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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Italy's virus death toll overtakes China's + US fast-tracks malaria drugs to treat virus + Olympic flame arrives in Japan to little fanfare + Four hanged in India over 2012 bus gang-rape + Netflix slows streaming to ease strain on internet Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Italy surpasses China as the country with the most deaths from coronavirus as the UN chief warns "millions" could die if it spreads unchecked around the globe. 950 words 0130 GMT by Mariette Le Roux with Dmitry Zaks in Rome and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-US-treatment WASHINGTON The US is fast-tracking antimalarial drugs for use as a treatment against the new coronavirus, President Donald Trump says, following encouraging early results in France and China. 650 words 0230 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video Oly-2020-JPN-Japan-virus-health-torch,WRAP MATSUSHIMA AIR BASE, Japan The Olympic flame arrives in Japan to little fanfare, what should have been a joyous celebration dramatically pared back due to the coronavirus that has thrown the Tokyo Games into doubt. 700 words 0330 GMT by Quentin Tyberghien. Picture. Live video. Video India-crime,WRAP NEW DELHI India executes four men for the gang-rape and murder of a woman on a Delhi bus in 2012 that sparked huge nationwide protests and international revulsion. 550 words 0200 GMT by Jalees Andrabi. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moving: India-court-execution-crime,FACTS India-death-world-crime,FACTS Health-virus-EU-Netflix-internet BRUSSELS Netflix will reduce the quality of its streaming in Europe to ease pressure on the internet, it says, as demand soars across the continent where millions are confined to their homes over coronavirus fears. 300 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-politics-economy,2ndlead WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell presents a $1 trillion emergency relief package to combat the economic turmoil caused by the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. 600 words 0130 GMT by Elodie Cuzin Also moved: Health-virus-US-economy-politics,FOCUS Health-virus-diplomacy-US-G7,lead Health-virus-US-politics-Congress,FOCUS WASHINGTON With two US lawmakers testing positive for coronavirus and others entering quarantine, concerns are mounting in Congress -- where 200 members are 65 or older -- over the pandemic's impact on Capitol Hill. 650 words moved by Michael Mathes Health-US-virus-nursing-home,FOCUS LOS ANGELES As coronavirus sweeps the US, the instinct to search for culprits has intensified -- and nowhere more than the ravaged care home near Seattle where 35 people, mainly residents, have died. 600 words 0130 GMT by Andrew Marszal Health-virus-Brazil-Amazon,FOCUS CARAUARI, Brazil Located in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, a week's trip upriver by boat, Carauari is not a place that's easy to reach. But the global panic over the coronavirus pandemic has arrived. 700 words 0130 GMT by Vitoria Velez. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Asia-technology-science,FOCUS HONG KONG Electronic bracelets and phones that report your whereabouts, text messages if you stray too far from quarantine and digital detectives tracking where you've been -- Asian countries have embraced innovative, if somewhat invasive, tech to counter the coronavirus pandemic. 800 words 0300 GMT by Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video Health-virus-China-diplomacy,FOCUS BEIJING With millions of face masks, low interest loans and teams of medical experts, China is trying to position itself as a global saviour while deflecting criticism over its initial missteps in handling the coronavirus. 650 words 0330 GMT by Laurie Chen Also moving: Health-virus-HongKong-masks,FOCUS SKorea-business-aviation-fund,FOCUS SEOUL The "nut rage" heiress who forced a plane to turn back over her macadamias is fighting a bitter battle against her brother for control of the family airline, highlighting resistance to reform in South Korea's chaebols. 700 words 0300 GMT by Kang Jin-Kyu. File Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Russia-politics,FOCUS MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin has insisted that the economy can weather the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices, but the double crisis is a huge challenge to his promises to reduce poverty and boost growth. 750 words 0300 GMT by Andrea Palasciano Health-virus-France-Italy-funerals,FOCUS PARIS Families forced to stay away from their loved ones' funerals, mourners fined for following a hearse, and undertakers setting up live links to burials -- welcome to the new way of death in a Europe struggling to cope with the coronavirus. 750 words moved by Jean-Francois Guyot with Karine Perret. File picture -- AFRICA -- Guinea-constitution-vote,ADVANCER CONAKRY Guineans are set to vote Sunday on whether to adopt a new constitution; against a backdrop of mass protests against the move, coronavirus and possible internet cuts: 700 words 0330 GMT Health-virus-Africa,2ndlead LAGOS African countries led by Nigeria and South Africa ramp up action against coronavirus, a day after the continent recorded its first fatality from the disease and the UN's health chief warned it was time to "wake up" to the threat. 850 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Gaza,FOCUS GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Palestinians in Gaza may be trying to make light of coronavirus on social media, comparing lockdowns to the Israeli blockade, but fears of a disastrous outbreak in the Strip are growing. 750 words 0230 GMT by Adel Zaanoun with Joe Dyke in Ramallah. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-IS-Baghouz,SCENE BAGHOUZ, Syria A year after the last black flag of the Islamic State group was lowered in the Syrian village of Baghouz, local farmer Hamad al-Ibrahim is trying to restore his damaged land. 750 words 0330 GMT by Delil Souleiman. Picture. Video afp
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