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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump halts WHO funding over handling of virus + IMF warns of bleakest outlook since Depression + Obama endorses Biden as president to 'heal' US + South Korea holds election despite coronavirus + Woman fined for walking turtle during lockdown Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump cuts off funding to the World Health Organization, accusing the UN body of mishandling the coronavirus crisis as governments grapple with how and when to get their struggling economies back to work. 900 words 0300 GMT by Susan Stumme with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-economy-recession-IMF,WRAP WASHINGTON The coronavirus pandemic is pushing the global economy into its deepest recession in a century, cutting world output by three percent this year, and the situation could get even worse, the IMF warned. 700 words moved by Heather Scott. File picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Health-virus-economy-recession-IMF,Q&A Health-virus-economy-recession-IMF,FACTS US-vote-politics-Democrats-Obama-Biden,WRAP WASHINGTON Barack Obama endorses Joe Biden's White House bid, saying his longtime vice president can unify and "heal" a nation struggling through some of its darkest moments. 700 words moved by Michael Mathes. File picture SKorea-politics-vote-health-virus,WRAP SEOUL Temperature checks on voters, separate booths for those with fevers, special polling times for the quarantined: South Koreans head to the polls with a big turnout expected despite the coronavirus threat. 700 words 0200 GMT by Sunghee Hwang. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Italy-turtle ROME An Italian woman who took her turtle out for a walk has been fined 400 euros ($440) by the Roman police for breaking strict coronavirus confinement rules. 200 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-economy-politics WASHINGTON President Donald Trump announces that swaths of the United States could lift coronavirus shutdowns "very soon" and made peace with state governors after being accused of acting like a king. 750 words moved by Sebastian Smith Also moving: Health-virus-US-Texas-physician,FOCUS Health-US-virus-model,lead WASHINGTON A one-off lockdown won't stop the novel coronavirus pandemic and intermittent periods of social distancing may be required into 2022 to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed, Harvard scientists say. 600 words moved by Issam Ahmed Health-US-virus-workplace,FOCUS WASHINGTON Mandatory temperature checks, hands-free hand sanitizers, staggered shift timings and no meetings: When we finally go back, workplaces will be far different to how we remember them. 650 words moved by Issam Ahmed Health-virus-US-IT-smartphone,Q&A WASHINGTON Can an app contain the pandemic? Interest is growing in smartphone technology as a potential key to ending lockdowns and reopening economies around the world. 800 words 0200 GMT by Rob Lever Health-virus-Ecuador-mayor,INTERVIEW GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador Ecuador's economic capital Quayaquil is reeling from the most aggressive outbreak of COVID-19 in Latin America after the pandemic hit the city "like a bomb," its mayor says. 650 words 0300 GMT Picture. Video US-IT-lifestyle-smartphone SAN FRANCISCO Is now the time to launch a new iPhone? Despite a pandemic-induced global economic crisis, Apple is widely believed to be set to release a reduced-priced handset that aims to fill a gap in its lineup, as early as this month. 600 words 0130 GMT by Glenn Chapman -- ASIA -- China-economy-growth,ADVANCER BEIJING China's economy contracted for the first time in around three decades in the first quarter as the coronavirus crisis brought the country to a standstill, according to an AFP poll of economists. 650 words 0230 GMT by Beiyi Seow Health-virus-India-religion-Varanasi,FOCUS VARANASI, India The stench of smouldering funeral pyres usually hangs heavy by the Ganges in Varanasi, where the fires have burned since time immemorial, but a nationwide lockdown over coronavirus has left the ghats eerily quiet. 600 words 0330 GMT by Anand Singh with Bhuvan Bagga in New Delhi. Picture. Video Health-virus-Japan-social,FOCUS YOKOHAMA, Japan Thousands of cash-strapped "net cafe refugees" in Japan risk being turfed out onto the streets as the coronavirus pandemic forces the closure of these 24/7 havens unique to the country. 700 words 0430 GMT by Miwa Suzuki. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-world,FOCUS ROME Doctors, nurses and healthcare workers have become the unwitting heroes of the coronavirus pandemic. Workers from four continents tell AFP their stories. 1,300 words 0200 GMT. File picture. File video -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict,WRAP TRIPOLI The forces of Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar rain rockets on Tripoli after being ousted by government loyalists from a string of strategic towns west of the capital. 700 words moved by Imed Lamloum. Picture. Video Also moved: Libya-conflict,CHRONO Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival Benny Gantz hold new talks on forming a coronavirus emergency government after a year of stalemate, with a deadline less than two days away. 600 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee Health-virus-Israel-jackals,PHOTOESSAY TEL AVIV As the coronavirus has kept Israelis indoors, dozens of jackals have taken over Tel Aviv's deserted Hayarkon Park, scavenging for food in what is usually a playground for joggers and families. 400 words moved. Picture -- AFRICA -- Malawi-vote-politics-court LILONGWE Malawi's Supreme Court is to begin hearing an appeal by President Peter Mutharika against the re-run of an election in which he was returned to office last year. 500 words 0200 GMT by Jack McBrams Health-virus-diplomacy-Africa-China,FOCUS ABUJA African countries are seething over reports of Africans battling stigma and discrimination in China over the coronavirus pandemic, apparently linked to a cluster of cases in the Nigerian community in the southern city of Guangzhou. 600 words moved by Celia Lebur with AFP's Beijing bureau Also moved: Health-virus-racism-McDonald's -- SPORT -- Cycling-FRA-Tour-2020-Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Tour de France organisers are working to find a new start date for cycling's biggest race after large public gatherings were banned until mid-July in the latest extension of the French coronavirus lockdown. 550 words moved by Jean Montois. 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