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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + World scrambles to contain economic disaster + 17 mn Americans have lost jobs since mid-March + With Sanders out, Biden turns to VP pick + Yemen war 'coronavirus ceasefire' begins + Astronauts leave virus-hit planet for ISS Health-virus,WRAP BRUSSELS World powers scramble to build a global response to the human tragedy and once-in-a-century economic catastrophe caused by the coronavirus epidemic, as death tolls in the United States and Europe soar higher. 850 words 1600 GMT by Dave Clark with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS Health-virus-toll,FACTS Health-virus-US-economy-indicator-unemployment,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States gets another jarring look at how badly coronavirus has hit the economy with new weekly data showing 6.6 million more people have filed for unemployment benefits -- and 17 million have lost their jobs since mid-March. 650 words 1430 GMT by Chris Stein Also moving: Health-virus-US-jobless-California,PROFILE US-vote-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON With Bernie Sanders dropping out of the race, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, who has promised to pick a woman as his vice president, turns his attention to choosing a running mate. 600 words 1730 GMT by Elodie Cuzin and Chris Lefkow. Picture Also moved: US-vote-politics-Biden,PROFILE US-politics-vote-Sanders,PROFILE Health-virus-Yemen-Saudi-UAE-conflict,WRAP RIYADH The Saudi-led coalition begins a unilateral ceasefire in Yemen's long war, saying it hopes the initiative to prevent coronavirus in the impoverished country will lead to a wider political solution. 750 words moved Also moved: Health-virus-Mideast-conflict,FOCUS Yemen-conflict-Saudi,CHRONO Yemen-conflict-Saudi-rebels,FACTS Health-virus-Russia-US-Kazakhstan,WRAP ALMATY A three-man Russian-US crew blasts off to the International Space Station leaving behind a planet overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words 1500 GMT by Christopher Rickleton. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain-Johnson LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's health "continues to improve" on his fourth day in intensive care battling coronavirus, as the government prepares to extend a nationwide lockdown introduced last month. 700 words moved by Joe Jackson and David Harding. Picture. Video Health-virus-EU-economy,WRAP BRUSSELS EU finance ministers meet for the second round of crisis talks this week to try to agree an economic rescue plan for the members hit hardest by the coronavirus, after the Netherlands blocked a previous attempt at compromise. 650 words 1500 GMT by Alex Pigman Health-virus-Turkmenistan,FOCUS ALMATY Isolated Turkmenistan is one of only a handful of countries to have reported no coronavirus cases, but experts worry the ex-Soviet republic may not be telling the full story. 650 words moved by Christopher Rickleton. Picture Health-virus-Italy-economy-tourism,FOCUS ROME Tourists from across the world flock daily to Italy to marvel at its art-filled cathedrals and Roman ruins, but its famed sites have looked almost abandoned since the coronavirus pandemic struck. 1,100 words moved by Francoise Kadri. File picture -- AMERICAS -- US-health-virus NEW YORK As America reels from record coronavirus death tolls, the country's top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci sounds a note of cautious optimism on a return to near-normal life by the summer, with hopes the epidemic will peak in coming days. 600 words 1730 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video Health-virus-IMF-economy-recession,WRAP WASHINGTON The global coronavirus pandemic is causing an economic crisis unlike any in the past century, the worst since the Great Depression, and will require a massive response to ensure recovery, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva says. 600 words 1500 GMT by Heather Scott. File picture -- ASIA -- Tonga-Fiji-Vanuatu-weather-cyclone-virus,lead NUKU'ALOFA A resurgent Tropical Cyclone Harold flattens tourist resorts in Tonga, extending a week-long trail of destruction across four South Pacific island nations that has claimed more than two dozen lives. 550 words moved by Mary Lyn Fonua. Picture. Graphic China-Wuhan-health-virus,FOCUS WUHAN, China Hairstylist "Ah Ping" is back in business now that Wuhan's coronavirus lockdown has been lifted, but his salon has no customers, only empty chairs and lingering fears over a contagion that continues to haunt the city. 800 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng. Picture. Video Health-virus-India-poverty,FOCUS GHAZIABAD, India With his rickshaw sitting idle outside his one-room shack, Sailesh Kumar is one of the hundreds of millions of poor Indians hit the hardest by the world's biggest coronavirus lockdown. 