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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Hajj to be 'limited' as Saudi battles virus + US clamps down on China state media outlets + Trump's wider visa ban to hit tech industry + Apple to build own Mac chips, dumping Intel + 'Lost Boys' director Schumacher dies age 80 Health-virus-Saudi-religion-hajj,WRAP RIYADH Saudi Arabia announces it will hold a "very limited" hajj this year, with only pilgrims already in the kingdom allowed to perform the annual ritual as it moves to curb the biggest coronavirus outbreak in the Gulf. 700 words 0200 GMT by Anuj Chopra. File Picture. File video Also moved: Health-virus-Saudi-religion-hajj,FACTS Health-virus-Saudi-religion-hajj,CHRONO US-China-media-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States tightens the rules on four more Chinese state media organizations, denouncing them as propaganda outlets, as it renews a feud with Beijing. 600 words moved by Shaun Tandon US-politics-immigration-economy-employment,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump will prolong a ban on US employment permits to year-end and broaden it to include H-1B visas used widely in the tech industry, the White House says. 500 words moved US-IT-lifestyle-Apple,lead SAN FRANCISCO Apple says it will build its own chips to power its Mac computers to create a "common architecture" that allows the devices to run the same apps as those on the iPhone and iPad. 500 words moved Entertainment-US-film-Schumacher LOS ANGELES Joel Schumacher, the director of two flamboyant "Batman" films and cult teen classic "The Lost Boys," has died of cancer aged 80. 350 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump is in desperate need of a political boost after a fiasco of a campaign rally in Tulsa leaves him looking like a leader detached from the multiple crises gripping the United States. 650 words moved by Jerome Cartillier. File picture. File video Entertainment-US-film-television-virus-Globes,2ndlead LOS ANGELES Next year's Golden Globes will take place on February 28, an unusually late date for the glitzy film and television award show as Hollywood scrambles to adjust to the coronavirus pandemic. 500 words moved US-Entertainment-politics-music-internet-KPop,FOCUS NEW YORK Legions of K-pop fans and TikTok users are taking credit for upending Donald Trump's high-profile weekend rally after block-reserving tickets with no intention to attend an event that was beset by an embarrassingly low turnout. 700 words 0200 GMT by Maggy Donaldson. File picture US-racism-politics-history-statues,FOCUS WASHINGTON As the wave of anti-racism protests rocking the United States brings down monuments to figures linked to the country's history of slavery, the spotlight is shifting to historic characters long considered untouchable. 700 words 0230 GMT by Cyril Julien. Picture Health-virus-Latam-indigenous,FOCUS MONTEVIDEO Indigenous peoples in Latin America have been decimated by the coronavirus pandemic due to weak immune systems and centuries of state neglect. 800 words 0230 GMT by Lucia Lacurcia. Picture. Video. Graphic Auto-USA-NASCAR-racism,2ndlead LOS ANGELES Bubba Wallace makes an emotional return to NASCAR racing as justice officials began probing the discovery of a noose placed in the trailblazing black driver's team garage. 650 words moved by Rob Woollard. Picture Also moving: Auto-USA-NASCAR-racism-Wallace,PROFILE -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP DUBAI Global coronavirus infections top nine million as the World Health Organization warns that the pandemic is accelerating and Saudi Arabia says it will allow a "very limited" number of pilgrims to the hajj next month. 750 words 0330 GMT by Mohamad Ali Harissi with Isabelle Tourne in Paris. Picture. Video Health-virus-WHO,2ndlead GENEVA The World Health Organization calls for a rapid increase in production of dexamethasone, a cheap steroid that has been shown to reduce deaths in critically ill coronavirus patients. 600 words moved by Robin Millard. Video -- ASIA -- EU-China-diplomacy-trade,WRAP BRUSSELS The EU warns China it would face "very negative consequences" if it presses ahead with a new security law for Hong Kong, stepping up pressure on Beijing over the controversial legislation. 700 words 0200 GMT by Damon Wake. Picture. Video SKorea-NKorea-war-anniversary-social,FOCUS SEOUL From a veteran wounded in combat to a conscripted grandson, three generations of a South Korean family illustrate changing views of the North and the Korean War, 70 years after it began. 750 words 0330 GMT by Sunghee Hwang. Picture. Video Also moving: SKorea-NKorea-war-anniversary,CHRONO -- EUROPE -- France-police-investigation,lead PARIS French investigators have questioned four police officers over the January arrest of a Paris delivery driver who died after they allegedly pinned him to the ground as he repeatedly shouted "I'm suffocating", sources say. 550 words moved by Mehdi Cherifia and Benjamin Legendre Russia-Germany-WWII-history-politics,FOCUS MOSCOW The Kremlin has become entrenched in a war of words with Europe over the legacy of World War II, as both sides accuse the other of cynically rewriting history for political gains. 650 words 0300 GMT by Maxime Popov and Marina. File Picture Also moving: Russia-history-WWII,FACTS Health-virus-NMacedonia-politics,FOCUS SKOPJE To choose your leaders or your health? Voters in North Macedonia face this conundrum as the country heads towards key elections just as a second wave of the coronavirus is rising. 750 words 0400 GMT by Darko Duridanski. File picture Health-virus-Norway OSLO Norway, which was quick to bring the new coronavirus under control, has ignored calls to lift, or at least ease, its travel restrictions, making it probably the most closed nation in Europe today. 650 words 0430 GMT by Pierre-Henry Deshayes. File Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-economy,INTERVIEW BAGHDAD Iraq's economy could reach irreversible lows within the next year unless urgent reform measures are adopted, its finance minister warns in an exclusive interview with AFP. 700 words moved by Maya Gebeily. Picture. Video Health-virus-Yemen-conflict,FOCUS TAEZ, Yemen As medicines run short and hospital wards overflow, Yemenis are resorting to traditional herbal remedies to protect themselves from coronavirus in a country broken by years conflict. 700 words 0300 GMT. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Malawi-vote LILONGWE Malawians return to the polls for the second time in just over a year to vote for a new president after Peter Mutharika's re-election was annulled for rigging. 450 words 0200 GMT by Jack McBrams. Picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-women-WC-2023-AUS-NZL SYDNEY A decade ago Australia spent millions of taxpayer dollars on a disastrous quest to host the 2022 men's World Cup, but its football boss is quietly confident that crushing defeat will not be repeated this week. 650 words 0200 GMT by Martin Parry. File picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Health-virus-Spain-theatre-music-offbeat BARCELONA The lights dim, the curtain rises and the music begins -- all signs normal life has returned to Barcelona's Liceu opera house, were the seats not filled with some 2,300 plants. 350 words moved. Picture. Video afp
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