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| - Duty Editor: Alex Nicoll Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + LatAm cases top 2mn, Trump event defies virus + Trump holds fiery rally but crowd disappoints + Three dead in south England stabbing rampage + Judge allows release of ex-Trump aide's book + Kurt Cobain's guitar auctioned for $6 million Health-virus,WRAP TULSA, Oklahoma Coronavirus infections in Latin America surge past two million, with worst-hit Brazil home to nearly half of the cases as the virus accelerates its spread in the region. 600 words 0530 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote-rally-Trump,WRAP TULSA, Oklahoma US President Donald Trump returns to one of his favorite spots -- a campaign rally stage -- defying the pandemic and attacking Democratic rivals at an event with crowds far smaller than promised. 850 words moved by Laurent Banguet. Picture. Video. Britain-police-politics-stabbings,4thlead READING, United Kingdom Three people are killed and three seriously injured when an assailant goes on a stabbing rampage in a park filled with people relaxing in the southern English city of Reading, police say. 550 words moved by Adrian Dennis. Picture. Video US-politics-Trump-book-court,WRAP WASHINGTON A US judge refuses to block the release of a tell-all book in which President Donald Trump's former national security advisor describes him as corrupt and incompetent. 700 words moved by Danny Woolls US-entertainment-music-auction-Nirvana LOS ANGELES The guitar grunge rock icon Kurt Cobain played during his legendary 1993 MTV Unplugged performance sells for a record $6 million, an auction house says. 300 words 0600 GMT -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-investigation-Trump,WRAP NEW YORK America's top law enforcement official tells a federal prosecutor known for probing allies of President Donald Trump that he is fired -- sparking uproar and triggering an inquiry by Democratic lawmakers. 700 words moved by Laura Bonilla Cal. File picture US-racism-unrest-Asian-minorities,FOCUS WASHINGTON As anti-racism protests broke out across the United States, Viet Hoai Tran knew exactly what he wanted to write on his poster -- "Yellow Peril Supports Black Power." 800 words moved by Tori Otten. Picture US-politics-economy-racism-restaurants,FOCUS WASHINGTON Outside the Southwest Soda Pop Shop in the US capital, a long line of customers waits, both to buy ice cream and to show solidarity with restaurants owned by African Americans, a community particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved by Daxia Rojas. Picture. Video Health-virus-entertainment-US-film,FOCUS LOS ANGELES After more than three months of coronavirus-mandated limbo, Hollywood is headed back to the big screen -- and hoping that Russell Crowe's road rage thriller "Unhinged" will jump-start the recovery. 700 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture. Video -- ASIA -- Myanmar-unrest-rights YANGON The world's longest internet shutdown in Myanmar's conflict-ridden northwest enters a second year with locals and rights groups appealing for an end to the blackout as coronavirus fears grip the region. 400 words 0600 GMT -- EUROPE -- Serbia-politics-vote,WRAP BELGRADE Serbia's centre-right ruling party is poised to cement its dominance in Europe's first national election since the coronavirus pandemic, with a scattered opposition clearing the path to victory under President Aleksandar Vucic. 650 words moved by Sally Mairs and Katarina Subasic. Picture. Video. Also moved: Serbia-vote,FACTS -- MIDEAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict-Egypt,WRAP CAIRO Egypt's president warns that advances by Turkey-backed Libyan forces on the Libyan city of Sirte could prompt an Egyptian military intervention in the neighbouring country in support of Cairo's ally Khalifa Haftar. 600 words moved by Menna Zaki -- AFRICA -- Malawi-politics-vote,ADVANCER LILONGWE Malawi goes to the polls on Tuesday in a historic presidential re-run after a court overturned last year's elections and ordered a fresh vote. 650 words moved by Jack McBrams. File picture. File video Also moved: Malawi-politics-vote,CHRONO Malawi-politics-vote,COUNTRY FACTFILE Malawi-politics-vote,PROFILES -- SPORT -- Auto-Prix-Paralympics-Zanardi-ITA-Indycar-accident,3rdlead MILAN Alex Zanardi, the former Formula One driver who became an inspirational Paralympic champion after having both his legs amputated in a motor racing accident two decades ago, is fighting for his life after a bike crash, with doctors telling reporters: "The neurological damage is serious". 700 words moved by Emmeline Moore. File Picture afp
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