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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Europe lockdowns ease, new China cases + British PM reveals phased restart plan + Virus, oil slump force Saudi austerity + Museums preserve coronavirus artefacts + Viral Ikea masturbation video in China Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Swathes of Europe begin the long process of opening up after lockdown, but the first new coronavirus cases in weeks at China's ground zero offer a sobering reminder of the dangers of a second wave of infections. 850 words 0800 GMT by Joseph Boyle, with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics Already moved: Health-virus-confinement-Europe,FACTS Health-virus-Britain,4thlead LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a phased plan to ease a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, with schools, shops and restaurants to begin opening from June 1, as long as infection rates stay low. 650 words moved by Alice Ritchie. Picture. Video Health-virus-Saudi-economy,WRAP RIYADH Saudi Arabia unveils plans to triple its Value Added Tax (VAT) and halt monthly handouts to citizens as part of a series of austerity measures amid record low oil prices and a coronavirus-led economic slump. 600 words 0600 GMT by Anuj Chopra Already moved: Health-virus-US-oil-unemployment,FOCUS Health-virus-Britain-museum LONDON The global coronavirus pandemic is still raging but museums are already gathering testimony and objects to remember life under lockdown. 700 words moved by Pauline Froissart China-consumers-internet-sex BEIJING Ikea has said it will take "more careful" security measures in its shops in China after an explicit video of a woman masturbating in one of its stores went viral online. 400 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-economy,lead WASHINGTON Two top US economic advisers defend the need for an expeditious reopening of the economy even as the coronavirus reaches into the White House despite the extraordinary precautions taken there. 650 words moved by Brian Knowlton. File Picture Health-virus-US-children,lead NEW YORK New York's Mayor Bill de Blasio voices "tremendous concern" over an uptick in cases of a paediatric syndrome that scientists suspect could be linked to COVID-19, which has left at least three people dead statewide. 600 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. File Picture Venezuela-US-politics-crisis-diplomacy,lead CARACAS Eleven alleged "terrorists" are arrested in connection with the failed maritime "invasion" of Venezuela, authorities say, bringing the total captured to more than 40. 300 words moved Venezuela-Trinidad-politics-migration,SPECIALREPORT GUIRIA, Venezuela Ana Arias breaks down in tears when she cooks chicken soup. It was her 15-year-old daughter's favourite dish. 750 words moved by Margioni Bermudez. Picture. Video. Graphic -- ASIA-PACIFIC -- Health-virus-China,lead BEIJING China reports a second day of new coronavirus cases in Wuhan after a month without new infections at the pandemic's global epicentre, as a northeastern city is placed under lockdown to control a new cluster. 650 words 0630 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng. Picture. Video Health-virus-China-Disney SHANGHAI Shanghai Disneyland reopens following a more than three-month coronavirus shutdown as China moves nearer to normality and Walt Disney Co. seeks to plug the flow of red ink caused by the pandemic. 600 words moved by Lan Lianchao and Dan Martin. Picture. Video. Live Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Germany,lead BERLIN Germany's coronavirus spread appears to be picking up speed again, official data shows, just days after Chancellor Angela Merkel said the country could gradually return to normal. 650 words moved by Yacine Le Forestier. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-Germany-leisure-religion-church,VIDEOESSAY Health-virus-Italy-rice,FOCUS Robbio, ITALY Europe's top rice producer Italy has seen consumption of the staple rise throughout the coronavirus pandemic, putting even pasta in the shade. 500 words moved by Franck Iovene. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Niger-conflict,lead NIAMEY Motorbike-riding bandits kill 20 villagers in a string of attacks in Niger's western region of Tillaberi, the latest in a series of attacks in an area wracked by violence blamed on jihadists in recent years. 400 words moved -- ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT -- Health-virus-Japan-culture-television-cartoon TOKYO Production of the world's longest-running cartoon and a mainstay of the Japanese weekend has been interrupted by the coronavirus, forcing the broadcast of re-runs for the first time in decades. 250 words 0530 GMT -- SPORT -- Fbl-Asia-CHN-naturalisation-BRA,FOCUS SHANGHAI Fernando skips down the wing and crosses for Ricardo Goulart, who tees up Elkeson to smash the ball into the top corner and put China into the 2022 World Cup. It is the stuff of make-believe, but the world's most populous nation will soon be able to field a team with a distinctly Brazilian flavour. 700 world moved by Peter Stebbings. File Picture -- ENVIRONMENT -- India-conservation-animal-environment GUWAHATI, India A rare one-horned rhino has been killed at one of India's best-known national parks, which has seen an increase in poaching attempts because of the coronavirus pandemic. 300 words moved afp
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