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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Lawsuit opens door to possible Google breakup + With two weeks to go, Trump hits Pennsylvania + Nigerian forces accused of killing protesters + Cathay Pacific to shut subsidiary, slash jobs + NASA's Osiris-Rex probe in asteroid touchdown US-IT-politics-antitrust-Google,WRAP WASHINGTON The US government files a blockbuster lawsuit accusing Google of maintaining an "illegal monopoly" in online search and advertising in the country's biggest antitrust case in decades -- opening the door to a potential breakup of the Silicon Valley titan. 800 words moved by Rob Lever. File picture. File video Also moved: US-IT-politics-internet-antitrust,FACTS World-Google-computers-antitrust-mass-media-tax,BACKGROUND US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump campaigns frantically and frontrunning challenger Joe Biden stays mostly out of sight ahead of a pivotal televised debate with only two weeks until Election Day. 800 words 0200 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic Nigeria-demonstration-unrest-police,WRAP LAGOS Several protesters are killed by Nigerian security forces in Lagos, Amnesty International says, after witnesses reported armed men opened fire on demonstrators defying a curfew order. 750 words moved by Emmanuel Anule and Aminu Abubakar. Picture. Video HongKong-aviation-CathayPacific-health-virus,WRAP HONG KONG Cathay Pacific will slash up to 5,900 jobs and shutter its Cathay Dragon subsidiary, the Hong Kong carrier says, joining a growing list of airlines making swingeing cuts as they reel from the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words 0330 GMT by Jerome Taylor US-space-astronomy-Osiris,WRAP WASHINGTON After a four-year journey, NASA's robotic spacecraft Osiris-Rex briefly touches down on asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface to collect rock and dust samples in a precision operation 200 million miles (330 million kilometers) from Earth. 600 words 0200 GMT by Ivan Couronne. File picture. Graphic -- US VOTE -- US-vote-diplomacy-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON With his insults of US allies, soft spot for autocratic rulers and contempt for international agreements, President Donald Trump has turned US foreign policy on its head over a chaotic four years. But behind the bombast, is there a method behind the madness on which voters will decide on November 3? 750 words 0200 GMT by Shaun Tandon. File picture US-vote-campaign-advertising,FOCUS WASHINGTON Hyper-visible on the campaign trail, US President Donald Trump has been far more discreet in on-air advertising than his rival Joe Biden in a presidential race that is shattering ad spending records. 750 words moved by Elodie Cuzin. File picture - PLEASE SEE OUR SPECIAL ADVISORY FOR FULL ELECTION COVERAGE - -- AMERICAS -- US-economy-politics-budget-health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Chances for approving a new spending package to support the US economy improve dramatically after the senior Democratic lawmaker said a bill is in the works and the top Senate Republican said he would bring it to a vote. 650 words 0200 GMT by Heather Scott US-society-Zoom-media,FOCUS NEW YORK A top US commentator and author who exposed himself on a Zoom call is the latest example of users inadvertently baring more than their chat participants bargained for as video conferencing booms during the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words moved by Peter Hutchison -- ASIA -- Entertainment-film-SKorea-festival-Busan BUSAN, South Korea Asia's biggest annual film festival starts in South Korea at a fraction of its usual scale, but some movie fans will still be able to attend screenings despite the pandemic forcing many events online. 600 words 0230 GMT by Claire Lee. File Picture. Video. Graphic Singapore-Japan-SKorea-health-virus-technology-mask,FOCUS SINGAPORE From monitoring vital signs to filtering filthy air and even translating speech into other languages, the coronavirus-fuelled boom in mask-wearing has spawned an unusual range of high-tech face coverings. 500 words 0300 GMT by Catherine Lai with Harumi Ozawa in Tokyo. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- France-attack,WRAP PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron promises to intensify a clampdown on Islamist extremism in France days after the country was stunned by the beheading of a history teacher in a quiet Paris suburb. 750 words 0230 GMT by Alexandre Hielard and Jurgen Hecker. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Britain,2ndlead MANCHESTER, England British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he will impose tougher coronavirus restrictions on the English city of Manchester, defying local leaders who bitterly oppose the move without extra cash. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Italy-curfew Health-virus-pandemic-hospitalisation-death PARIS The five percent of people in Britain predicted by a new tool to be at highest risk from Covid-19 accounted for three-quarters of deaths during the first wave of the pandemic, researchers report. 500 words moved by Marlowe Hood Britain-EU-politics-Brexit-Belgium-fish,FOCUS OSTEND, Belgium Britain's departure from the European single market will disrupt many long-standing economic relationships and could yet devastate one of the oldest, the Belgian fishing fleet's work in UK waters. 950 words 0130 GMT by Dave Clark. Picture. Video Belarus-politics-unrest-Lithuania-sport VILNIUS As a Belarusian Olympian Aliaksandra Herasimenia retired with a stellar career. But now, from her self-imposed exile in neighbouring Lithuania, she heads up a new foundation to help a growing list of Belarusian athletes who have fallen foul of the country's authoritarian government. 500 words 0230 GMT by Vaidotas Beniusus. Picture. Video Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,SCENE MARTAKERT, Azerbaijan Dressed in military fatigues, the mayor of Martakert, a town in northeastern Karabakh, sits behind a desk with two landline phones, his Kalashnikov resting against the wall behind him. But most of its 5,000 inhabitants have fled for safety. 600 words moved by Emmanuel Peuchot. Picture. Video Also moved: Armenia-Azerbaijan-Karabakh-conflict-virus,SCENE -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iraq-Kurds-economy,FOCUS MAM ROSTAM, Iraq Iraq's Kurdish region has for decades lived off its oil wealth, but plummeting energy prices amid the pandemic and financial mismanagement are forcing locals to return to long abandoned farms. 750 words 0300 GMT by Qassim Khider. Picture. Video Israel-UAE-diplomacy,WRAP BEN GURION AIRPORT, Israel Israel and the United Arab Emirates agree to visa-free travel, an unprecedented arrangement between Israel and an Arab state, signed after the first ever official UAE delegation landed in Tel Aviv. 650 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Tanzania-politics-vote DAR ES SALAAM When Tundu Lissu returned to Tanzania to run for president, after being shot 16 times in an assassination attempt, he did not know what to expect. 800 words 0300 GMT. File picture afp
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