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| - Duty Editor: Barry Parker Tel: +33 64016 8343 -- TOP STORIES -- + Lockdown pain eases in China and parts of Europe + North Korea's Kim 'alive and well': Seoul + Britain 'turning tide' against virus, says back-to-work PM + Mnuchin predicts US economy will 'bounce back' + F1 Grand Prix organisers target July season start Health-virus,WRAP LONDON With Britain's Prime Minister back to work, Swiss stores reopening and Chinese and Norwegian children streaming back to school, governments are cautiously redrawing virus lockdowns as they grasp for economic relief until a vaccine can be found. 900 words 1100 GMT by David Harding with Sebastien Ricci in Beijing and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic NKorea-SKorea-politics-diplomacy,WRAP SEOUL North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is "alive and well", a top security adviser to the South's President Moon Jae-in says, downplaying rumours over Kim's health following his absence from a key anniversary. 650 words moved by Sunghee Hwang. Video Health-virus-Britain LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes his first public appearance in nearly a month after contracting the novel coronavirus, hailing progress on fighting the outbreak but warning of no imminent lifting of lockdown restrictions. 600 words 1030 GMT by Alice Ritchie. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-US-economy WASHINGTON US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin insists the US economy will come roaring back even amid warnings from another White House adviser of longer-term impacts of the coronavirus pandemic's unprecedented shock to the economy. 550 words moved. File picture Auto-Prix-season,WRAP PARIS The French Grand Prix is cancelled but Formula One CEO Chase Carey says he hopes a season drastically shortened by the coronavirus crisis can finally start in Austria on July 5, while the owners of the British Grand Prix's track are aiming to hold the race without spectators 500 words 0930 GMT by Raphaelle Peltier. Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy-religion ROME Italian Prime minister Giuseppe Conte comes under attack from Catholic bishops and even some of his own cabinet members for refusing to allow mass once the coronavirus lockdown is lifted. 450 words 0930 GTM by Dmitry Zaks. Picture Health-virus-Germany-politics FOCUS BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been praised at home and abroad for her reaction to the coronavirus crisis, but as voices of discontent grow louder, support for the government's strategy could be on the wane. 600 words 1000 GMT by Yacine Le Forestier Health-virus-France-Britain-streetart,FOCUS PARIS Having made their names skirting illegality, some of the world's best known street artists are posting their creations online rather than breach the coronavirus lockdowns. 700 words 1130 GMT by Natalie Handel. Picture. Video Sweden-SIPRI-military-spending-China-India STOCKHOLM Global military expenditure saw its biggest uptick in a decade in 2019, researchers say, marking the first year two Asian countries were among the top three spenders. 450 words moved Health-virus-Turkmenistan-racing ASHGABAT Turkmenistan flouts social distancing conventions introduced across the world in the face of the coronavirus pandemic with spectators packing a hippodrome for festivities honouring its national horse. 350 words moved. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Yemen-Saudi-conflict,WRAP RIYADH The Saudi-led military coalition in war-torn Yemen rejects a declaration of self-rule by separatists in the country's south and demands "an end to any escalatory actions". 700 words 1000 GMT. Video Health-virus-Iran-taxis,FOCUS TEHRAN Usually Tehran's tens of thousands of taxi drivers have to battle maddening traffic but now it is the coronavirus that is driving them round the bend. 600 words 1100 GMT by Ahmad Parhizi. Picture. Video Saudi-punishment-rights RIYADH Saudi Arabia ends the death penalty for crimes committed by minors after effectively abolishing floggings as the kingdom seeks to blunt criticism over its human rights record. 400 words moved -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- Markets-world,WRAP LONDON Equity markets rally as the rate of coronavirus deaths drops in several badly-hit countries and as leaders step up plans to reopen their economies, though oil prices tumble again with supply glut fears overshadowing output reductions. 650 words 1100 GMT Health-virus-ECB-EU-eurozone,ADVANCER FRANKFURT The European Central Bank has launched a series of never-before-seen measures to cushion the economic blow from the coronavirus pandemic but it looks set to reaffirm Thursday it will do more still, even if some of the options appear limited. 600 words moved by Tom Barfield -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Australia-internet SYDNEY Nearly two million Australians rush to download a new smartphone app designed to make coronavirus contact tracing easier, the government says, overlooking privacy concerns in the hope of speeding up the end of social-distancing lockdowns. 500 words moved by Andrew Beatty. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-food-economy,FOCUS WASHINGTON The coronavirus epidemic has emptied downtown Washington of its popular food trucks ever since their main customers -- lunchtime office workers -- fled in March the safety of their homes. 700 words moved by Cyril Julien. Picture Health-virus-US-Georgia-churches,SCENE TOWNSEND, Georgia With the biggest health crisis in the world forcing major places of worship to shut their doors, Shauna Riggs seeks spiritual comfort at The Smallest Church in America. 500 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-aviation,SCENE RAPID CITY, South Dakota Ghostly airports, countless flight cancellations, shops boarded up: the coronavirus pandemic has played havoc with air travel in the United States. A rare upside: no lines to get through the security checks. A close-up look at what it's like today to fly in the US. 450 words moved by Sebastien Duval. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Health-virus-fbl-tennis-socialmedia,FEATURE PARIS Across social media, sports stars denied the chance to play in front of a crowd are increasingly going "live" in sometimes surprising ways to connect with an audience. 700 words moved by Yassine Khiri. File picture Fbl-Asia-CHN-Drogba-Anelka,FOCUS SHANGHAI When Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka made surprising moves to China in 2012, they became the first Premier League stars to play in the country and put Chinese football on the map. 600 words moved. File picture afp
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