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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump under fire over election result comments + Kentucky city under curfew over racism protest + Navalny's family home and bank accounts frozen + Google pulls virtual tour of Australia's Uluru + Sparrows sing softer, 'sexier' during lockdown US-vote-politics-results,WRAP WASHINGTON Top Republicans and Democrats push back hard against President Donald Trump's suggestion he might not accept defeat in the November election, warning him the United States is not "North Korea." 750 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture. Video US-racism-police,WRAP LOUISVILLE, Kentucky Louisville is headed for another night under curfew after the Kentucky city was rocked by protests over the news that no one would face charges for the police killing of Breonna Taylor -- a decision her family lawyer blames on the "devil of racism." 800 words 0230 GMT by Camille Camdessus. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: US-racism-police,SCENE Russia-Navalny-Germany,WRAP MOSCOW Russian bailiffs put a freeze on opposition leader Alexei Navalny's flat and bank accounts days after his poisoning with a Novichok nerve agent, his spokeswoman says. 600 words moved by Anna Malpas. Picture. Video Australia-Google-Uluru-indigenous-internet SYDNEY Google has removed images from its Street View that allowed users to virtually walk on Australia's Uluru, a sacred Aboriginal site closed to tourists since last year, the company says. 250 words moved Science-animal-sparrow-virus WASHINGTON As the streets of San Francisco emptied out in the first months of the pandemic, the city's male birds began singing more softly and improving their vocal range, making them "sexier" to females, according to a new study. 350 words moved. Picture. Graphic -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Latam-deaths-million,PHOTOESSAY MEXICO CITY The global death toll from the coronavirus will soon pass the grim threshold of one million. Around one-third of those fatalities were in Latin America, where countries with overstretched medical resources are preparing for a further onslaught -- and relatives are left to contemplate the empty spaces their loved ones left behind. 850 words 0200 GMT by Lucia Lacurcia in Montevideo with AFP bureaus in Latin America. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- UN-summit,WRAP UNITED NATIONS China lashes out at the United States at a high-level UN meeting over its criticism on the coronavirus, with its envoy declaring, "Enough is enough!" 700 words moved by Philippe Rater with Valerie Leroux in Paris. Picture. Video US-vote-politics-Florida-Bloomberg MIAMI Florida's attorney general is calling for a probe into billionaire former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's fundraising of nearly $20 million to help convicted felons vote in the key swing state. 400 words moved by Leila Macor Also moved: US-vote-Texas,FOCUS US-vote-court-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON Protesters shouting "Honor her wish" heckle US President Donald Trump as he pays his respects to Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Supreme Court, invoking the liberal justice's deathbed plea not to be replaced until after the November election. 600 words moved by Jerome Cartillier. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-vote-court-issues,POINTS -- EUROPE -- Spain-Britain-literature-Shakespeare MADRID It was hidden away for centuries in the archives of a seminary in Spain, a rare edition of a Shakespeare play experts believe may be the earliest copy of his work to reach the country. 530 words moved by Hazel Ward. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Egypt-rime-rape-women-rights,FOCUS CAIRO A climate of fear has gripped Egypt's #MeToo movement as the arrests of witnesses in a high-profile rape case threaten to derail efforts to halt male sexual violence in the Arab country. 600 words 0230 GMT by Hager Harabech. File Picture Yemen-conflict,FOCUS MARIB, Yemen Hadi Ahmed wearily sets up a tent in Yemen's Marib province, after fleeing yet again in the government's last stronghold which is under intense pressure from Huthi rebels. 700 words 0330 GMT by Nabeel Al-Awzari with Shatha Yaish in Dubai. Picture. Video Yemen-conflict-transport,VIDEOESSAY TAEZ, Yemen Lorries filled to the brin with goods labour up and down the dangerously winding and precipitous road of Hayjat al-Abed, the mountainous lifeline to Yemen's third-largest city. 450 words 0300 GMT. Video. Picture. Health-virus-Iraq-children,FOCUS MOSUL, Iraq When Mosul ended its Covid-19 lockdown last month, health specialists faced a disheartening reality: a deterioration among youth with developmental disorders and special needs in the northern Iraqi city. 700 words 0300 GMT by Raad al-Jammas. Picture -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-politics-court-opposition,PROFILE ADDIS ABABA Jawar Mohammed, the Ethiopian media mogul-turned-opposition politician facing trial on terror charges, is no stranger to sparring with the government. 850 words 0400 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet. File picture. File video -- BUSINESS -- US-China-IT-court-politics-TikTok,WRAP WASHINGTON A federal judge urges the Trump administration to consider delaying a ban on new downloads of the popular video app TikTok and hinted he might block the government's order set to take effect on Sunday. 600 words moved by Rob Lever US-economy-unemployment-real-estate,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States saw a small but worrying rise in unemployment claims last week, underscoring its continued struggles to recover from the mass layoffs caused by the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Chris Stein -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-television-film-race,FOCUS NEW YORK Black directors including Jordan Peele ("Get Out"), Ryan Coogler ("Black Panther") and Barry Jenkins ("Moonlight") have enjoyed huge success in recent years -- but for many African-American filmmakers, Hollywood remains far from welcoming. 700 words 0130 GMT by Thomas Urbain -- SPORT -- Oly-2012-CHN-swim-police,INTERVIEW SHANGHAI Jiang Haiqi starred alongside the controversial Sun Yang in winning a historic relay swimming bronze medal for China at the London 2012 Olympics. But now he is doing national duty of a very different kind -- as a policeman saving lives on Shanghai's Huangpu River. 600 words 0200 GMT by Peter Stebbings with Lan Lianchao. Picture. Video. File picture afp
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