseverance,WRAP CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida NASA's latest Mars rover Perseverance launches on an astrobiology mission to look for signs of ancient microbial life -- and to fly a helicopter on another world for the first time. 650 words 0130 GMT by Gianrigo Marletta. Picture. Video. Graphic afp
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