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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Global coronavirus cases top one million mark + 10 million US workers lost jobs in late March + Oil prices post largest percentage gains ever + Captain of US carrier fired over viral letter + German football fans take fight to 'FC Corona' Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The number of confirmed coronavirus cases around the world soars past one million and deaths top 50,000 as the United States reports the highest daily death toll so far of any country. 750 words 0300 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment,WRAP WASHINGTON A staggering 10 million US workers lost their jobs in the second half of March as the coronavirus forced stores and businesses nationwide to close their doors. 750 words moved by Heather Scott. File Picture Oil-energy-market LONDON Oil prices rocket, posting the largest percent increase ever, after US President Donald Trump said Russia and Saudi Arabia planned to end their price war by slashing output. 550 words moved Health-virus-US-defence-Navy-captain,2ndlead WASHINGTON The Pentagon removes the captain of the coronavirus-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt, saying he mishandled communications over how the outbreak was sweeping through the warship. 650 words moved. File Picture Fbl-GER-Bundesliga-Health-virus-fans,FOCUS BERLIN With the Bundesliga suspended and the terraces empty, Stuttgart's "ultras" are mobilising to pick up groceries and prescription medicines for those who can't leave their homes amid the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words 0230 GMT by Kit Holden -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Japan-music-teleworking,FOCUS TOKYO The members of the New Japan Philharmonic orchestra tune up for their latest recital, more than 60 musicians ranging from trombonists to violinists and percussionists -- but this is no ordinary performance. 650 words 0300 GMT by Harumi Ozawa. Picture. Video Health-virus-internet-Australia-social,FOCUS MELBOURNE, Australia While social media has been widely blamed for spreading dangerous misinformation about coronavirus, tens of thousands of Australians are using their networks to support the health care workers risking their lives on the frontline of the pandemic. 650 words 0430 GMT by Tracey Shelton. Picture. Video Health-virus-China-education,FOCUS BEIJING Chinese students flying home from overseas to escape the coronavirus pandemic face a frosty reception from sections of the public who view them as wealthy, spoiled -- and potentially contaminated. 600 words 0330 GMT by Laurie Chen. File picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-Florida-ships,WRAP FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida A virus-hit cruise ship with dozens of ill passengers and crew docks in Florida after being barred from several South American countries, concluding a harrowing time at sea for those stranded aboard. 650 words moved by Leila Macor. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-therapists,FOCUS LOS ANGELES The coronavirus pandemic has plunged the world into uncharted territory, leaving people feeling helpless in the face of an invisible threat of unknown duration that could infect any of us. 650 words 0130 GMT by Jocelyne Zablit Also moved: Health-virus-US-social,FOCUS Health-virus-US-IT-crime-hacking,FOCUS WASHINGTON Internet users have seen a surge in COVID-related cyberattacks and fraud schemes which could add to the misery of the pandemic, even as some hackers have called for dialing back their criminal efforts. 700 words 0130 GMT by Rob Lever Health-virus-US-nurses,SCENE NEW YORK "Soldiers don't go to war without guns, why should nurses come to work without protective equipment?" asks Leyrose McIntyre, one of around 30 nurses demonstrating outside a New York hospital. 500 words 0130 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-China-politics-trade,FOCUS WASHINGTON US politicians have voiced fury over Beijing's handling of the coronavirus crisis but they face a harsh truth -- the United States desperately needs China's supplies. 750 words moved by Shaun Tandon -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy-dead,lead MILAN The city of Milan shuts its main crematorium for the rest of the month to deal with a surge of bodies that have accumulated in the course of the coronavirus pandemic. 300 words moved Health-virus-polio-Afghanistan-Pakistan-Africa,INTERVIEW PARIS The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt an unprecedented blow to the world's battle against polio, the head of the global organisation to combat the disease tells AFP after it suspended vaccination campaigns for the first time in three decades. 700 words moved by Kelly Macnamara -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-entertainment-TV-Ramadan,FOCUS DUBAI Missing scenes, unfinished episodes and sets sanitised against coronavirus -- much-loved Ramadan television soaps are struggling to keep the cameras rolling just weeks before the Islamic holy month. 750 words 0230 GMT by Mohamad Ali Harissi with Middle East Bureaux. File Picture Health-virus-religion-Judaism,FOCUS JERUSALEM The Jewish holiday of Passover has long inspired intense debate, with favourite topics including whether Moses actually parted the Red Sea or if the Ten Plagues were an ethical response to enslavement. 750 words 0300 GMT words by Guillaume Lavallee -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Nigeria-conflict-displaced,FOCUS MAIDUGURI, Nigeria. Men and women cluster around plastic wash basins hastily set up outside one of northeast Nigeria's sprawling displaced persons' camps, lathering their hands with soap under the gaze of security personnel. 900 words 0330 GMT by Audu Abba Kurama and Aminu Abubakar. Video. Picture afp
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