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| - Duty Editor: James Edgar Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Markets nosedive, Italy on lockdown over virus + N. Korea fires 3 projectiles: South's military + Oil prices plunge as Saudi starts price war + Turkey's Erdogan to hold refugee talks with EU + Italian footballers revolt over outbreak games Health-virus,WRAP ROME The new coronavirus tightens its international grip, with a quarter of the Italian population under lockdown and cases surging in the US, as a plunge in oil prices fuels a sell-off in global markets. 750 words 0230 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic NKorea-defence-diplomacy,WRAP SEOUL North Korea fires three unidentified projectiles into the sea, Seoul's military says, a week after a similar weapons test by Pyongyang. 550 words 0230 GMT by Sunghee Hwang. Picture. Graphic Market-energy SINGAPORE Oil plunges about 20 percent after top exporter Saudi Arabia launched a price war in response to a failure by leading producers to strike a deal to support energy markets. 450 words moved Europe-migrants-Turkey-EU,lead ISTANBUL Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds talks in Brussels as he calls on Greece to "open the gates" for migrants at Turkey's border trying to get to Europe. 450 words 0430 GMT Health-virus-Italy-ITA-fbl-SerieA,FOCUS ROME Italy's chaotic football season witnesses a player revolt over the idea of having to play matches during the coronavirus outbreak -- and the league demand for the games to go ahead. 600 words 1930 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US WASHINGTON The number of confirmed US coronavirus cases soars past 500, including two further deaths, as President Donald Trump defends his administration's "perfectly coordinated" response to the epidemic. 700 words 0130 GMT GMT by Andrew Marszal. Picture Health-virus-Italy MILAN The sun shines on deserted squares in Milan and empty gondolas in Venice as a quarter of Italy's population comes to grips with being cut off from the rest of the country. 750 words 0230 GMT by Miguel Medina with Ella Ide in Rome. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-pope Health-virus-Italy-entertainment-Raphael China-virus-health-education-children,FOCUS TOKYO Parents across Asia are turning to everything from e-learning to Nintendo to educate and entertain millions of children whose schools have been closed because by the new coronavirus outbreak. 700 words 0430 GMT by AFP bureaux. Picture. Video Health-virus-Saudi RIYADH Saudi Arabia cordons off an oil-rich Shiite stronghold, suspends air and sea travel to nine countries and closes schools and universities, in a series of measures to contain the fast-spreading coronavirus. 500 words moved Health-virus-Syria-conflict,2ndlead BEIRUT Aid agencies are moving to prevent a novel coronavirus outbreak in conflict-plagued northwestern Syria, where damaged health infrastructure and massive displacement make containment a nearly impossible task. 550 words moved -- ASIA -- Nuclear-JPN-Oly-2020-Japan TOKYO Nine years after the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster, Japan's government is hoping for a "Recovery Olympics" that will showcase reconstruction in some of country's hardest-hit regions. 650 words 0300 GMT by Sara Hussein. File picture. File video. Graphic Nuclear-Fukushima-JPN-Oly-2020-Japan,FOCUS NARAHA, Japan The Olympic torch relay that begins in Japan this month will start from Fukushima, emphasising what the government dubs the "Recovery Olympics", but not everyone in the region will be cheering. 650 words 0330 GMT by Karyn Nishimura. Picture. Video. Also moving: Nuclear-Fukushima-JPN-Oly-2020-Japan-hotspots,FOCUS Nuclear-Fukushima-JPN-Oly-2020-Japan-plant,POINTS -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Biden-Harris,WRAP DETROIT, Michigan Democratic presidential hopefuls Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders secure crucial endorsements from prominent black supporters just days ahead of the first round of voting to pit them in a head-to-head contest. 750 words 0200 GMT by Michael Mathes with Brian Knowlton in Washington. File picture. Graphic UN-women-politics-health-virus NEW YORK The United Nations is expected Monday to adopt a stripped-down political declaration on women's rights that seeks to preserve gains under threat but does not advocate new ways to ensure progress toward equality. 500 words 0130 GMT by Philippe Rater -- EUROPE -- Netherlands-Ukraine-Russia-MH17-trial AMSTERDAM The trial of four men accused of murder over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014 opens in the Netherlands, even though the suspects are still at large. 700 words 0300 GMT by Jan Hennop and Danny Kemp. File picture. File video. Graphic Britain-royals LONDON Prince Harry and his wife Meghan make their last official appearance as senior royals, joining Queen Elizabeth II for an event in London before they set off on their own. 550 words 0400 GMT by Alice Ritchie Lithuania-history,FOCUS VILNIUS Seeking justice for victims of the Soviet regime to heal historical trauma has become a top priority for Lithuania as it marks 30 years since it became the first republic to break away from the USSR. 900 words 0430 GMT by Baidotas Beniusis. Picture. File picture Also moving: Lithuania-Soviet-politics-history,CHRONO -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-vote-talks,POINTS JERUSALEM Talks to form Israel's next government will ramp up again this week, but an agreement to form a coalition may require a political miracle. 600 words 0300 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee UN-Iran-nuclear-weaponry-diplomacy,Q&A VIENNA Tehran's nuclear programme is back under the spotlight after the UN's nuclear watchdog revealed the extent of Iran's uranium enrichment drive and reprimanded it for denying access to two locations. 700 words 0330 GMT -- AFRICA -- SSudan-food-famine-diplomacy,FOCUS MOGOK, South Sudan The villagers hear the distant roar of jet engines before a cargo plane makes a deafening pass over Mogok, dropping sacks of grain from its hold to the marooned dust bowl below. There is no other way to get food to this starving hamlet in South Sudan. 850 words 0300 GMT by Nick Perry. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- ECB-EU-eurozone-banking-inflation-rate,ADVANCER FRANKFURT, Germany Economists increasingly hope for intervention from the European Central Bank at a meeting Thursday, expecting the institution to cushion the impact of the novel coronavirus on the already stuttering eurozone economy. 700 words 0430 GMT afp
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