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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Major US cities under curfew as protests build + Latin America coronavirus cases pass 1 million + US astronauts enter ISS after landmark journey + Artist Christo, famed for Reichstag wrap, dies + Humpback whale led astray along Canadian river US-politics-race-unrest,WRAP WASHINGTON Police fire tear gas outside the White House as anti-racism protestors again take to the streets to voice fury at police brutality, with other major US cities put under curfew to suppress rioting. 850 words 0730 GMT by Agnes Bun. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-politics-race-unrest-church,SCENE US-politics-race-unrest-journalism,FOCUS Health-virus,WRAP BRASILIA Coronavirus cases in Latin America surge past one million, while hard-hit Britain and Russia move to tentatively ease lockdowns despite not having their outbreaks fully under control. 850 words 0800 GMT by Valeria Pacheco with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-space-SpaceX-NASA,WRAP WASHINGTON NASA astronauts enter the International Space Station after a landmark 19-hour journey on the first crewed US spacecraft in nearly a decade, a triumph for SpaceX and private enterprise. 650 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video. Bulgaria-US-art-Christo,4thlead SOFIA The artist known as Christo, who made his name transforming landmarks such as Germany's Reichstag by covering them with reams of cloth, dies aged 84. 500 words moved. File picture Also moved: US-Bulgaria-Christo-France-art,OBIT US-art-Christo-France,FACTS Canada-environment-whale-animal-offbeat TORONTO A young humpback whale that swam up one of Canada's major rivers and has been exploring the waters off Montreal since Saturday was likely led astray while on a hunting trip, authorities say. 300 words 0700 GMT. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-race-unrest-church,SCENE MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota In the Shiloh Temple church's parking lot, a pastor releases two doves into the Minneapolis sky on before a mainly African-American congregation sitting in their cars and seeking comfort in troubled times. 500 words moved by Charlotte Plantive US-politics-race-unrest-journalism,FOCUS NEW YORK Journalists covering nationwide protests over the death of a black man at police hands in Minneapolis have found themselves under attack, by police and at times by protesters. 450 words moved by Thomas Urbain Weather-storm-ElSalvador-Guatemala,2ndlead SAN SALVADOR Tropical Storm Amanda, the first named storm of the season in the Pacific, kills at least 14 people as it lashed El Salvador and Guatemala amid flooding and power outages. 450 words 0630 GMT. Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Russia MOSCOW Shopping malls and parks are set to re-open in Moscow as the Russian capital eases coronavirus restrictions despite having the world's third-largest caseload. 500 words moved by Anna Smolchenko. Picture Health-virus-Britain LONDON Britain partially reopens schools and allows the most vulnerable to venture outdoors, despite warnings that the world's second-worst hit country is moving too quickly out of its coronavirus lockdown. 600 words moved by Dmitry Zaks Greece-immigration-refugee-homelessness Piraeus, GREECE Greek officials will start moving more than 11,200 people, included recognised refugees, out of flats, hotels and camps on the mainland, to make room for other asylum seekers currently living in dismal island camps. 700 words moved by Marina Rafenbert. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Saudi-politics-royals-rights,FOCUS LONDON A $2 million US lobbying effort and petitions from European lawmakers are piling pressure on Saudi Arabia to release a philanthropist prince jailed for two years without charge amid an intensifying royal crackdown. 950 words moved. Picture Health-virus-Palestinians-economy JERUSALEM Poverty in the occupied West Bank may double as Palestinians are slammed by the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Bank warns. 400 words moved -- AFRICA -- Burkina-unrest,WRAP OUAGADOUGOU Ten people are killed as an aid convoy is ambushed in Burkina Faso, bringing to at least 50 the death toll from a string of attacks blamed on jihadists. 400 words moved -- ASIA -- Australia-media-Google-Facebook SYDNEY Google rejects demands it pay hundreds of millions of dollars per year in compensation to Australian news media under a government-imposed revenue sharing deal. 400 words moved -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- ECB-EU-eurozone-banking-inflation-rate,ANALYSIS FRANKFURT The European Central Bank could announce Thursday hundreds of billions in new bond-buying to keep fighting the pandemic crisis, analysts predict, as EU governments launch a months-long wrangle over a joint response. 700 words moved by Tom Barfield. File picture. -- SPORT -- Sport-US-race-unrest-politics,4thlead LOS ANGELES NBA icon Michael Jordan decries "ingrained racism" in America as the sports world's reaction to the death of unarmed black man George Floyd leaps leagues and continents. 750 words moved. Picture Auto-Prix-Hamilton-US-politics-race-unrest LONDON World champion Lewis Hamilton criticised the "biggest of stars" in "white-dominated" Formula One for failing to speak out against racism as protests erupted around the United States. 300 words moved afp
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