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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + UN warns of looming hunger crisis in pandemic + Virgin Australia collapses under virus strain + Oil price turmoil worsens as demand drops off + Seoul downplays reports N. Korea's Kim is ill + South Korean sport races from starting blocks Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could trigger a hunger crisis in already vulnerable parts of the world, the UN warns, as the unprecedented clampdown on commerce sends shock waves through financial markets. 800 words 2130 GMT by Chris Lefkow with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Australia-aviation-Virgin,3rdlead BRISBANE Cash-strapped Virgin Australia collapses, making it the largest carrier yet to buckle under the strain of the coronavirus pandemic, which has ravaged the global airline industry. 700 words moved by Holly Robertson. Picture. Video. Graphic Markets-world NEW YORK Oil-price turmoil grips traders again after US crude futures crashed below zero for the first time as the coronavirus crisis cripples global energy demand and worsens a supply glut. 650 words 2100 GMT by John Biers NKorea-SKorea-politics-diplomacy,WRAP SEOUL South Korea plays down a report that the North's leader Kim Jong Un is being treated after surgery, as speculation mounts over his absence from a key anniversary. 700 words moved. Picture. File video Baseball-KOR-health-virus-SKorea,lead SEOUL Professional sport returns to South Korea as coronavirus restrictions ease, with the first pitch thrown in a baseball preseason derby in front of empty stands. 550 words moved by Sunghee Hwang. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-oil-prices-health-market-politics, FOCUS NEW YORK An unprecedented crash in oil prices is adding pressure to already stressed US producers, threatening key shale regions and putting vulnerable companies at risk of going under. 650 words 2000 GMT by John Biers Also moveD: Saudi-oil-energy-health-virus,FOCUS Health-virus-US-smallbusiness-aid-politics-Congress,lead WASHINGTON US lawmakers and the White House reach bipartisan agreement on a $480 billion emergency package that replenishes a depleted program to help small businesses devastated by the coronavirus crisis, the Senate's top Republican says. 550 words 2000 GMT by Michael Mathes Health-virus-US-immigration-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON The United States is still battling coronavirus, but with six months to go before he faces re-election, President Donald Trump has shifted gears to put immigration -- a bread-and-butter issue for his supporters -- atop the agenda. 700 words moved by Jerome Cartillier Also moved: Health-virus-US-China-politics,FOCUS Health-virus-US-medics,FOCUS Health-virus-US-politics-lifestyle,FOCUS -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-demonstration,FACTS PARIS Demonstrations against confinement measures aimed at combatting the coronavirus have taken place from the United States and Brazil to Russia, via Africa, but remain on the margins. 500 words moved We will also move: Health-virus-world,FACTS Health-virus-Italy ROME Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte prepares Italians for a longer lockdown despite a second successive drop in the number of registered coronavirus cases. 500 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. Picture Health-virus-Germany,2ndlead MUNICH, Germany Bavaria cancels the iconic Oktoberfest for the first time since World War II dealing a fresh blow to Germany's beer industry, already hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words moved by Pauline Curtet. Picture. Video Health-virus-Europe-animal-conservation,FOCUS BUCHAREST In the world's largest brown bear sanctuary in Romania, Lidia and her companion Jean are enjoying the tranquility. But there are rising fears for Europe's zoos and sanctuaries hammered by coronavirus quarantine measures. 650 words moved by Mihaela Rodina with John Hadoulis in Athens, Jovan Matic in Belgrade, Thomas Perroteau in Madrid, Diana Simenova in Sofia, Briseida Mema in Tirana. File picture -- MIDEAST -- Israel-politics,POINTS JERUSALEM Israel's unity government deal between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and election rival Benny Gantz breaks a year-long deadlock but includes many pitfalls -- from the power sharing mechanism to West Bank policy and the premier's corruption charges. 740 words moved by Ben Simon Also moved: Health-virus-Israel,SCENE -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Myanmar-unrest-Rakhine-WHO,2ndlead YANGON A Myanmar government health worker is injured and his driver killed after their United Nations-marked vehicle was ambushed as they were carrying COVID-19 test samples in conflict-ridden Rakhine state, the UN says. 400 words moved. Picture. Video SriLanka-unrest-attack-anniversary,lead COLOMBO Survivors of Sri Lanka's Islamist suicide bombings which killed 279 people a year ago hold a private anniversary service as the nation pays sombre tributes and the US vows to push for justice. 600 words moved by Amal Jayasinghe. Picture. Video Health-virus-China-Wuhan,FOCUS WUHAN, China A bride in a white gown poses by Wuhan's East Lake while a grandfather swings his tiny grandson in a hammock strung between trees, and families enjoy a picnic on a sunny afternoon: Wuhan is returning to normal after enduring a 76-day quarantine. 700 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng. Video. Picture -- AFRICA -- Mozambique-unrest-Islam,WRAP MAPUTO A shadowy Islamist group that has terrorised northern Mozambique killed 52 villagers earlier this month after locals refused to be recruited to their ranks, according to police cited by local media. 500 words moved by Joaquim Nhamirre. File picture -- CLIMATE CHANGE -- Health-virus-climate-energy,FOCUS PARIS COVID-19 has overshadowed the climate crisis as governments scramble to protect the health of citizens without cratering their economies, but the pandemic could still open a fast-track pathway -- albeit a narrow one -- to a greener, low-carbon future, experts say. 1,200 words moved by Marlowe Hood -- SPORTS -- Health-virus-Fbl-UEFA,2ndlead LAUSANNE, Switzerland UEFA remains committed to completing the suspended football season in Europe despite the coronavirus pandemic after making "a strong recommendation" that leagues across the continent be played to a conclusion. 500 words moved Health-virus-Fbl-depression,FOCUS PARIS Prevented from doing their jobs and often confined at home, there are concerns about the mental health of "isolated" and "lost" professional footballers during the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved by Andy Scott. File picture afp
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