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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Lebanon leaders face rage over blasts + Global pandemic cases pass 19 million + New York sues NRA for financial fraud + Sri Lanka's Rajapaksas secure big win + Online fame for beatboxing Japan monk Lebanon-blast,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon's leadership faces growing rage after a massive explosion laid waste to large parts of central Beirut with security forces firing tear gas at a small demonstration. 850 words 0230 GMT by Jean-Marc Mojon and Valerie Leroux. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live video Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Worldwide coronavirus cases pass 19 million as the US daily death toll reaches a three-month high of over 2,000 -- new figures that highlight a worrying COVID-19 progression pushing many countries to tighten restrictions. 750 words 0200 GMT by Becca Milfeld with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-crime-weapons-lobbying-NRA,WRAP NEW YORK The state of New York sues the National Rifle Association and its leader Wayne LaPierre for financial fraud and misconduct, aiming to dissolve the powerful US conservative lobby. 700 words moved by Paul Handley. File Picture SriLanka-vote,WRAP COLOMBO Sri Lanka's ruling Rajapaksa brothers have secured a two-thirds majority in parliamentary elections, giving them powers to change the constitution and unravel democratic safeguards, final results show. 650 words moved by Amal Jayasinghe. Picture Japan-religion-music-Buddhism-virus-health,FOCUS TOKYO The music grows gradually: first a snare drum-like beat, then a throaty drone layered on top, followed by high-pitched humming. And then the monk begins to chant the heart sutra. 500 words 0230 GMT by Sarah Lai. Picture. Video -- BEIRUT BLAST -- Lebanon-blast-Macron,SCENE BEIRUT White shirt sleeves rolled up, Emmanuel Macron wades through cheering crowds in the devastated streets of Beirut where disaster survivors plead with him to help get rid of their reviled ruling elite. 550 words moved by Valerie Leroux. Picture. Video Lebanon-blast-politics,POINTS BEIRUT With anger mounting over the epic destruction caused by the Beirut port blast and a country already mired in its worst ever economic crisis, what impact will the tragedy have on Lebanese politics? 750 words moved by Acil Tabbara. Picture. Graphic. Video Lebanon-blast-food,FOCUS BEIRUT Precious wheat spilled out of disembowelled silos, mixing with soot, debris and cement: Beirut's port blast has gutted Lebanon's largest grain storage and sparked public panic over bread shortages. 750 words 0300 GMT by Maya Gebeily. Picture. Video Also moved: Lebanon-blast-solidarity,SCENE Lebanon-blast-ammonium-nitrate,FACTS Lebanon-blast-aid-diaspora,FOCUS -- AMERICAS -- US-China-Taiwan-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe warns his US counterpart in a phone call to avoid firing up bilateral tensions, a day after Washington angered Beijing by announcing it would send a senior official to visit Taiwan. 650 words moved by Paul Handley with Ludovic Ehret in Beijing. File picture US-economy-employment-unemployment-indicator WASHINGTON The promising jobs recovery in May and June may have come to a screeching halt in July as COVID-19 cases spiked and newly rehired workers in some states were sent home. 550 words 0130 GMT by Heather Scott Argentina-environment-weather,FOCUS ROSARIO, Argentina Ravaged by drought, the Parana Delta in Argentina, one of the largest and most biodiverse in the world, has been burning like never before since the beginning of the year. 600 words 0130 GMT by Jorgelina Hiba. Picture. Video Health-virus-children,POINTS WASHINGTON We know for sure children are less likely to fall ill from the coronavirus, and emerging evidence suggests they're less likely to be infected too. What's less clear is how much they spread the virus once infected. 850 words moved US-Iran-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON The envoy leading President Donald Trump's hardline push on Iran quits, three months before an election that could reorient US policy. 550 words moved by Shaun Tandon. File picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY/TECH -- US-IT-politics-media,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Twitter and Facebook announce moves to thwart efforts to deceive or divide voters as the US nears a contentious presidential election. 700 words moved by Glenn Chapman, with Rob Lever in Washington -- ASIA -- Pakistan-China-India-rights,FOCUS ISLAMABAD Even as Pakistan is this week drawing international attention to the plight of Muslims in Indian Kashmir, Islamabad has stayed conspicuously silent about another embattled Muslim community -- China's Uighur population. 700 words 0330 GMT -- EUROPE -- Belarus-vote,ADVANCER MINSK Belarus holds presidential polls on Sunday with a surge in public support for a novice opposition candidate posing the greatest challenge in years to long-ruling strongman Alexander Lukashenko. 550 words by Tatiana Kalinovskaya with Anna Malpas in Moscow. Picture. Video Also moving: Belarus-vote,FACTS Belarus-vote-Lukashenko,PROFILE France-nightclub-music-Health-virus PARIS Unauthorised rave parties, long a fringe pastime with a hardcore techno following, have found a new fan base among young people in Paris denied a dance floor by the coronavirus outbreak. 700 words 0330 GMT. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Saudi-internet-politics,FOCUS RIYADH Online armies of self-styled Saudi patriots riding a wave of state-led nationalism attack critics and what they call "traitors" of the kingdom -- but their growing clout has left the government uneasy. 780 words 0330 GMT by Anuj Chopra -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Rwanda-police KIGALI Rwandans caught breaking curfew or not wearing masks are being sent to stadiums in droves for all-night lectures on the dangers of coronavirus, as the country maintains a tough approach to stem its spread. 600 words 0330 GMT. Video. Picture -- SPORT -- Cricket-IND-IPL,FEATURE NEW DELHI Long before anyone had dreamed of the IPL's glitz and glamour, a provincial cricket tournament played in India's searing summer heat helped bring some of the country's greatest cricketers to national recognition. 750 words 0200 GMT by Faisal Kamal. File picture afp
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