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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Lawsuit opens door to possible Google breakup + Barack Obama hits campaign hustings for Biden + Nigerian forces accused of killing protesters + Cathay Pacific to shrink workforce by quarter + NASA's Osiris-Rex probe in asteroid touchdown US-IT-politics-antitrust-Google,WRAP WASHINGTON The US government files a blockbuster lawsuit accusing Google of maintaining an "illegal monopoly" in online search and advertising in the country's biggest antitrust case in decades -- opening the door to a potential breakup of the Silicon Valley titan. 800 words moved by Rob Lever. File picture. File video Also moved: US-IT-politics-internet-antitrust,FACTS World-Google-computers-antitrust-mass-media-tax,BACKGROUND US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Former US president Barack Obama holds his first rally in support of Joe Biden, who is accused of playing it cool by staying home in Delaware while Donald Trump campaigns frantically just two weeks before the election. 800 words 0530 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic Nigeria-demonstration-unrest-police,WRAP LAGOS Several protesters are killed by Nigerian security forces in Lagos, Amnesty International says, after witnesses reported armed men opened fire on demonstrators defying a curfew order. 750 words moved by Emmanuel Anule and Aminu Abubakar. Picture. Video HongKong-aviation-CathayPacific-health-virus,WRAP HONG KONG Cathay Pacific announces plans to cut its workforce by nearly a quarter and close one of its short-haul airlines in an effort to survive the "devastating" impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words 0730 GMT by Jerome Taylor. Picture. File video US-space-astronomy-Osiris,WRAP WASHINGTON After a four-year journey, NASA's robotic spacecraft Osiris-Rex briefly touches down on asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface to collect rock and dust samples in a precision operation 200 million miles (330 million kilometers) from Earth. 600 words moved by Ivan Couronne. File picture. Graphic -- US VOTE -- US-vote-diplomacy-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON With his insults of US allies, soft spot for autocratic rulers and contempt for international agreements, President Donald Trump has turned US foreign policy on its head over a chaotic four years. But behind the bombast, is there a method behind the madness on which voters will decide on November 3? 750 words moved by Shaun Tandon. File picture US-vote-campaign-advertising,FOCUS WASHINGTON Hyper-visible on the campaign trail, US President Donald Trump has been far more discreet in on-air advertising than his rival Joe Biden in a presidential race that is shattering ad spending records. 750 words moved by Elodie Cuzin. File picture - PLEASE SEE OUR SPECIAL ADVISORY FOR FULL ELECTION COVERAGE - -- AMERICAS -- US-society-Zoom-media,FOCUS NEW YORK A top US commentator and author who exposed himself on a Zoom call is the latest example of users inadvertently baring more than their chat participants bargained for as video conferencing booms during the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words moved by Peter Hutchison -- ASIA -- Entertainment-film-SKorea-festival-Busan,WRAP BUSAN, South Korea An anthology paying tribute to Hong Kong's cinematic heyday launches Asia's biggest film festival, which has been forced mainly online by the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words 0630 GMT by Claire Lee. Graphic. Picture. Video Singapore-Japan-SKorea-health-virus-technology-mask,FOCUS SINGAPORE From monitoring vital signs to filtering filthy air and even translating speech into other languages, the coronavirus-fuelled boom in mask-wearing has spawned an unusual range of high-tech face coverings. 500 words moved by Catherine Lai with Harumi Ozawa in Tokyo. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- France-attack,WRAP PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron promises to intensify a clampdown on Islamist extremism in France days after the country was stunned by the beheading of a history teacher in a quiet Paris suburb. 750 words moved by Alexandre Hielard and Jurgen Hecker. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Britain,2ndlead MANCHESTER, England British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he will impose tougher coronavirus restrictions on the English city of Manchester, defying local leaders who bitterly oppose the move without extra cash. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Italy-curfew Britain-EU-politics-Brexit-Belgium-fish,FOCUS OSTEND, Belgium Britain's departure from the European single market will disrupt many long-standing economic relationships and could yet devastate one of the oldest, the Belgian fishing fleet's work in UK waters. 950 words moved by Dave Clark. Picture. Video Belarus-politics-unrest-Lithuania-sport VILNIUS As a Belarusian Olympian Aliaksandra Herasimenia retired with a stellar career. But now, from her self-imposed exile in neighbouring Lithuania, she heads up a new foundation to help a growing list of Belarusian athletes who have fallen foul of the country's authoritarian government. 500 words moved by Vaidotas Beniusus. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iraq-Kurds-economy,FOCUS MAM ROSTAM, Iraq Iraq's Kurdish region has for decades lived off its oil wealth, but plummeting energy prices amid the pandemic and financial mismanagement are forcing locals to return to long abandoned farms. 750 words moved by Qassim Khider. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Tanzania-politics-vote DAR ES SALAAM Tundu Lissu, shot 16 times in an assassination attempt, returned to Tanzania to run for president -- but he did not know what to expect after the "hell" experienced by the opposition under President John Magufuli. 800 words moved. File picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-Asia-China,INTERVIEW SUZHOU, China China wants to unite its 1.4 billion people through football while using the game as "a bridge to work with the rest of the world", says a top Football Association official as he explains what lies behind the country's aggressive push to become a major power in the sport by 2050. 600 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Picture afp
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