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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + US declares virus emergency; WHO says Europe epicentre + Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board + Coronavirus wipes out global sporting calendar + Australian plane sent to Antarctica for sick American + Fossilised penguin skin found in Argentina Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump declares a national state of emergency as the World Health Organization names Europe the new epicenter of the coronavirus, with countries sealing borders, shutting schools and canceling events in a frenzied attempt to slow the pandemic. 900 words 0530 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic Already moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS Health-virus-Europe-measures,FACTS US-internet-company-Microsoft-people-Gates,lead SAN FRANCISCO Microsoft announces that co-founder Bill Gates has left its board of directors to devote more time to philanthropy. 500 words moved Health-virus-sport-world PARIS The collapse of sports events worldwide gathers pace with England's Premier League, Europe's Champions League and the Masters golf major among competitions swept aside by the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved. Picture NZealand-Australia-US-Antarctica-health CHRISTCHURCH An American requiring emergency medical treatment has been flown from Antarctica to New Zealand in a mercy dash in "challenging" winter conditions, the Australian Antarctic Division says. 200 words moved Argentina-palaeontology-Antarctic BUENOS AIRES Argentine researchers announce the discovery of fossilized skin on the remains of the wing of a 43-million-year-old penguin on Marambio Island in the Antarctic. 150 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-transmission,FOCUS PARIS Can a single COVID-19 patient infect dozens of others? Although transmission rates in the current outbreak appear to be far lower, a variety of factors can lead to an individual infecting many. 600 words moved by Julie Charpentrat Health-virus-Iran-US-conflict,FOCUS WASHINGTON After months of piling pressure on Tehran, the United States is seeing an unexpected new variable -- the novel coronavirus, which has taken a substantial toll not just on Iran but inside its government. 750 words 0600 GMT by Shaun Tandon Health-virus-India,FOCUS NEW DELHI Despite being poorer and more densely populated than China and having a shakier healthcare system, India has officially recorded only 81 cases of the coronavirus and just one death. 750 words moved by Simon Sturdee. Video. Picture Health-virus-China-Italy,FOCUS BEIJING Sara Platto's mother in Italy called her "crazy" for staying in Wuhan even as the virus-hit city was quarantined in January. Now she's offering advice to people back home on how to cope. 650 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng and Leo Ramirez. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-Europe-airport-ban,SCENE LOS ANGELES The final planeloads of European passengers fly into an eerily quiet Los Angeles airport, wheeling their luggage past hand sanitizer stations as the hours tick down to a 30-day travel ban. 400 words moved by Javier Tovar. Picture. Video Health-virus-Brazil-US-politics BRASILIA Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro says he had tested negative for the new coronavirus, after a scare over a trip on which at least one infected member of his staff rubbed shoulders with US President Donald Trump. 600 words moved. Picture. Video. File picture Also moved: Health-virus-LatAm,lead Health-virus-government-Canada-family,FOCUS OTTAWA His children play with Lego in their rooms, his wife spends a lot of time on the phone: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offers a glimpse into the Canadian first family's COVID-19 quarantine while reassuring an anxious nation that he continues to govern. 500 words moved by Eric Thomas and Michel Comte. Picture. Video Health-virus-politics-US-vote-Louisiana,3rdlead WASHINGTON Four major US states announce that they will go ahead with Democratic presidential primaries next week despite the coronavirus crisis, after Louisiana became the first to postpone its contest. 600 words moved by Elodie Cuzin. File picture Basket-NBA-Bucks-Antetokounmpo-health-virus,2ndlead LOS ANGELES NBA players Giannis Antetokounmpo and Zion Williamson are among a growing list of athletes and teams pledging to provide financial assistance to stadium workers who will suffer wage losses due to the coronavirus pandemic. 500 words moved -- ASIA -- NZealand-attacks-religion-Islam,FOCUS CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand One year after the Christchurch mosque attacks, Aliya Danzeisen says she still needs to rise before dawn to read the news so she can prepare her daughters for the harassment they can expect for being Muslim. 650 words moved by Chris Foley -- AMERICAS -- Lifestyle-US-beer-Guinness BALTIMORE The coronavirus has canceled most St Patrick's Day festivities, but as the luck of the Irish would have it, Americans can still drown their sorrows with a beer produced in the first US Guinness brewery to operate since the 1950s. 650 words moved by Sebastien Duval. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-politics-unrest,FOCUS MOPTI, Mali After years of ethnic massacres and unrelenting jihadist attacks, central Mali has been left a harrowed area of deserted villages and displaced people. 600 words moved by Amaury Hauchard. Picture. Video -- LIFESTYLE AND ENTERTAINMENT -- France-culture-dance-entertainment,FOCUS PARIS The dancers gyrate and contort their bodies into sculptures made by the human body but which look distinctly other-worldly. A choreographer favoured by superstars like Madonna, Radiohead singer Thom Yorke and Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine, Damien Jalet is on a mission to reinvent perceptions of the body. 650 words moved by Rana Moussaoui. Picture. Video afp
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