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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Huge Twitter hack hijacks major figures' accounts + Reopening slows as US sees fresh infection record + US renews attack on Huawei as China tensions soar + Carbon 'food-print' of meat-loving states exposed + Arsenal win over Liverpool ends points record bid US-hacking-computers-internet,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO The official Twitter accounts of Apple, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and others are hijacked by scammers trying to dupe people into sending cryptocurrency bitcoin, in a massive hack. 600 words 0200 GMT by Glenn Chapman. Picture Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Coronavirus infections surge across the globe, forcing several countries to put the brakes on reopening or impose new restrictions on their weary populations. 850 words 0130 GMT by Chris Lefkow with AFP bureaux. Picture. Video. Graphic US-China-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States clears the way for sanctions on employees of telecom giant Huawei, expanding its pressure campaign on China, which summons the US ambassador. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture Climate-environment-health-agriculture-food PARIS If everyone alive ate steaks and dairy the way Brazilians and Americans do, we would need an extra five planets to feed the world, according to the first report to compare the carbon emissions from food consumption in G20 nations. 550 words moved by Marlowe Hood. Graphic Fbl-ENG-Pr-Arsenal-Liverpool,lead LONDON Virgil van Dijk holds his hands up to an uncharacteristic error that cost Liverpool the chance to set a new Premier League record points tally as Arsenal came from behind to beat the champions 2-1. 550 words moved by Kieran Canning. Picture Also moved: Fbl-ENG-Pr-Arsenal-Liverpool-Arteta -- ASIA -- India-US-immigration,FOCUS MUMBAI Every night in Bangalore, Parvez Shaikh's 18-month-old son wakes up in tears, calling for his mother who is in the United States -- one among hundreds of families staring at an uncertain future after President Donald Trump froze most immigrant visas. 750 words 0330 GMT by Vishal Manve with Vijay Grover in Bangalore. Video. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Pummeled from all sides, US President Donald Trump appears increasingly desperate to turn the page on the unrelenting coronavirus pandemic eating away at his prospects for re-election in November. 700 words moved by Jerome Cartillier. Picture. Video Germany-US-EU-Russia-gas,WRAP WASHINGTON Escalating pressure on Germany, US President Donald Trump's administration opens the way for tough sanctions as the ally moves forward with the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline with Russia. 650 words moved by Shaun Tandon -- EUROPE -- NMacedonia-vote,WRAP SKOPJE North Macedonia's Social Democrats eke out a razor-thin lead over rival nationalists, highlighting deep fault lines in a country preparing to start EU membership talks. 700 words moved by Darko Duridanski. Picture. Video Also moved: NMacedonia-vote,FACTS NMacedonia-vote,PROFILE Serbia-Kosovo-EU-diplomacy,WRAP BELGRADE Former war foes Serbia and Kosovo are set to resume talks to normalise their strained relationship after a long stalemate, though the road to a possible accord is paved with stumbling blocks. 650 words 0230 GMT by Miodrag Sovilj with Ismet Hajdari in Pristina Also moving: Kosovo-Serbia-politics-diplomacy,FACTS Russia-politics-protest-arrest-police,2ndlead MOSCOW Russian police detain over 140 people including a high-profile Moscow deputy after Kremlin critics protested against changes to the constitution, the OVD-Info monitor says. 650 words moved by Anna Smolchenko. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Egypt-sex-crime-internet,FOCUS CAIRO Egypt has seen a strong resurgence of the #MeToo movement after dozens of women made shocking claims of sexual abuse and assault by a member of the country's wealthy elite. 700 words 0300 GMT by Menna Zaki and Hager Harabech. Picture Yemen-conflict-racism,FOCUS DUBAI At a time when the Black Lives Matter movement is reshaping societies, black Yemenis have scant hope for an end to centuries of discrimination that has only worsened during the civil war. 750 words 0330 GMT by Shatha Yaish with correspondents in Yemen. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-unrest,FOCUS SHASHAMENE ZURIA, Ethiopia Girma had no choice but to watch from afar as a crowd chanting "This is our place!" set fire to the school he founded more than a decade ago. 800 words 0230 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- Health-virus-US-economy-retail-Walmart,4thlead NEW YORK Walmart will require shoppers to wear face masks starting next week, joining an increasing number of businesses in mandating the protection amid the latest spike in US coronavirus cases. 750 words moved by John Biers Health-virus-US-economy-manufacturing WASHINGTON The US economy showed signs of life nationwide last month, but has not returned to its pre-pandemic level and the outlook remains "highly uncertain," the Federal Reserve cautioned. 650 words moved by Heather Scott France-gaming-Ubisoft-harassment-Canada,FOCUS MONTREAL Sexist behavior, discrimination, complaints that go ignored: employees at Ubisoft Montreal, which bills itself as the world's largest gaming studio, tell of a "climate of terror" as the French group struggles with a sexual harassment scandal. 700 words moved by Anne-Sophie Thill with Jules Bonnard in Paris. File picture afp
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