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| - Duty editor: Barry Parker Tel: +33 64016 8343 -- TOP STORIES -- + China ups Wuhan death toll by 50% + Trump calls for US to reopen + Chinese economy shrinks for first time in decades + Astronauts return to virus-altered Earth Health-virus,WRAP WUHAN, China The Chinese city where the coronavirus first emerged raises its death toll by 50 percent, revealing the ground zero of the global pandemic was much worse hit than Beijing had previously reported. 850 words 1030 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment-building,WRAP WASHINGTON Job losses from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States reach 22 million, the government says, as President Donald Trump vows to unveil plans to re-open the world's largest economy. 700 words moved by Chris Stein China-economy-indicator-GDP BEIJING China's economy shrinks for the first time in decades as the coronavirus paralyses the country, in a historic blow to the Communist Party's pledge of continued prosperity in return for unquestioned political power. 750 words moved by Beiyi Seow. Picture Russia-Kazakhstan-space-virus-health,WRAP ALMATY Two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut make a safe return from the International Space Station to find the planet transformed by the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words moved Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Germany,lead BERLIN The coronavirus pandemic in Germany is now "again under control" thanks to a month of lockdown imposed after an early surge in cases, the country's health minister says, as Europe's biggest economy prepares to ease curbs from Monday. 500 words 0930 GMT by Mathieu Foulkes with Tom Barfield in Frankfurt. Health-virus-Britain-Scotland-fashion,FOCUS GLASGOW Scottish tailor Thomas Rae snips a strip of cloth from what will soon be clothing worn by a nurse, one of many in the fashion industry stepping up to help in the battle against coronavirus. 500 words 1200 GMT by Stuart Graham. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-NIreland-pub-Guinness,FOCUS BELFAST In Belfast's coronavirus lockdown Guinness still flows freely, as vans kitted with kegs visit driveways to pour pints for drinkers parched since pubs shut their doors. 550 words 1200 GMT by Joe Stenson. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany-politics-Merkel,FOCUS BERLIN Sporting events may be on hold in Germany, but the race to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel is gathering pace as the country makes cautious progress in the fight against the coronavirus. 650 words moved by Mathieu Foulkes and Kit Holden Virus-health-US-IT-disinformation-Facebook,lead LONDON Facebook says it will start sending tailor-made warnings to users highlighting facts about the coronavirus pandemic, after the world's leading social media platform was accused of tolerating the spread of outlandish conspiracy theories. 650 words moved by Jitendra Joshi Health-virus-Armenia-economy,FOCUS YEREVAN, Armenia Hayk Harutyunyan returned to Armenia full of enthusiasm for a country overhauled by a revolution that held out hope for a better economic future. Then the coronavirus hit. 550 words moved by Mariam Harutyunyan. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-Scotland-fashion,FOCUS -- AFRICA -- Guinea-dam-electricity-China, FOCUS SOUAPITI, Guinea Villagers in central Guinea say their lives have been devastated by a Chinese-funded scheme to build West Africa's largest dam. 850 words 1000 GMT by Emmet Livingstone. Pictures -- ASIA -- Health-virus-China-toll,WRAP China's coronavirus ground-zero city of Wuhan admits missteps in tallying its death toll, and abruptly raised the count by 50 percent following growing world doubts about Chinese transparency. 650 words 1000 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng Health-virus-China-lab,Q&A WUHAN, China Perched on a hill in the city at the heart of the coronavirus crisis, a Chinese high-security biosafety laboratory is now at the centre of US claims that it may be the cradle of the pandemic. 700 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-drugs-Avigan,Q&A TOKYO It is approved for use in flu outbreaks and has been deployed to treat Ebola, but now Avigan is being trialled as a potential coronavirus treatment. 700 words moved by Sara Hussein Health-virus-Bangladesh-textile-economy,FOCUS ASHULIA, Bangladesh One day Parvin was toiling to meet the fast-fashion demands of European capitals, the next she was among hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshi clothes workers made instantly jobless as the coronavirus pandemic struck. 700 words moved by Shafiqul Alam. Picture. Video Afghanistan-conflict-psychology-health-trauma,FOCUS KABUL Afghan student Hussain began to sob, as he watched a performance igniting memories of his own brush with death. The play's producers hope it will raise awareness about the enduring impact of traumatic events. 700 words moved by Usman Sarifi and Najiba Noori. Video. Picture Health-virus-Australia,FOCUS COOLANGATTA, Australia A state border that bisects the beachside towns of Coolangatta and Tweed Heads has rarely troubled locals, but under the coronavirus shutdown, the frontier has been closed for the first time since the Spanish Flu pandemic a century ago. 700 words moved. Picture. Video Australia-climate-environment-reef SYDNEY, Australia An ambitious "cloud brightening" experiment has been carried out over Australia's Great Barrier Reef in an early-stage trial that scientists hope could become a futuristic way to protect coral from global warming. 400 words moved. Video Health-virus-Singapore-technology SINGAPORE Singapore researchers have invented a disinfecting robot with an arm that mimics human movement, to help take the load off overworked cleaners during the coronavirus pandemic. 300 words moved. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-economy-recession-IMF-WorldBank,WRAP WASHINGTON The severe economic crisis ignited by the coronavirus pandemic requires the rapid deployment of every available financial lifeline to help countries survive, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva says. 600 words moved by Heather Scott. Picture. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-US-smallbusiness-aid-politics,WRAP Health-virus-US-NewYork Health-virus-US-politics-post,FOCUS WASHINGTON For many Americans, checking the mailbox is a daily ritual. But as with many ordinary things as the coronavirus crisis unfolds, the US Postal Service -- already compromised by a mountain of debt -- has a most uncertain future. 750 words moved by Susan Stumme. Picture Entertainment-US-health-virus-paparazzi,FOCUS LOS ANGELES With Hollywood A-listers self-quarantined in their sprawling mansions due to the novel coronavirus, Los Angeles' notorious paparazzi have almost nobody to shoot -- despite soaring demand for celebrity pictures. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal Also moving: Health-virus-US-Maryland,PHOTOESSAY Health-virus-Canada-government-language-culture-offbeat OTTAWA "Stay the blazes home": the salty call by the premier of Canada's Atlantic coast province of Nova Scotia has become a rallying cry in the coronavirus pandemic fight. 600 words moved by Michel Comte. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-WHO-Mediterranean,INTERVIEW CAIRO The World Health Organization is urging Middle East and North African governments to "seize the opportunity" to combat the coronavirus while numbers of cases in the region are still relatively low. 500 words 1200 GMT by Emmanuel Parisse. Picture Health-virus-Mideast-prison-politics,FOCUS CAIRO As governments in the Middle East isolate their populations to prevent the spread of coronavirus, attention is turning to the region's jails, where detainees face a more punishing form of lockdown. 750 words moved by Farid Farid with AFP bureaus. File Picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-Asia-CHN-Tianjin-Oly-Liddell-SCO-history,FOCUS SHANGHAI, China Eric Liddell was a Scottish Olympic champion but a group of diehard Chinese football fans is determined that the legendary runner is not forgotten there, 75 years after his death. 550 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Picture Box-MMA-THA-health-virus,FOCUS KANCHANABURI, Thailand Training in masks, two metres apart, Thailand's professional fighters are battling a new reality -- shuttered gyms and cancelled money-making tournaments because of the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words moved by Pitcha Dangprasith and Sophie Deviller. Picture. Video afp
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