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| - Duty Editor: Anita Chang Beattie Contact: anita.beattie@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + WHO warns over virus immunity + Italy nears end of long lockdown + Saudi scraps flogging as punishment + Syrian dancer poses across Paris Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA The World Health Organization warns that recovery from the new coronavirus might not protect a person from becoming infected again, as the global death toll nears 200,000. 950 words 2000 GMT by Gael Branchereau with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live Video. Health-virus-Italy,lead ROME Italy announces plans to set price limits on face masks and ramp up antibody testing as it nears the end of the world's longest active national coronavirus lockdown. 600 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. Picture Saudi-punishment-rights,lead RIYADH Saudi Arabia has abolished flogging as a punishment, the state human rights commission says, hailing a "major step forward" in the reform programme launched by the king and his powerful son. 600 words moved Health-virus-France-Syria-dance,PHOTOESSAY PARIS Syrian dancer Yara al-Hasbani is used to drawing crowds. But with Paris under a strict lockdown, she struck a series of spectacular ballet poses in front of the deserted monuments of the French capital. 300 words moved. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-Georgia-beach,SCENE TYBEE ISLAND, Georgia One day after Georgia's governor allowed a limited reopening of thousands of businesses, many state residents seek a further return to normalcy during the coronavirus crisis by heading out to the beach. 500 words 2030 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-Rushmore,FOCUS KEYSTONE, South Dakota In normal times, the monumental sculpture of four US presidents carved into a hillside in South Dakota draws huge crowds. Now amid the COVID-19 crisis, the national memorial and nearby attractions are nearly deserted -- but for a few brave or perhaps foolhardy tourists. 650 words 2000 GMT by Sebastien Duval. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Iran,lead TEHRAN Ramadan begins in Iran as health officials raise fears of a "fresh outbreak" of coronavirus cases in the country, two weeks into a gradual reopening of shops. 440 word moved. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain,lead LONDON The UK's official coronavirus death toll passes the 20,000 milestone, which officials describe as "deeply tragic and moving". 600 words moved by David Harding. Picture Health-virus-Albania-Islam-Ramadan,FOCUS TIRANA With mosques closed due to coronavirus restrictions, 81-year-old Osman Hoxha and his family mark a quiet Ramadan inside their Tirana apartment, recalling the dark days of communism when practicing religion could lead to a death sentence. 600 words moved by Briseida Mema. Picture. Video Health-virus-Italy-cycling,PHOTOESSAY COLLEGNO, Italy He really should be training for the Giro d'Italia instead of making deliveries during the coronavirus pandemic. But how else is a professional Italian cyclist supposed to stay in shape? 500 words moved by Marco Bertorello. Picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Pakistan-doctors,lead LAHORE Dozens of Pakistani doctors and nurses have launched a hunger strike demanding adequate protective equipment for frontline staff treating coronavirus patients, the lead organiser of the protest says. 550 words moved by Kaneez Fatima. Picture Taiwan-HongKong-China-politics,lead TAIPEI A Hong Kong publisher previously detained by Chinese authorities reopens his bookstore in Taiwan, defying what he called attempts linked to Beijing to intimidate him. 500 words moved by Amber Wang. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-aerospace-Boeing-Embraer,WRAP NEW YORK Boeing announces it is pulling out of a $4.2 billion deal to acquire the commercial plane division of its Brazilian rival Embraer, the latest in a string of setbacks for the troubled US aviation giant. 550 words moved by Juliette Michel afp
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