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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Mother of US shooting victim in appeal for calm + Melania addresses virus, race at GOP convention + Kremlin ridicules claims Putin poisoned Navalny + Messi breakup: striker tells Barca he wants out + Socially distanced Santas set to save Christmas US-police-shooting-racism,WRAP KENOSHA, Wisconsin The mother of a black man shot repeatedly in the back by Wisconsin police calls for calm after two nights of violent protests, as her lawyer said it would take a "miracle" for her son to walk again. 800 words moved by Robert Chiarito. Picture. Video US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Melania Trump puts a kinder, gentler sheen on Donald Trump's reelection campaign with a star turn at the Republican convention where she broke ranks to speak compassionately about coronavirus victims and recalled her own immigrant story in an appeal for racial harmony. 750 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic Germany-Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW Russia faces mounting international calls for a probe into the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, even as the Kremlin dismisses the findings of his German doctors. 700 words moved by Anna Malpas. Picture. Video. Graphic Fbl-ESP-Liga-Barcelona-ARG-Messi,WRAP BARCELONA Six-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi tells Barcelona he wants to leave -- on a free transfer -- in a "bombshell" fax that is expected to trigger a legal battle over a buy-out clause worth hundreds of millions of dollars. 700 words 0600 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Fbl-ESP-Liga-Barcelona-ARG-Messi,PROFILE Health-virus-Britain-Christmas LONDON As questions arise over how Christmas traditions will be possible under coronavirus restrictions, one dedicated Briton has a plan to make sure children can experience the magic of meeting Santa Claus. 450 words moved. File Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-weather-Haiti-Cuba,WRAP NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana Texas and Louisiana residents evacuate flood zones and board up windows as Hurricane Laura barrels towards the coastline, after earlier causing 25 deaths in the Caribbean. 650 words 0700 GMT by Gianrigo Marletta. Picture. Video US-politics-vote-Republicans-Trump,FACTCHECK WASHINGTON The 2020 US election race is rife with concerns about disinformation, and the first session of the Republican National Convention did nothing to dispel them. 850 words moved by Arthur MacMillan. Picture US-vote-politics-family-Trump,FOCUS NEW YORK Donald Trump is keeping it all in the family at this week's Republican convention, giving four of his children prime speaking slots alongside his wife Melania and highlighting the unprecedented role they have played in the political affairs of the United States. 700 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture. File Picture Health-virus-Brazil-corruption,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Ingrid dos Santos has no idea who's been receiving the paychecks from her job as a nurse at a COVID-19 field hospital in Rio de Janeiro, but she knows it isn't her. 800 words moved by Joshua Howat Berger. File Picture. Health-virus-Mexico-obesity,FOCUS MEXICO CITY With martial arts training on rooftops, virtual exercise classes and outdoor workouts, Mexicans are getting creative as they try to slim down during the pandemic in one of the world's most obese countries. 600 words moved by Sofia Miselem. Picture. Video Canada-agriculture-organic-food,FOCUS MONTREAL Building on a new hanging garden trend, a greenhouse atop a Montreal warehouse growing eggplants and tomatoes to meet demand for locally sourced foods has set a record as the largest in the world. 600 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Argentina-tango,FOCUS BUENOS AIRES As Argentina's annual tango championship gets under way, hundreds of dancers competing in an arena in Buenos Aires will do so virtually. 450 words moved by Sonia Avalos. Picture. -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-law,WRAP HONG KONG Two prominent Hong Kong opposition lawmakers are among more than a dozen people arrested as part of a widening crackdown against the city's democracy camp. 650 words 0830 GMT by Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor. Video. File Video. File Picture Afghanistan-floods-toll,2ndlead KABUL At least 30 people are killed and hundreds of houses destroyed as flash floods caused by torrential rains smash a city north of the Afghan capital, officials say. 400 words 0700 GMT. Graphic NKorea-health-virus-weather-typhoon-Kim SEOUL North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has issued warnings over the global coronavirus pandemic and a typoon forecast to hit the peninsula this week, after international speculation he was in a coma. 400 words moved India-animal-dog-virus-health,VIDEOESSAY CHENNAI, India As the world marks International Dog Day, a growing number of people across India are adopting man's best friend to cope with the loneliness inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words moved by Archana Thiyagarajan with Glenda Kwek in New Delhi. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-Turkey-Iran-water-diplomacy,FOCUS DIWANIYAH, Iraq With its neighbours activating new dams, Iraq's historic twin rivers could run dry -- unless new infrastructure projects and tense talks with Turkey and Iran bear fruit. 800 words moved by Haydar Indhar. Picture. Video Health-virus-Qatar,Q&A DOHA Qatar has the world's highest per-capita coronavirus infection rate but one of the lowest death rates, due to extensive testing, a young population and lavish healthcare spending. 750 words moved by Gregory Walton. File Picture -- EUROPE -- Montenegro-health-virus-tourism-economy,FOCUS KOTOR, Montenegro Gliding across Montenegro's majestic, mountain-ringed Kotor bay, captain Ivan Gvido Krivokapic revels in the unusually tranquil waters of a destination that has become a tourist magnet in recent years. 750 words moved by Olivera Nikolic. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-film-US-health-virus,WRAP PARIS Tenet is the film of the summer -- the release that cinema operators, beset by coronavirus regulations around the world which have largely kept audiences at home, are praying will reboot the industry. 700 words moved by Philippe Grelard. File picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-ESP-Liga-Barcelona-ARG-Messi MADRID When Lionel Messi won an unprecedented sixth Ballon d'Or in December last year, the speculation had already begun over his career at Barcelona. 600 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Cycling-FRA-Tour-Prudhomme-health-virus,INTERVIEW PARIS The coronavirus pandemic has forced the rescheduling of the Tour de France away from its traditional summer slot, but director Christian Prudhomme has vowed that some fans will be accommodated when the delayed 2020 Grande Boucle gets underway. 500 words moved by Jean Montois afp
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