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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Markets crash over as investors panic over virus + Trump adds to doubts over Tokyo Olympics + US hits pro-Iran group in Iraq with air strikes + World Athletics fines Russia over doping rules Health-virus,WRAP TOKYO Global stock markets suffer historic falls as panic spreads over the spiralling coronavirus crisis that has killed nearly 5,000 and is infecting sport, schools and society across the planet. 750 words 0700 GMT by Richard Carter. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus-sport-world,WRAP MELBOURNE The collapse of sports events worldwide over the rapidly spreading coronavirus heaps pressure on the Tokyo Olympics, as US President Donald Trump suggests delaying the Games by a year. 700 words 0300 GMT Also moved: Auto-Prix-AUS-virus-health,3rdlead Iraq-unrest-rockets-US,WRAP WASHINGTON The US military launches air strikes against a pro-Iranian group in Iraq following the deaths of two Americans and a Briton in a rocket attack, US military officials tell AFP. 600 words moved by Sylvie Lanteaume. File picture. Graphic Athletics-world-RUS-doping-Oly-2020,2ndlead MONACO World Athletics fines Russia's track and field federation $10 million for breaching anti-doping rules and caps at 10 the number of Russians allowed to compete as neutrals at the Tokyo Olympics. 550 words moved by Luke Phillips. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Nepal-Everest-mountaineering,2ndlead KATHMANDU Mount Everest is sealed off over the coronavirus epidemic as Nepal follows China in suspending climbing permits ahead of the busy spring season. 600 words 0530 GMT by Paavan Mathema. File pictures. File Video Health-virus-India,FOCUS NEW DELHI Poorer and more densely populated than China and with a shakier healthcare system -- to say nothing of richer Western economies -- coronavirus should in theory be ravaging India. But officially there are only 73 cases. 750 words 0800 GMT by Simon Sturdee with Vishal Manve in Mumbai. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-China-EU-politics,ANALYSIS WASHINGTON Thousands of people have died, the US response has infuriated European allies, and China has gone on a propaganda offensive. The new coronavirus is shaping up to be a cataclysmic event with far-reaching consequences in global politics. 800 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture Health-virus-China-politics-US,FOCUS BEIJING A coordinated Chinese campaign to cast doubt on the origin of the coronavirus pandemic is fuelling an increasingly ill-tempered row with the United States, which insists on calling it the "Wuhan" virus. 750 words 0700 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng We have also moved: Health-virus-China,CHRONO Health-virus-US-entertainment-Broadway NEW YORK Broadway suspends performances for a month as the world's most famous theater district is hit by a ban on large public gatherings imposed on New Yorkers to stem the new coronavirus outbreak. 750 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-US-politics-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Donald Trump had one job to do in a primetime address on coronavirus: reassure an anxious nation, a panicking stock market and divided world. Instead, he left many confused and more scared. 600 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture Also moved: Health-virus-US-politics-Biden,2ndlead Health-virus-US-travel-airport,SCENE Health-virus-LatAm-social,FOCUS MONTEVIDEO Latin American states preparing for the onslaught of the new coronavirus, tightening restrictions on travel links to Europe as the region recorded its third death in the outbreak. 750 words moved. Picture Health-virus-Brazil-politics RIO DE JANIER0 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he will know "in the next few hours" if he has contracted the new coronavirus after a top aide tested positive for the disease following a trip on which both met with US President Donald Trump. 450 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Brazil-children-library-poverty,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Lua has a hungry look on her face as she holds her new book on Nelson Mandela, one of thousands the precocious 12-year-old has amassed for her new library in a poor Brazilian favela. 600 words moved by Louis Genot. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict-Turkey-aid-refugee,SCENE KAFR LUSIN, Syria Hamad al-Abdallah has installed wifi and insulation in his new concrete room, trying to make the most of the desperate conditions his family has endured since fleeing Syrian regime bombardments. 600 words moved by Ezzedine Said. Picture. Video Also moving: Syria-conflict-Idlib,FOCUS Israel-parliament-women-social,FOCUS NAZARETH, Israel Newly elected Israeli MP Iman al-Khatib, greeting supporters in Nazareth, shook hands with women but tapped her heart with her right hand for men. 750 words moved by Majeeda El-Batsh. Picture. Video Albania-Iran-politics-diplomacy,FOCUS MANZA, Albania In a gleaming compound built from scratch on an Albanian hillside, thousands of Iranians dedicate their waking hours to toppling the regime in Tehran 3,000 kilometres away. 700 words moved by Briseida Mema. Picture. Video Saudi-Aramco-energy-earnings,ADVANCER RIYADH Saudi Aramco is expected to announce a drop in profits as it unveils Monday its first annual results since its listing, as the energy giant grapples with sinking oil prices. 600 words moved by Anuj Chopra with Omar Hasan in Dubai -- EUROPE -- Russia-pornography-homosexuality-gender-trial,FOCUS MOSCOW Yulia Tsvetkova posted delicate drawings and embroidered images of vulvas on a social media page called "Vagina Monologues" that she hoped would help lift the taboo on women's bodies. 800 words moved by Anna Malplas afp
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