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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Beijing flights cancelled as virus fears grow + 20 Indian troops die in clashes with China + White House sues to block Bolton tell-all book + Trump signs order to reduce US police violence + Premier League returns after coronavirus exile Health-virus,WRAP BEIJING China closes schools in Beijing and restricts air from the capital to prevent a second wave of coronavirus infections, as India's death toll spikes. 600 words 0800 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng, with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic India-China-conflict,WRAP NEW DELHI At least 20 Indian soldiers are killed during "hand-to-hand' fighting with Chinese troops in a disputed Himalayan region, the first deadly clashes between the nuclear powers in decades. 650 words moved by Bhuvan Bagga with Parvaiz Bukhari in Srinagar and Jing Xuan Teng in Beijing. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: India-China-conflict,DATES US-politics-diplomacy-books-Bolton-lawsuit,3ndlead WASHINGTON The Trump administration files a lawsuit seeking to prevent publication of former national security advisor John Bolton's book, which is expected to provide a damning insider portrait of the White House. 600 words moved. File picture US-politics-unrest-racism-police,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump responds to nationwide anger at racism and deadly police violence with measures aimed at reforming police forces, including a push to end dangerous choke holds during arrests. 700 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video Fbl-health-virus-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON The Premier League makes its eagerly anticipated return after 100 days in lockdown, with Manchester City's clash against Arsenal taking centre stage at the start of a frenetic dash to finish the season. 600 words moved by Steve Griffiths. File picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-democracy-Facebook-Zuckerberg SAN FRANCISCO Facebook says it will plans to help register four million new US voters and insists it can be a positive force in the presidential election. 400 words 0630 GMT Tennis-US-Open-health-virus,WRAP NEW YORK The US Open tennis championships will go ahead as scheduled in August but without spectators, officials confirm, after weeks of uncertainty surrounding the tournament staged in the epicenter of the US coronavirus crisis. 500 words moved Russia-US-trial-espionage-diplomacy WASHINGTON The brother of the American sentenced by a Russian court to 16 years in prison for espionage says he believes Moscow wants to exchange him for a notorious arms dealer or Russian diplomatic properties shuttered by Washington. 550 words moved by Paul Handley. File picture US-justice-LGBT-rights-Gorsuch,PROFILE WASHINGTON US Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, the unexpected author of a landmark ruling to protect LGBT workers, was appointed by President Donald Trump to be a reliably conservative voice on the nation's highest court. 700 words moved by Charlotte Plantive and Chris Lefkow. File picture. Video Health-virus-US-economy-bank-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON Despite some recent positive signs, "significant uncertainty" remains about the recovery of the US economy from the coronavirus pandemic, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says. 700 words moved by Heather Scott Health-virus-US-IT-transport,FOCUS WASHINGTON Electric bikes and scooters, dismissed before the pandemic as a curiosity or nuisance, are getting fresh traction in cities seeking new transportation options as they emerge from lockdowns. 750 words moved by Rob Lever PALMDALE, California, USA For Shawna Green and many other residents of Palmdale, a city in California's Mojave Desert, there is no question that Robert Fuller's death was racially motivated. 750 words 0530 GMT by Javier Tovar. Pictures. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India,2ndlead NEW DELHI India's official coronavirus death toll surges to 12,000 as Germany advises its nationals to consider leaving the country because of growing health risks. 500 words 0730 GMT. Picture NKorea-SKorea-diplomacy-defence,lead SEOUL North Korea threatens to increase its military presence along its border with the South, a day after it blew up its liaison office with Seoul. 550 words moved by Claire Lee NKorea-SKorea-US-diplomacy-politics-nuclear,FOCUS SEOUL North Korea's spectacular destruction of its liaison office with the South is part of series of staged provocations to force concessions from Seoul and Washington, analysts say. 650 words 0700 GMT by Kang Jin-kyu -- EUROPE -- Syria-France-trial-fraud-Assad PARIS A Paris court is set to give its verdict in a trial on money laundering charges for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's uncle, who amassed a fortune in France over several decades. 450 words moved US-racism-politics-UN-rights-Africa,2ndlead GENEVA African countries are pushing for the UN's top rights body to launch a high-level investigation into "systemic racism" and police violence in the United States and beyond, according to a draft resolution. 650 words moved by Nina Larson -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Syria-conflict-US-sanctions,Q&A BEIRUT The United States is imposing new sanctions this week against the Syrian government over alleged crimes during the nine-year civil war just as Damascus hopes to launch post-conflict reconstruction. How will the sanctions affect Syria? 730 words moved by Rouba El Husseini. Picture. Video Also moved: Syria-conflict,FACTS Syria-conflict,CHRONO Iraq-economy-politics,FOCUS BAGHDAD Like she had done for years, Nisrine Saleh arrived at the bank to withdraw her monthly pension, paid by Iraq's government. But this time, the $920 disbursement was more than $100 short. 800 words moved by Ammar Karim -- AFRICA -- Tanzania-politics,WRAP DAR ES SALAAM Tanzanian President John Magufuli dissolves parliament to allow for elections in October, pledging a "free and fair" vote in a country where the opposition has decried a climate of fear and violence. 500 words moved -- ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE -- Britain-health-virus-theatre,FOCUS LONDON London's West End has traditionally drawn people from all over the world to see its shows but theatres have been forced to reinvent themselves because of the coronavirus outbreak. 700 words moved by Pauline Froissart. Picture. Video ICoast-entertainment-television,FOCUS ABIDJAN "Cacao", an Ivorian TV soap, has ambitions as outsized as the shoulder pads that Joan Collins wore in "Dallas," the 1980s drama to which it is being likened. 600 words moved by Patrick Fort. Picture. Video afp
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