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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Oscar night begins with '1917' battling 'Parasite' + Millions return to work as China virus toll hits 900 + Thailand picks up pieces after deadly gun rampage + Sanders, Buttigieg lock horns as New Hampshire looms + Solar Orbiter probe due to launch from Florida Entertainment-US-film-Oscars,WRAP HOLLYWOOD The Oscars get under way in Hollywood, with war epic "1917" battling a South Korean thriller for glory as a row swirls over the lack of minorities on the night's star-studded nominee list. 800 words 0130 GMT by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-winners,FACTS China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING Millions of people in China are set to return to work after an extended holiday designed to try and slow the spread of the coronavirus, which has killed more than 900 people in the country. 700 words 0200 GMT by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video. Graphic Thailand-crime-shooting NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand Traders are set to inspect their shops at a bullet-riddled mall that was the scene of a bloody siege after a soldier went on a rampage killing at least 30, as Thailand is forced into soul-searching over the violence and a pernicious gun culture. 500 words at 0200 GMT. Video. Live video. Photo. We will also move: Thailand-army-crime-gunman,PROFILE US-politics-vote,WRAP MANCHESTER, New Hampshire Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg lock horns in their fight for the Democratic presidential nomination as they scrap for votes with just two days to go before New Hampshire's closely-watched primary. 750 votes 0230 GMT by Michael Mathes. Video, Picture, Graphic Space-science-solar-orbiter-US,WRAP MIAMI The US-European Solar Orbiter probe is due to launch from Florida on a voyage to deepen our understanding of the Sun and how it shapes the space weather that impacts technology back on Earth. 700 words 0400 GMT. Graphic. Picture -- CHINA VIRUS -- China-health-virus-economy,FOCUS BEIJING Wang Li's guesthouse sits a stone's throw from the Great Wall, an idyllic setting for a weekend getaway. But in these uncertain times of the new coronavirus, Wang and her family are the only occupants. 800 words 0300 GMT by Beiyi Seow. Video. Picture China-health-virus-HongKong,FOCUS HONG KONG Coronavirus fear is transforming Hong Kong as residents in one of the world's most densely populated cities hunker down in their cramped apartments, panic-buy at supermarkets, scramble to find face masks and fret about the future. 750 words 0300 GMT by Jerome Taylor and Yan Zhao -- ASIA -- Japan-climate-snow-festival-tourism-Sapporo,FOCUS SAPPORO, Japan Every year, tens of thousands of tourists flock to the world-famous snow festival in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo, attracted by some 200 massive and intricate ice sculptures. This year, there's just one problem: no snow. 700 words 0430 GMT by Natsuko Fukue. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-fashion HOLLYWOOD Oscars night is the most glamorous in Hollywood, and the best in showbiz did not disappoint with their sartorial choices. 600 words 0130 GMT by Robyn Beck with Susan Stumme in Washington. Picture. Video US-internet-lifestyle-marriage-divorce,INTERVIEW NEW YORK Online dating is not only transforming the way people hook up, it is changing the way single people spend their money and shaping the nature of household spending, according to one investor taking an interest in the emerging sector. 750 words 0130 GMT by Juliette Michel Canada-transport-aerospace-trains,FOCUS MONTREAL Coming to the end of a painful restructuring, Canada's top manufacturer Bombardier, still heavily indebted, faces the prospect of selling off major divisions just to stay afloat. 700 words 0130 GMT by Jacques Lemieux -- EUROPE -- Ireland-vote,WRAP DUBLIN Nationalist party Sinn Fein wins the popular vote in Ireland's general election, ballot counts reveal, with the one-time political wing of the IRA disrupting a duopoly of centre-right parties which have historically controlled the Republic. 700 words moved by Joe Stenson. Picture. Graphic. Video Europe-weather-storms,WRAP LONDON Britain and Ireland are lashed by howling winds and inundated with driving rain as Storm Ciara leaves homes without power, wipes out sports events and disrupts travel around northwestern Europe. 600 words 0230 GMT by Robin Millard. Picture. Video. Graphic Azerbaijan-parliament-vote,WRAP BAKU Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev's ruling party wins a majority of seats in snap parliamentary polls, according to exit polls, as the opposition denounces what it says was mass electoral fraud. 600 words moved by Elman Mamedov. Picture. Video Russia-politics-technology-internet,FOCUS MOSCOW Muscovites are mystified by a flood of bomb hoaxes forcing the evacuation of courts, schools and malls while authorities appear unable to find the culprits even after months of disruption to public life. 700 words 0300 GMT by Romain Colas. Picture. Video Cyprus-trade-politics,FOCUS NICOSIA In a field bathed in winter light, Hasan Siber patiently harvests his olives. It's a common sight in Cyprus, but his "oil for peace" represents a rare glimmer of hope on the divided Mediterranean island. 800 words 0300 GMT by Oumeima Nechi. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-aerospace-satellite,WRAP TEHRAN Iran says it successfully launches a satellite but fails to put it into orbit, in a blow to its space programme that the US alleges is a cover for missile development. 750 words moved by Amir Havasi. File picture. Video Syria-conflict-Idlib,WRAP BEIRUT At least 20 civilians were killed as Syrian regime forces poised to retake a key motorway connecting Damascus to second city Aleppo, after weeks of battles in the rebel-held Idlib region, a monitor says. 600 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Cameroon-politics-vote,WRAP YAOUNDE Cameroon votes in polls overshadowed by a partial opposition boycott and separatist violence that has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. 700 words moved by Joseph Sotinel. Picture. Video Egypt-religion-Christians-Copts,FOCUS CAIRO Egyptian Copt Amal Hanna says she is determined to fight the long-standing application of Islamic inheritance laws to Christians, as recent court victories embolden Coptic women. 750 words 0330 GMT by Menna Zaki SAfrica-housing-rights-politics,FOCUS CAPE TOWN South Africa's white minority government in 1966 listed District 6 as a "white" area and most residents were forcibly moved because they were black or mixed-race. A quarter of a century after the fall of apartheid, a court decision has raised hopes of returning home for the dispossessed people of District 6. 850 words 0400 GMT by Philippe Alfroy. Picture afp
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