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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + US leads multi-billion-dollar virus fightback + Biden locks in as likely Democratic candidate + China expels US journalists in major crackdown + Australia tells citizens to return home + Euro 2020 postponed over virus fears Health-virus,WRAP PARIS The United States and Britain lead a multi-billion-dollar global fightback against economic havoc wreaked by the coronavirus as the European Union shuts its borders to travellers from outside for 30 days. 800 words 0700 GMT by Stuart Williams. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic US-politics-vote-health-virus,WRAP MIAMI Joe Biden scores decisive victories in all three major Democratic primaries, earning him a nearly insurmountable lead over rival Bernie Sanders in their race for the party's presidential nomination. 750 words moved by Leila Macor with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic China-US-media-diplomacy,WRAP BEIJING China announces it will expel American journalists from three major US newspapers in one of the communist government's biggest crackdowns on the foreign press, escalating a bitter row over media freedoms. 700 words 0530 GMT by Laurent Thomet with Shaun Tandon in Washington Health-virus-travel-Australia,4thlead SYDNEY Australia tells its citizens not to travel abroad and warns those already overseas to rush home as it imposes unprecedented steps to choke off the spread of the coronavirus epidemic taking off Down Under. 600 words 0600 GMT by David Millikin Health-virus-Fbl-Euro-2020-UEFA-postponement,4thlead LAUSANNE, Switzerland The European Championship, due to be played in June and July this year, is postponed until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic, European football's governing body UEFA says. 750 words moved by Eric Bernaudeau with Andy Scott in Paris. File picture Also moved: Fbl-Eur-C1-UEFA-health-virus -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-China-recovery,FOCUS SHANGHAI As the rest of the world runs for cover from the coronavirus, Chinese restaurants are reopening, traffic and factories are stirring, and even its iconic "dancing aunties" are beginning to kick up their heels in parks and squares again. 700 words 0700 GMT by Dan Martin and Qian Ye. Pictures. Video Health-virus-Taiwan-religion,FOCUS TAIPEI Buddhist monk Chang Kuan delivers a sermon to an empty room, his words live-streamed to followers praying at home as Taiwan's faithful learn to cut back on mass gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Sean Chang. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany-television,lead FRANKFURT Germany's Big Brother contestants react with tears and concern when the host breaks the news of the coronavirus pandemic in a live TV special, lifting an information blackout that had kept residents unaware of the shutdowns sweeping Europe. 500 words moved by Michelle Fitzpatrick Health-virus-US-IT-crime,FOCUS WASHINGTON It may look like an email from a supervisor with an attachment on the new "work from home policy." But it could be a cleverly designed scheme to hack into your network. 700 words moved by Rob Lever Health-virus-US-lifestyle,FOCUS NEW YORK With New York restaurants closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, residents unused to eating at home are increasingly relying on the city's army of bicycle delivery men for their dinner. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-aviation-economy-finance,WRAP NEW YORK Fears of bankruptcies and calls for emergency bailouts sweep global airlines as the US warns the coronavirus crisis threatens the air travel industry more than the September 11 attacks. 700 words moved. File picture Health-virus-US-seniors,FOCUS DELRAY BEACH, Florida Florida, often called "the grayest state" in the US because so many elderly retire here, is facing up to the fact that it has an alarming concentration of the demographic most at-risk from coronavirus. 700 words 0600 GMT by Leila Macor. File Picture Health-virus-Saudi-energy-economy,FOCUS RIYADH From empty hotels to shuttered beauty salons, oil-dependent Saudi Arabia is bracing for a coronavirus-led economic slump on top of possible austerity measures as prices of its vital crude exports go into free fall. 800 words moved by Anuj Chopra. File picture Health-virus-Africa,FACTS NAIROBI African countries have been among the last to be hit by the global coronavirus epidemic, but as cases rise, many nations are now taking strict measures to block the deadly illness. 750 words moved by Fran Blandy and Francois Ausseill -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-economy-politics WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump is drawing up a massive emergency spending package while the Federal Reserve opens the financing floodgates to contain growing economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved by Heather Scott. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-unrest,FOCUS Bunia, DR CONGO With three fingers chopped off his left hand, Father Guy-Robert Mandro bears physical witness to a resurgence of violence in DR Congo that has gone widely unnoticed in a world fixated by the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved. Picture -- SPORT -- Oly-2020-athletes-opposition TOKYO Olympic pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi says athletes' health is at risk as opposition grows to holding the Tokyo Games during the coronavirus crisis. 500 words 0600 GMT Amfoot-NFL-Patriots-Brady,WRAP LOS ANGELES Tom Brady announces his departure from the New England Patriots, ending a glittering career with the franchise which spanned 20 years and six Super Bowl victories. 650 words moved by Rob Woollard. File Picture afp
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