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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + WHO urges calm as China virus death toll nears 1,900 + Afghan president Ghani clinches second term + Weinstein rape trial jury to begin deliberations + Bezos launches $10 bn fund to combat climate change + US Boy Scouts file for bankruptcy China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING The death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak rises again but Chinese and international health officials seek to calm global nerves, citing a study showing most cases are mild and warning against excessive measures to contain the epidemic. 800 words moved by Laurent Thomet. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: China-health-virus-education China-health-virus-rights Afghanistan-politics-election,WRAP KABUL Ashraf Ghani secures a second term as president of Afghanistan, lining him up to become the man negotiating with the Taliban over his country's future if the US agrees to withdraw its troops. 750 words 1430 GMT by Emal Haidary and Sarah Titterton. Picture. Video Also moved: Afghanistan-vote-candidates-Ghani,PROFILE US-entertainment-abuse-trial-Weinstein,WRAP NEW YORK Jurors will begin deliberating the fate of ex-Hollywood titan Harvey Weinstein in his high-profile sex crimes trial that marked a watershed moment in the #MeToo movement. 550 words 1530 GMT by Thomas Urbain. Picture. Video Climate-environment-US-Amazon,WRAP WASHINGTON Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to a new fund to tackle climate change but activists urge the world's richest man to first clean up the e-commerce giant's own lackluster environmental record. 650 words moved. File picture US-Scouts-justice-bankruptcy,WRAP WASHINGTON The Boy Scouts of America files for bankruptcy in what it says is an effort to safeguard compensation payouts for sexual abuse victims. 550 words 1700 GMT. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- China-health-virus-Japan-ship,3rdlead YOKOHAMA, Japan Another 88 people from a cruise ship off Japan test positive for the new coronavirus, as those free of the disease hope they are spending their last night on board before disembarking. 700 words moved by Harumi Ozawa. Picture. Video China-health-virus-research,FACTS BEIJING Most people infected by the new coronavirus in China have mild symptoms, with older patients and those with underlying conditions most at risk from the disease, according to a study by Chinese researchers. 700 words moved China-health-virus-IT-earnings-Apple,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Apple announces it will miss its March quarter revenue forecast and global iPhone supplies will fall because of the deadly coronavirus epidemic, triggering a fall in Asian stock markets. 700 words moved China-health-virus-economy,FOCUS MELBOURNE Normally bustling century-old Chinatowns from Melbourne to San Francisco have fallen quiet and businesses are struggling to survive as fears over the deadly novel coronavirus outbreak ripple around the world. 600 words moved by Sean Gleeson. Picture. Video China-health-virus-sport,ANALYSIS HONG KONG The coronavirus exposes an ignorance of China's lucrative sports market and poor contingency planning, experts say, after Formula One became the most high-profile casualty of a mass pullout from the country. 650 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File Picture -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Syria-conflict,WRAP BEIRUT Syrian troops press an offensive on the last rebel enclave in the country where record displacement figures are sparking fears of an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. 600 words 1500 GMT by Jean-Marc Mojon. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Turkey-rights-trial,WRAP SILIVRI, Turkey A Turkish court acquits leading businessman and rights defender Osman Kavala in a highly controversial trial over the anti-government "Gezi Park" protests of 2013. 600 words 1430 GMT by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture. Video Russia-AIDS-internet,FOCUS MOSCOW While much of the world is focused on the new coronavirus, Russia in recent days has seen a surge of interest in HIV testing, all thanks to a new film by a young YouTube star. 570 words 1430 GMT by Olga Rotenberg and Maxime Popov Britain-Scotland-politics-climate-COP26,FOCUS GLASGOW Rising security costs, lack of planning and tensions between Scottish nationalists and the British government have cast a shadow of uncertainty over the UN's COP 26 climate change summit. 700 words 1500 GMT by Stuart Graham. File picture -- AFRICA -- Cameroon-unrest-massacre-UN-rights,WRAP CAMEROON The United Nations calls on Cameroon to conduct an independent investigation into the "shocking" killing of 23 villagers in a troubled English-speaking region and to ensure the perpetrators be held accountable 500 words moved by Nina Larson -- BUSINESS -- Netherlands-Russia-court-Yukos,WRAP THE HAGUE A Dutch court upholds an appeal by shareholders of the dismantled Russian oil giant Yukos in a long-awaited ruling, boosting their fight in a $50 billion case for compensation. 650 words moved by Jan Hennop with Andrea Palasciano in Moscow. File picture HongKong-Britain-banking-HSBC-results,WRAP LONDON Asia-focused banking giant HSBC axes 35,000 jobs and posted slumping annual profits, as it also warns over the impact of the deadly coronavirus. 650 words 0930 GMT by Roland Jackson with Jerome Taylor in Hong Kong. Picture -- LIFESTYLE AND ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-Britain-music-awards LONDON Teen sensation Billie Eilish is set to premiere her new James Bond theme tune at the Brit Awards, while rappers Stormzy and Dave and indie newcomer Lewis Capaldi vie for glory at British pop's biggest night. 550 words moved by Joe Jackson. File picture Lifestyle-Britain-fashion LONDON British style, sustainable collections and Chinese participation on the slide: these are the main takeaways from London Fashion Week. 650 words 1500 GMT by Pauline Froissart. Picture afp
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