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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Hopes rise as US hails coronavirus drug trial + US economy sees worst contraction in a decade + Facebook stock surges on pandemic user growth + Pressure mounts on Biden over sex allegations + British WWII veteran-cum-virus-hero turns 100 Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON US scientists hail a potential breakthrough in the coronavirus fight as a trial shows patients responding to an antiviral drug, fueling global hopes for a return to normal despite mounting deaths and abysmal economic news. 800 words 0400 GMT by Shaun Tandon with AFP bureaus. Pictures. Video. Graphic. Health-virus-US-economy,WRAP WASHINGTON The coronavirus pandemic ends a decade of US economic expansion, but the Federal Reserve pledges to use every tool it has to help fuel a recovery. 650 words moved by Heather Scott. File picture. Live Video. Graphic US-IT-lifestyle-earnings-Facebook,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Facebook reports a sharp jump in usage as the global pandemic hit, in a quarterly update that sparked a rally in shares of the social network despite its warning of turbulence in the coming months. 600 words moved by Glenn Chapman US-politics-vote-Biden,lead WASHINGTON Pressure is mounting on Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden to personally respond to a sexual assault allegation made by a former Senate aide -- despite a strong denial issued by his campaign. 700 words moved by Elodie Cuzin. File picture Health-virus-Britain-charity-Moore LONDON Britain celebrates the 100th birthday of the World War II veteran whose staggering fundraising efforts inspired the country during the depths of its coronavirus outbreak. 500 words 0230 GMT by Pauline Froissart. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-China-vaccine,FOCUS BEIJING A researcher in a lab coat in Beijing holds up the hopes of humanity in his fingers: "Coronavac", an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus that has upended the world. 600 words 0400 GMT by Patrick Baert. Photo. Video Health-virus-China-employment-layoffs,FOCUS SHANGHAI Life is never easy for China's nearly 300 million migrant workers, but with the coronavirus zapping jobs at a historic clip, unemployed factory labourer Wei Guikun is at his wits' end. 700 words 0300 GMT Dan Martin HongKong-China-politics-unrest,FOCUS HONG KONG Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters are looking to reignite their movement after a coronavirus lockdown lull, angered by a flurry of fresh moves by China to subdue them. 750 words 0330 GMT by Jerome Taylor. Video. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-remdesivir,WRAP WASHINGTON COVID-19 patients who took the antiviral remdesivir recovered about 30 percent faster than those on a placebo, the results of a major clinical trial show, as the top US epidemiologist hails the drug's "clear-cut" benefit. 750 words moved by Issam Ahmed. File picture Health-virus-US-funerals,SCENE NEW YORK At a New York funeral home, the undertakers can't bear to disappoint grieving families so they try to accept all coronavirus victims even if it means they are overwhelmed. 500 words 0130 GMT by Thomas Urbain and Diane Desobeau. Picture. Video Health-virus-children,FOCUS WASHINGTON Children have largely been spared the worst of COVID-19, but there may be a rare complication -- an inflammatory syndrome that one doctor described as causing patients to feel like "every blood vessel in the body is on fire." 800 words moved by Issam Ahmed and Paul Ricard in Paris. Health-virus-US-food,FOCUS NEW YORK US slaughterhouses are being forced to stay open on government orders despite deadly coronavirus outbreaks among workers, as authorities move to ensure supermarkets are fully stocked with meat. 600 words moved by Juliette Michel. File picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-politics-Johnson-baby,WRAP LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson becomes a father again as his partner Carrie Symonds gives birth to a baby boy, just weeks after he himself was hospitalised with coronavirus. 700 words moved by Alice Ritchie. File picture. File video Health-virus-Russia-addiction,FOCUS MOSCOW Stuck in cramped flats and struggling with fears of the coronavirus and its economic impact, many Russians are worried about the return of an old demon -- alcoholism. 700 words 0230 GMT by Andrea Palasciano. Picture. Video Yugoslavia-Tito-Serbia-politics,INTERVIEW BELGRADE Before his death 40 years ago, Josip Broz Tito, the charismatic and controversial leader of former Yugoslavia, privately shared a "regret", his grandson recalls. 635 words 0300 GMT. File picture Also moving: Yugoslavia-Tito-history-anniversary,FACTS Health-virus-Italy-cheese,FOCUS SALERNO, Italy His country's battle with Brussels over "coronabonds" has given a despairing Italian caciocavallo cheese maker an idea: why not start issuing caciobonds? 550 words 0330 GMT by Sonia Logre. File picture. Video Health-virus-Britain,lead LONDON Britain's death toll from the coronavirus outbreak jumps to 26,097 -- the second-highest in Europe behind Italy and third-highest in the world -- as the government takes into account fatalities outside hospital, including care homes, for the first time. 750 words moved by Alice Ritchie, Joe Jackson and James Pheby. File picture. File video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Lebanon-politics,WRAP BEIRUT Clashes break out between protesters and the Lebanese army, hours after the under-fire central bank chief blamed a lack of government reforms for a spiralling economic crisis that has sparked demonstrations despite a coronavirus lockdown. 750 words moved by Rouba El Husseini. Video. Picture Health-virus-Tunisia-Ramadan,FOCUS TUNIS Amira Jamoussi, a doctor on the front line fighting the novel coronavirus in a hospital in Tunisia, is spending the Muslim holy month of Ramadan away from her family. 650 words 0330 GMT by Caroline Nelly Perrot. Picture -- SPORTS -- Swim-athletics-IND-virus-health,FOCUS NEW DELHI From swimming in a makeshift farm pool with turtles and fish to fencing with a dummy on a terrace, India's locked down athletes are finding novel ways to stay fit. 500 words 0300 GMT by Faisal Kamal. Picture afp
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