| schema:articleBody
| - Duty Editor: James Edgar Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Virus clampdown in Italy, Iran as global toll rises + Russia pushing virus conspiracy theories, US says + Bernie Sanders leads in Nevada, early results show + S. Sudan rebel leader rejoins govt of ravaged nation + Japan emperor says ill empress has 'ups and downs' China-health-virus-Italy,WRAP CODOGNO Italy clamps down on travel and Iran shuts schools as fears spike worldwide over the rapid spread of the coronavirus, which China says took another 96 lives at the outbreak's epicentre. 750 words 0400 GMT by Ljubomir Milasin with Dan Martin in Shanghai. Picture. Video Also moved: China-health-virus,FACTS China-health-virus-Russia-US-disinformation,WRAP-EXCLUSIVE WASHINGTON Thousands of Russian-linked social media accounts have launched a coordinated effort to spread alarm about the new coronavirus, disrupting global efforts to fight the epidemic, US officials say. 900 words moved by Arthur Macmillan and Shaun Tandon US-politics-vote-Democrats,WRAP LAS VEGAS Progressive firebrand Bernie Sanders is projected to win Nevada's caucuses, the third nominating contest for US Democrats in their high-stakes process to see who will challenge Republican Donald Trump in November's presidential election. 750 words 0130 GMT by Andrew Marszal with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-politics-vote-Nevada,SCENE SSudan-politics-conflict,WRAP JUBA South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar is sworn in as first vice president, formally rejoining the government in the latest bid to bring peace to a war-ravaged nation. 700 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: SSudan-unrest-independence-government,CHRONO SSudan-conflict-peace-diplomacy,FACTS Japan-emperor-royals TOKYO Japan's Emperor Naruhito has said his wife Empress Masako "still has ups and downs" as she battles to recover from a longstanding stress-induced illness related to her royal duties. 350 words 0200 GMT -- CORONAVIRUS -- China-health-virus-economy-food,FOCUS BEIJING It is lunchtime in Beijing, but the only diner in Cindy's Cafe is an employee having a staff meal -- it has been closed for more than three weeks as China battles a deadly virus epidemic. 800 words 0300 GMT by Beiyi Seow. Picture. Video Italy-virus-epidemic-China,SCENE CODOGNO The streets are silent, shops are shuttered and the few people who venture from their homes shun company in the small Italian town of Codogno under the shadow of a new coronavirus outbreak. 550 words 0200 GMT by Ljubomir Milasin. Picture. Video fbl-ITA-SerieA-virus-health,WRAP ROME Italian authorities order the postponement of three Serie A football matches on Sunday over coronavirus fears in northern Italy. 700 words by Emmeline Moore. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Gymnastics-USA-Nassar-abuse NEW YORK A proposed USA Gymnastics tiered settlement system would pay some sexual assault victims of former US team doctor Larry Nassar only $82,550, according to multiple reports detailing the payment plans. 700 words moved -- ASIA -- India-US-diplomacy-trade-preparations AHMEDABAD US President Donald Trump makes his first official visit to India on Monday and work has been going on around the clock to spruce things up -- to the annoyance of some locals as well as monkeys. 600 words 0300 GMT by Aishwarya Kumar and Premal Balan -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-vote,ADVANCER JERUSALEM Israel braces for an unprecedented third election in under a year, with voters eyeing an end to the deadlock but polls indicating another tight race despite criminal charges against the prime minister. 700 words 0400 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video Israel-vote-budget,FOCUS JERUSALEM Israel's grinding political deadlock has squeezed funding for programmes helping troubled youths, disadvantaged communities and the disabled, forcing state-backed social organisations to rely on crowd-funding to get by. 700 words 0400 GMT by Alexandra Vardi and Ben Simon Also moving: Israel-vote,COUNTRY FACTFILE Israel-vote,CHRONO Israel-vote-Netanyahu,CHRONO Iraq-Iran-US-Muhandis-politics,SCENE NAJAF, Iraq A minibus stops outside the world's largest cemetery in the Iraqi Shiite holy city of Najaf. Five women get out, telephone cameras filming the scene, and dash towards the grave of paramilitary commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. 650 words 0400 GMT by Mohamad Ali Harissi. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-displaced,SCENE KAFR LUSIN Abu Jabber has a plan to escape any further advance by Syrian regime forces: he built a ladder from rusty metal to climb a cement wall along Turkey's border with his 11 children. 750 words 0400 GMT by Aaref Watad. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Syria-conflict-Turkey-summit,WRAP ISTANBUL Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he would hold a summit with the leaders of Russia, France and Germany on March 5 to discuss the escalating violence in Syria's last rebel enclave of Idlib. 600 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan Germany-Hamburg-vote,WRAP HAMBURG Voters in the German city-state of Hamburg head to the polls, with the centre left expected to hold its own against the environmentalist Greens, who have been enjoying rising popularity across the country. 600 words 0300 GMT by Sebastian Bronst with Tom Barfield in Frankfurt Germany-politics-farright,FOCUS BERLIN The extreme political right in Germany is on the defensive and stands accused of inciting last week's racist attacks in Hanau and others with its anti-migrant diatribes. 600 words moved by Yacine Le Forestier. File Picture. File Video -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- US-business-management-Buffett,WRAP WASHINGTON Octogenarian billionaire Warren Buffett assures shareholders that his Berkshire Hathaway empire, with holdings in major American firms, is ready for him and his longtime partner Charlie Munger, 96, to go. 500 words moved by Julie Chabanas. File picture Cuba-economy-debt-US-diplomacy-EU,FOCUS HAVANA Foreign companies going unpaid, creditor countries told to be patient: as the Cuban government struggles under the weight of American sanctions it has been struggling to pay its debts, raising serious concern among its partners. 850 words 0230 GMT by Katell Abiven. Graphic afp
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)