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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + US hails promising drug in COVID19 fight + Leaders in Lebanon under fire over riots + Boeing to cut workforce amid huge losses + Recuperating British PM becomes dad anew + 'Life of Pi' star Irrfan Khan dead at 53 Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON US scientists hail a potential breakthrough with trial patients responding to an antiviral drug to treat the coronavirus, as the pandemic plunges the United States into its worst slump in a decade. 1,000 words 2100 GMT by Shaun Tandon with AFP bureaus. Pictures. Video. Graphic. Lebanon-politics,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon's under-fire central bank chief blames government inaction for a spiralling economic crisis that has seen protesters spill back into the streets despite a coronavirus lockdown. 650 words moved by Rouba El Husseini. Picture. Video Aviation-earnings-US-Boeing,WRAP NEW YORK Boeing announces sweeping cost-cutting measures as it reports a first-quarter loss of $641 million after suffering a damaging hit to the airline business from the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words 2130 GMT by John Biers Britain-politics-Johnson-baby,WRAP LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson becomes a father again after his partner Carrie Symonds gives birth to a baby boy, just weeks after he himself was hospitalised with coronavirus. 700 words moved by Alice Ritchie. File picture. File video India-film-Irrfan,OBIT MUMBAI Acclaimed Indian actor Irrfan Khan, whose international movie career included hits such as "Slumdog Millionaire", "Life of Pi" and "The Amazing Spider-Man", has died aged 53, his publicist says. 750 words moved by Udita Jhunjhunwala. Picture. File picture. Video. File video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-remdesivir,WRAP WASHINGTON COVID-19 patients on the antiviral remdesivir recovered more than 30 percent faster than those on a placebo, the results of a major clinical trial show, as a top US scientist hailed the drug's "clear-cut" benefit. 650 words 2100 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Picture Health-virus-US-economy WASHINGTON The US economy's decade of expansion ends dramatically in the first quarter as the coronavirus pandemic causes GDP to shrink by 4.8 percent, and second quarter growth is set to plummet even further. 700 words 2000 GMT by Chris Stein Health-virus-children,FOCUS WASHINGTON Children have largely been spared the worst of the coronavirus, but a small fraction are suffering an extreme reaction described by pediatricians as "having all your blood vessels on fire." 700 words 2200 GMT by Issam Ahmed and Paul Ricard Health-virus-US-food,FOCUS NEW YORK US slaughterhouses are being forced to stay open on government orders despite deadly coronavirus outbreaks among workers, as authorities move to ensure supermarkets are fully stocked with meat. 600 words moved by Juliette Michel. File picture Health-virus-US-costumes,FOCUS CLIFTON, Virginia A colorful cast of characters appear day after day on a porch in the US state of Virginia, urging people to stay upbeat and stay home during the coronavirus shutdowns. 550 words 1930 GMT by Heather Scott. Picture. Video US-politics-vote-Biden,FOCUS WASHINGTON His campaign has strongly denied it but pressure is mounting on Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential hopeful, to personally respond to a sexual assault allegation by a former Senate aide. 650 words 2100 GMT by Elodie Cuzin. File picture Health-virus-Mexico-indigenous MEXICO CITY A day after learning he was infected with the coronavirus, an indigenous Mexican farmer named Samuel hanged himself from a tree. He remained there for hours as no one had protective gear to bring the body down. 800 words 1930 GMT by Natalia Cano. Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain LONDON Britain's death toll from the coronavirus outbreak jumps to 26,097 -- the second-highest in Europe behind Italy and third-highest in the world -- as the government takes into account fatalities outside hospital, including care homes, for the first time. 700 words by 2000 GMT by Alice Ritchie, James Pheby and Joe Jackson. File picture. File video Health-virus-Russia-doctors,FOCUS MOSCOW When Russian cardiologist Alexei Erlikh and several colleagues started a project to keep track of medics who had died from the coronavirus, he never expected there would be so many names. 750 words moved by Anna Smolchenko. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Russia-homeless,FOCUS -- MIDEAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict,Q&A JERUSALEM The Arab League is to discuss Israel's US-backed plans to annex a key part of the occupied West Bank. Here are key questions on the move that threatens to inflame tensions in the volatile region. 900 words moved. File picture Health-virus-UAE-retail-tourism,SCENE DUBAI Clutching bags from designer boutiques in their gloved hands, Emiratis return to Dubai Mall, one of the world's largest shopping centres, which has reopened under strict conditions to ward off coronavirus. 600 words moved by Aziz El Massassi. Picture. Video -- ASIA-PACIFIC -- Australia-indigenous-history-anniversary-colonialism BOTANY BAY The 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook's contentious landing in Australia goes largely unmarked as the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of long-planned commemorative events. 600 words moved. Picture Health-virus-China-politics,2ndlead BEIJING China's parliament will hold its annual session next month after being delayed due to the coronavirus, state media says, signalling the communist leadership's growing confidence in taming the epidemic. 600 words moved by Laurie Chen and Jing Xuan Teng -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-SAfrica-women-violence,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG More than 120,000 victims have rung South Africa's national helpline for abused women and children during the first three weeks after a coronavirus lockdown started on March 27 -- double the usual volume of calls. 750 words moved by Beatrice Debut and Tanya Steenkamp. Video. File picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Health-virus-US-economy-bank-rate,WRAP WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve says the coronavirus pandemic already has caused "tremendous" health and economic hardship, and warned the damage to the US economy will continue along with high unemployment. 600 words 1930 GMT by Heather Scott. Live video. File picture Health-virus-US-economy-real-estate,FOCUS WASHINGTON Sporting rubber gloves, realtor Dana Scanlon opens the shutters in a Washington house and turns on the lights, making sure that everything is in order before her client visits -- virtually, due to the coronavirus. 700 words moved by Delphine Touitou. Picture. Video afp
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