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| - Duty Editor: Simon Morgan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump under fire over WHO funding freeze + South Korea votes in force despite coronavirus + Notre-Dame bell rings a year after fire + Social distancing may last until 2022: Harvard + Under house arrest, Ronaldinho plays football in ballroom Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA Criticism pours in from around the globe over Donald Trump's move to freeze funding for the World Health Organization, as leaders urge solidarity in the face of a historic economic crisis. 900 words 1600 GMT by Nina Larson with Susan Stumme in Washington and AFP bureaus Also moving: Health-virus-WHO-US,REAX Also moved: Health-virus-WHO,CHRONO SKorea-politics-vote-health-virus,WRAP SEOUL South Korean voters turn out in force to back President Moon Jae-in's handling of the coronavirus epidemic, donning face masks and gloves to give his Democratic party a parliamentary majority, according to exit polls. 750 words moved by Sunghee Hwang. Picture. Graphic. Video France-religion-Notre-Dame PARIS A lone bell will ring out from what remains of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, the sole event planned to mark a year since a massive blaze nearly destroyed one of the world's most revered monuments. 550 words moved by Jean-Louis de la Vaissiere. 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 Fbl-PAR-BRA-Ronaldinho-corruption,WRAP ASUNCION With Paraguay's capital in lockdown, former Brazil soccer star Ronaldinho is spending his second week under house arrest in an exclusive hotel in downtown Asuncion, where a ballroom has been set up to let him play football, as he awaits trial for entering the country under a false passport. 600 words 1530 GMT by Hugo Olazar. File Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Denmark,2ndlead COPENHAGEN Denmark begins reopening schools for younger children after a month-long closure to combat the novel coronavirus, becoming the first country in Europe to do so. 600 words moved by Camille Bas-Wohlert. Video. Picture Health-virus-Italy-testing,FOCUS ROME Testing is being held up as the world's best bet for ending economically crippling -- and emotionally draining -- coronavirus lockdowns. But doctors at the Italian epicentre of the health crisis doubt countries can test their way out of confinement. 650 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. File picture Health-virus-Iceland-study,FOCUS WASHINGTON Iceland has provided a textbook example of how to get out ahead of a looming pandemic: per capita, it has tested more people for coronavirus than any other country on earth and it got started a month before the first case was even confirmed in the tiny Nordic island nation, according to a study. 600 words 1530 GMT by Ivan Couronne Health-virus-EU-economy-technology BRUSSELS As the EU's economy reels from virus lockdowns, Brussels unveils a proposed roadmap to ease restrictions on life and businesses, relying in large part on smartphone tracking apps. 700 words moved by Marc Burleigh and AFP bureaus. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and parliament speaker Benny Gantz face a midnight Wednesday deadline to form a unity government or risk prolonging the country's unprecedented political crisis. 600 words 1730 GMT by Ben Simon. File Picture Health-virus-Iran TEHRAN Iran says the world is learning that the United States "kills people", after President Donald Trump suspended US funding for the World Health Organization amid the coronavirus pandemic. 400 words 1600 GMT. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-China-Trump-diplomacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON In cutting off funds to the World Health Organization in the midst of a global crisis, President Donald Trump is handing a public relations victory to China just as it was under pressure over the new coronavirus. 650 words 1800 GMT by Shaun Tandon Health-virus-Brazil,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Dr Valdilea Veloso is racing against time: she needs ventilators, face masks and medical staff before the coronavirus pandemic peaks in Brazil, where social distancing is proving problematic, not least because of anti-isolation President Jair Bolsonaro. 700 words 1430 GMT by Joshua Howat Berger. File picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Thailand-gold BANGKOK Thais are flocking to Bangkok's Chinatown to sell their gold jewellery as the price of the precious metal spikes and the economy tanks due to the coronavirus pandemic. 300 words moved. Picture. Video 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. 800 words moved by Miwa Suzuki. Picture. Video Health-virus-Australia-court-police SYDNEY An Australian who repeatedly sneaked out of coronavirus quarantine, reportedly to visit his girlfriend, is jailed for a month -- the first person imprisoned under the country's lockdown laws. 200 words moved -- AFRICA -- Malawi-vote-politics-court,2ndlead LILONGWE Malawi's Supreme Court begins hearing an appeal by President Peter Mutharika against the cancellation of his re-election following polls held in the southern African nation last May. 550 words 1500 GMT by Jack McBrams. File picture -- HEALTH -- Health-virus-symptoms-study PARIS People infected with the new coronavirus may start spreading the virus several days before they have any noticeable symptoms, according to a new modelling study. 550 words moved by Kelly Macnamara Health-virus-ventilators,FOCUS WASHINGTON In recent weeks a global debate has emerged among doctors treating COVID-19: When should patients who need help breathing be placed on ventilators, and could intubation in some cases do more harm than good? 750 words 1700 GMT by Ivan Couronne -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Health-virus-G20-economy RIYADH Saudi Arabia hosts G20 finance ministers and central bankers for virtual talks amid warnings of a deep coronavirus-triggered recession and growing calls for debt relief for poor countries including in Africa. 500 words 1700 GMT Health-virus-Mideast-economy-IMF DUBAI Debt levels, unemployment and budget deficits will spike as the Middle East endures a coronavirus-led recession, piling pain on economies already hit by conflicts and an oil price slump, the IMF says. 400 words moved Markets-world,WRAP LONDON Global stocks sink as the coronavirus infects the global economic outlook, while oil prices slump as OPEC-led output cuts were deemed insufficient to soak up a vast supply glut. 650 words 1600 GMT Health-virus-indicator-economy,WRAP WASHINGTON New economic data offers a view of the widespread devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic on the US economy, with retail sales and manufacturing pummeled. 600 words 1500 GMT by Chris Stein US-banking-earnings-Goldman-Citigroup-BofA,WRAP NEW YORK Turmoil in financial markets created some profitable opportunities for large banks in the first quarte, but fresh results underscore the industry's expectations for a potentially deep US recession. 600 words 1530 GMT by John Biers -- SPORT -- Health-virus-cyling-FRA-Tour,WRAP PARIS The start of cycling's flagship Tour de France has been postponed two months to August 29 due to the coronavirus lockdown. 650 words moved by Damian McCall. 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