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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + China virus cases peak, but pandemic fears + Weinstein convicted of rape in #MeToo win + Deadly riots in India as Trump visits + Jordan mourns 'little brother' Bryant + Micro-pollution ravaging Asia Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA The new coronavirus has peaked in China but could still grow into a pandemic, the World Health Organization warns, as infections mushroom in other countries. 750 words 0700 GMT by Laurent Thomet. Picture. Video. Graphic US-entertainment-abuse-trial-Weinstein,WRAP NEW YORK Harvey Weinstein is convicted of sexual assault and rape but acquitted of predatory sexual assault charges, in a verdict hailed by the #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct. 800 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moved: US-entertainment-abuse-trial-Weinstein,CHRONO US-entertainment-abuse-trial-Weinstein,PROFILE India-US-diplomacy-trade,WRAP NEW DELHI India rolls out the red carpet for US President Donald Trump on day two of a visit high on spectacular optics, but deadly unrest flares to expose religious tensions that his host is accused of stoking. 650 words 0700 GMT by Jerome Cartillier and Abhaya Srivastava. Picture. Video. Live video Basket-NBA-Bryant-memorial,WRAP LOS ANGELES A tearful Michael Jordan remembers his "little brother" Kobe Bryant at a star-filled memorial in Los Angeles for the basketball great and his daughter Gianna, who died with seven others in a helicopter crash last month. 700 words by Jocelyne Zablit. Video. Picture Eenvironment-pollution-health-cancer-Asia-China-India PARIS Nearly 90 percent of the 200 cities beset by the world's highest levels of deadly micro-pollution are in China and India, with most of the rest in Pakistan and Indonesia, researchers reports. 700 words moved by Marlowe Hood. Graphic -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Italy,WRAP CASALPUSTERLENGO Italy reported its seventh death from the new coronavirus, but officials call for calm and report a lower rise in the number of infections after a spike over the weekend. 750 words moved by Ljubomir Milasin with Ella Ide in Rome. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-Italy-economy-tourism,FOCUS Health-virus-Iran,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's government vows to be transparent after being accused of covering up the deadliest coronavirus outbreak outside China, dismissing a lawmaker's claim the toll could be as high as 50. 750 words moved. Picture. Video HongKong-China-politics-unrest-virus-health,FOCUS HONG KONG The new coronavirus has handed Beijing an unexpected gift -- a comprehensive end to Hong Kong's pro-democracy rallies. But many predict the unrest will reignite once the epidemic fades in a city still seething with popular rage. 750 words moved by Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi We have also moved: US-China-toys-trade-health-virus,FOCUS -- ASIA -- China-Sweden-rights-court,WRAP BEIJING A Chinese court sentences Swedish book publisher Gui Minhai to 10 years in prison on charges of illegally providing intelligence abroad, in a case that has rattled relations between Beijing and Stockholm. 500 words 0630 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng. File picture Afghanistan-conflict-US-Taliban,Q+A KABUL As the United States and the Taliban stand on the verge of signing a historic deal that would see the Pentagon pull thousands of troops from Afghanistan, questions remain about what happens next. 600 words 0730 GMT Malaysia-politics,Q&A KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's government has collapsed after the resignation of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, which followed a failed bid to form a new coalition aimed at stopping leader-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim's succession. Here are some details about the political crisis and what could happen next. 700 words 0800 GMT by Sam Reeves. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Germany-crime,WRAP VOLKMARSEN, Germany Some 30 people including children are injured when a car ploughed into a carnival procession in the small German town of Volkmarsen, with police arresting the driver but declining to speculate on a motive. 700 words moved by Ina Fassbender. Graphic. Picture. Video Britain-US-Australia-Assange-court,WRAP LONDON A lawyer for Julian Assange claims the United States' bid to extradite him is part of President Donald Trump's "war on leakers and journalists", as the WikiLeaks founder's full extradition hearing opened in Britain. 800 words moved by Joe Jackson. Picture. Video. Graphic Syria-conflict-Turkey-Russia-diplomacy,FOCUS ISTANBUL As Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime presses ahead with a relentless campaign, his counterpart across the border in Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan is battling to avoid being the big loser in the battle for the last rebel bastion of Idlib. 700 words moved by Ezzedine Said. Picture Armenia-politics-trial,WRAP YEREVAN Former Armenian president Serzh Sarkisian goes on trial charged with corruption, nearly two years after he was ousted from power by a popular uprising following a decade in office. 500 words 0600 GMT by Mariam Harutyunyan. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza-Syria,WRAP GAZA CITY Islamic Jihad resume firing rockets at Israel from Gaza amid ongoing Israeli air strikes, damaging hopes for an end to a two-day flare-up a week before the Jewish state's election. 750 words moved by Sakher Abou El Oun with Ben Simon in Jerusalem. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Democrats take the stage for a debate in South Carolina in what could be the final opportunity for Joe Biden and the party's other presidential candidates to halt Bernie Sanders' drive to the nomination. 650 words 0530 GMT by Chris Lefkow. File Picture We have also moved: US-politics-vote-Sanders,POINTS Chile-culture-music-crisis,WRAP SANTIAGO Chile's President Sebastian Pinera condemns rioting that disrupted the opening of Latin America's biggest music festival amid fears of a broader return to violence in the troubled South American country. 500 words moved by Miguel Sanchez. File Picture Canada-transport-protest-police,WRAP OTTAWA Canadian police move in to clear indigenous protestors fighting against a new pipeline who have caused major disruptions to the Canadian economy by blocking a key east-west rail artery for nearly three weeks. 700 words moved by Michel Comte. Picture -- SPACE -- Mars-science-astronomy-quakes PARIS Mars is a constantly tremoring "living" body, researchers say as they unveil measurements of seismic activity on the red planet showing similar tremble rates to Earth or the Moon. 500 words moved. File picture -- ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-Australia-fires-drought PARIS Australia's wildfires have destroyed more than a fifth of the country's forests, making the blazes "globally unprecedented" following a years-long drought linked to climate change, researchers say. 550 words moved by Patrick Galey afp
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