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| - Duty Editor: Anita Chang Beattie Contact: anita.beattie@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Stir-crazy Spaniards jog, skate, breathe as lockdown eased + NKorea's Kim said to make first public appearance in weeks + Warren Buffett reports $50 bn loss as virus roils markets + Boris Johnson, partner name new baby boy Health-virus,WRAP MADRID Spaniards take to the streets to jog, cycle and rollerskate for the first time following 48 days of confinement as some European nations cautiously ease virus lockdowns while Russia reports a sudden surge in its infections. 950 words 2000 GMT by Laurence Boutreux with AFP bureaus. Picture NKorea-politics-Kim,WRAP SEOUL North Korea's Kim Jong Un has made his first public appearance in nearly three weeks, state media reports, following intense speculation that the leader of the nuclear-armed nation was seriously ill or possibly dead. 800 words moved by Claire Lee. Picture. File picture. Video Health-virus-earnings-investments-US WASHINGTON Hard-hit by the market rout surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, Berkshire Hathaway, the holding company of Warren Buffett, reports first-quarter net losses of nearly $50 billion. 400 words moved. File picture Health-virus-Britain-politics-Johnson-baby LONDON Boris Johnson's fiancee, Carrie Symonds, says they have named their newborn son after their grandfathers and the hospital doctors who treated the British prime minister for COVID-19. 250 words moved -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-France-emergency,3rdlead PARIS France will extend a health emergency imposed to fight the new coronavirus for another two months until July 24, Health Minister Olivier Veran says. 450 words moved. Picture Health-virus-Germany-migrants,FOCUS BERLIN In a community centre in Berlin, two large rooms are filled with the clunk and whirr of sewing machines, rolls of colourful fabric strewn across the tables. About a dozen migrants from countries including Iran and Afghanistan are busy making face masks to donate to the community. 650 words moved by Femke Colborne. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-education-Eton,lead LONDON Britain's Eton College has announced a £100 million ($125 million, 113-million-euro) drive to improve educational opportunity after growing evidence the coronavirus outbreak is hitting rich and poor differently. 500 words moved. File picture Health-virus-Bosnia-Yugoslavia-Tito-history,FOCUS BUGOJNO, Bosnia In the Bosnian town where the late Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito used to hunt for bears, a small group of admirers try to keep flickers of his legacy alive in a community scarred by war. 700 words moved by Rusmir Smajilhodzic. Picture. Video Kazakhstan-politics,WRAP NUR-SULTAN Kazakhstan's president dismisses the eldest daughter of his veteran predecessor Nursultan Nazarbayev as senate speaker, triggering fresh speculation over a power struggle in the energy-rich Central Asian state. 450 words moved by Dana Rysmukhamedova. File picture -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-SAfrica,FOCUS LETSITELE, South Africa From his garden in South Africa's remote Limpopo province, Gilbert Phakola chuckled at a group of healthcare workers knocking on doors to test rural inhabitants for coronavirus. 750 words moved by Philippe Alfroy. File picture Health-virus-DRCongo-prisoners,FOCUS KINSHASA The coronavirus has breached the walls of DR Congo prisons with potentially catastrophic consequences for the overcrowded facilities, charity groups say. 500 words moved by Samir Tounsi. File picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-pandemic-epidemic-disease MUMBAI Rock legend Mick Jagger and Hollywood's Will Smith will be among dozens of international and Bollywood stars who will take part in a four-hour concert Sunday to raise funds for the battle against coronavirus in India where the number of cases is surging. 300 words moved. File picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Cuba-culture-sport,FOCUS HAVANA These are hot, humid days in Havana. When the afternoon breeze sweeps in off the sea, William Roblejo steps onto the roof of his building, draws his bow across the strings of his violin, and runs through his repertoire of music to soothe an anxious city. 600 words moved by Rigoberto Diaz. Picture. Video afp
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