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| - Duty Editor: Lachlan Carmichael Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Thailand soldier kills 26 in shooting rampage + China coronavirus death toll tops 800 + Vote count starts in close Irish election + Biden tries to revive bid for US president + Hollywood awards season comes to a close Thailand-crime-shooting,WRAP NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand A Thai soldier who killed at least 26 people before being shot dead in a mall by commandos went on the rampage because of a debt dispute, the kingdom's premier says, offering the first official motive for the "unprecedented" shooting spree. 750 words 1100 GMT by Thanaporn Promyamyai and Dene-Hern Chen. Photo. Video. Live Video. Graphic China-virus-health,WRAP BEIJING The death toll from the novel coronavirus surges past 800 in mainland China, overtaking global fatalities in the 2002-03 SARS epidemic, even as the World Health Organization says the outbreak appears to be "stabilising". 800 words 1030 GMT by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: China-health-virus-countries,FACTS Ireland-vote,WRAP DUBLIN Irish officials tally votes for a general election forecast to put prime minister Leo Varadkar's party in an historic three-way tie after a surge from republican party Sinn Fein. 700 words 1000 GMT by Joe Stenson. Picture. Graphic. Video US-politics-vote-Biden,FOCUS MANCHESTER After suffering a drubbing in Iowa and conceding he will likely lose New Hampshire next Tuesday, Joe Biden is under immense pressure to turn his floundering presidential campaign around. 700 words 0930 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video Entertainment-US-film-Oscars,WRAP HOLLYWOOD, United States Hollywood's awards season comes to a close at the Oscars, with war epic "1917" battling a South Korean thriller for glory as a row swirls over the lack of minorities on the night's star-studded nominee list. 700 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-nominees,FACTS Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-figures,POINTS Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-museum Entertainment-US-film-Spirit-Awards,WRAP -- ASIA -- Thailand-crime-shooting-escape,SCENE NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand Cowering in gym toilets, under restaurant tables and in store rooms, scores of survivors of a bloody rampage by a heavily-armed rogue Thai soldier recall how a day out shopping descended into a bloodbath. 600 words 1100 GMT by Sippachai Kunnowong and Dene-Hern Chen. Picture. Video -- CHINA VIRUS -- China-health-virus-censorship BEIJING The death of a whistleblowing doctor who was reprimanded for warning about the new coronavirus sparks rare calls for political reform and free speech in China. 500 words moved China-health-virus-HongKong-economy,FOCUS HONG KONG Traders in Hong Kong's border towns are lamenting plunging business during the coronavirus outbreak but some residents say they are enjoying the absence of crowds of Chinese mainlanders. 600 words moved by Su Xinqi. Picture China-health-virus-vaccines,FOCUS SINGAPORE Scientists from the United States to Australia are using new technology in an ambitious, multi-million-dollar drive to develop a vaccine in record time to tackle China's coronavirus outbreak. 750 words moved by Catherine Lai. Picture -- EUROPE -- Azerbaijan-parliament-vote,WRAP BAKU Voters in Azerbaijan go to the polls in early parliamentary elections decried by the opposition as a sham vote that will strengthen President Ilham Aliyev's grip on power without bringing any real change. 650 words 1000 GMT by Elman Mamedov. Picture. Video Switzerland-homosexuality-referendum,WRAP GENEVA Switzerland votes in a referendum on a new law against homophobia that is opposed by the populist rightwing Swiss People's Party (SVP). 500 words 1130 GMT by Dario Thuburn. File picture. File video. Russia-France-Germany-Belgium-crime-justice,FOCUS Lille, France The brutal knife murder in the northern French city of Lille of a Chechen blogger critical of the authorities in the northern Caucasus region prompts suspicion and accusations but, so far, no firm conclusions. 700 words 1030 GMT by Julia Pavesi and Stuart Williams in Paris -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-aerospace-satellite,WRAP TEHRAN Iran starts counting down to the launch within hours of a scientific observation satellite that is part of a programme the United States has previously described as a "provocation". 500 words 1000 GMT by Amir Havasi. File Picture Syria-conflict-Idlib,SCENE MAARET MISRIN, Syria Exhausted from days of driving in search of shelter in northwestern Syria, 38-year-old Ghossoon says she has no idea where her family will go after fleeing regime and Russian bombardment. 750 words moved by Aaref Wated. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Cameroon-politics-vote,WRAP YAOUNDE Cameroon begins voting in polls overshadowed by a partial opposition boycott and separatist violence that has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. 650 words 1100 GMT by Joseph Sotinel, with Jean-Baptiste Ketchateng in Buea. Picture. Video Kenya-politics-Moi,WRAP NAIROBI Kenyans queue in the capital to view the body of the country's longest-serving leader Daniel arap Moi, which is lying in state ahead of a state funeral. 550 words 1030 GMT. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote,WRAP MANCHESTER, United States White House hopeful Pete Buttigieg fights off intensifying attacks from his Democratic rivals as they battle for votes in New Hampshire, stop two on the road to picking a challenger to President Donald Trump. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-Trump-presidency,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's impeachment acquittal has delivered the White House a fresh coat of power, sparking worries over the rise of an "imperial presidency". 850 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture. File Picture afp
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