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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0544 -- TOP STORIES -- + China sees hope in virus crisis as death rate drops + Daily cost of fossil fuel air pollution put at $8bn + Facebook-owned WhatsApp reaches two billion users + Sanders, Buttigieg out in front in Democratic race + Scientists unravel mysteries of booty-shaking bees China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING The death toll from China's coronavirus epidemic climbs past 1,100, but the number of new cases fell for a second straight day -- raising hope the outbreak could peak later this month. 850 words 2200 GMT by Laurent Thomet. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: China-health-virus-countries,FACTS China-health-virus-toll,LEAD Environment-health-economy-energy-pollution PARIS The global cost of air pollution caused by fossil fuels is US$8 billion a day, or roughly 3.3 percent of the world's GDP, an environmental research group says. 700 words moved by Marlowe Hood. Graphic Also moved: Britain-energy-oil-climate-BP,WRAP US-IT-lifestyle-Facebook-WhatsApp,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO The WhatsApp mobile messaging service owned by Facebook reaches two billion users as it reaffirms its commitment to keep strong encryption as a way to protect users. 650 words 1930 GMT by Glenn Chapman US-politics-vote,WRAP MANCHESTER, New Hampshire Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg step forward as undisputed frontrunners in the race to take on President Donald Trump in November after finishing first and second in the New Hampshire primary. 650 words 2000 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video. Graphic US-animal-bees,FOCUS WASHINGTON US biologists have decoded the meaning of over 1,500 honey bee dances, providing conservation groups trying to boost the imperiled species' population with new insights into their foraging preferences. 600 words 1930 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Graphic. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC -- China-health-virus-Japan-cruise,WRAP YOKOHAMA Another 39 people aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan have tested positive for the new coronavirus, authorities say, as thousands more steel themselves for a second week in quarantine. 700 words moved by Quentin Tyberghien. Picture. Video China-health-virus-Britain,SCENE BRIGHTON In the epicentre of Britain's cluster of COVID-19 cases, face masks are doing a roaring trade -- though most locals and tourists have decided to keep calm and carry on. 700 words 2030 GMT by Robin Millard. Photo. Video. Graphic. Also moved: China-health-virus-Japan-test,Q&A China-virus-health-animal-Indonesia China-health-virus-Spain-mobile,WRAP China-health-virus-Thailand-cruise China-virus-health-Thailand China-health-virus-hospital,FOCUS China-virus-health-internet-computers,FOCUS HongKong-China-epidemic,FOCUS Gulf-economy-China-energy,FOCUS Auto-prix-CHN-China-health-virus -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Trump-Buttigieg,FOCUS WASHINGTON Donald Trump makes a habit of launching abusive and often damaging personal attacks on his political rivals -- but he hasn't yet quite hit the mark with rising young Democrat Pete Buttigieg. 600 words 2000 GMT by Jerome Cartillier. Picture. Video US-politics-vote-Democrats-Warren,FOCUS WASHINGTON Not so long ago the frontrunner in Democratic presidential polls, endearing herself to voters with her ready plans for all problems, Elizabeth Warren's campaign is hanging by a thread after a dismal fourth-place finish in the New Hampshire primary. 650 words 2100 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Pictures Moved: US-politics-vote-Democrats-Biden,FOCUS -- EUROPE -- Italy-politics-migrants,WRAP ROME Italian far-right leader Matteo Salvini will stand trial on charges of illegally detaining migrants at sea, after senators voted to strip him of his parliamentary immunity. 700 words moved by Ella Ide. Picture. Video Also moved: Italy-politics-Salvini,PROFILE Vatican-religion-pope,WRAP VATICAN CITY Pope Francis pleads for social justice and environmental respect for the Amazon basin, but does not recommend the controversial idea of married priests. 700 words moved by Catherine Marciano and Alexandria Sage. Picture. Video. Graphic Ireland-vote-scenarios,FACTS DUBLIN Sinn Fein's election success has brought them within a whisker of being part of Ireland's next government but as talks get under way, there are several possibilities about how they could achieve an unprecedented role in power. 650 words moved by Joe Stenson Switzerland-US-Germany-espionage-encryption-defence,REAX GENEVA Outraged commentators warn that revelations the CIA and Germany's intelligence service had for decades used a Swiss encryption company for spying had seriously damaged Switzerland's cherished reputation for neutrality. 650 words moved by Christophe De Roquefeuil -- MIDEAST & NORTH AFRICA-- Syria-conflict-Turkey-Russ,WRAP ISTANBUL Turkey's president accuses Russia of committing 'massacres' in its support of the Syrian regime, escalating a war of words as Ankara sends further reinforcements to shore up its military posts in Idlib. 750 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture. Video Also moved: Syria-conflict-Idlib-NRC UN-Israel-Palestinians-conflict-rights,WRAP GENEVA The UN has released a list of 112 companies with activities in Israeli settlements, which are considered illegal under international law, including Airbnb, Expedia and TripAdvisor. 550 words moved by Nina Larson Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US-Trump,FOCUS -- ASIA -- Pakistan-India-Mumbai-attacks,WRAP LAHORE The alleged mastermind of a deadly attack on India's financial capital over a decade ago has been jailed in Pakistan for nearly six years on separate terror charges, his lawyer said. 500 words moved by Kaneez Fatima. Picture Bangladesh-prostitution-death-religion,FOCUS DAULATDIA, Bangladesh Often treated as less than human in life, there has been little dignity in death for the sex workers of one of the world's biggest brothels: their bodies frequently tossed into unmarked graves or dumped in the river. 800 words moved by Shafiqul Alam. Picture -- AFRICA -- BUHERA, Zimbabwe Just under a year ago, Alice Posha fled her home in the middle of the night and then watched as it was swept away by floods. 2,000 words special report moved by Ish Mafundikwa in Zimbabwe and Beatrice Debut in Zambia and South Africa. Picture. Video Also moved: Climate-agriculture-drought-Zambia-Zimbabwe-SAfrica,PHOTOESSAY -- BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY -- Britain-politics-internet-media,WRAP LONDON The British government says it intends to allow its broadcast regulator to police the internet and issue "substantial fines" to social media giants that fail to remove harmful content. 600 words 1930 GMT by Dmitry Zaks -- SPORTS -- Vietnam-fbl-economy-Vingroup HUNG YEN, Vietnam After a career that began in instant noodles, Vietnam's richest man knows all about long shots, and he's now taken another: trying to get his football-mad country to their first World Cup. 700 words moved by Quy Le Bui. Picture. Video afp
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