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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + US virus cases soar to near daily record + Three charged over black jogger's murder + Qantas cuts 6,000 jobs over COVID impact + Space mystery may be smallest black hole + Stairs only option as Eiffel Tower opens Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON More than 78,000 people are diagnosed with COVID-19 in the US and in Brazil, as the IMF lays out the unprecedented economic devastation caused by the global pandemic. 750 words moved by Heather Scott with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-racism-Arbery-murder,lead WASHINGTON The three men arrested after the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a young black jogger in the southern United States, are formally indicted on murder charges. 350 words moved Health-virus-Australia-aviation,lead SYDNEY Australia's Qantas is cutting 6,000 staff and grounding 100 planes for up to a year in a US$10 billion cost-cutting blitz in response to the COVID crisis, the airline announces. 500 words moved Science-space-waves-object PARIS A mysterious object roughly 800 million light years from Earth detected using gravitational wave sensors is either one of the smallest black holes or one of the largest neutron stars so far discovered, scientists say. 400 words moved. Video Health-virus-France-tourism PARIS Tourists and Parisians will again be able to admire the view of the French capital from the Eiffel Tower after a three month closure due to the coronavirus -- but only if they take the stairs. 400 words moved by Eleonore Hugues -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-progressives,FOCUS NEW YORK Two years after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stunned the US political establishment by winning a seat in Congress and becoming one of its best-known members, another upstart New Yorker is gaining attention. 750 words 0600 GMT by Maggy Donaldson and Thomas Urbain. File picture Health-virus-Cuba-economy-internet,FOCUS HAVANA Cuba's catch-up with the world of e-commerce, encouraged by its communist rulers during the coronavirus lockdown, has left many users angry. 700 words 0530 GMT by Katell Abiven. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Russia-election-constitution MOSCOW Russians go to the polls to cast early votes in a nationwide ballot on constitutional reforms that could see President Vladimir Putin remain in power until 2036. 650 words moved by Antoine Lambroschini. Picture. Video Britain-France-court-assault-museum LONDON A British teenager who threw a six-year-old French boy off the 10th floor of London's Tate Modern art gallery will be sentenced on Thursday for attempted murder. 400 words moved by Alice Ritchie. File picture -- MIDEAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-UN,WRAP UNITED NATIONS The United Nations and European and Arab powers warn Israel that its plans to annex Palestinian land would deal a major blow to peace but the United States offers its green light. 600 words moved by Philippe Rater with Shaun Tandon in Washington Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Jordan,FOCUS Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US-diplomacy,FOCUS Israel-Palestinians-conflict,FACTS Israel-Palestinians-Arabs-conflict-history,CHRONO Health-virus-Sudan-drugs-economy,FOCUS KHARTOUM As it battles mounting cases of coronavirus, Sudan is grappling with acute medicine shortages at a time of economic woes largely blamed on ousted president Omar al-Bashir's policies. 650 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video Algeria-Tunisia-migrants-politics,FOCUS ALGIERS "Here, I don't exist -- I die little by little," said Hamid, a young Algerian, his gaze fixed on Mediterranean waters he sees as his route to a better future. 750 words moved by Amal Belalloufi with Aymen Jamli in Tunis Also moved: France-Libya-migration-virus,FOCUS -- ASIA -- SKorea-NKorea-war-anniversary,WRAP SEOUL South Korea marks the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War, when the North invaded, triggering a three-year conflict that cost millions of lives. 500 words 0800 GMT by Sunghee Hwang SKorea-NKorea-China-US-war-anniversary-diplomacy,FOCUS SHANGHAI Chinese army veteran Yu Jihua faced the United States on the battlefield in the Korean War and the 87-year-old has no wish to see a repeat as tensions rise again between the nuclear-armed superpowers. 650 words moved by Peter Stebbings and Ludovic Ehret. Picture. Video Also moved: SKorea-NKorea-war-anniversary-social,PHOTOESSAY -- BUSINESS, ECONOMY & TECH -- Germany-US-chemicals-health-court-Bayer,WRAP FRANKFURT German chemical giant Bayer agrees to pay more than $10 billion to end a wave of lawsuits from Americans who say their cancers were caused by its Roundup weedkiller. 650 words moved by Michelle Fitzpatrick. File picture Health-virus-aviation-aid-Germany-Lufthansa,WRAP FRANKFURT Lufthansa's top shareholder says he will back a nine billion euro government rescue package, removing the threat of a last-minute veto that could have plunged the German airline into bankruptcy. 650 words moved by Yann Schreiber. Picture Italy-technology-wireless-5G,FOCUS ROME Italy's 5G project, launched to great fanfare in October 2018 with frequencies going for top dollar at auction, has since fallen victim to sky-high costs and red tape. 550 words moved by Ljubomir Milasin and Celine Cornu -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-television-Hamilton-racism,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Broadway smash "Hamilton" is bringing its groundbreaking blend of hip-hop musical numbers, color-blind casting and political revolution to Disney+ at a poignant moment in US racial history, its creator and original cast says. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal -- SPORT -- Athletics-marathon-USA-NewYork-GER-Berlin-health-virus NEW YORK Marathons in New York -- the world's largest -- and Berlin are cancelled due to concerns regarding the coronavirus pandemic. 400 words moved afp
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