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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + US leads multi-billion-dollar virus fightback + Biden locks in as likely Democratic candidate + China expels US journalists in major crackdown + Australia tells citizens to return home + Euro 2020 postponed over virus fears Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States leads a multi-billion-dollar global fight-back against economic havoc wreaked by the coronavirus and the European Union orders borders shut to stem the pandemic's ferocious spread. 800 words 0300 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic US-politics-vote-health-virus,WRAP MIAMI Joe Biden cements his status as the likely Democratic presidential nominee after trouncing rival Bernie Sanders in Florida and Illinois, the top prizes on a busy primary night blighted by the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words 0130 GMT by Leila Macor with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture China-US-media-politics,WRAP BEIJING China expels American journalists at The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal in the Communist government's most severe move against foreign media in recent memory. 750 words 0300 GMT by Laurent Thomet with Shaun Tandon in Washington Health-virus-travel-Australia,2ndlead SYDNEY Australia moves quickly and drastically to choke off the spread of the coronavirus epidemic taking hold Down Under, telling its citizens to return home and halt all overseas travel. 600 words 0300 GMT by David Millikin Health-virus-Fbl-Euro-2020-UEFA-postponement,4thlead LAUSANNE, Switzerland The European Championship, due to be played in June and July this year, is postponed until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic, European football's governing body UEFA says. 750 words moved by Eric Bernaudeau with Andy Scott in Paris. File picture Also moved: Fbl-Eur-C1-UEFA-health-virus -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Taiwan-religion,FOCUS TAIPEI Buddhist monk Chang Kuan delivers a sermon to an empty room, his words live-streamed to followers praying at home as Taiwan's faithful learn to cut back on mass gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words 0300 GMT by Sean Chang. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany-television,lead FRANKFURT Germany's Big Brother contestants react with tears and concern when the host breaks the news of the coronavirus pandemic in a live TV special, lifting an information blackout that had kept residents unaware of the shutdowns sweeping Europe. 500 words moved by Michelle Fitzpatrick Health-virus-US-IT-crime,FOCUS WASHINGTON It may look like an email from a supervisor with an attachment on the new "work from home policy." But it could be a cleverly designed scheme to hack into your network. 700 words 0200 GMT by Rob Lever Health-virus-US-lifestyle,FOCUS NEW YORK With New York restaurants closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, residents unused to eating at home are increasingly relying on the city's army of bicycle delivery men for their dinner. 650 words 0200 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-aviation-economy-finance,WRAP NEW YORK Fears of bankruptcies and calls for emergency bailouts sweep global airlines as the US warns the coronavirus crisis threatens the air travel industry more than the September 11 attacks. 700 words moved. File picture Health-virus-Saudi-energy-economy,FOCUS RIYADH From empty hotels to shuttered beauty salons, oil-dependent Saudi Arabia is bracing for a coronavirus-led economic slump on top of possible austerity measures as prices of its vital crude exports go into free fall. 800 words 0300 GMT by Anuj Chopra. File picture Health-virus-Africa,FACTS NAIROBI African countries have been among the last to be hit by the global coronavirus epidemic, but as cases rise, many nations are now taking strict measures to block the deadly illness. 750 words moved by Fran Blandy and Francois Ausseill -- EUROPE -- Britain-court-Manchester-Libya,WRAP LONDON The brother of a suicide bomber who killed 22 people in the British city of Manchester is found guilty of 22 counts of murder over the 2017 attack. 450 words moved by David Harding. File picture. File video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-politics-unrest,WRAP BAGHDAD Iraq's president names pro-Western lawmaker and former Najaf city governor Adnan Zurfi as the next prime minister, tasked with ruling a country hit by military unrest, street protests and the coronavirus pandemic. 850 words moved by Sarah Benhaida. Picture Also moved: Iraq-politics-Zurfi,PROFILE -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-unrest,FOCUS Bunia, DR CONGO With three fingers chopped off his left hand, Father Guy-Robert Mandro bears physical witness to a resurgence of violence in DR Congo that has gone widely unnoticed in a world fixated by the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words 0300 GMT. Picture afp
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