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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Markets crash over as investors panic over virus + Melbourne Grand Prix cancelled over virus fears + US hits pro-Iran group in Iraq with air strikes + World Athletics fines Russia over doping rules Health-virus,WRAP TOKYO Global stock markets suffer historic falls as panic spreads over the spiralling coronavirus crisis that has killed nearly 5,000 and is infecting sport, schools and society across the planet. 750 words 0300 GMT by Richard Carter. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus-sport-world,WRAP MELBOURNE Formula One's season-opening Australian Grand Prix is scrapped and President Donald Trump suggests postponing the Tokyo Olympics as the coronavirus pandemic tears through world sport. 700 words 0300 GMT Also moving: Auto-Prix-AUS-virus-health,3rdlead Iraq-unrest-rockets-US,WRAP WASHINGTON The US military launches air strikes against a pro-Iranian group in Iraq following the deaths of two Americans and a Briton in a rocket attack, US military officials tell AFP. 600 words moved by Sylvie Lanteaume. File picture. Graphic Athletics-world-RUS-doping-Oly-2020,2ndlead MONACO World Athletics fines Russia's track and field federation $10 million for breaching anti-doping rules and caps at 10 the number of Russians allowed to compete as neutrals at the Tokyo Olympics. 550 words moved by Luke Phillips. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Brazil-politics RIO DE JANIER0 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he will know "in the next few hours" if he has contracted the new coronavirus after a top aide tested positive for the disease following a trip on which both met with US President Donald Trump. 450 words moved Health-virus-China-politics-US,FOCUS BEIJING A coordinated Chinese campaign to cast doubt on the origin of the coronavirus pandemic is fuelling an increasingly ill-tempered row with the United States, which insists on calling it the "Wuhan" virus. 750 words 0430 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng Health-virus-China,CHRONO BEIJING From initial attempts to cover up the outbreak to later locking down cities and now declaring it "basically curbed", China says it has now turned the tide against the disease that has killed thousands of people. 750 words 0230 GMT Health-virus-US-economy-welfare,FOCUS WASHINGTON The coronavirus pandemic has thrown into sharp relief the depth of inequality and the sheer number of people living on the edge in the United States. 750 words 0200 GMT by Delphine Touitou Health-virus-US-China-EU-politics,ANALYSIS WASHINGTON Thousands of people have died, the US response has infuriated European allies, and China has gone on a propaganda offensive. The new coronavirus is shaping up to be a cataclysmic event with far-reaching consequences in global politics. 800 words 0200 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Picture Health-virus-US-entertainment-Broadway NEW YORK Broadway suspends performances for a month as the world's most famous theater district is hit by a ban on large public gatherings imposed on New Yorkers to stem the new coronavirus outbreak. 750 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-US-politics-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Donald Trump had one job to do in a primetime address on coronavirus: reassure an anxious nation, a panicking stock market and divided world. Instead, he left many confused and more scared. 600 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture Also moved: Health-virus-US-politics-Biden,2ndlead Health-virus-US-economy-bank-rate,WRAP WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve massively increases its efforts to keep the economy on track and quell the growing uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic, injecting $1.5 trillion of cash into markets this week. 700 words moved by Heather Scott Health-virus-US-IT-internet,FOCUS WASHINGTON As the coronavirus pandemic forces the closing of more schools and workplaces, the health crisis has exposed the "digital divide" which allows some to stay on task remotely, with others left out. 700 words moved by Rob Lever -- AMERICAS -- Brazil-children-library-poverty,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Lua has a hungry look on her face as she holds her new book on Nelson Mandela, one of thousands the precocious 12-year-old has amassed for her new library in a poor Brazilian favela. 600 words 0200 GMT by Louis Genot. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict-Turkey-aid-refugee,SCENE KAFR LUSIN, Syria Hamad al-Abdallah has installed wifi and insulation in his new concrete room, trying to make the most of the desperate conditions his family has endured since fleeing Syrian regime bombardments. 600 words 0300 GMT by Ezzedine Said. Picture. Video Also moving: Syria-conflict-Idlib,FOCUS Israel-parliament-women-social,FOCUS NAZARETH, Israel Newly elected Israeli MP Iman al-Khatib, greeting supporters in Nazareth, shook hands with women but tapped her heart with her right hand for men. 750 words 0400 GMT by Majeeda El-Batsh. Picture. Video Albania-Iran-politics-diplomacy,FOCUS MANZA, Albania In a gleaming compound built from scratch on an Albanian hillside, thousands of Iranians dedicate their waking hours to toppling the regime in Tehran 3,000 kilometres away. 700 words 0400 GMT by Briseida Mema. Picture. Video Saudi-Aramco-energy-earnings,ADVANCER RIYADH Saudi Aramco is expected to announce a drop in profits as it unveils Monday its first annual results since its listing, as the energy giant grapples with sinking oil prices. 600 words 0430 GMT by Anuj Chopra with Omar Hasan in Dubai -- EUROPE -- Britain-France-aviation-Fbl-Sala LONDON Fourteen months after a plane crash claimed the life of footballer Emiliano Sala, British air accident investigators are to publish Friday their final report on the tragedy. 300 words 0330 GMT Russia-pornography-homosexuality-gender-trial,FOCUS MOSCOW Yulia Tsvetkova posted delicate drawings and embroidered images of vulvas on a social media page called "Vagina Monologues" that she hoped would help lift the taboo on women's bodies. 800 words 0400 GMT by Anna Malplas afp
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