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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Virus measures bolstered as global death toll nears 15,000 + Fate of Olympics in balance as virus worsens + Trillion-dollar US economic rescue package collapses + Pompeo on surprise visit to Afghanistan + Harvey Weinstein tests positive for coronavirus Health-virus,WRAP ROME Global emergency efforts to slow the coronavirus pandemic are ratcheted up with more nations and cities imposing extraordinary lockdowns, as the death toll soars towards 15,000. 1,000 words 0930 GMT by Alexandria Sage and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video Graphic Oly-2020-health-virus,WRAP TOKYO Canada pulls out of the Tokyo Olympics over coronavirus fears as Japan admits a delay may be "inevitable" and the International Olympic Committee pledges a decision within weeks. 750 words 1100 GMT by Hiroshi Hiyama and Sara Hussein. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-politics-economy,3rdlead WASHINGTON A trillion-dollar Senate proposal to rescue the reeling US economy crashes to defeat after receiving zero support from Democrats, and with five Republicans absent from the chamber because of virus-related quarantines. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. File picture. Picture Afghanistan-US-Pompeo,WRAP KABUL US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives in the Afghan capital as an ongoing political crisis, a raging Taliban insurgency and rising coronavirus cases all further threaten Afghanistan's already-floundering peace process. 600 words 0730 GMT Health-virus-US-entertainment-Weinstein,lead WASHINGTON Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, US media report. 300 words moved -- OLYMPICS -- Oly-2020-Japan-JPN-postponement-health-virus,Q&A TOKYO The Tokyo Olympics appears to be creeping towards a postponement, an unprecedented and costly exercise that involves ripping up years of planning. Here are just some of the challenges. 800 words moved by Richard Carter. Picture. Video Virus-health-Oly-JPN-2020,SCENE TOKYO The Olympics rings are up and the cute wide-eyed mascots are plastered across billboards and commuter trains, but people in Tokyo are increasingly convinced the Games won't happen this summer. 500 words 0930 GMT by Harumi Ozawa. Picture. Video Also moved: Oly-2020-Tokyo,CHRONO Oly-2020-health-virus,QUOTES -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Europe-lockdown,FOCUS ROME From the 86-year-old Italian woman who carefully lines up her glasses of water to the British composer conducting a virtual orchestra, life under coronavirus lockdown in Europe is proving a mix of the routine and the bizarre. 800 words 1100 GMT by Gildas Le Roux with AFP bureaus. Video Health-virus-Italy ROME Italy imposes a ban on travel and shuts down a range of industries to stem the spread of a coronavirus that has killed nearly 5,500 in a month. 500 words 1100 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture Health-virus-hospital-emergency,FOCUS PARIS Emergency medics routinely make critical treatment calculations based on their patients' chances of survival. 750 words moved by Amelie Bottolier-Depois Health-virus-Georgia-economy-tourism-leisure,FOCUS TBILISI Spring has arrived in Tbilisi but its picturesque old town -- a whimsical mixture of Art Nouveau buildings and medieval churches -- is gloomy. 550 words moved by Irakli Metreveli. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-LatAm,WRAP MONTEVIDEO Panic over the spread of the coronavirus sparks a prison riot in Colombia that killed 23 inmates, as Chile becomes the latest Latin American country to announce restrictions on movement. 750 words moved. Picture. Video Health-US-virus-immigration,FOCUS LOS ANGELES James can't afford to quarantine: he lost his job as a waiter in a Los Angeles restaurant, and is two weeks away from running out of money for rent and food. 500 words moved by Javier Tovar. File Picture Health-virus-fbl-BRA SAO PAULO Brazil's top football clubs are handing over their stadiums to allow health authorities to turn them into field hospitals and clinics to fight the coronavirus pandemic. 300 words moved. File Picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-HongKong-transport,2ndlead HONG KONG Hong Kong will ban all non-residents from entering the financial hub from Wednesday in a bid to halt the coronavirus, its leader says while all licensed restaurants and bars will cease serving alcohol. 450 words 1000 GMT by Su Xinqi Health-virus-Asia,POINTS SINGAPORE Asian nations have been ramping up efforts to fight the novel coronavirus, which has upended societies and sparked economic turmoil as it spreads around the world. 550 words 0930 GMT Health-virus-Australia-economy-unemployment,lead SYDNEY Jobless Australians flood unemployment offices around the country as Prime Minister Scott Morrison warns the coronavirus pandemic will cause an economic crisis akin to the Great Depression. 500 words moved by Holly Robertson. Picture. Video Health-virus-cherry-weather-Japan,FOCUS TOKYO The crowds might be thinner and the parties smaller, but warnings from officials over the coronavirus have done little to stop Japanese celebrating as the country's famed cherry trees explode into bloom. 600 words moved by Shingo Ito. Picture. Video Health-virus-HongKong,FOCUS HONG KONG As Hong Kong suffers a new spike in coronavirus infections, anger and recrimination have broken out among the city's expatriates over whether enough of their well-heeled community is taking the outbreak seriously enough. 750 words moved by Rose Troup Buchanan. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Iran-politics,FOCUS PARIS Even according to the official figures, the coronavirus epidemic has killed some 1,700 people in Iran, prompting unprecedented measures to slow the epidemic that have included closing holy Shiite shrines. 700 words 1100 GMT by Didier Lauras. Picture Health-virus-UAE-aviation-retail DUBAI Dubai's famous malls will shut down for a fortnight under the United Arab Emirates' plan to curb coronavirus, which will also see its airports closed to passenger and transit flights. 400 words moved -- AFRICA -- Guinea-vote,WRAP CONAKRY At least 10 people are killed in clashes between police and protesters, opposition activists said, as Guinea held a bitterly disputed referendum that critics say is a ploy by the president to stay in power. 650 words moved by Mouctar Bah. Picture. Video Health-virus-Africa-religion,SCENE LAGOS Nigerian police with megaphones struggle to keep the faithful in bustling Lagos away from church, as worshippers in Africa face tough restrictions aimed at halting the spread of coronavirus. 700 words moved by Celia Lebur and Joel Olatunde Agoi with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video -- ECONOMY -- Markets-World,WRAP LONDON World stock markets tumble further as the coronavirus death toll continues to soar, and after US lawmakers fail to agree a trillion-dollar emergency package. 700 words 1130 GMT by Roland Jackson Virus-health-economy-diplomacy-politics LONDON Governments scrambling to defend their own economies against the coronavirus pandemic are being urged to coordinate to ward off a long-term global recession and future waves of infections. 550 words 1200 GMT by Jitendra Joshi afp
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