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| - Duty Editor: James Edgar Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Europe, New York see progress in COVID-19 battle + 13 killed in Canada rampage, suspect dead + Australia to make Google, Facebook pay for news + Mali election runoff marred by intimidation + Muslims brace for bleak Ramadan amid virus Health-virus,WRAP NEW YORK Hard-hit European nations and the US epicenter New York report headway in their battle against the deadly pandemic as governments across the world debate how and when to ease lockdowns that have kept more than half of humanity confined and crippled the global economy. 950 words 0130 GMT by Catherine Triomphe with Mariette Le Roux in Paris and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Canada-crime-police-shooting,WRAP MONTREAL A gunman kills at least 13 people, one of them a constable, in a shooting rampage across rural Nova Scotia before being found dead following an hours-long manhunt after one of Canada's worst killing sprees in decades, federal police say. 600 words 0230 GMT. Picture Australia-internet-media-Google-Facebook,WRAP BRISBANE Australia announces it will begin forcing Google and Facebook to pay news companies for content, in a landmark move aimed at shielding traditional media from the tech giants' digital dominance. 500 words 0400 GMT by Holly Robertson. File Picture Mali-vote-unrest-health-virus,WRAP BAMAKO Acts of intimidation and allegations of vote buying marred the final round of legislative elections in Mali aimed at reviving confidence in embattled institutions despite a bloody jihadist conflict and a virus pandemic. 600 words moved by Serge Daniel. File picture Health-virus-Mideast-Ramadan,FOCUS RIYADH From cancelled iftar feasts to suspended mosque prayers, Muslims across the Middle East are bracing for a bleak month of Ramadan fasting as the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic lingers. 850 words 0300 GMT by Anuj Chopra with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US,WRAP NEW YORK The state of New York, epicenter of America's coronavirus infections, appears to have passed the peak of the outbreak, as President Donald Trump locks horns with governors over the pace of ending lockdowns. 650 words 0330 GMT by Catherine Triomphe. Picture Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain,2ndlead LONDON The British government insists that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is "on top of things" as he recovers from the coronavirus facing criticism of his early handling of the crisis. 620 words moved by James Pheby. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany BERLIN Germany takes its first steps back towards normality, with smaller shops opening up for the first time in a month after politicians declared the coronavirus "under control". 670 words 0330 GMT by Kit Holden. Picture Health-virus-France,3rdlead PARIS France's prime minister says the country was starting to beat back the coronavirus as the outbreak's death toll nears 20,000 and new hospitalisations continue a slow decline. 690 words moved by Mariette Le Roux. Picture. File picture. Video Syria-conflict-Germany-trial-warcrimes,FOCUS BERLIN When Anwar al-Bunni crossed paths with fellow Syrian Anwar Raslan in a DIY store in Germany five years ago, he recognised him as the man who had thrown him into prison around a decade earlier. The two men will face each other in a German court on Thursday. 700 words 0300 GMT by Yannick Pasquet. Picture Health-virus-Italy-agriculture,FOCUS FASANO, Italy Italian farmers are being brought to their knees by a six-week lockdown aimed at stopping a deadly epidemic in its tracks. They are also suffering a drought caused by the driest spring in over half a century. 550 words 0400 GMT by Giovanni Grezzi with Celine Cornu. Video. File Picture Greece-migrants-fire-unrest,2ndlead ATHENS A fire rips through one of Greece's largest migrant camps leaving widespread damage and many people homeless after the death of an Iraqi woman sparked unrest, officials say. 520 words moved by John Hadoulis. File picture. Graphic -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Israel-Holocaust-history,FOCUS JERUSALEM Berthe Badehi, who hid from the Nazis as a child during World War II, has become one of the many Holocaust survivors confined to their homes to evade the coronavirus. 700 words 0400 gmt by Michael Blum and Guillaume Lavallee -- SPORT -- Turkmentistan-football-health-virus-Fbl,FOCUS ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan Turkmenistan reboots its domestic football season, with fans returning to stadiums in one of the few countries yet to declare a case of coronavirus. 530 words moved by Anton Lomov with Christopher Rickleton in Almaty. Picture afp
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