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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Global virus deaths pass 150,000 + Trump backs lockdown protesters + Hong Kong democracy campaigners arrested + Horrors revealed at virus-hit Canada care home + Doctors fear virus' effect on brain Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Coronavirus deaths have surged past 150,000 worldwide with nearly a quarter of them in the United States, where President Donald Trump lent his support to protesters rallying against lockdown orders. 750 words 0930 GMT by Paul Handley. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-US-politics-Trump WASHINGTON President Donald Trump appears to lend support to protesters in several US states who have been demonstrating against stay-at-home orders imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved by Chris Lefkow. File picture Also moved: Health-virus-US-politics-reopening,FACTS HongKong-democracy-court HONG KONG, China Police in Hong Kong carry out a sweeping operation against high-profile democracy campaigners, arresting 14 activists on charges related to massive protests that rocked the Asian financial hub last year. 450 words 1030 GMT Health-virus-Canada-elderly,FOCUS MONTREAL The discovery of 31 deaths at Montreal's Herron nursing home has prompted an investigation into alleged gross negligence after caregivers fled amid a coronavirus outbreak, leaving elderly residents to fend for themselves. 700 words moved by Anne-Sophie Thill. Picture. Video Health-virus-neurology,FOCUS WASHINGTON A pattern is emerging among novel coronavirus patients arriving at hospitals in New York: Beyond fever, cough and shortness of breath, some are deeply disoriented to the point of not knowing where they are or what year it is. 800 words moved by Issam Ahmed -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy-politics,ANALYSIS ROME Italy's worst recession since World War II could bolster the far-right and damage the country's love affair with the European Union, analysts say. 1,450 words moved by Ella Ide. File Picture Health-virus-Sweden-immigration,FOCUS STOCKHOLM People in Sweden with foreign backgrounds are disproportionately affected by the new coronavirus, underscoring the grim reality of segregation and raising fears that a "blind spot" is masking some communities. 900 words moved by Johannes Ledel. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany-pandemic-hospital,FOCUS AACHEN, Germany After making it through the first night breathing on her own, 60-year-old Martina Hamacher can only say: "I've been lucky." 700 words moved by Yann Schreiber. Picture. Video Health-virus-Ukraine-religion-Orthodox,FOCUS KIEV A bearded Orthodox priest carefully assembles a plastic visor as he works with a group of volunteers to provide Ukrainian medics with much-needed personal protective equipment. 600 words moved by Ania Tsoukanova. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Jerusalem,FOCUS JERUSALEM Israel's arrest of senior Palestinian officials for "illegal" efforts to contain coronavirus and the Jewish state's closure of a clinic have exacerbated a long-running row over the status of east Jerusalem. 700 words moved by Majeda el-Batsh. File picture -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-SAfrica-food,FOCUS CAPE TOWN "Mr President we are in the middle of a food crisis. It's war out here", a township community leader warns as South Africa's poor reel under a coronavirus lockdown. 700 words 1030 GMT by Tanya Steenkamp. File picture. File video. Zimbabwe-history-politics,SCENE HARARE The Union Jack is slowly lowered. An enormous clamour rises from across Salisbury's Rufaro stadium, reaching fever pitch. Flashback as Zimbabwe marks 40 years of independence from Britain. 890 words 1200 GMT. File picture Also moving: Zimbabwe- politics- independence- anniversary, CHRONO Health-virus-WorldBank-IMF-Africa-economy,WRAP WASHINGTON International financial institutions and African leaders warn the continent needs tens of billions of dollars in additional money to fight the coronavirus pandemic despite debt freezes and massive pledges of support. 650 words moved by Chris Stein -- AMERICAS -- US-space-NASA-SpaceX,lead WASHINGTON A SpaceX rocket will send two American astronauts to the International Space Station on May 27, NASA announces, the first crewed spaceflight from the US in nearly a decade. 400 words moved by Ivan Couronne. File picture Health-virus-US-schools,FOCUS LOS ANGELES As a member of the 2020 "class of coronavirus," Kenia Molina needed to find a laptop in order to graduate high school -- a technology gap that has caused thousands of poorer students to miss out on weeks of education. 650 words moved by Javier Tovar. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-unemployment-realestate,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO Terra Thomas, one of the millions of Americans who have lost their income due to the coronavirus pandemic, was stuck between a rock and a hard place -- pay her rent or put food on the table? 800 words moved by Julie Jammot. Picture. Video Health-virus-Chile-politics-pandemic,FOCUS SANTIAGO Six months after the largest social unrest in 30 years broke out, the streets of Chile are calm once again as the coronavirus pandemic forces the country into lockdown. 750 words moved by Paula Bustamante. Picture. Graphic US-agriculture-horticulture-virus-health,SCENE HOMESTEAD The palm trees that line many US boulevards, the orchids sold in supermarkets, the bushes that form park hedges -- many of these plants come from Florida. And sales have collapsed due to the coronavirus lockdown. 600 words moved by Leila Macor. Picture. Video Health-virus-Ecuador GUAYAQUIL Darwin Castillo's father died in Guayaquil during the coronavirus pandemic that has caused the Ecuadoran city's health system to collapse. 650 words moved by Xavier Letamenda. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Nepal-tourism-health-pandemic-virus KATHMANDU Stranded in Kathmandu, running out of cash and with no way to get home, Alexander Sys is one of hundreds of tourists whose Nepal trekking adventure abruptly ended in lockdown. 400 words 0930 GMT. Video afp
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