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| - Duty Editor: Qasim Nauman Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Thailand soldier kills 20 in shooting rampage + China coronavirus death toll surges past 800 + Three-way tie in Irish election: exit poll + Democrats step up campaigning in New Hampshire + Hollywood awards season set for Oscars finale Thailand-crime-shooting,WRAP NAKHON RATCHISMA, Thailand A Thai soldier who killed at least 20 people and holed up in a mall overnight is shot dead by commandos, ending a near-17-hour ordeal which left dozens wounded and stunned a country with a pernicious gun culture. 700 words 0600 GMT by Thanaporn Promyamyai and Dene-Hern Chen. Photo. Video. Live Video. Graphic China-virus-health,WRAP BEIJING The death toll from the novel coronavirus surges past 800 in mainland China, overtaking global fatalities in the 2002-03 SARS epidemic, even as the World Health Organization says the outbreak appears to be "stabilising". 750 words 0630 GMT by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: China-health-virus-countries,FACTS Ireland-vote,WRAP DUBLIN Vote-counting begins following Ireland's general election which exit polls called as a three-way tie, meaning every ballot will count in the battle to form the next government. 650 words 0530 GMT by Joe Stenton. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote,WRAP MANCHESTER, United States White House hopeful Pete Buttigieg fights off intensifying attacks from his Democratic rivals as they battle for votes in New Hampshire, stop two on the road to picking a challenger to President Donald Trump. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video. Graphic Entertainment-US-film-Oscars,WRAP HOLLYWOOD, United States Hollywood's awards season comes to a close at the Oscars, with war epic "1917" battling a South Korean thriller for glory as a row swirls over the lack of minorities on the night's star-studded nominee list. 700 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-nominees,FACTS Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-figures,POINTS Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-museum Entertainment-US-film-Spirit-Awards,WRAP -- ASIA-PACIFIC -- Thailand-crime-shooting-escape,SCENE NAKHON RATCHISMA, Thailand Cowering in gym toilets, under restaurant tables and in store rooms, scores of survivors of a bloody rampage by a heavily-armed rogue Thai soldier recall how a day out shopping descended into a bloodbath. 500 words 0800 by Sippachai Kunnowong and Dene-Hern Chen. Picture. Video China-health-virus-censorship BEIJING The death of a whistleblowing doctor who was reprimanded for posting about the new coronavirus outbreak is igniting rare calls for political reform in China, as public anger over his death continues to simmer. 500 words 0800 GMT by Eva Xiao and Poornima Weerasekara China-health-virus-HongKong-economy,FOCUS HONG KONG Traders in Hong Kong's border towns are lamenting plunging business during the coronavirus outbreak but some residents say they are enjoying the absence of crowds of Chinese mainlanders. 600 words moved by Su Xinqi. Picture China-health-virus-vaccines,FOCUS SINGAPORE Scientists from the United States to Australia are using new technology in an ambitious, multi-million-dollar drive to develop a vaccine in record time to tackle China's coronavirus outbreak. 750 words moved Catherine Lai. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Biden,FOCUS MANCHESTER After suffering a drubbing in Iowa and conceding he will likely lose New Hampshire next Tuesday, Joe Biden is under immense pressure to turn his floundering presidential campaign around. 700 words 0730 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video US-politics-Trump-presidency,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's impeachment acquittal has delivered the White House a fresh coat of power, sparking worries over the rise of an "imperial presidency". 850 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture. File Picture -- EUROPE -- China-health-virus-France-Britain,WRAP PARIS Five British nationals including a child test positive for the new coronavirus in France after they had all stayed at the same ski chalet in a case centred on a Briton who returned from Singapore. 650 words moved Also moved: China-health-virus-France,FOCUS Germany-politics-parties,WRAP BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel dismisses a member of her government as she grapples with a crisis gripping her coalition after regional MPs from her conservative party sided with the far right in a key vote. 550 words moved. File Picture Switzerland-homosexuality-referendum,WRAP GENEVA Switzerland votes in a referendum on a new law against homophobia that is opposed by the populist right-wing Swiss People's Party. 450 words moved GMT by Dario Thuburn. Picture. Video Azerbaijan-parliament-vote,WRAP BAKU Azerbaijan holds early legislative elections decried by the opposition as a sham vote that will strengthen President Ilham Aliyev's grip on power without bringing any real change. 650 words moved GMT by Elman Mamedov Also moved: Azerbaijan-vote-history-arts-religion-facts -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict-Idlib,SCENE MAARET MISRIN, Syria Exhausted from days of driving in search of shelter in northwestern Syria, 38-year-old Ghossoon says she has no idea where her family will go after fleeing regime and Russian bombardment. 750 words moved by Aaref Wated. Picture. Video Already moved: Syria-conflict,WRAP -- AFRICA -- Cameroon-politics-vote,WRAP YAOUNDE Cameroon votes in polls overshadowed by separatist violence which has displaced hundreds of thousands of people, and a partial opposition boycott. 550 words moved by Joseph Sotinel. Picture. Video AU-diplomacy-summit ADDIS ABABA African heads of state gather at the headquarters of the African Union for a summit meeting due to focus on how the body can play a more prominent role in resolving conflicts proliferating across the continent. 600 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet Nigeria-transport-social-economy,FOCUS LAGOS Even before a sudden controversial ban on motorcycle taxis and tricycles in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, crippling traffic jams were a daily ordeal for its more than 20 million inhabitants. 600 words moved by Celia Lebur. File Picture. Video afp
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