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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump threatens to sever China ties over virus + Race to extinguish virus in Rohingya mega-camp + US job losses since coronavirus soars to 36.5m + Virus could infect 200 million in Africa: WHO + Ancient footprints shed light on early humans Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump threatens to sever ties with China over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 300,000 people around the world. 850 words 0400 GMT by Susan Stumme. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus-Bangladesh-Myanmar-refugee-Rohingya COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh Emergency teams race to prevent a "nightmare" coronavirus outbreak in the world's largest refugee settlement, after the first cases were confirmed among nearly a million Rohingya crammed into the sprawling camp. 600 words 0600 GMT. File picture Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment WASHINGTON Brutal weekly unemployment numbers underscore the coronavirus pandemic's continued ability to destroy jobs in the United States, bringing the total to 36.5 million in two months as President Donald Trump and his allies push to reopen the world's largest economy. 700 words moved by Chris Stein Health-virus-Africa-study PARIS The new coronavirus could kill 150,000 people in Africa in a year unless urgent action is taken, according to a WHO modelling study that says nearly a quarter of a billion people will be infected. 650 words moved by Kelly Macnamara Research-science-archeology-Tanzania-anthropology TOKYO Thousands of years ago, a group of people took a walk in what is now Tanzania. The footprints they left behind are now offering insights into ancient human life. 650 words moved by Sara Hussein -- ASIA -- Philippines-disaster-typhoon,WRAP MANILA Tens of thousands of people cram into evacuation centres while trying to follow social distance protocols as a powerful typhoon hammers the Philippines. 500 words 0600 GMT by Mikhail Flores. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-HongKong-China,PHOTOESSAY HONG KONG Squashed inside the tiny living space she shares with her son, Wong Mei-ying knows social-distancing during the coronavirus pandemic is all but impossible. 450 words 0800 GMT by Yan Zhou -- AMERICAS -- Brazil-politics-health-virus,INTERVIEW SAO PAULO Former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says he fears a "genocide" in Brazil because of fierce opposition to coronavirus containment measures by current President Jair Bolsonaro, whom he said should be impeached. 450 words 0600 GMT by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-protests-politics,FOCUS LANSING, Michigan Hundreds of protestors rally against stay-at-home orders in Michigan's capital and a legal tug-of-war over coronavirus restrictions takes place in neighboring Wisconsin as lockdown debates turn bitterly partisan in the United States. 800 words moved by Jeff Kowalsky with Chris Lefkow in Washington. Picture. Video. Live video US-politics-intelligence-stocks-investigation-Burr,WRAP WASHINGTON Republican Senator Richard Burr, chairman of the powerful US Senate Intelligence Committee, steps down after the FBI seized his cellphone in a probe of alleged insider stock trading tied to the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved by Paul Handley. File picture Health-virus-US-NewYork,FOCUS NEW YORK New York City shows no sign of easing a two-month lockdown, even as a statewide stay-at-home order ends Friday, leaving America's cultural and commercial capital wondering what its future holds. 650 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture Health-virus-US-banking-finance-interns,FOCUS NEW YORK Some had dreamed of forging alliances that would propel them to the pinnacle of the financial world. Others had already bought their power wardrobes. But the coronavirus pandemic crippling New York City has thwarted interns expecting to train as bankers and traders this summer on Wall Street, temple of global finance. 800 words moved by Luc Olinga -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Europe-migrants,FOCUS PARIS More migrants are crossing, Europe is closing its ports and no humanitarian ships are carrying out rescues. As the coronavirus dominates headlines, activists fear the Mediterranean is the scene of an overlooked "tragedy". 700 words moved by Shahzad Abdul Austria-politics-corruption-health-virus,FOCUS VIENNA A year after conservative Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz found himself buffeted by a corruption scandal, which brought down his coalition with the far-right, the coronavirus crisis has cemented his dominant position. 700 words moved by Julia Zappei. File picture. File video Health-virus-Turkey-politics,FOCUS ANKARA On the Turkish capital's bridges and bus stops, Ankara mayor Mansur Yavas urges wealthier residents to help poorer citizens during the coronavirus pandemic by paying off their debts to grocers. 800 words 0530 GMT by Raziye Akkoc. Picture. Video Health-virus-Belgium-beer-religion,FOCUS WESTVLETEREN, Belgium The monks of the Trappist Abbey of Saint Sixtus only sell their holy brew by appointment. As Belgium begins to emerge from virus lockdown, the prayers of a lucky few drinkers have been answered with a new batch of perhaps the world's best and most exclusive beer. 600 words moved by Kilian Fichou. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Saudi-economy,FOCUS RIYADH A coronavirus-triggered austerity drive in Saudi Arabia has left the kingdom's mostly young population coping with a new reality of reduced incomes, fewer jobs and a lifestyle downgrade. 850 words moved by Anuj Chopra -- AFRICA -- Burundi-vote-health-virus-economy,FOCUS BUJUMBURA, Burundi Five years of political crisis have battered Burundi's economy, and there is little hope of a turnaround ahead of elections next week, as feeble signs of recovery have been dashed by the coronavirus crisis. 750 words moved. File picture. Video -- SPORT -- Oly-2020-health-virus-shooting-IND-Panwar,FOCUS NEW DELHI Indian shooter Divyansh Singh Panwar stands poised behind blue tape stuck on the floor, aims and fires -- across three rooms at a target hung up in an empty bedroom cupboard. 600 words moved by Faisal Kamal. Picture. Video Golf-USPGA-Auto-USA-NASCAR-health-virus WASHINGTON World number one Rory McIlroy and America's most popular auto racers will nudge United States sport forward this weekend as hope grows for a June revival from the coronavirus shutdown. 800 words moved by Jim Slater Also moved: US-sport-health-virus,FACTS afp
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