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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Experimental drug cleared for coronavirus in US + N. Korea's Kim reappears after weeks of speculation + Biden denies sexual assault allegation + Assault weapons banned in Canada + NASA, SpaceX target historic flight Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON More US states ease pandemic lockdown measures even as coronavirus deaths rise, while American authorities greenlight an experimental drug for emergency use on patients. 850 words 0130 GMT by Sebastian Smith with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic NKorea-politics-Kim,WRAP SEOUL North Korea's Kim Jong Un has made his first public appearance in nearly three weeks, state media reports, following intense speculation that the leader of the nuclear-armed nation was seriously ill or possibly dead. 750 words 0300 GMT by Claire Lee. Picture Also moving: NKorea-politics-Kim,Q&A US-politics-vote-Biden,WRAP WASHINGTON US presidential candidate Joe Biden emphatically denies sexually assaulting a former aide, saying the incident she says occurred 27 years ago "never happened." 750 words 0200 GMT by Michael Mathes. File picture. Video. Graphic Canada-politics-guns,WRAP OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces an immediate ban on military-grade assault weapons in response to the country's deadliest-ever mass shooting, a rampage that left 22 people dead last month. 650 words moved by Jacques Lemieux. File picture Space-US-NASA-SpaceX,WRAP WASHINGTON NASA and SpaceX say they are pressing ahead with plans to launch astronauts to space from US soil for the first time in a decade later this month, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. 650 words moved by Ivan Couronne. File picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-demonstration-world-MayDay,WRAP HAVANA Workers of the world scale back their traditional May Day demos with coronavirus lockdowns forcing many to rally online while a determined few hit the streets in face masks. 850 words 0200 GMT by Rigoberto Diaz with Mariette Le Roux in Paris. Picture. Video Brazil-health-virus-Bolsonaro,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Rarely have two words ignited such a firestorm of controversy. "So what?" said Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro when a journalist asked him about the fact that more than 5,000 Brazilians had died of the coronavirus. 700 words 0130 GMT by Pascale Trouillaud Health-virus-US-doctors,FOCUS WASHINGTON They have seen war and toured the world's "hot zones" tackling the kind of biological hazards that can threaten civilizations. But for these returned exiles the US coronavirus outbreak has in some ways been more painful. 800 words 0130 GMT by Charlotte Plantive. Picture. Video Virus-health-entertainment-celebrity,FOCUS NEW YORK As the coronavirus pandemic has forced populations worldwide indoors, many celebrities have harnessed their star power to try and raise spirits online, dubbing the illness a great unifier. 725 words 0130 GMT by Maggy Donaldson. File picture US-politics-media-Trump-McEnany,lead WASHINGTON Promising "never" to lie and saying she prays for coronavirus victims, new White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany hits a strikingly sunny tone in her debut press conference. 625 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-WHO GENEVA The World Health Organization reiterates that the new coronavirus was of natural origin after US President Donald Trump claimed he had seen evidence it originated in a Chinese lab. 500 words moved. Video Also moving: Health-virus-hypertension-drugs,lead Greece-economy-debt-health-virus,FOCUS ATHENS Ten years after sinking into its worst economic crisis in living memory, Greece once again faces the spectre of a grave recession in the midst of a global coronavirus lockdown. 750 words 0300 GMT by Helen Colliopoulou. Picture Health-virus-France-masks,FOCUS PARIS Protective facemasks have been hard to come by in France, but the government has announced millions will available from Monday, prompting questions from beleaguered medical staff about how so many only just materialised. 500 words moved by Joelle Garrus Health-virus-Spain-bullfighting,FOCUS MADRID For Spain's majestic fighting bulls whose final hours draw thousands to bullrings every year, the blow has been deadly: with the virus decimating the season, many are now condemned to the abattoir. 850 words moved by Alvaro Villalobos. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Yemen-conflict,FOCUS SANAA While most of the world's markets have closed to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Yemen's capital Sanaa, downtown districts selling qat -- the ubiquitous mild narcotic -- still bustle with people. 750 words by Abdulkarim al-Marani with Shatha Yaish in Dubai. Picture. Video Health-virus-Iran-religion,VIDEOESSAY TEHRAN With mosques in Iran closed as it battles the coronavirus, worshippers have adopted the novel solution of getting behind the wheel at drive-ins to gather during the fasting month of Ramadan. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India,2ndlead NEW DELHI The world's biggest coronavirus lockdown will be extended for two weeks beyond May 4, the Indian government says, but with some easing of restrictions -- including for alcohol. 550 words moved. Picture -- SPORT -- OLY-IND-virus-IOA-Batra,INTERVIEW NEW DELHI India will step up its battle to win the 2032 Olympic Games and other international events when the global pandemic eases, its top sports leader Narinder Batra told AFP. 550 words 0400 GMT by Faisal Kamal. File picture afp
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