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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Millions under new lockdowns as virus surges + China vows to retaliate to Trump's HK move + Apple wins EU battle over 13 bn euro tax case + NY Times says moving staff out of Hong Kong + Study foresees world population 2 bn below forecast Health-virus,WRAP HONG KONG Millions of people face new coronavirus restrictions as infections surge, but in one sign of hope, an American firm says it will soon start final-stage human trials for a possible vaccine. 700 words moved by Qasim Nauman with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Hongkong-China-politics-US-trade-sanctions,WRAP US President Donald Trump strips Hong Kong of preferential trade treatment and authorized sanctions on banks over China's clampdown in the financial hub, infuriating Beijing which vowed to retaliate. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture EU-taxation-Apple,WRAP BRUSSELS The EU suffers a major setback in its effort to curb profit-shifting as a European court annuls an order that Apple repay Ireland 13 billion euros ($15 billion) in back taxes. 600 words moved by Alex Pigman HongKong-China-politics-media-NYTimes,WRAP HONG KONG The New York Times said it was moving its digital news hub from Hong Kong to South Korea as a result of a national security law Beijing imposed on the city last month and trouble obtaining visas. 600 words moved by Jerome Taylor World-population-economy-migration-diplomacy PARIS Earth will be home to 8.8 billion people in 2100, two billion fewer than current UN projections, according to a major study that foresees new global power alignments shaped by declining fertility rates and greying populations. 800 words moved by Marlowe Hood. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Weakened by his pandemic response and disarmed politically in the face of an elusive adversary, US President Donald Trump is struggling to bounce back with 110 days to go before the election. 600 words 1500 GMT by Jerome Cartillier. Picture. Video France-gaming-Ubisoft-harassment-Canada,FOCUS MONTREAL Sexist behavior, discrimination, complaints that go ignored: employees at Ubisoft Montreal, which bills itself as the world's largest gaming studio, tell of a "climate of terror" as the French group struggles with a sexual harassment scandal. 700 words 1500 GMT Anne-Sophie Thill with Jules Bonnard in Paris. File picture -- EUROPE -- NMacedonia-vote,WRAP SKOPJE North Macedonia votes in a tight parliamentary election where the winners will face a deadly coronavirus outbreak and the start of talks to join the European Union. 600 words 1500 GMT by Darko Duridanski. Picture. Video Also moved: NMacedonia-vote,FACTS NMacedonia-vote,PROFILE Belarus-vote-opposition-protests,lead MOSCOW Belarus says that protesters could face serious criminal charges after dozens were arrested at demonstrations over the removal of opposition candidates from the presidential poll. 600 words 1530 GMT by Tatyana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-unrest-politics,WRAP BAMAKO Envoys from Mali's neighbours in West Africa, led by former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, head to Bamako to mediate in an escalating political crisis ahead of new high-risk protests. 600 words 1530 GMT by Serge Daniel. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Palestinians-economy-Israel,FOCUS RAMALLAH For Palestinians already hit financially by the coronavirus pandemic, a new round of restrictions has added to their woes as infections in the occupied West Bank spike again. 600 words moved by Hossam Ezzedine Lebanon-economy-crime,FOCUS Zakaria al-Omar was walking through Beirut when a stranger robbed him at knifepoint while tearfully explaining his family needed food, a desperate crime of a kind that has become more common in crisis-torn Lebanon. 660 words moved by Rouba El-Husseini -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-education,FOCUS HONG KONG China's new security law has sent a chill through Hong Kong's schools and universities with many teachers fearful the city's reputation for academic freedom and excellence is now at risk. 700 words moved by Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi. File Picture Health-virus-India-Bihar,SCENE PATNA, India Thousands of Indians ignore social distancing rules to throng markets in Patna, desperate to stock up on essentials before midnight when Bihar state's 125 million inhabitants go into coronavirus lockdown. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- India-US-economy-Google-Reliance-Ambani-retail,WRAP MUMBAI Google will buy a $4.5 billion stake in Reliance's digital unit and jointly develop an entry-level smartphone with the Indian conglomerate, the two companies say, as global tech giants race to grab a share of the country's massive market. 550 words moved by Vishal Manve. Picture Japan-Nissan-automobile TOKYO Nissan unveils the Ariya, a new 100-percent electric crossover model that the boss of the struggling Japanese car manufacturer says will open a "new era" in the firm's fortunes. 400 words moved. Picture afp
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