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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + California under lockdown to contain virus + US fast-tracks malaria drugs as virus treatment + Olympic flame arrives in Japan as doubts grow + Four hanged in India over 2012 bus gang-rape + Netflix slows streaming to ease strain on internet Health-virus,WRAP LOS ANGELES California is placed under lockdown in the most drastic step yet by a US state to contain the fast-spreading coronavirus, after Italy surpasses China as the country with the most deaths in the pandemic. 900 words 0630 GMT by Andrew Marszal and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-US WASHINGTON The US is fast-tracking antimalarial drugs for use as a treatment against the new coronavirus, President Donald Trump says, following encouraging early results in France and China. 700 words 0600 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video Oly-2020-JPN-Japan-virus-health-torch,WRAP MATSUSHIMA AIR BASE, Japan The Olympic flame arrives to a scaled-down reception in Japan as the coronavirus pandemic raises increasing doubts about whether the Tokyo Games will go ahead on schedule. 700 words 0600 GMT by Quentin Tyberghien. Picture. Live video. Video India-crime,WRAP NEW DELHI India executes four men for the fatal gang-rape of a woman on a Delhi bus in 2012 that sparked huge nationwide protests and international revulsion. 550 words moved by Jalees Andrabi and Abhaya Srivastava. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moved: India-court-execution-crime,FACTS India-death-world-crime,FACTS Health-virus-EU-Netflix-internet BRUSSELS Netflix will reduce the quality of its streaming in Europe to ease pressure on the internet, it says, as demand soars across the continent where millions are confined to their homes over coronavirus fears. 300 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-politics-economy,2ndlead WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell presents a $1 trillion emergency relief package to combat the economic turmoil caused by the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. 600 words moved by Elodie Cuzin Also moved: Health-virus-US-economy-politics,FOCUS Health-virus-diplomacy-US-G7,lead Health-virus-US-politics-Congress,FOCUS WASHINGTON With two US lawmakers testing positive for coronavirus and others entering quarantine, concerns are mounting in Congress -- where 200 members are 65 or older -- over the pandemic's impact on Capitol Hill. 650 words moved by Michael Mathes Health-US-virus-nursing-home,FOCUS LOS ANGELES As coronavirus sweeps the US, the instinct to search for culprits has intensified -- and nowhere more than the ravaged care home near Seattle where 35 people, mainly residents, have died. 600 words moved by Andrew Marszal Health-virus-Brazil-Amazon,FOCUS CARAUARI, Brazil Located in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, a week's trip upriver by boat, Carauari is not a place that's easy to reach. But the global panic over the coronavirus pandemic has arrived. 650 words moved by Vitoria Velez. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Asia-technology-science,FOCUS HONG KONG Electronic bracelets and phones that report your whereabouts, text messages if you stray too far from quarantine and digital detectives tracking where you've been -- Asian countries have embraced innovative, if somewhat invasive, tech to counter the coronavirus pandemic. 800 words moved by Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video Health-virus-China-travel,FOCUS BEIJING Under pressure from anxious parents, Chinese citizens living in virus-hit Europe are flocking back home, with some even flying on private jets to escape the spiralling number of infections overseas. 700 words 0800 GMT by Ludovic Ehret. Picture. Video. Health-virus-China-diplomacy,FOCUS BEIJING With millions of face masks, low interest loans and teams of medical experts, China is trying to paint itself as a Good Samaritan while deflecting criticism over its initial missteps in handling the coronavirus. 650 words moved by Laurie Chen Also moved: Health-virus-HongKong-masks,FOCUS SKorea-business-aviation-fund,FOCUS SEOUL The "nut rage" heiress who forced a plane to turn back over her macadamias is fighting a bitter battle against her brother for control of the family airline, highlighting resistance to reform in South Korea's chaebols. 700 words moved by Kang Jin-Kyu. File Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Russia-politics,FOCUS MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin has insisted that the economy can weather the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices, but the double crisis is a huge challenge to his promises to reduce poverty and boost growth. 750 words moved by Andrea Palasciano Health-virus-France-Italy-funerals,FOCUS PARIS Families forced to stay away from their loved ones' funerals, mourners fined for following a hearse, and undertakers setting up live links to burials -- welcome to the new way of death in a Europe struggling to cope with the coronavirus. 750 words moved by Jean-Francois Guyot with Karine Perret. File picture -- AFRICA -- Guinea-constitution-vote,ADVANCER CONAKRY Guineans are set to vote Sunday on whether to adopt a new constitution; against a backdrop of mass protests against the move, coronavirus and possible internet cuts: 700 words moved Health-virus-Africa,WRAP LAGOS African countries led by Nigeria and South Africa ramp up action against the coronavirus after the continent recorded its first fatality. 650 words moved by Max Delany and AFP bureaux in Africa. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Gaza,FOCUS GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Palestinians in Gaza may be trying to make light of coronavirus on social media, comparing lockdowns to the Israeli blockade, but fears of a disastrous outbreak in the Strip are growing. 750 words moved by Adel Zaanoun with Joe Dyke in Ramallah. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-IS-Baghouz,SCENE BAGHOUZ, Syria A year after the last black flag of the Islamic State group was lowered in the Syrian village of Baghouz, local farmer Hamad al-Ibrahim is trying to restore his damaged land. 750 words moved by Delil Souleiman. Picture. Video afp
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