650 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava, with Vishal Manve and Ammu Kannampilly in Mumbai. Picture Health-virus-Bangladesh-Myanmar-refugee COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh Bangladesh has imposed a "complete lockdown" in Cox's Bazar district, home to over a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, to halt the spread of coronavirus, officials say. 350 words moved. File picture Health-virus-Indonesia-offbeat-prison GORONTALO, Indonesia A group of Indonesian inmates celebrated their early release over coronavirus fears in a video that shows them dancing out of prison to a remixed version of music from Spongebob Squarepants. 250 words moved. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Africa-economy,WRAP JOHANNESBURG The World Bank warns sub-Saharan Africa could slip into its first recession in a quarter of century because of the coronavirus pandemic on the world's most impoverished continent. 600 words 1500 GMT by Susan Njanji and Sofia Christensen Health-virus-SAfrica-crime,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG South Africa has one of the highest crime rates in the world, but the coronavirus pandemic has provided temporary respite as police report a marked drop in the crime rate since the country went into lockdown. 600 words 1530 GMT by Michelle Gumede. File Picture Sudan-politics,FOCUS KHARTOUM A year after one of Africa's longest serving leaders, Omar al-Bashir, was ousted from power in the face of mass street protests, Sudan is still reeling from daunting crises including deep economic woes. 800 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali with Menna Zaki in Cairo. File Picture. File Video. Also moved: Sudan-unrest-Bashir-politics,PROFILE Sudan-unrest-politics,CHRONO -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iraq-politics-government,WRAP BAGHDAD Iraqi President Barham Saleh nominates spy chief Mustafa Kadhemi as the country's third prime minister-designate this year, moments after his predecessor ends his bid to form a government. 650 words moved by Ali Choukeir. Picture Also moved: Iraq-politics-Kadhemi,PROFILE Health-virus-Israel-Palestinian-politics,FOCUS RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories The contrast could hardly have been starker -- an octogenarian Palestinian president giving a brief pre-recorded speech, and a prime minister talking in-depth and fielding questions about the coronavirus response. 850 words moved by Joe Dyke. File picture Health-virus-Syria-conflict-education,FOCUS IDLIB Staring into a smartphone camera in an empty classroom in rebel-held northwestern Syria, geography teacher Danielle Dbeis addresses students confined at home away from the novel coronavirus. 800 words moved by Aref Tammawi with Delil Suleiman in Qamishli. Picture. Video. Health-virus-NAfrica,FOCUS ALGIERS From an acute shortage of regional staple couscous to a surge of confidence tricks and counterfeiting, authorities in North Africa have been busy tackling coronavirus challenges that go beyond health care. 750 words moved by Abdellah Cheballah with Tunis and Rabat bureaus -- CLIMATE CHANGE -- Climate-warming-extinction-oceans PARIS Ocean ecosystems could collapse as soon as 2030 in tropical regions, new research mapping where and when animals could cross the threshold for surviving global heating shows. 500 words 1600 GMT by Patrick Galey -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- Health-virus-OPEC-oil,WRAP LONDON Top crude producers hold a crucial teleconference to discuss a possible cut in output after a collapse in demand caused by the coronavirus and a damaging Saudi-Russia price war caused a crash in the market. 650 words 1600 GMT by Benoit Pelegrin Markets-world,WRAP LONDON Global stock markets climb as traders welcome data suggesting the coronavirus outbreak may be close to reaching its peak. 600 words 1600 GMT -- SPORT -- Health-virus-Fbl-ENG-Pr-Britain LONDON Southampton become the first Premier League club to defer players' wages while richer clubs remain locked in talks and a senior official for the footballers' union insists they are doing their bit for the nation during the coronavirus crisis. 650 words moved. File picture Oly-2020-JPN-SSD-athletics-virus-SSudan,FOCUS MAEBASHI, Japan The postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was a heavy blow for many athletes, but a team of South Sudanese sprinters training in a Japanese town are hoping to turn the delay to their advantage. 650 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture. Video -- LIFESTYLE -- Health-virus-fashion-beauty,FOCUS PARIS Beauticians and hairdressers fear the world is letting itself go during the coronavirus lockdown, and worry how they will salvage something from the havoc wreaked on eyebrows and hair by DIY plucking and cutting. 700 words 1500 GMT by Fiachra Gibbons and Olga Nedbaeva. File picture afp
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