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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Australian city under curfew as S. Africa cases spike + SpaceX Crew Dragon craft heads to Earth + Suspense builds over Biden election running mate + Kyrgios drops US Open to honour virus victims Health-virus,WRAP MELBOURNE Australia's second largest city declares a state of disaster, imposing an overnight curfew to halt the spread of virus cases, as South Africa's infection count tops more than half a million. 650 words 1530 GMT by AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video US-space-NASA-SpaceX,WRAP WASHINGTON America's first crewed spacecraft since the Space Shuttle era was set to splash down in the Gulf of Mexico despite a storm threatening Florida. 650 words 1700 GMT by Issam Ahmed. File picture US-politics-vote-Biden-VP WASHINGTON Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has promised to soon reveal his running mate. As suspense builds over who Biden will choose to be on the ticket for November's election, this much is known -- it will be a woman. 800 words moved by Elodie Cuzin and Chris Lefkow. File picture Also moved: US-politics-vote-Biden-VP,Q&A US-politics-vote-Biden-VP-candidates,POINTS Tennis-USA-Open-AUS-Kyrgios,lead SYDNEY An emotional Nick Kyrgios pulls out of the US Open for "the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have lost their lives", while pleading with players who attend to not be selfish and act responsibly. 550 words moved by Martin Parry -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Spain-tourism-Ibiza,FOCUS IBIZA, Balearic Islands, Spain On the largely empty beach at Figueretas on Ibiza, social distancing isn't hard to do. Here, bar terraces are sparsely populated and the shutters of apartments overlooking them are mostly closed. 700 words moved by Thomas Perroteau. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-Bahamas-weather-hurricane,WRAP MIAMI Tropical storm Isaias is no longer expected to regain hurricane strength as it nears the Florida coast, but strong winds, flash flooding and storm surges continue to pose a threat. 650 words 1430 GMT by Leila Macor. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-economy-restaurants,FOCUS LOS ANGELES For Gabriel Gordon and his wife Lena, the small restaurant they opened 14 years ago in the coastal California town of Seal Beach was a dream project and the cornerstone of their future success. 750 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-transport,FOCUS NEW YORK Long associated with narrow, cobbled streets in Europe and congested Asian megacities, scooters are now becoming a common sight in car-loving America as commuters shun public transport because of the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words moved by Thomas Urbain and Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Australia,lead MELBOURNE Australia imposes an overnight curfew on its second-biggest city and bans people from moving more than five kilometres from home in a bid to control a growing coronavirus outbreak that is infecting hundreds daily. 600 words moved. Picture Health-virus-India-Bollywood-Bachchan NEW DELHI Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan says he has been discharged from hospital, three weeks after being admitted with "mild" coronavirus symptoms after testing positive for the disease. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Lebanon-conflict-army,FOCUS JERUSALEM Harsh public rhetoric from Israeli officials and the Lebanese group Hezbollah points to further conflict after border unrest this week, but both sides may actually be seeking to avoid escalation, experts say. 700 words moved by Claire Gounon. Picture. Video Egypt-internet-women,FOCUS CAIRO Egyptian social media has become a new and dangerous battleground for women's rights after young TikTok influencers were jailed while a resurgent #MeToo movement decries male sexual violence. 700 words moved by Farid Farid. File picture Health-virus-Iraq-hospitals,FOCUS KUT, Iraq Iraqi midwife Umm Mariam used to help bring three babies into the world per day. But with mothers-to-be avoiding pandemic-hit hospitals, she now delivers twice that number in her makeshift home clinic. 700 words moved by Ali Allaq with Salam Faraj in Baghdad. File picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-SAfrica,2ndlead JOHANNESBURG South Africa registers more than 500,000 cases of coronavirus, the health ministry announces, making it by far the hardest-hit country in Africa. 450 words moved. File picture Health-virus-hospitals-politics,FOCUS HARARE Viral pictures of seven lifeless infants wrapped separately in green sheets, all stillborn in one night at a Harare hospital, are gut-wrenching, with medics saying the incident is just one illustration of Zimbabwe's dire health care situation. 650 words moved. File picture afp
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