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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + World leaders hold emergency online virus summit + New Zealand mosque shooter changes plea to guilty + Senate passes $2 trillion rescue plan for US economy + Ex-FBI agent missing for 13 years died in Iran custody + Fake cures, risky rumours: virus misinformation hits home Health-virus,WRAP MADRID World leaders are to hold an online emergency summit over the coronavirus crisis that has forced more than three billion people into lockdown and claimed 20,000 lives. 800 words 0700 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic NZealand-mosques-attack-court-plea,WRAP WELLINGTON An Australian far-right extremist charged with murdering 51 Muslim worshippers in last year's mass shooting at two New Zealand mosques unexpectedly flips his plea to guilty. 600 words moved. File Picture Health-virus-US-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Senate unanimously passes the nation's largest-ever rescue package, a $2 trillion lifeline to suffering Americans, critically depleted hospitals and an economy all ravaged by a rapidly spreading coronavirus crisis. 750 words 0630 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment-indicator US-Iran-diplomacy-prisoners,WRAP WASHINGTON A former FBI agent who mysteriously vanished in 2007 died in Iranian custody, his family concludes, saying US intelligence had made them give up 13 years of hope. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon Health-virus-internet-misinformation,FOCUS HONG KONG From being duped into taking poisonous "cures", to watching businesses crumble and avoiding life-saving medication, people are suffering devastating real-world impacts of a deluge of online virus misinformation. 800 words moved by Katie Forster -- ASIA -- Health-virus-China,SCENE HUANGGANG, Hubei Banners hang over streets warning that playing cards together is suicide and guards yell at crowds to separate: a Chinese city near the coronavirus ground zero remains far from normal even after emerging from a two-month quarantine lockdown. 600 words 0730 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng. Photo. Video Oly-2020-Tokyo-politics-virus-health-Abe,FOCUS TOKYO In 2016, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe broke with his staid public image to pop up in Rio dressed as Super Mario for the official handover of the Olympic Games to Tokyo. 750 words 0700 GMT by Hiroshi Hiyama. Oly-2020-Japan-culture-manga-cartoon,FOCUS TOKYO Next to a countdown showing the number of days to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is scrawled "just cancel it". Not a scene from real life but from "Akira", a remarkably prescient cult Japanese manga series. 600 words 0800 GMT by Etienne Balmer. Picture Singapore-economy-growth-health-virus,lead SINGAPORE Singapore's economy suffered its biggest contraction since the financial crisis during the first quarter as the coronavirus pandemic escalated, data shows, an ominous sign of the devastation being inflicted on the global economy. 550 words moved by Martin Abbugao Health-virus-Bangladesh-Myanmar-Rohingya-camps KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh The sewage-soaked alleys and cramped canvas and bamboo shacks that house one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are a horrifying scene for experts watching the coronavirus pandemic creep closer. 650 words moved by Suzauddin Rubel with Sam Jahan in Dhaka. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-AI,FOCUS WASHINGTON Could artificial intelligence systems have limited or even arrested the extent of the COVID-19 pandemic? 800 words moved by Rob Lever, with Julie Jammot in San Francisco Health-US-virus-comedy,FOCUS LOS ANGELES From quarreling couples to toilet paper hoarding, life under coronavirus lockdown across much of the United States has provided comedy material for those seeking light-hearted relief in these difficult times. 600 words moved by Andrew Marszal Health-virus-US-China-G7-diplomacy,3rdlead WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says that the Group of Seven powers are united in opposing China's coronavirus "disinformation," but European allies emphasise cooperation to fight the global pandemic. 600 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-G20 RIYADH Leaders of the G20 major economies will hold an online summit on Thursday in a bid to fend off a coronavirus-triggered recession, after criticism the group has been slow to address the crisis. 650 words moved by Anuj Chopra Yemen-conflict,Q&A DUBAI Five years after Saudi Arabia intervened in Yemen's civil war, leading a military coalition to prop up the government which had been driven out of its capital, the Huthi rebels are only stronger, more resilient and gaining ground. 800 words moved. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-economy-recession LONDON The coronavirus outbreak and resulting lockdown of billions of people threatens the global economy to the point where economists are predicting the most violent recession in recent history, perhaps even eclipsing the Great Depression. 700 words moved by Veronique Dupont. File picture Health-virus-Italy,lead ROME Italy's coronavirus infections rate slows for a fourth successive day as more evidence emerges that painful long lockdowns against the pandemic work. 500 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. Picture -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- Health-virus-economy-gold LONDON Gold, prized by investors in times of crisis as a safe haven, is experiencing surging demand in the face of the coronavirus outbreak -- from both commodity traders and retail buyers. 600 words moved by Kevin Trublet. File picture afp
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