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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + US braces for huge weekend race protests + Bolsonaro threatens to withdraw from WHO + Joe Biden clinches Democratic nomination + Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb chief killed + Facebook, under fire, vows policy review US-politics-race-unrest,WRAP NEW YORK The United States braces for massive weekend protests against racism and police brutality, as outrage soars over the latest law enforcement abuses against demonstrators that were caught on camera. 800 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO President Jair Bolsonaro threatens to pull Brazil from the WHO over "ideological bias," as his counterpart Donald Trump says the US economy is recovering from the coronavirus pandemic and Europe seeks to reopen its borders. 600 words moved by Joshua Howat Berger, with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote-Democrats-Biden WASHINGTON Joe Biden says he has secured the delegates needed to clinch the Democratic nomination and face Donald Trump in November's US presidential election. 450 words 0530 GMT Mali-unrest-jihadists-France,WRAP PARIS French forces have killed the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Algerian Abdelmalek Droukdel, in northern Mali, France's defence minister says. 600 words 0530 GMT. File picture. Graphic US-politics-race-unrest-Facebook SAN FRANCISCO Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg promises to review the social network's policies that led to its decision to not moderate controversial messages posted by US President Donald Trump. 400 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-economy-politics WASHINGTON President Donald Trump declares the US economy in "rocket" mode after data shows a surprising recovery in the coronavirus-ravaged jobs market -- lifting his own sinking reelection chances in the process. 600 words moved by Heather Scott and Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-race-unrest-Washington,lead WASHINGTON Washington mayor Muriel Bowser renames an area near the White House that has become the epicenter of anti-racism protests over the past week "Black Lives Matter Plaza" -- unveiling a giant street mural. 600 words moved by Cyril Julien. Picture US-protests-race-unrest-monuments,FOCUS WASHINGTON As protests for racial justice grip the United States, pressure is mounting to take down monuments to the slave-holding Civil War South, with several memorials being dismantled this week and others slated for removal. 650 words moved by Chris Lefkow. File picture Health-virus-research-Surgisphere,FOCUS WASHINGTON The first research scandal of the coronavirus pandemic has created unnecessary distraction around the politically divisive drug hydroxychloroquine, scientists say, as questions swirl around the tiny health care company at the center of the affair. 750 words moved by Issam Ahmed. File picture Health-virus-Mexico,FOCUS CUIDAD NEZAHUALCOYOTL, Mexico The peculiar nature of the job means they have more work than ever right now. But Mexico's gravediggers and crematorium workers say they are paying a heavy price for constant exposure to other people's grief during the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved by Yussel Gonzalez. Picture Environment-oceanography-oceans-climate,Q&A LOS ANGELES It's not too late to save the oceans from destruction, says the grandson of famed French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau. 650 words moved by Laurent Banguet -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India,SCENE NEW DELHI Traditional funeral pyres have had to be called into action for the last rites of coronavirus victims in the Indian capital as crematorium furnaces cannot keep up with the toll. 650 words 0530 GMT by Aishwarya Kumar. Picture. Video China-law-politics-economy,FOCUS BEIJING Farmers in China have faced forced evictions and illicit land grabs for decades -- sources of social unrest that the government is finally trying to address in a major shake-up of its property law. 750 words moved by Poornima Weerasekara. Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-WHO,2ndlead GENEVA The World Health Organization changes its advice on face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying they should be worn in places where the virus is widespread and physical distancing is difficult. 450 words moved by Robin Millard. Video Health-virus-study-hydroxychloroquine,2ndlead PARIS A major British trial of hydroxychloroquine has found it has "no benefit" for patients hospitalised with COVID-19, researchers say, announcing they had halted tests of the drug. 700 words moved by Kelly Macnamara Health-virus-Italy-politics,FOCUS ROME Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's handling of the coronavirus crisis has allowed him to shed his reputation as a weak-willed puppet of other parties and even bolstered his country's image abroad, some experts say. 700 words moved by Celine Cornu and Ljubomir Milasin Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade,WRAP BRUSSELS Brussels and London pledge to step up the pace as they seek to strike a trade deal by the end of October, after the last round of post-Brexit talks end with no major breakthrough. 650 words moved by Alex Pigman. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict,WRAP TARHUNA, Libya Forces loyal to Libya's UN-recognised government celebrate another victory against rival strongman Khalifa Haftar after overrunning his last western stronghold, launchpad of an abortive 14-month assault on Tripoli. 700 words moved by Mahmud Turkia with Rim Taher in Tripoli. Picture. Graphic -- AFRICA -- Cameroon-unrest-media-rights-army,2ndlead DOUALA, Cameroon Cameroon's army confirms anglophone journalist Samuel Wazizi died in detention last year, accusing him of associating with terrorists but denying allegations he had been tortured. 500 words moved by Jean-Baptiste Ketchateng with Joseph Sotinel in Libreville. Video afp
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