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| - Duty Editor: Joseph Boyle Tel: +33 641979813 -- TOP STORIES -- + Hospitals deluged as virus toll soars + Trump rows back on New York lockdown + North Korea test fires missiles + Virus handling boosts Merkel party + Celebrated Polish composer dies Health-virus-world,WRAP MADRID The coronavirus deluges hospitals across Europe and the US spurring a scramble for medical gear to combat a crisis that has killed more than 30,000 worldwide and brought ordinary life to a grinding halt. 0800 words 1200 GMT by Thomas Perroteau with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-US-NewYork-quarantine,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump decides against imposing a broad lockdown on New York and its neighbors after a strong pushback from local political leaders and warnings of the panic it could spark. 650 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture. Video NKorea-defence-diplomacy-virus,WRAP SEOUL North Korea fires what appear to be two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, the fourth such launch this month as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words moved by Sunghee Hwang Germany-politics-health-virus,FOCUS BERLIN Angela Merkel's long-struggling conservatives have rebounded in the polls as Germans back the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis and count on the outgoing chancellor to steer them through the unprecedented upheaval. 600 words 1000 GMT by Mathieu Foulkes Poland-music-Penderecki,OBIT WARSAW Polish composer and conductor Krzysztof Penderecki, who blazed a trail in classical music with innovative religious and symphonic works, has died aged 86 after a long illness. 700 words moved by Stanislaw Waszak. File pictures. File video -- AMERICAS -- health-virus-Panama,2ndlead PANAMA CITY Passengers on a virus-stricken cruise liner stranded off Central America are transferred to another ship, after the US-bound vessel was given permission to pass through the Panama Canal. 400 words moved. Picture Health-virus-US-technology,FOCUS NEW YORK The biggest reputational risk Facebook and other social media companies expected in 2020 was fake news surrounding the US presidential election. Misinformation about the novel coronavirus, however, has changed that. 900 words moved by Arthur MacMillan with W.G. Dunlop in Washington Health-virus-US-politics-Democrats,FOCUS WASHINGTON Three weeks ago, Joe Biden and rival Bernie Sanders were hosting rallies that attracted thousands. Today, they appear online as lonely candidates hunkered down in their homes, forced off the trail as the coronavirus pandemic upends the Democratic presidential primaries. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. File picture Colombia-Venezuela-US-drugs,lead BOGOTA A retired Venezuelan general who was charged by the United States with "narco-terrorism" along with President Nicolas Maduro and other officials has surrendered in Colombia to US authorities, prosecutors say. 450 words moved. File picture health-virus-Canada MONTREAL Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, the wife of Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has recovered from the novel coronavirus, she says. 200 words moved. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his erstwhile rival Benny Gantz announce "significant progress" in talks towards forming an emergency unity government amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. 500 words 1200 GMT by Jonah Mandel Saudi-Yemen-conflict,WRAP RIYADH Saudi air defences intercept ballistic missiles over Riyadh and a city on the Yemen border, leaving two civilians wounded in the capital that is under curfew to curb the spread of the coronavirus. 600 words moved Anuj Chopra. File picture Health-virus-Mideast-rights,FOCUS CAIRO Armoured vehicles in the streets, hundreds arrested, smartphone surveillance -- sweeping measures to fight the coronavirus have raised concerns in the Middle East over the erosion of already threatened human rights. 900 words moved -- AFRICA -- Mali-vote,WRAP BAMAKO Malians head to the polls for a long-delayed parliamentary election just hours after the country recorded its first coronavirus death and with the leading opposition figure kidnapped and believed to be in the hands of jihadists. 600 words moved by Kassim Traore and Amaury Hauchard. Picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-China-Wuhan,FOCUS WUHAN, China The ground-zero city of Wuhan is cautiously reopening after a two-month quarantine, but the birthplace of the global coronavirus pandemic is now on guard against a potential new threat: imported cases. 700 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng. Pictures. Video. -- BUSINESS -- Japan-Oly-Tokyo-economy-tourism-hotels,FOCUS TOKYO The shock postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has dealt a savage blow to Japan's hotels and tourism industry already reeling from the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. 650 words moved by Kyoko Hasegawa. File picture afp
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