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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump curbs immigration, UN warns of famine threat + Netflix sees record sign-ups during virus lockdown + US Senate approves new $480bn pandemic relief plan + Lebanon green-lights medical marijuana cultivation + Spurs stars apologise for social distancing breach Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump announces partial curbs on immigration to "protect American workers" amid the economic carnage of the coronavirus pandemic, as the United Nations warns that the virus could trigger famine. 800 words 0330 GMT by Chris Lefkow with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-US-Netflix-internet-television-earnings-computers,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Netflix reports soaring profits as subscriptions surged by almost 16 million at the streaming television service during lockdowns to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words 0200 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live Video. Health-virus-US-smallbusiness-aid-politics-Congress,3rdlead WASHINGTON The US Senate approves a bipartisan, nearly half-trillion-dollar coronavirus relief package, with funding earmarked for devastated small businesses, overwhelmed hospitals, and a ramp-up of testing nationwide during the pandemic. 650 words moved Lebanon-politics-protest-health-virus,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon's parliament votes to legalise growing marijuana for medical use, amid an economic crisis exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words moved by Layal Abou Rahal. Video. Picture Fbl-health-virus-ENG-Pr-Tottenham-Aurier-Sissoko LONDON Tottenham stars Serge Aurier and Moussa Sissoko are forced on to apologise after flouting government guidelines on social distancing during the coronavirus. 300 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-contact-tracing,FOCUS WASHINGTON Taiwan and South Korea have led the world in digital contact tracing for the COVID-19 pandemic -- an example the US with its emphasis on personal privacy and decentralized system of government is unlikely to be able to follow. 650 words 0300 by Ivan Couronne Health-virus-US-China-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON As thousands of Americans die from the new coronavirus, both President Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden are attacking China. One reason behind their strategy -- China has never been more disliked by the US public. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon Health-virus-US-doctors-psychology,FOCUS NEW YORK Battling to keep intensive care patients alive at a hospital in one of New York City's worst-affected coronavirus neighborhoods is taking a toll on nurse Debbie Sanchez's mental health. 650 words 0200 GMT by Laura Bonilla. Video. File Picture Health-virus-US-medics,FOCUS WASHINGTON US health care workers who recovered from COVID-19 are returning to the front lines not knowing if the illness might affect them long term or whether they are really now immune. 650 words moved by Ivan Couronne Health-virus-US-politics-lifestyle,FOCUS SIOUX FALLS, United States For months, sparsely populated South Dakota watched as the coronavirus ravaged far-off coastal cities The state now has one of the largest outbreaks in the US, but its governor refuses to impose a lockdown. 700 words moved by Sebastian Duval. Picture. Video US-oil-prices-health-market-politics, FOCUS NEW YORK An unprecedented crash in oil prices is adding pressure to already stressed US producers, threatening key shale regions and putting vulnerable companies at risk of going under. 650 words moved by John Biers -- ASIA -- Health-virus-China-literature-rights, FOCUS BEIJING After Wuhan was sealed off from the world, acclaimed Chinese writer Fang Fang started an online diary about the coronavirus tragedy that drew tens of millions of readers. But now that her journal is about to be published in several languages abroad, she faces a nationalist backlash at home. 650 words 0400 GMT by Ludovic Ehret. -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Gulf-Asia-migrants DUBAI The bodies of Asian migrants who die of coronavirus in the Gulf are being cremated or buried far from home instead of being repatriated, to prevent the spread of the disease. 650 words 0300 GMT by Mohamad Ali Harissi. Picture. Video Health-virus-Turkey-religion-charity,SCENE ISTANBUL At the entrance of an Istanbul mosque, the racks usually reserved for the shoes of the faithful are loaded with pasta packages, oil bottles, biscuits -- supplies for those hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words 0200 GMT by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Cameroon-massacre-army-conflict,WRAP YAOUNDE Cameroon's presidency admits that three soldiers acting with militants killed 13 civilians including 10 children in an anglophone region in the west of the country in February. 450 words moved -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain-media,FOCUS LONDON The main union representing journalists in Britain is calling on the government to triple a tax on global tech giants to support the industry, as it faces fresh shocks from the coronavirus outbreak. 750 words 0230 GMT by Phil Hazlewood -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- Britain-energy-oil-climate-BP,FOCUS LONDON Ten years after an oil spill that BP's new boss admits tested the company "to the core", the firm is facing two existential challenges: the collapse of prices and climate change. 600 words 0300 GMT by Veronique Dupont. File picture -- SPORTS -- Fbl-GER-Bundesliga-Germany-health-virus BERLIN German football authorities are set to announce plans on Thursday for Bundesliga matches to restart on May 9 in empty stadiums, but the potential return in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic is meeting some opposition. 750 words moved. File picture afp
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