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| - Duty Editor: Qasim Nauman Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Saudi-led air strikes kill 31 civilians in Yemen + Coronavirus death toll leaps past 1,600 in China + Japan cruise ship coronavirus cases rise to 355 + Rising star turns up glamour at London Fashion Week + Liverpool's Klopp revels in 'insane' 25-point lead Yemen-conflict-Saudi,WRAP DUBAI Air strikes in Yemen killed 31 civilians, the United Nations says, victims of an apparent Saudi-led retaliation after Iran-backed Huthi rebels claimed to have shot down one of its jets. 700 words moved by Shatha Yais, with Anuj Chopra in Riyadh China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING The number of new cases from China's coronavirus epidemic drops for a third consecutive day, as the World Health Organisation chief warns it is "impossible" to predict how the outbreak would develop. 700 words 0600 GMT by Helen Roxburgh and Beiyi Seow. Picture. Video. Graphic China-health-virus-Japan-ship,WRAP YOKOHAMA, Japan The US, Canada and Hong Kong announce plans to repatriate their residents from a quarantined ship off Japan, as the number of coronavirus cases on the vessel soars to 355. 550 words 0630 GMT. Picture. Video Britain-fashion-climate-demonstration LONDON Richard Quinn, the rising star of British design, dazzles London fashion week, playing the glamour card with a sumptuous, flower-filled show. 700 words moved. Picture Fbl-ENG-Pr-Norwich-Liverpool,2ndlead LONDON Jurgen Klopp describes his team's 25-point lead at the top of the Premier League as "insane" after Sadio Mane strikes to give Liverpool a 1-0 win at storm-hit Norwich. 650 words moved -- ASIA-PACIFIC -- China-Mekong-health-virus-economy-tourism, LUANG PRABANG, Laos Elephant parks unvisited, curios at markets unsold as tuk-tuks sit idle: Southeast Asia is facing billions of dollars in losses from a collapse in Chinese tourism since the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus. 700 words moved by Aidan Jones, with Dene-Hern Chen in Pattaya, Thailand. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-media-Blair,FOCUS WASHINGTON Christopher Blair produces false stories he insists are easily identifiable as satire rather than news. His pages can rack up millions of views, and at least part of that audience believes the material is true. 800 words moved by W.G. Dunlop. Picture US-IT-voting-security,FOCUS WASHINGTON West Virginia's disabled residents and overseas military personnel will be able to vote by smartphone in the US presidential election this year, the latest development in a push to make balloting more accessible despite persistent security fears. 900 words moved by Rob Lever -- EUROPE -- Germany-demonstration-parties-politics-farright,WRAP FRANKFURT Thousands of people demonstrate in Erfurt, capital of Thuringia state in Germany's former communist east, where far-right lawmakers last week helped install a new state premier. 700 words moved by Mathieu Foukes. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Syria-conflict-Turkey-US-diplomacy,WRAP ANKARA Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discusses with US counterpart Donald Trump ways to end the crisis in Idlib, Syria's last major rebel bastion, and condemns Damascus's attacks there. 550 words moved Saudi-women-smoking-social,FOCUS RIYADH Rima settles in a chair at an upscale Riyadh cafe, looks around carefully, and seeing no one she recognises, drags on her electronic cigarette and exhales a cloud of smoke. 650 words moved by Haitham El-Tabei. Picture Sudan-unrest-Darfur,FOCUS NYALA, Sudan In the sprawling Camp Kalma, refugees displaced by the Darfur conflict are overjoyed at the decision by Sudan's new authorities to finally deliver president Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court. 600 words moved. Picture. Graphic -- ENVIRONMENT -- Asia-aviation-environment-Singapore,FOCUS SINGAPORE From an emissions-reducing model jet that looks like something from a sci-fi movie to electric aircraft and sustainable fuel, the aviation industry is ramping up efforts to go green as consumer pressure grows. 650 words moved by Catherine Lai and Sam Reeves. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS & TECH -- US-internet-computers-Amazon-Google-Microsoft,POINTS SAN FRANCISCO With each passing quarter, Amazon, Microsoft and Google have been setting new records, while cloud computing has become the invisible backbone supporting much of our daily lives. Its potential to become an even bigger part of people's daily existence is sky-high. 800 words moved by Julie Jammot afp
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