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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + WHO urges calm as virus toll nears 1,900 + Syria presses offensive on last rebel enclave + Bezos pledges $10 bn to fight climate change + HSBC axes 35,000 jobs after profit slump + US Boy Scouts file for bankruptcy China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING The World Health Organization warns against a global overreaction to the new coronavirus epidemic following panic-buying, event cancellations and concerns about cruise ship travel, as China's official death toll nears 1,900. 700 words 1130 GMT by Laurent Thomet. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: China-health-virus-rights China-health-virus-Cambodia China-health-virus-US-trade,2ndlead Syria-conflict,WRAP BEIRUT Syrian troops press an offensive on the last rebel enclave in the country where record displacement figures are sparking fears of an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. 600 words 1000 GMT by Jean-Marc Mojon. Picture. Video Climate-environment-US-Amazon,WRAP WASHINGTON His company is often criticized for its environmental record, but Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon and the world's richest man, says he is committing $10 billion to a new fund to tackle climate change. 450 words 1000 GMT HongKong-Britain-banking-HSBC-results,WRAP LONDON Asia-focused banking giant HSBC axes 35,000 jobs and posted slumping annual profits, as it also warns over the impact of the deadly coronavirus. 650 words 0930 GMT by Roland Jackson with Jerome Taylor in Hong Kong. Picture US-Scouts-justice-bankruptcy,3rdlead WASHINGTON The Boy Scouts of America files for bankruptcy in what it says is an effort to safeguard compensation payouts for sexual abuse victims. 450 words 1000 GMT. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- China-health-virus-hospital,SCENE SHANGHAI In a sprawling medical compound an hour's drive from downtown Shanghai, doctors are employing a patchwork of treatments in a race to save victims of a coronavirus for which there is still no established cure. 600 words moved by Noel Celis. Picture. Video China-health-virus-IT-earnings-Apple,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO, United States Apple announces it will miss its March quarter revenue forecast and global iPhone supplies will fall because of the deadly coronavirus epidemic, triggering a fall in Asian stock markets. 700 words moved China-health-virus-cinema-entertainment,FOCUS BEIJING China's new coronavirus epidemic has shuttered cinemas, threatening the country's ambitions to take Hollywood's crown as the biggest box office in the world this year. 750 words moved by Helen Roxburgh. Picture China-health-virus-economy,FOCUS MELBOURNE Normally bustling century-old Chinatowns from Melbourne to San Francisco have fallen quiet and businesses are struggling to survive as fears over the deadly novel coronavirus outbreak ripple around the world. 600 words moved by Sean Gleeson. Picture. Video China-health-virus-sport,ANALYSIS HONG KONG The coronavirus exposes an ignorance of China's lucrative sports market and poor contingency planning, experts say, after Formula One became the most high-profile casualty of a mass pullout from the country. 650 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File Picture -- EUROPE -- Netherlands-Russia-court-Yukos,WRAP THE HAGUE A Dutch appeals court is poised to hand down a long-awaited ruling in a complex case involving defunct Russian oil giant Yukos whose former shareholders are claiming $50 billion in damages. 650 words 1130 GMT by Jan Hennop with Andrea Palasciano in Moscow. File picture Kyrgyzstan-Kazakhstan-pollution-environment-energy,FOCUS BISHKEK Snow-capped peaks used to be clearly visible from the streets of Almaty and Bishkek, two of the largest cities in Central Asia that both lie in plains surrounded by mountains. 800 words moved by Tolkun Namatbayeva with Christopher Rickleton in Almaty. Picture. Video Lifestyle-Austria-dance-gender,FOCUS VIENNA When Sophie Grau and Iris Klopfer take to the floor as two of the debutants at Vienna's prestigious Opera Ball on Thursday, they will be dancing their way into history. 500 words moved by Celine Jankowiak. Picture. Video Turkey-politics-coup-trial-unrest,FOCUS ANKARA Wearing a colourful headscarf and long coat to guard against a bitter Ankara frost, Turkish mother Melek Cetinkaya would not usually catch the attention of the police. 800 words moved by Raziye Akkoc. Picture. Video Greece-migration-racism,FOCUS MAKRYGIALOS, Greece The Greek government is locked in a tug of war with communities in mainland Greece that are resisting relocating migrants from overcrowded camps in the islands. 600 words moved by Vassilis Kyriakoulis. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Syria-conflict-Kurds-Fbl-women,VIDEOESSAY AMUDA, Syria Samar Cheikh's neighbours used to tell her football was not for girls but the criticism stopped when her team won the very first women's championship in Syria. 450 words 1200 GMT by Delil Souleiman. Picture. Video Iraq-politics-protests-society,FOCUS BAGHDAD Mocking clerics, falling in love at rallies and mending a broken society: even if Iraq's young protesters have failed to overthrow entrenched politicians, they have scored by shattering decades-old taboos. 800 words 1200 GMT by Mohamad Ali Harissi. File picture. Video Morocco-tourism-heritage-film,VIDEO ESSAY AIT-BEN-HADDOU, Morocco Millions worldwide may have seen the desert fortress in the hit fantasy series "Game of Thrones", but fewer know they can visit the Moroccan village of Ait-Ben-Haddou. 550 words moved by Ismail Bellaouali. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Togo-vote-opposition,FOCUS SOKODE, Togo When Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe took to the stage for an election rally in former protest hub Sokode this month, the crowd chanting his slogan "Knockout blow!" sent out a potent message. 750 words 1200 GMT by Celia Lebur. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-Britain-music-awards LONDON Scottish indie singer Lewis Capaldi and rapper Dave will battle for the top prizes at British pop music's annual celebration, with teen pop iconoclast Billie Eilish also set to perform. 500 words 1100 GMT by Joe Jackson. File picture afp
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