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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + WHO suspends trials of drug backed by Trump + First Iranian oil tanker docks in Venezuela + Biden emerges for first time since March 15 + Virgin rocket fails to reach orbit on debut Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA The WHO suspeds trials of the drug Donald Trump is promoting as a coronavirus defence, fuelling concerns about the US president's handling of the pandemic that has killed nearly 100,000 Americans. 850 words 0330 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Venezuela-Iran-diplomacy-fuel,WRAP CARACAS The first of five Iranian tankers carrying much-needed gasoline and oil derivatives docks in Venezuela amid concern in Washington over the burgeoning relationship between countries it sees as international pariahs. 700 words moved by Margioni Bermudez. Picture. Video US-politics-Biden-health-virus,2ndlead NEW CASTLE, Delaware Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, emerges from more than two months of seclusion, wearing a black face mask during a visit to lay a wreath on the day the United States honors its war dead. 400 words moved. Picture. Video US-satellite-space LOS ANGELES The first test launch of a rocket that is released from a jumbo jet at 35,000 feet and then propels itself into orbit to deploy a satellite fails, the Virgin Orbit company says. 500 words moved. File Picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Maldives-Bangladesh-labour,FOCUS MALE Tens of thousands of impoverished foreign labourers have been left as outcasts in one of the world's most densely packed cities as the tourist paradise of the Maldives battles coronavirus. 650 words 0330 GMT. Picture Health-virus-China-economy,FOCUS BEIJING China's ramp-up of mask production to counter the coronavirus outbreak has claimed unlikely victims -- diapers, wet wipes and sanitary napkins that are made with the same raw materials. 750 words 0300 GMT by Beiyi Seow. File Picture Vietnam-accident-health-traffic,PHOTOESSAY HANOI On the tarmac of a dark Hanoi street, motorbike taxi driver Pham Quoc Viet mops the bloodied knee of a fellow rider, one of hundreds of traffic victims the volunteer has tended in the chaotically congested Vietnamese capital. 500 words 0300 GMT. Video. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Entertainment-US-television-HBOMax,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Decades before glossy Netflix and Amazon shows began luring Hollywood A-listers to the small screen, cable network HBO helped invent premium television. Now the home of "The Sopranos," "The Wire" and "Game of Thrones" is scrambling to catch up with its newfound online rivals, launching its own multi-billion-dollar streaming platform --- HBO Max -- this Wednesday. 700 words 0130 GMT by Andrew Marszal -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain-politics LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's top aide Dominic Cummings defies calls to resign over allegations that he broke coronavirus rules and undermined the government's response to the health crisis. 700 words 0200 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Britain-politics-Cummings,PROFILE Health-virus-Iceland REYKJAVIK Iceland's dancefloors once again pulse to the beat as the country's nightclubs reopen after a nine-week closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. 500 words moved by Jeremie Richard. Video Health-virus-economy-recovery PARIS Trillions of dollars pouring into post-pandemic economies must build a "healthy and green recovery" to boost resilience against future crises, 200 medical groups representing 40 million health professionals worldwide tell G20 leaders in an open letter. 500 words moved by Marlowe Hood -- MIDDLE EAST -- Libya-conflict-Russia,lead TRIPOLI Forces backing Libya's unity government say hundreds of Russian mercenaries fighting for their rival, military commander Khalifa Haftar, have been evacuated from combat zones south of Tripoli. 530 words moved Health-virus-Iran-religion,lead TEHRAN Iran reopens major Shiite shrines across the Islamic republic, more than two months after they were closed, as it reports its lowest deaths from coronavirus since March. 500 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Egypt CAIRO Egypt's top medical union warns of a "complete collapse" of the strained healthcare system because of official negligence in protecting the lives of medics fighting the coronavirus. 400 words moved -- AFRICA -- Burundi-vote,WRAP BUJUMBURA Burundi's ruling party candidate Evariste Ndayishimiye is declared the winner of the country's presidential election, but the opposition vows to contest the results of what it dismisses as an "electoral farce". 700 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: Burundi-vote-unrest,PROFILE ICoast-US-banking-AfDB,WRAP ABIDJAN The US Treasury Department calls on the African Development Bank (AfDB) to carry out an independent probe into alleged ethics breaches by its president, Akinwumi Adesina. 600 words moved. File picture -- HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE -- Health-virus-misinformation,FOCUS PARIS With cat photos and sometimes scathing irony, Mathieu Rebeaud, a Swiss-based researcher in biochemistry, has nearly tripled his Twitter following since the coronavirus pandemic began. He is among a growing number of doctors, academics and institutions trying to counter a deluge of misinformation. 800 words 0200 GMT by Julie Charpentrat Health-virus-Egypt-politics,INTERVIEW CAIRO State surveillance is on the rise globally as governments such as Egypt's take advantage of the coronavirus pandemic, warns exiled historian and public intellectual Khaled Fahmy. 700 words 0230 GMT by Farid Farid. File picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- Health-virus-Germany-aviation-aid-Lufthansa,4thlead FRANKFURT The German government offers to become Lufthansa's largest shareholder in a $9.8 billion rescue if investors and authorities agree, as the coronavirus-stricken airline faces an arduous recovery. 750 words moved by Tom Barfield. Picture. Video afp
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