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| - Duty Editor: Qasim Nauman Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Europe starts to open as China logs new cases + British PM announces phased restart plan + Museums preserve pandemic artefacts + European football set for cautious return + Hogging the limelight: wild boar's Cannes cameo Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Swathes of Europe begin the long process of opening up after lockdown, but the first new coronavirus cases in weeks at China's ground zero offer a sobering reminder of the dangers of a second wave of infections. 850 words 0400 GMT by Joseph Boyle, with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics Health-virus-Britain,4thlead LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a phased plan to ease a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, with schools, shops and restaurants to begin opening from June 1, as long as infection rates stay low. 650 words moved by Alice Ritchie. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-museum LONDON The global coronavirus pandemic is still raging but museums are already gathering testimony and objects to remember life under lockdown. 700 words 0230 GMT by Pauline Froissart Health-virus-Fbl,FOCUS PARIS As European football leagues prepare to return from the enforced coronavirus break, screening tests are revealing cases in various championships -- although, as yet, not calling into question plans to resume playing. 700 words moved Also moved: Fbl-health-virus-ENG-Pr,FOCUS Health-virus-France-animals-film NICE Usually, a galaxy of film stars would be strolling along the fabled Croisette promenade in Cannes at this time of year, but with France under lockdown, it was a lone wild boar that grabbed the limelight. 300 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-economy,lead WASHINGTON Two top US economic advisers defend the need for an expeditious reopening of the economy even as the coronavirus reaches into the White House despite the extraordinary precautions taken there. 650 words moved by Brian Knowlton. File Picture Health-virus-US-children NEW YORK New York's Mayor Bill de Blasio voices "tremendous concern" over an uptick in cases of a paediatric syndrome that scientists suspect could be linked to COVID-19, which has left at least three people dead statewide. 600 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. File Picture Venezuela-Trinidad-politics-migration,SPECIALREPORT GUIRIA, Venezuela Ana Arias breaks down in tears when she cooks chicken soup. It was her 15-year-old daughter's favourite dish. 750 words 0130 GMT by Margioni Bermudez. Picture. Video. Graphic -- ASIA-PACIFIC -- Health-virus-China-Disney SHANGHAI Shanghai Disneyland reopens following a more than three-month coronavirus shutdown as China moves nearer to normality and Walt Disney Co seeks to plug the flow of red ink caused by the pandemic. 550 words 0300 GMT by Dan Martin and Peter Stebbings. Picture. Video. Live Video Health-virus-India-transport,lead NEW DELHI One of the world's largest train networks will gradually restart operations with India easing its coronavirus lockdown, as the number of cases passed 60,000 with more than 2,000 deaths. 450 words moved by Glenda Kwek. Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-confinement-Europe,FACTS PARIS Tentatively parts of Europe are emerging from lockdown, with France and Belgium joining the list of countries beginning the first phase of easing measures, amid fears of a second wave. 850 words moved Graphic. Picture Health-virus-Germany,lead BERLIN Germany's coronavirus spread appears to be picking up speed again, official data shows, just days after Chancellor Angela Merkel said the country could gradually return to normal. 650 words moved by Yacine Le Forestier. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-Germany-leisure-religion-church,VIDEOESSAY Health-virus-Italy-rice,FOCUS Robbio, ITALY Europe's top rice producer Italy has seen consumption of the staple rise throughout the coronavirus pandemic, putting even pasta in the shade. 500 words 0300 GMT by Franck Iovene. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Algeria-protests,ANALYSIS ALGIERS The Algerian regime is exploiting the coronavirus pandemic to defeat a protest movement that has shaken it to its core over the past year, analysts say. 750 words moved by Philippe Agret. File Picture -- AFRICA -- Niger-conflict,lead NIAMEY Motorbike-riding bandits kill 20 villagers in a string of attacks in Niger's western region of Tillaberi, the latest in a series of attacks in an area wracked by violence blamed on jihadists in recent years. 400 words moved -- ECONOMY & BUSINESS -- Health-virus-US-oil-unemployment,FOCUS CARLSBAD, United States Wait for an upturn, or pick up stakes and look for work elsewhere? That's the dilemma facing oil workers around Carlsbad in New Mexico, where a brutal drop in petroleum prices has hit the local economy hard. 800 words 0130 GMT by Julia Benarrous. Picture -- ENVIRONMENT -- India-conservation-animal-environment GUWAHATI, India A rare one-horned rhino has been killed at one of India's best-known national parks, which has seen an increase in poaching attempts because of the coronavirus pandemic. 300 words moved afp
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