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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Millions back in confinement as vaccine hope grows + Trump ends Hong Kong trade privileges over new law + US drops plan to revoke visas for foreign students + Epstein ex-partner pleads not guilty to sex crimes + Study foresees world population 2bn below forecast Health,virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Millions of people are placed back under coronavirus restrictions as cases surge, but in one sign of hope, a US firm says it will soon start final-stage human trials for a possible vaccine. 800 words moved by Issam Ahmed HongKong-China-politics-US-trade-sanctions,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump says he is ending trade preferences for Hong Kong and has signed into law an act that authorizes sanctions on banks over China's clampdown in the international finance hub. 600 words moved by Shaun Tandon Health-virus-US-politics-education-court,WRAP NEW YORK The United States government has rescinded its controversial decision to revoke foreign student visas whose courses move online due to coronavirus, a federal judge says. 550 words by Catherine Triomphe US-Britain-crime-justice-Epstein-Maxwell,WRAP NEW YORK British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell pleads not guilty in a New York court to sex trafficking minors for her former partner, the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, as a judge denied her bail. 750 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video World-population-economy-migration-diplomacy PARIS Earth will be home to 8.8 billion people in 2100, two billion fewer than current UN projections, according to a major study that foresees new global power alignments shaped by declining fertility rates and greying populations. 850 words moved by Marlowe Hood. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-vaccine-US,FOCUS WASHINGTON The US biotech firm Moderna says it will enter the final stage of human trials for its COVID-19 vaccine on July 27, after promising early results were published in an influential journal. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed US-politics-vote-climate-Biden,2ndlead WILMINGTON, Delaware White House hopeful Joe Biden unveils an ambitious, $2 trillion climate change plan that would revamp the US energy sector and seek to achieve carbon pollution-free power in just 15 years. 550 words moved by Olivier Douliery, with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture US-justice-execution,WRAP WASHINGTON A former white supremacist convicted of the 1996 murders of a family of three is put to death by lethal injection in the first federal execution in the United States in 17 years. 700 words moved by Chris Lefkow. Picture. File video. Graphic US-banking-earnings-JPMorgan,WRAP NEW YORK Three major US banks set aside an additional $23 billion as a backstop against bad loans, highlighting the brittle state of the US economy due to the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by John Biers Health-virus-animal-Chile SANTIAGO Police in Chile are training four dogs to find people that may be infected with the novel coronavirus by sniffing their sweat. 350 words 0230 GMT -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-education,FOCUS HONG KONG China's new security law has sent a chill through Hong Kong's schools and universities with many teachers fearful the city's reputation for academic freedom and excellence is now at risk. 700 words 0330 GMT by Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi. File Picture Asia-labour-garments-unions,FOCUS BANGKOK From factory floors in India to the warehouses of Cambodia, garment workers for global brands say the collapse in demand triggered by coronavirus is being used as a cover to break their unions. 850 words 0330 GMT by Sophie Deviller and AFP bureaus. Picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-China-politics-telecoms-Huawei,WRAP LONDON Britain bows to growing US pressure and orders the phased removal of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei from its 5G network despite warnings of retaliation from Beijing. 750 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video. File picture NMacedonia-vote SKOPJE North Macedonia votes in a tight parliamentary election where the winners will face a deadly coronavirus outbreak and the start of talks to join the European Union. 600 words 0200 GMT by Darko Duridanski. Picture. Video Also moving: NMacedonia-vote,FACTS NMacedonia-vote,PROFILE Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict,WRAP BAKU At least 11 troops and a civilian are killed in a third day of fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia, despite international calls for restraint. 600 words moved by Emil Guliyev with Mariam Harutyunyan in Yerevan. Video. Graphic Italy-US-trial-murder ROME An Italian policeman is to take the stand in the trial of two US students accused of the murder of his partner during a failed drug bust last year. 500 words 0300 GMT by Ella Ide Belgium-history-comicbooks-Tintin,FOCUS BRUSSELS The mummified corpse of Rascar Capac thrilled and terrified generations of young fans of the Tintin comic book story "The Seven Crystal Balls". Now, Herge's story has sparked a row between rival Belgian tourist attractions, each of which displays a mummy they say inspired Tintin's creator. 600 words moved by Matthieu Demeestere. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Egypt-poverty,FOCUS CAIRO Wandering Cairo's bustling streets, Zeinab was struggling to survive by selling tissues when the coronavirus left her even more vulnerable, along with thousands of other homeless people and street children. 750 words 0230 GMT by Hager Harabech. Picture. Video Lebanon-economy-crime,FOCUS BEIRUT Zakaria al-Omar was walking through Beirut when a stranger robbed him at knife point, a desperate crime of a kind that has become increasingly common in crisis-torn Lebanon. 650 words 0300 GMT by Rouba El-Husseini -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- Health-virus-Norway,FOCUS OSLO While the novel coronavirus pandemic is ravaging the world, some of Norway's funeral homes ironically have found themselves without work and have turned to the state for aid. 550 words 0330 GMT by Pierre-Henry Deshayes. File picture EU-taxation-Apple BRUSSELS A European court decides whether Apple must obey an EU order that the iPhone-maker reimburse Ireland 13 billion euros in back taxes. 550 words 0200 GMT by Alex Pigman afp
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