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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump leaves hospital, vows to resume campaign + Fears for civilians in Nagorno-Karabakh unrest + Ex-Kyrgyz leader freed from jail by protesters + Djokovic keeps bid for French Open title alive + Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway' lawsuit finally over Health-virus-US-vote-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump checks out of hospital after four days of emergency treatment for Covid-19, pulling off his mask the moment he reaches the White House and vowing to quickly get back on the campaign trail. 750 words 0200 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP GORIS, Armenia Russia, the United States and France call for Armenia and Azerbaijan to agree an "unconditional ceasefire" after the neighbours began shelling major cities in an escalation of their conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. 850 words moved by Herve Bar. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Azerbaijan-Armenia-conflict-Karabakh,SCENE Azerbaijan-Armenia-conflict-Karabakh,CHRONO Kyrgyzstan-vote-demonstration,WRAP BISHKEK Protesters seize Kyrgyzstan's seat of government and free a jailed former president after demonstrations against an election marred by vote-buying accusations spiral into violent clashes with police. 750 words moved by Tolkun Namatbayeva. Picture. Video Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Novak Djokovic defeats Karen Khachanov in straight sets to make the French Open quarter-finals for the 11th consecutive year while Petra Kvitova returns to the last eight at Roland Garros for the first time since 2012. 650 words moved by Martyn Wood. Picture Entertainment-US-Britain-music-copyright-LedZeppelin LOS ANGELES The US Supreme Court refuses to take up a copyright claim over Led Zeppelin's classic "Stairway to Heaven," capping a long-running legal dispute over the song. 250 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-campaign,FOCUS WASHINGTON Already shaken by multiple crises, the US presidential race tumbled deeper into turmoil with Donald Trump's Covid-19 diagnosis, spelling unprecedented uncertainty four weeks from the November 3 election. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Graphic US-vote-Florida-racism,FOCUS MIAMI Davion and Maria have paid their debt to society in the US state of Florida by serving their prison sentences, but they're still paying their debt to the state, and until they do, they won't be allowed to vote. 750 words 0200 GMT by Leila Macor. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-society,FOCUS NEW YORK Beach umbrellas are back in garages as temperatures cool, but wealthy New Yorkers are staying in the Hamptons beyond summer, fearful of the pandemic and rising crime in the city. 700 words 0200 GMT by Thomas Urbain. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-internet-disinformation-QAnon,FOCUS HONG KONG Powered by fear, anger and big tech's algorithms, the QAnon conspiracy movement has exploded from the US political fringe into the global mainstream during the pandemic. 800 words 0400 GMT by Qasim Nauman. File Picture. Graphic Also moving: Health-virus-internet-disinformation-QAnon,Q&A NZealand-health-virus-vote-TeKahika,FOCUS MANGAWHAI, New Zealand During the turmoil of the pandemic, Billy TK has turned from an obscure blues guitarist into prominent New Zealand conspiracy theorist, using viral social media posts to propel an anti-establishment run at parliament. 750 words 0400 GMT by Neil Sands and Taylor Thompson-Fuller. Picture. Video. Graphic Afghanistan-conflict-talks-anniversary,FOCUS KABUL Nearly two decades after the United States launched what would become its longest-ever war with airstrikes on Afghanistan's ruling Taliban regime, the hardline group are in a stronger position than ever. 600 words 0330 GMT by Mushtaq Mojaddidi. File Picture Health-virus-Indonesia-rights,FOCUS POLEWALI, Indonesia Locked up all day in a tiny room with barely enough space to lie down, Rauf is literally a prisoner to his severe mental health condition and a family whose only way of coping is to shut him away. 750 words 0400 GMT by Alimuddin Abdillah with Haeril Halim in Jakarta. Picture Thailand-archaeology-history,FOCUS Prachuap Khiri Khan, THAILAND An antelope, a lonely figure, a family linking arms -- Kanniga Premjai shines her flashlight across a cave to reveal long-hidden paintings, a stunning discovery for Thailand's scrappy team of archaeologists. 700 words 0400 GMT by Dene-Hern Chen. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Nobel-literature,ADVANCER STOCKHOLM This year's Nobel Literature Prize field is wide open ahead of Thursday's announcement, with literary circles abuzz about whether the nod will go to yet another controversial pick or a crowd-pleaser. 750 words 0230 GMT by Pia Ohlin. File picture Germany-farright-police-politics,WRAP BERLIN Germany will publish a much-anticipated report on right-wing extremism in its security forces after a string of scandals over far-right networks in the police and military. 650 words 0300 GMT by Mathieu Foulkes. File picture Greece-trial-GoldenDawn-farright,ADVANCER ATHENS An Athens criminal court is set to hand down verdicts Wednesday on the top leaders and dozens of members of Greece's neo-Nazi Golden Dawn group after one of the country's biggest trials in decades. 700 words 0300 GMT Helene Colliopoulou. File picture Belgium-crime-drugs,FOCUS ANTWERP, Belgium Bomb explosions, shootings and even kidnapping of children: drug trafficking around Antwerp in northern Belgium is generating increasingly violent crime, which the authorities are struggling to tackle. 600 words 0330 GMT by Matthieu Demeestere. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Tennis-FRA-Open-men-quarterfinal,PREVIEW PARIS Rafael Nadal comes face-to-face with the future in the shape of 19-year-old Jannik Sinner for a place in the Roland Garros semi-finals where victory for the 12-time champion could set up another Paris clash with Dominic Thiem in the last four. 600 words 0130 GMT by Dave James Tennis-FRA-Open-women-quarterfinals,PREVIEW PARIS Elina Svitolina must beware the trend of tumbling seeds at this year's French Open when she takes on Argentine qualifier Nadia Podoroska on Tuesday for a place in the semi-finals. 550 words 0130 GMT. Picture afp
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