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| - Duty Editor: Alex Nicoll Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Europe opening accelerates as Trump voices vaccine hope + Bolsonaro loses health minister after one month + US seeks to block chip supply to China's Huawei + German football back in action after lockdown Health-virus,WRAP VIENNA Europe's reopening gathers pace with cafes and beaches back in action and German football kicking off as US President Donald Trump says he hopes to see a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year. 900 words 0330 GMT by Michael Mathes, with Jastinder Khera in Vienna and AFP bureaus. Graphic. Picture. Video Health-virus-Brazil-politics BRASILIA Brazilian Health Minister Nelson Teich resigns after less than a month on the job over what an official said was "incompatibility" with President Jair Bolsonaro's approach to fighting the country's spiraling coronavirus crisis. 700 words moved. Picture. Video. Live video US-IT-telecom-politics-China-Huawei,WRAP WASHINGTON US officials move to cut off Chinese tech giant Huawei from global chipmakers, ramping up sanctions on the company seen by Washington as a national security risk. 600 words moved by Rob Lever Fbl-GER-Bundesliga-Germany-health-virus,WRAP BERLIN Football in Germany returns to the pitch on Saturday as the Bundesliga becomes the first of Europe's top leagues to swing back into action since the coronavirus lockdown. 650 words 0130 GMT by Ryland James. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Fbl-GER-Bundesliga-Bayern-Lewandowski-health-virus-pandemic -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-NewYork,FOCUS NEW YORK New York City extends a two-month lockdown, even as parts of the state begin to open up, leaving America's cultural and commercial capital wondering what its future holds. 700 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture Fbl-HAI-Haiti-assault,FOCUS PORT-AU-PRINCE At a training facility outside the Haitian capital, where young female football players are living under a coronavirus lockdown, the atmosphere is heavy, following allegations that the head of the sport's national federation raped several teenage girls there. 750 words moved by Amelie Baron. Picture Afghanistan-conflict-US-military,FOCUS WASHINGTON The United States is struggling to salvage a peace process in Afghanistan after shocking attacks, with its leverage narrowing as it moves full speed ahead with plans to end its longest war. 750 words moved by Shaun Tandon Health-virus-Argentina-education-indigenous,FOCUS MENDOZA, Argentina Argentina's coronavirus lockdown has closed schools nationwide and driven teaching online, but nowhere are the wasted weeks felt more keenly than in Huarpe indigenous communities in the far north, which have little access to the internet or distance education. 650 words 0230 GMT by Andres Larrovere and Sonia Avalos. Picture. Video Health-virus-UN-China-US-EU-diplomacy,FOCUS UNITED NATIONS The clash between China and the United States over COVID-19 has caused a rift between European nations at the UN Security Council over a call for ceasefires in some conflict zones during the pandemic. 650 words 0130 GMT by Philippe Rater. File picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Germany-demo,FOCUS BERLIN From anger over lockdown measures to a purported vaccine plan by Bill Gates: a growing wave of demonstrations in Germany by conspiracy theorists, extremists and anti-vaxxers has alarmed even Chancellor Angela Merkel. 650 words 0230 GMT by Hui Min Neo and Mathieu Foulkes. File picture Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP BRUSSELS The EU and Britain end their latest round of post-Brexit trade talks in a state of deadlock, with both sides urging the other to fundamentally change its strategy. 650 words moved by Alex Pigman. Picture. Video Health-virus-Ukraine-agriculture,FOCUS KIEV In an almost empty terminal at Boryspil airport in Kiev, Yuriy waits in a busy line of 200 seasonal workers to check in for a lone flight to Finland. 550 words 0230 GMT by Dmytro Gorshkov. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Burundi-vote-unrest-refugee,QUOTES NAIROBI Burundi plans to hold a presidential election Wednesday that will turn the page on the tumultuous tenure of Pierre Nkurunziza, but several exiles tell AFP they have little hope the vote will bring real change. 850 words 0300 GMT by Francois Ausseill. Video. Picture -- MIDEAST -- Lebanon-politics-economy,INTERVIEW BEIRUT Lebanon's finance minister says his crisis-hit country is ready to comply with an IMF request to float the struggling local currency after receiving foreign aid, in an exclusive interview with AFP. 650 words moved. Picture. File video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Taiwan-China-WHO,Q&A Taipei, Taiwan The coronavirus pandemic shines a spotlight on Taiwan's exclusion from the World Health Organization and ignites a diplomatic row between China and some western powers. 750 words 0330 GMT by Amber Wang Also moving: Health-virus-WHO-assembly,ADVANCER Health-virus-Bangladesh-Myanmar-refugee-Rohingya,3rdlead KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh Emergency teams race to prevent a coronavirus "nightmare" in the world's largest refugee settlement after the first reported cases in the giant shanties housing nearly one million Rohingya. 700 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- Health-virus-US-economy-indicator,WRAP WASHINGTON Newly released economic data show the US economy is in a terrible state and may not rebound quickly even when the devastating lockdowns imposed to stop the coronavirus pandemic are lifted. 750 words moved by Chris Stein Health-virus-Britain-telework,FOCUS PARIS An explosion in remote working owing to the coronavirus pandemic could see companies slash office space, saving them money but not necessarily improving productivity among staff, according to experts. 600 words 0200 GMT by Jean-Baptiste Oubrier -- SPORTS -- tennis-ATP-SRB-Djokovic PARIS Novak Djokovic said he is confident he will end his career as the greatest Grand Slam title winner of all time and break the record for weeks in the world number one spot. 250 words moved RugbyU-AUS-history-health-virus,FOCUS Sydney, Australia With the Wallabies languishing at seventh in the world rankings, Rugby Australia's leadership in flux and the sport facing fierce competition from other codes, the coronavirus pandemic has turned long-standing problems with rugby Down Under into a battle for survival. 850 words 0300 GMT by Andrew Beatty. 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