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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump: COVID19 worse for US than Pearl Harbor + China slams Pompeo over virus lab leak claims + Maduro: US detainees to be tried in Venezuela + Facebook introduces its 'supreme court' staff + Elon Musk and wife Grimes name son 'X Æ A-12' Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump says the coronavirus pandemic has been worse for the United States than the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in World War II and the 9/11 Al-Qaeda attacks and renews his criticism of Beijing, saying the outbreak should have been "stopped in China." 800 words 2130 GMT by Chris Lefkow with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-China-US-diplomacy,4thlead BEIJING China hits back at US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over his claims that the coronavirus originated in a lab in Wuhan, saying he "doesn't have any" evidence. 600 words 2000 GMT. Video Venezuela-US-crisis-politics-diplomacy-defense,WRAP CARACAS President Nicolas Maduro says Venezuela will try two Americans allegedly captured during a failed raid by mercenaries as Washington vows to "use every tool" to bring them home. 600 words 2030 GMT by Margioni Bermudez 2030. Picture. Video US-IT-politics-rights-Facebook,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Facebook introduces the first members of its independent "supreme court" empowered to make binding decisions about what content should be allowed or removed at the social network and Instagram. 700 words moved by Glenn Chapman US-lifestyle-Musk-baby-offbeat-people-celebrity LOS ANGELES Fans hoping for clarity and perhaps some pronunciation tips were left floundering Wednesday after Elon Musk's girlfriend, the musician Grimes, explained their newborn son's name -- X Æ A-12. 300 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-Congress,2ndlead WASHINGTON A top health expert warns US lawmakers to brace for a "long and difficult" war against the coronavirus outbreak, as Congress holds its first hearings about the fight against -- and impacts of -- the deadly pandemic. 600 words 2030 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture Health-virus-travel-US-subway,FOCUS NEW YORK For the first time since 1904, New York's famed subway system has halted its all-night service as the coronavirus outbreak brings "the city that never sleeps" to its knees. 650 words 1930 GMT by Catherine Triomphe. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-politics-Oklahoma,FOCUS STILLWATER, Oklahoma When the mayor of the small Midwest town of Stillwater made wearing masks mandatory in shops and restaurants as Oklahoma joined other US states gingerly reopening their economies, things got ugly really fast. 600 words moved by Juliette Michel. Picture Health-virus-US-education-graduation,FOCUS WASHINGTON A speech by Barack Obama, a photo finish at Daytona, or a wild, livestreamed party in the family living room. Americans are dreaming up creative ways to celebrate their graduates, deprived of traditional diploma ceremonies by the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words moved by Charlotte Plantive -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain-politics,2ndlead LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he could begin to ease Britain's nationwide coronavirus lockdown next week, but warns he will do nothing to risk a new surge of cases. 650 words moved by Alice Ritchie and Joe Jacksonn. Picture. Video Health-virus-TB-risk PARIS The global lockdown caused by COVID-19 risks a "devastating" surge in tuberculosis cases, with nearly 1.4 million additional deaths from the world's biggest infectious killer by 2025, new research shows. 550 words moved by Patrick Galey Health-virus-Germany-politics,2ndlead BERLIN Germany is planning an almost complete return to normality in May, with schools and shops reopening and the return of top-flight Bundesliga football matches, Chancellor Angela Merkel says, 700 words moved by Femke Colborne and Peter Wuetherich. Picture. Video Health-virus-China-investigation,3rdlead GENEVA China will not invite international experts to investigate the source of COVID-19 until the "final victory" over the virus, says Beijing's UN ambassador in Geneva. 450 words moved -- MIDEAST -- Iran-nuclear-politics-US TEHRAN Iran's president says the United States made a "stupid mistake" by abandoning a nuclear deal and warns of severe consequences if its allies agree to extend an arms embargo. 450 words moved. Video Syria-conflict-IS-Iraq-Yazidi-health-virus,FOCUS HASAKEH, Syria Years after jihadists stole her away to Syria, 17-year-old Yazidi girl Layla Eido finally recontacted her family in Iraq several months ago. But a coronavirus lockdown has delayed their long-awaited reunion. 700 words moved by Delil Souleiman. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Philippines-StarWars-offbeat MANILA One Philippines suburb is getting help from a galaxy far, far away to enforce its virus lockdown -- Darth Vader and a retenue of stormtroopers, who are patrolling the streets and drawing smiles from locals weary of weeks of quarantine. 200 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Wuhan-education,lead BEIJING Chinese youngsters in the global virus epicentre of Wuhan file back to class, wearing masks and walking in single file past thermal scanners. 500 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Thailand-social BANGKOK Gourmet take-out delivered by a butler in a black sedan -- Thailand's super-rich have not forgone luxury during a pandemic that has locked the country down, crushed the economy and left millions unemployed. 450 words moved by Dene-Hern Chen. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-automotive-earnings-health-virus-GM,WRAP NEW YORK General Motors aims to reopen most US and Canadian manufacturing operations on May 18 as it reports a steep drop in first-quarter earnings due to the coronavirus. 675 words 2030 GMT by John Biers Health-virus-US-IT-lifestyle-games,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO Video games have been seeing exceptional growth during the COVID-19 pandemic which has shut down real-life activity and kept billions indoors. 650 words moved by Julie Jammot -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Germany-Entertainment-music-Kraftwerk-Schneider,OBIT BERLIN Florian Schneider, co-founder of the pioneering electronic music group Kraftwerk that shaped the course of pop, has died. He was 73. 600 words 2100 GMT by David Courbet with Maggy Donaldson in New York. File Picture -- SPORTS -- Fbl-GER-Bundesliga-health-virus-Germany,WRAP BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel and state leaders give the Bundesliga the green light to restart behind closed doors from mid-May after weeks of shutdown imposed to control the spread of the coronavirus. 750 words moved by Ryland James. Picture. Video. File picture afp
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