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| - Duty Editor: James Edgar Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Spain, France impose sweeping virus restrictions + US extends travel ban to UK, Ireland + Couple abducted in 2018 found alive in Mali + Japan says Olympics to go ahead despite virus + Biles takes aim at USA Gymnastics in birthday tweet Health-virus,WRAP MADRID Spain and France have imposed sweeping restrictions to fight the spread of coronavirus, as US President Donald Trump tested negative for the disease that has infected more than 150,000 people worldwide. 900 words 0600 GMT by Alvaro Villalobos, with Brian Knowlton in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic Health-virus-US-politics-travel-diplomacy-Britain-Ireland,3rdlead WASHINGTON The United States says it was stepping up its fight against the coronavirus and extending a European travel ban to include the United Kingdom and Ireland, while acknowledging that some domestic travel curbs are also being considered. 450 words moved. Picture. Video Mali-Burkina-Italy-Canada-UN-kidnapping,WRAP BAMAKO A Canadian woman and her Italian partner kidnapped in Burkina Faso in 2018 have been found in good health in the northwest of Mali after fleeing their captors and are due to be repatriated, diplomatic and UN sources say. 650 words moved by Serge Daniel. Picture. Video Health-virus-Japan-Abe TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resists pressure for changes to the Tokyo Olympics schedule even as sporting events worldwide fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic. 400 words moved. Picture. Video Gymnastics-USA-Biles LOS ANGELES Four-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles uses birthday tweet to call for an independent investigation into the sex abuse scandal that shook USA Gymnastics. 350 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has tested negative for the novel coronavirus, his physician says, following concerns over his exposure to a disease that has paralyzed the globe. 750 words 0600 GMT by Brian Knowlton. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-US-NewYork,SCENE Health-virus-US-lifestyle-IT,SCENE PALO ALTO, California David Tollner gets text messages telling him when meals are placed outside the door of the family guest room, where he was banished after developing a cough. 750 words moved by Glenn Chapman with Julie Jammot in San Francisco. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-economy-media,FOCUS WASHINGTON The ailing US news industry is bracing for more turmoil with the coronavirus pandemic expected to deliver an economic shock to the sector -- just when people need credible information the most. 750 words moved by Rob Lever Entertainment-health-US-film-virus,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Hollywood directors who had their glitzy premieres canceled due to coronavirus are finding inventive ways to build buzz for their films -- including bringing the red carpet into their living rooms. 700 words moved by Andrew Marszal Health-virus-epidemic-finance-rates-politics,ANALYSIS LONDON "I think the patient is stabilised," then US president Barack Obama declared after G20 powers prescribed unprecedented remedies to steady the crisis-wracked world economy just over a decade ago. 750 words moved by Jitendra Joshi Health-virus-Spain,SCENE MADRID Madrid becomes a ghost town with shops closed and streets and squares deserted as officials try to put the brakes on the rapid spread of the deadly coronavirus in the Spanish capital. 600 words moved by Alvaro Villalobos. Picture. Video Health-virus-Italy,lead ROME Italians spend their first weekend under lockdown, with only the odd jogger or dog-walker visible on pavements otherwise emptied in an attempt to contain Europe's worst coronavirus outbreak. 650 words moved by Jastinder Khera. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Italy-care,FOCUS -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict-anniversary,FOCUS BEIRUT Syria's brutal conflict enters its 10th year Sunday with President Bashar al-Assad's regime consolidating its hold over a war-wracked country with a decimated economy where foreign powers flex their muscle. 700 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Pictures. Video. -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote WASHINGTON Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders will meet in the first one-on-one debate of a Democratic primary campaign now overshadowed by the spread of the coronavirus epidemic. 700 words 0800 GMT by Francesco Fontemaggi. Picture. Video Also moved: US-Cuba-vote-politics-minorities,FOCUS Also moving: health-virus-UN-diplomacy,FOCUS -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- US-economy-rate-bank-health-virus,ADVANCER WASHINGTON The US Federal Reserve will have one job next week: convince the world they are doing everything they can to blunt the coronavirus impact on the economy even if their tools aren't the best ones for the job. 750 words moved by Chris Stein Also moved: Health-virus-US-economy-aviation-transport-Boeing,FOCUS Health-virus-Argentina-economy-debt,FOCUS -- EUROPE -- France-vote-health-virus,WRAP PARIS France goes to the polls in nationwide local elections, defying a mounting health crisis caused by the coronavirus outbreak that still risks keeping many voters at home. 700 words moved by Mariette Le Roux afp
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