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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump dons mask as virus spread speeds up + Call for calm after deadly Mali unrest + Poland votes in knife-edge runoff + Pope condemns Hagia Sophia mosque move + Champagne fizzes from humble radish Health-virus,WRAP BETHESDA, Washington US President Donald Trump finally yields to pressure and wears a face mask in public for the first time, as new figures show the pace of the global spread of the coronavirus has accelerated. 800 words moved by Daniel Woolls with AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Mali-politics-unrest,WRAP BAMAKO A Malian protest leader appeals for calm after four more people are killed in escalating demonstrations demanding President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's resignation, in the West African country's worst civil unrest for years. 650 words 1600 GMT by Serge Daniel and Amaury Hauchard. Picture. Video Poland-vote,WRAP WARSAW Poles vote in a knife-edge presidential run-off between a populist incumbent closely allied with US President Donald Trump and a europhile liberal challenger, with experts saying the result will define the future of the country's young democracy. 650 words 1500 GMT by Dario Thuburn and Mary Sibierski. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Poland-vote,FACTS Turkey-religion-heritage-Hagia-Sophia,WRAP VATICAN CITY Pope Francis joins an international chorus of condemnation of Turkey's move to convert Istanbul's most recognised landmark, the Hagia Sophia, back into a mosque. 500 words 1530 GMT by Ljubomir Milasin. Picture Lifestyle-France-virus-champagne PARIS Forget Beluga caviar, foie gras or smoked salmon. The food that goes best with the finest Champagne is the humble radish. 600 words moved by Olga Nedbaeva. File picture -- EUROPE -- Serbia-Kosovo-EU-diplomacy,WRAP BRUSSELS The EU says long-stalled talks between Serbia and Kosovo are "back on track" after a video meeting between the two leaders. 550 words moved by Damon Wake Turkey-court-HagiaSophia-religion,FACTS NICOSIA Istanbul's Hagia Sophia is to reopen as a mosque after an almost nine-decade hiatus in the latest tussle with Christianity over religious sites. The move is the latest of many such conversions over the centuries. 700 words moved. Picture. File picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's top education official presses for school reopenings in the fall even as resurgent COVID-19 infections raise criticism that a premature return to classes risks greater spread of the disease. 600 words 1530 GMT by Brian Knowlton Health-virus-Canada-restaurant,VIDEOESSAY MONTREAL In one Montreal restaurant, patrons are getting a fashion and food two-for-one: Mannequins placed at tables not only ensure social distancing but also sport chic outfits that can be purchased to benefit charity. 400 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-economy-currency,FOCUS NEW YORK Tenino had become a ghost town, and small businesses were struggling to survive amid the coronavirus pandemic, so local officials revived an unconventional idea from the last century: printing the town's own currency on thin planks of wood. 650 words moved by Daniel Hoffman. Picture. Video US-computers-stocks-health-politics,FOCUS NEW YORK Tech stocks were going strong even before COVID-19, but behavioral shifts during the pandemic have lifted the sector further into the stratosphere, leaving the broader stock market far behind. 700 words moved by John Biers. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Iran TEHRAN Iran's supreme leader calls the resurgence of the novel coronavirus in the Islamic republic "truly tragic" and urges all citizens to help stem what has been the region's deadliest outbreak. 500 words 1530 GMT. Picture Health-virus-Israel JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledges immediate financial aid for citizens whose livelihoods have been devastated by the coronavirus, amid mounting anger over the pandemic response. 450 words 1500 GMT Yemen-UN-environment-energy,FOCUS DUBAI Yemen's Huthi rebels have given UN inspectors the green light to inspect an oil tanker abandoned off the coast with 1.1 million barrels of crude on board, which experts say could rupture at any time. 800 words 1500 GMT by Omar Hasan and Sarah Stewart Libya-conflict-oil TRIPOLI A blockade of Libya's oil production will continue, forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar warn, despite the country's National Oil Corporation announcing this week the resumption of production. 400 words moved Iran-Ukraine-aviation-investigation,WRAP TEHRAN Iran says that the misalignment of an air defence unit's radar system was the key "human error" that led to the accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January. 500 words moved by Marc Jourdier. File picture Syria-conflict-Tunisia-children,FOCUS KAIROUAN, Tunisia Over WhatsApp from Tunisia, Taheyya has watched her grandchildren grow up in a displacement camp in war-torn Syria, where her son joined a jihadist group and was killed. 850 words moved by Caroline Nelly Perrot. Picture Health-virus-Israel-defence,INTERVIEW TEL AVIV Daniel Gold, who led the team that invented Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system, has a history of safeguarding the country against major threats. Now he has turned his sights on battling the coronavirus. 650 words moved by Ben Simon. Picture. Video Israel-diplomacy-economy-cycling,PROFILE TEL AVIV He has ridden in a cycle rally in the Emirates, recruited star cyclist Chris Froome to Israel's Tour de France team and was mentor to the first Israeli Formula One Driver. Israeli-Canadian billionaire Sylvan Adams is playing the sports card to try to change the image of Israel. 650 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Vietnam-politics-economy-technology,FOCUS HO CHI MINH CITY A tech-savvy population, a fast-growing economy, and the perks of being first in an emerging market -- Vietnamese entrepreneur Le Thanh saw the potential in booming Ho Chi Minh City for his start-up transforming coffee grounds into masks. 700 words moved by Tran Thi Minh Ha with Alice Philipson in Hong Kong. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- China-economy-growth,ADVANCER BEIJING China returned to growth in the second quarter after the coronavirus pandemic handed the world's second largest economy its first contraction in decades, according to an AFP poll of analysts. 550 words by Beiyi Seow -- ENTERTAINMENT/LIFESTYLE - Japan-art-offbeat TOKYO The Tokyo art exhibit opened to enthusiastic visitors, but many of those circulating weren't just there to soak in some culture -- they were casing the joint for a midnight raid. 650 words moved by Miwa Suzuki. Picture. Video afp
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