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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + US top court makes landmark ruling for LGBT rights + Atlanta mayor orders reforms after police shooting + US ends emergency clearance for hydroxychloroquine + Trump to halve troops in 'delinquent' ally Germany + Oscars postponed two months because of coronavirus US-court-LGBT-rights,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Supreme Court rules that employers cannot discriminate against workers because of their sexual orientation, delivering a landmark victory for millions of gay and transgender Americans. 700 words 0200 GMT by Charlotte Plantive. Picture. Video US-police-racism-shooting-politics,WRAP ATLANTA, Georgia The mayor of Atlanta orders immediate police reforms after the fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer in the US city sparked further outrage over the deaths of African-Americans at the hands of law enforcement. 750 words moved by Wes Bruer and Chris Lefkow. Picture. Video Also moved: US-police-racism-shooting-politics-Bottoms,PROFILE Health-virus-hydroxychloroquine,lead WASHINGTON The United States withdraws emergency use authorizations for two antimalarial drugs favored by President Donald Trump to treat the new coronavirus, effectively shutting the door on the politically charged treatments. 500 words moved US-Germany-NATO-military-politics-trade,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump says he will halve the number of US troops in Germany because Berlin is "delinquent" in contributions to NATO and treats the United States "badly" on trade. 600 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture Entertainment-US-film-health-virus-Oscars,2ndlead LOS ANGELES Next year's Oscars have been postponed by eight weeks to April 25 after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered movie theaters and wreaked havoc on Hollywood's release calendar, the Academy says. 550 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP BRUSSELS A raft of EU nations reopen their borders to fellow Europeans, but a new coronavirus outbreak in China and surging death tolls in the Americas underline the bleak struggles still ahead in the pandemic. 800 words 0200 GMT by Dave Clark, with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-China,lead BEIJING China reports another 27 domestically transmitted coronavirus cases in Beijing, where a fresh cluster linked to a wholesale food market has sparked WHO concern and prompted a huge trace and test programme. 400 words 0300 GMT by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Saudi-hajj,FOCUS RIYADH Saudi Arabia is expected to scale back or call off this year's hajj pilgrimage for the first time in its modern history, observers say, a perilous decision as coronavirus cases spike. 750 words 0230 GMT by Anuj Chopra with AFP bureaus. File vide. File picture Also moving: Health-virus-Britain-US-economy,INTERVIEW Health-virus-Israel-technology,FOCUS -- RACISM -- US-police-racism-shooting-politics-Bottoms,PROFILE WASHINGTON Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has earned praise for her handling of turbulent anti-racism protests, boosting her prospects of becoming Joe Biden's running mate and potentially America's first black female vice president. 650 words moved by Michael Mathes US-politics-unrest-racism-police-law,FOCUS WASHINGTON US police have wide latitude and extensive legal protections for the use of lethal force on suspects, and get little training in alternatives such as de-confliction techniques to manage hostile situations without pulling their guns. 700 words 0400 GMT by Paul Handley. Picture Switzerland-US-politics-racism-police-Nigeria,FOCUS GENEVA George Floyd's shocking death in police custody in the US has sparked belated soul-searching in Switzerland over the death of a Nigerian man two years ago in Lausanne in seemingly similar circumstances. 700 words 0200 GMT by Agnes Pedrero. Picture Britain-politics-racism,2ndlead LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a government review into "all aspects of inequality" following a wave of anti-racism protests in Britain, but is accused of using it to delay real action. 600 words moved by Alice Ritchie. File picture. File video France-race-politics PARIS As France reels from allegations of racism in the ranks of its police, a debate has resurfaced on lifting a longstanding ban on race-related population data, which some say could help paint a clearer picture of inequality in the country. 500 words moved by Mariette Le Roux -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Japan-computers-lifestyle-women-geisha,FOCUS HAKONE, Japan Japanese geisha "Chacha" sits on her knees with her fingertips neatly placed on the wooden floor, gracefully bowing to an audience sitting not metres but miles away, watching online. 700 words 0230 GMT by Harumi Ozawa. Picture. Video Australia-indigenous-music-health-virus,FOCUS BRISBANE, Australia Indigenous musicians used to performing for a few hundred people in Australia's remote far north have seen audiences swell by the tens-of-thousands as their online gigs go global during the pandemic. 600 words 0230 GMT by Holly Robertson. Picture. --AMERICAS -- Yemen-conflict-UN-children-rights-Saudi,lead UNITED NATIONS Campaigners react angrily to removal of the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen from a list of groups violating children's rights, in a report by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. 500 words 0300 GMT by Philippe Rater US-politics-Trump-rally-health-virus,2ndlead WASHINGTON President Donald Trump rejects pleas from Tulsa, Oklahoma, not to risk aggravating coronavirus risks by holding a rally there, announcing he wants to triple the crowd to 60,000 people. 650 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture -- EUROPE -- Russia-US-trial-espionage,WRAP MOSCOW A Russian court sentences former US marine Paul Whelan to 16 years in a penal colony for espionage in a case that has strained ties with Washington and fuelled speculation of a prisoner swap. 600 words moved by Maxime Popov. Picture. Video Germany-politics-farright-homicide-trial FRANKFURT A German neo-Nazi goes on trial on charges of murdering pro-refugee politician Walter Luebcke, in a case that shocked the country and highlighted the growing threat of right-wing extremism. 600 words 0200 GMT by Michelle Fitzpatrick -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-politics-protest,WRAP BEIRUT The Lebanese army says dozens have been arrested for "vandalism", after days of protests triggered by a plunging local currency amid the worst economic crisis in decades. 600 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-unrest,WRAP BAMAKO An ambush on a military convoy in central Mali left 24 soldiers dead and an unspecified number missing, the army says, blaming the assault on jihadists. 500 words moved Sudan-grave-army,WRAP KHARTOUM Sudan's public prosecutor announces the discovery of a mass grave containing conscripts allegedly killed after trying to flee a military camp in 1998 under ousted president Omar al-Bashir's regime. 550 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture -- ENVIRONMENT -- Health-virus-conservation-Europe-environment-wildlife,FOCUS PARIS Four wolves chase a herd of red deer through the central Italian town of Scanno, passing across front lawns and shuttered restaurant terraces. Across Europe and around the world, stay-at-home orders have allowed some animals to recolonise -- or at least revisit -- urbanised spaces, in which their kind once roamed free. 1,200 words 0200 GMT by Phineas Rueckert. Picture Health-virus-climate-science-Lovelock,INTERVIEW PARIS James Lovelock -- founder of the Gaia theory and, arguably, the field of Earth system science -- thinks the world has lost perspective in responding to the new coronavirus, and should focus on a far more formidable foe: global warming. 750 words 0300 GMT by Marlowe Hood. File picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr-health-virus,PREVIEW LONDON The Premier League returns on Wednesday after 100 days in the deep freeze, with Liverpool on the brink of winning the title in a radically changed football universe. 700 words moved by Steven Griffiths. File picture Also moved: Fbl-ENG-Pr-fixtures Fbl-ENG-Pr,TABLE Also moving: Fbl-ENG-Pr-season afp
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