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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump launches blitz for battleground states + Trump's Supreme Court pick in Senate hearing + Armenia, Azerbaijan under ceasefire pressure + Study confirms Covid reinfection is possible + Black hole captured devouring Sun-sized star US-vote,WRAP SANFORD, Florida Deprived of his beloved campaign trail for 10 days by Covid-19, Donald Trump rallies supporters in Florida, vowing that he is in "great shape" with 22 days to go until he faces Joe Biden in the election. 750 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic US-vote-court,WRAP WASHINGTON A divided US Senate draws battle lines over the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's pick to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, as protesters face off outside a hearing slammed as "reckless" amid a pandemic. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: US-vote-court-Barrett,PROFILE Armenia-Azerbaijan-Karabakh-conflict,WRAP STEPANAKERT, Azerbaijan Russia urges Armenia and Azerbaijan to immediately start observing a ceasefire agreed over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region as intense fighting between the two Caucasus rivals casts fresh doubt over the accord. 800 words moved by Aris Messinis with Dmitry Zaks in Barda. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-refugees,SCENE Health-virus-reinfections PARIS Covid-19 patients may experience more severe symptoms the second time they are infected, according to new research that confirms it is possible to catch the potentially deadly disease more than once. 550 words moved by Patrick Galey. File picture Science-space-star-black-hole PARIS Astronomers have captured the moment a supermassive black hole shredded a star the size of our Sun, releasing images showing the devastating process in unprecedented detail. 450 words moved by Patrick Galey. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-health-virus-Trump-politics,SCENE SANFORD, Florida Immune to Covid! Stronger than Joe Biden! Superman? Not quite, but Donald Trump wants America to know he's back. 650 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture US-vote-media-disinformation,FOCUS WASHINGTON A series of fast-paced, colorful and straight-talking public service announcements aim to arm US voters against false information, which has plagued the presidential election campaign. 700 words moved by Ian Timberlake US-vote-mail-fraud-law,FOCUS WASHINGTON Some 50,000 erroneous ballots in Ohio illustrate a surge of problems with voting by mail in the US election and fuel President Donald Trump's attacks on the practice. 650 words moved by Paul Handley -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US-vaccine,2ndlead WASHINGTON Johnson & Johnson says it has temporarily halted its Covid-19 vaccine trial because one participant had become sick. 400 words 0300 GMT Health-virus-US-research,FOCUS WASHINGTON Almost all documented coronavirus transmissions have occurred indoors, but experts say that wearing a mask outside is justified because there is still a risk of infection. 750 words 0130 GMT by Ivan Couronne Health-virus-Mexico-cult,FOCUS MEXICO CITY Their arms raised towards the sky, worshippers of Mexico's "saint" of death pray before a giant cloaked skeleton asking for protection from the coronavirus and its devastating economic fallout. 650 words 0130 GMT by Natalia Cano. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- NKorea-politics-diplomacy-Kim,FOCUS SEOUL Often seen grinning at a missile launch or holding forth to officials, Kim Jong Un has shown the world another side to himself: emotional. 650 words 0300 GMT by Sebastien Berger. File picture. File video Japan-economy-startups,FOCUS TOKYO Hampered by cautious investors and a rigid corporate culture, Japan has produced just a handful of major start-ups. But there are signs that could be changing, industry insiders say. 650 words 0230 GMT by Etienne Balmer. Picture -- EUROPE -- Belarus-politics-demonstration-police,WRAP MINSK Belarus threatens to fire on protesters to break up demonstrations against President Alexander Lukashenko, as EU foreign ministers agree to impose sanctions personally targeting the strongman leader. 750 words moved. Picture. Video Poland-Germany-Britain-history-WWII-bomb,WRAP WARSAW Hundreds of residents have been evacuated as Polish military divers began a delicate operation to defuse a massive World War II bomb in a channel near the Baltic Sea. 600 words moved by Stanislaw Waszak. Picture Ireland-France-Britain-court-extradition-murder,2ndlead DUBLIN Ireland's High Court rejects a third attempt by the French authorities to extradite a British man in connection with a long-running unsolved murder case. 450 words moved by Joe Stenson. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- SAfrica-politics-crime-racism,WRAP JOHANNESBURG South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa calls for calm, hoping to tamp down rising racial tension in his country following months of protests by white farmers over a spike in deadly attacks. 650 words moved. Picture Nigeria-unrest-demonstration-police LAGOS Thousands of people take to the streets in Nigeria as pressure mounts on the government to follow through on a promise to disband a feared police unit, leaving two more demonstrators dead. 500 words moved by Sophie Bouillon -- SPORT -- MMA-UFC-PHI-USA-Striegl HONG KONG Mark Striegl will become the first fighter from the Philippines in UFC when he makes his debut at the weekend having taken a mountain path forged by centuries of feared Filipino warriors and once followed by boxing great Manny Pacquiao. 650 words 0200 GMT by Mathew Scott. Picture Tennis-FRA-Open-ESP-Nadal-health-virus,INTERVIEW PARIS When Rafael Nadal beat the Argentinian Mariano Puerta in four sets to win his first major title at the French Open back in 2005, no one had any idea that it was the start of one of the most remarkable winning sequences in any sport. 600 words moved by Pablo Melian. Picture. Graphic afp
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