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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + New virus cases threaten world's moves back to work + Russia virus cases surge to second highest globally + Fauci to warn of 'needless suffering and death' in US + Dozens killed in attacks on Afghan hospital, funeral + France's 'little museums' ready for limelight Health-virus,WRAP MOSCOW Russia and India ease coronavirus restrictions despite facing upsurges in infections and expert warnings that the world could face a second wave epidemic. 800 words 1430 GMT by Michael Mainville with AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video. Videographic Health-virus-Russia,2ndlead MOSCOW Russia moves to ease a nationwide coronavirus lockdown despite a surge in cases that has seen it register the world's second-highest number of infections. 650 words 1500 GMT by Michael Mainville. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON Top infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci will warn the Senate that the United States will see "needless suffering and death" from the coronavirus if it tries to reopen too soon, The New York Times reports. 500 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Live video Afghanistan-unrest-hospital,WRAP KABUL Gunmen storm a maternity hospital in the Afghan capital, killing at least 14 people -- including newborns and nurses -- as a suicide blast at a funeral in the country's restive east leaves two dozen mourners dead. 650 words 1500 GMT by Emal Haidary with Noorullah Shirzada in Jalalabad. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-France-museums,FOCUS PARIS Often overlooked by tourists flocking to the Louvre, the Centre Pompidou and other superstar museums, France's more intimate galleries and cultural sites are preparing to open their doors as the coronavirus lockdown is progressively lifted. 650 words moved by Jean-Louis de la Vaissiere. File picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Russia-hospital-fire,3rdlead SAINT PETERSBURG Russian authorities launch a probe into ventilators used at some medical facilities after five coronavirus patients, including three attached to the breathing machines, die in a fire at a Saint Petersburg hospital. 550 words moved by Marina Koreneva. Picture. Video Health-virus-Russia-Moscow,SCENE MOSCOW Moscow commuters wear compulsory masks and gloves as they ride a city bus, saying they are relieved at a partial return to work despite the country's soaring coronavirus rate. 500 words 1600 GMT by Romain Colas. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-WestBank-US,WRAP YAABAD, Palestinian Territories The Israeli army suffers its first fatality this year when a Palestinian stone-thrower kills a soldier in the occupied West Bank, a day before US-Israeli talks on annexation. 550 words moved. Picture Israel-Iran-Syria-conflict-Lebanon,FOCUS JERUSALEM Comments last week from an unnamed Israeli defence official that Iran was reducing its presence in Syria sparked fierce debate about Tehran's next moves and how the Jewish state should respond. 700 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee Health-virus-Iran TEHRAN Virus-hit Iran will reopen its mosques for three nights over the next week so that worshippers can pray during one of the holiest times of year, the fasting month of Ramadan. 500 words moved Egypt-culture-politics,FOCUS CAIRO In a bustling square of Egypt's capital, four sphinx-like statues stand in wooden crates ahead of a planned unveiling ceremony following their controversial transfer from historical sites. 650 words moved by Bassem Aboualabass. Picture Syria-conflict-Idlib-displaced-Ramadan,VIDEOESSAY KILLI, Syria In the dark between tents of Syrians displaced by war, Ramadan drummer Abdelfattah al-Bayour bangs on a saucepan, calling on his neighbours to wake up for a last meal before dawn. 500 words moved by Aaref Watad. Video Health-virus-Mideast-waste,VIDEOESSAY BEIRUT From Beirut to Gaza, the disposable masks and gloves that remain in high demand to protect people from the coronavirus now litter the streets, adding to pollution and potentially posing a health risk of their own. 500 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Niger-Nigeria-refugee-unrest,WRAP ABIDJAN About 42,000 people have fled violence in recent weeks by armed groups in northwestern Nigeria near the border with Niger, a region prone to communal clashes between nomadic herders and farmers, the UN refugee agency says. 450 words 1530 GMT Health-virus-SAfrica-tobacco-politics-court,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG South African smokers rejoiced last month as President Cyril Ramaphosa lifted a ban on tobacco sales imposed as part of draconian measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words moved by Beatrice Debut. File Picture Health-virus-Ethiopia-pandemic-doctors,FOCUS ADDIS ABABA Every weekday at noon, radio host Mehret Debebe heads to his studio for a live call-in show devoted to a single topic: what the coronavirus means for Ethiopia. 900 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. File picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-justice-Trump-taxes,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Supreme Court takes up the most politically charged case of the year which may define the limits of presidential immunity -- Donald Trump's refusal to turn over his tax returns and financial records to Congress and a New York prosecutor. 700 words 1730 GMT by Charlotte Plantive. File picture -- ASIA -- Australia-China-trade-agriculture-health-virus,3rdlead SYDNEY China suspends imports from four major Australian beef suppliers, just weeks after Beijing's ambassador warned of a consumer boycott in retaliation for Canberra's push to probe the origins of the coronavirus. 650 words moved by Andrew Leeson with Ludovic Ehret in Beijing Virus-health-India,WRAP NEW DELHI India's enormous railway network tentatively grinds back to life as a gradual lifting of the world's biggest coronavirus lockdown gathered pace even as new cases surged. 600 words 1530 GMT by Bhuvan Bagga and Abhaya Srivastava. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-China,INTERVIEW GENEVA Amid a growing polemic over the origin of the novel coronavirus, celebrated US epidemiologist Larry Brilliant urges China to be "radically transparent" if it wants to fend off suspicion. 750 words 1430 GMT by Agnes Pedrero Australia-crime-gay-homicide-arrest,lead SYDNEY More than 30 years after American Scott Johnson was killed in a suspected gay hate crime in Australia, police say they have arrested and charged a man with his murder. 350 words. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Saudi-Aramco-earnings-health-virus,WRAP RIYADH Energy giant Saudi Aramco posts a 25 percent slump in first-quarter profit and says the coronavirus crisis which triggered a crash in oil prices will weigh heavily on demand in the year ahead. 700 words moved Health-virus-US-auto-Tesla,lead SAN FRANCISCO Tesla chief Elon Musk says he is resuming production at the company's California auto assembly plant, defying authorities and escalating a feud over the Pacific state's pandemic shutdown. 550 words moved by Julie Jammot US-stocks-unemployment-health-virus,FOCUS NEW YORK After a bruising March, Wall Street stocks have risen steadily despite spiking US unemployment and weakening consumer confidence. Why doesn't the stock market reflect the devastation of the coronavirus on the US economy? 700 words 1600 GMT by Juliette Michel Markets-world,WRAP LONDON Easing lockdowns and hopes for economic recovery help lift European and US stock markets as well as oil prices. 600 words 1600 GMT -- SPORTS -- Auto-Prix-Ferrari-Vettel,WRAP PARIS Four-time Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel announces his dramatic departure from Ferrari at the end of the season, saying there was no "common desire" to work together any more. 600 words moved. File Picture Fbl-Health-virus-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Premier League clubs face having to pay a huge refund to broadcasters even if they manage to complete the coronavirus-disrupted season behind closed doors. 650 words moved by Kieran Canning. File Picture Cricket-IND-IPL-virus-health,INTERVIEW NEW DELHI Scrapping the money-spinning Indian Premier League this year because of the coronavirus pandemic would cost the country's cricket governing body more than half a billion dollars, BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal tells AFP. 550 words moved by Faisal Kamal. File picture Box-USA-PHI-Ali-Frazier-Thrilla,FOCUS MANILA When Muhammad Ali survived 14 brutal rounds with Joe Frazier in the 'Thrilla in Manila', 45 years ago, it wrote a page in boxing folklore but left both fighters forever diminished. 550 words moved by Cecil Morella. File picture afp
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