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| - Duty Editor: Joe Boyle Tel: +33 641 979 813 -- TOP STORIES -- + Pandemic trashes global economy + Lebanon leaders under fire over crisis + Boeing suffers huge losses + Recovering UK PM becomes father again + Acclaimed Indian actor Irrfan Khan dies Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The brutal economic impact of the coronavirus deepens with dire news from the United States and Germany, increasing pressure on governments worldwide to ease lockdowns and reduce the cost of the pandemic. 850 words 1500 GMT by Chris Stein with Michelle Fitzpatrick in Frankfurt and AFP bureaus worldwide. Picture. Graphic. Video Lebanon-politics,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon's under-fire central bank chief blames government inaction for a spiralling economic crisis that has seen protesters spill back into the streets despite a coronavirus lockdown. 650 words 1500 GMT by Rouba El Husseini. Picture. Video US-aviation-earnings-Boeing,WRAP NEW YORK Boeing announces sweeping cost-cutting measures after reporting a first-quarter loss of $641 million following the hit to the airline business from the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words 1430 GMT by John Biers Britain-politics-Johnson-baby LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson becomes a father weeks after he was hospitalised with coronavirus. 650 words 1500 GMT by Joe Jackson and Alice Ritchie India-film-Irrfan,OBIT MUMBAI Acclaimed Indian actor Irrfan Khan, whose international movie career included hits such as "Slumdog Millionaire", "Life of Pi" and "The Amazing Spider-Man", has died aged 53, his publicist says. 750 words moved by Udita Jhunjhunwala. Picture. File picture. Video. File video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Germany-economy-recession,2ndlead FRANKFURT The German economy will suffer the biggest slump in its history this year over the coronavirus crisis, the government warns, pushing Europe's top economy into a painful recession. 550 words 1430 GMT by Michelle Fitzpatrick. Picture. Video Health-virus-Russia-doctors,FOCUS MOSCOW When Russian cardiologist Alexei Erlikh and several colleagues started a project to keep track of medics who had died from the coronavirus, he never expected there would be so many names. 750 words moved by Anna Smolchenko. Picture. Video Health-virus-Russia-homeless,FOCUS MOSCOW Pushing aside a flap, hungry men and women enter a darkened tent in the courtyard of a Moscow church -- one of the few places they can find food in the locked-down Russian capital. 700 words moved by Maria Antonova. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-economy WASHINGTON The US economy's decade of expansion ended dramatically in the first quarter as the coronavirus pandemic caused GDP to shrink by 4.8 percent, with second quarter growth set to plummet much further when the crippling effect of shutdowns is fully felt. 600 words 1500 GMT by Chris Stein Health-virus-US-food,FOCUS NEW YORK US authorities have ordered meat processing plants to stay open to secure food supplies throughout the coronavirus pandemic, despite a string of COVID-19 deaths and thousands of cases identified among slaughterhouse workers. 600 words 1800 GMT by Juliette Michel. File picture Health-virus-children,FOCUS WASHINGTON Children have largely been spared the worst of the coronavirus, but a small fraction are suffering an extreme reaction described by pediatricians as "having all your blood vessels on fire." 700 words 1700 GMT by Issam Ahmed and Paul Ricard Health-virus-US-economy-real-estate,FOCUS WASHINGTON Sporting rubber gloves, realtor Dana Scanlon opens the shutters in a Washington house and turns on the lights, making sure that everything is in order before her client visits -- virtually, due to the coronavirus. 700 words 1530 GMT by Delphine Touitou. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict,Q&A JERUSALEM The Arab League is to discuss Israel's US-backed plans to annex a key part of the occupied West Bank. Here are key questions on the move that threatens to inflame tensions in the volatile region. 900 words moved. File picture Health-virus-UAE-retail-tourism,SCENE DUBAI Clutching bags from designer boutiques in their gloved hands, Emiratis return to Dubai Mall, one of the world's largest shopping centres, which has reopened under strict conditions to ward off coronavirus. 600 words moved by Aziz El Massassi. Picture. Video -- ASIA-PACIFIC -- Australia-indigenous-history-anniversary-colonialism BOTANY BAY The 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook's contentious landing in Australia goes largely unmarked as the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of long-planned commemorative events. 600 words moved. Picture Health-virus-China-politics,2ndlead BEIJING China's parliament will hold its annual session next month after being delayed due to the coronavirus, state media says, signalling the communist leadership's growing confidence in taming the epidemic. 600 words moved by Laurie Chen and Jing Xuan Teng Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban-US-diplomacy,ANALYSIS KABUL Two months after the US and the Taliban signed a deal Washington heralded as the way to end Afghanistan's war, violence is spiralling out of control and experts say a fragile peace process risks collapse. 750 words moved by Elise Blanchard with Thomas Watkins in Washington Health-virus-Indonesia,FOCUS JAKARTA From shirtless soldiers to teens suntanning on their parents' driveways, Indonesians are soaking up rays like never before in the hopes that the tropical country's plentiful sunshine will ward off coronavirus. 500 words moved by Safrin Labatu. File picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-SAfrica-women-violence,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG More than 120,000 victims have rung South Africa's national helpline for abused women and children during the first three weeks after a coronavirus lockdown started on March 27 -- double the usual volume of calls. 750 words moved by Beatrice Debut and Tanya Steenkamp. Video. File Picture Health-virus-Senegal,FOCUS DAKAR Senegal launches an aid scheme to deliver essentials such as food and soap to millions of poor people as coronavirus-related restrictions begin to cause economic turmoil. 700 words moved by Malick Ba. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Markets-world,WRAP LONDON Global stocks shrug off a larger-than-expected contraction in the US economy due to coronavirus mitigation efforts as investors look forward to easing lockdowns. 650 words 1600 GMT -- SPORTS -- Golf-CHN-anniversary,FOCUS HONG KONG Twenty-five years ago professional tournament golf took its first steps in China and, despite a few stumbles, paved the way to establishing the sport in a country where it was once banned as a "bourgeois pursuit for millionaires". 750 words moved by Daniel Hicks. File picture Myanmar-sport-bodybuilding-elderly-offbeat,FOCUS YANGON Flexing his oiled, bulging biceps and pecs, 91-year-old one-time body-building champion Sein Maung admires himself in the mirror before starting to pump iron in his Myanmar gym. 400 words moved by Lapyae Ko. Picture. Video afp
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