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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Europe to mark VE-Day under shadow of pandemic + Case against ex-Donald Trump aide Flynn dropped + Stay indoors order after deadly India gas leak + Accuser says Biden should quit White House race + South Korean football to kick off after shutdown Health-virus,WRAP PARIS A continent devastated by the coronavirus will mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, as the economic destruction of the pandemic is laid bare and millions more people lose their jobs. 800 words 0530 GMT by David Harding with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-Russia-investigation-Flynn,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Justice Department withdraws its case against former White House national security advisor Michael Flynn, handing President Donald Trump a major political victory. 800 words moved by Paul Handley. File picture India-accident-chemicals,WRAP VISAKHAPATNAM, India Residents are told to stay indoors as engineers fight to prevent more gas escaping at a chemical plant on India's east coast, a day after a leak killed 12 people and knocked locals unconscious in the street. 650 words 0600 GMT. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic US-politics-vote-Biden-accuser,lead WASHINGTON The woman who accused Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her in 1993 calls on him to drop out of the US presidential race, saying she'd take a polygraph about the alleged encounter if he would. 600 words moved by Michael Mathes. File picture Health-virus-SKorea-fbl-KOR SEOUL South Korea's football league is set to kick off with an unprecedented international audience as it leads the way in restarting after the coronavirus, but there will be no crowds or wild goal celebrations. 450 words 0530 GMT -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-crime,FOCUS CHICAGO CHICAGO The streets of Chicago may be largely empty as residents hunker down from coronavirus but some of the city's most deprived neighborhoods are still echoing to the sound of deadly gunfire and raucous partying. 600 words 0530 GMT by Bob Chiarito. File picture Health-virus-US-tourism-cruise,FOCUS MIAMI The cruise industry has taken a beating during the coronavirus crisis -- on-board outbreaks, refusal of port access and no clear idea of when ships can sail once again. Now, tens of thousands of crew members are stranded at sea. 900 words moved by Leila Macor. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Portugal-Argentina-tourism,INTERVIEW Health-virus-US-casinos-LasVegas,FOCUS US-shooting-race,2ndlead WASHINGTON Police arrest two white men for the shooting death of an unarmed black jogger in Georgia whose killing was captured in a video that went viral, sparking massive public outcry. 650 words moved -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Pakistan-alcohol-social,FOCUS ISLAMABAD Drinking alcohol in Pakistan can be a complicated affair at the best of times, but for 25-year-old student Iram, the coronavirus pandemic has made getting a beer nearly impossible. 750 words moved by Joris Fioriti with Ashraf Khan in Karachi. File Picture Health-virus-India-marriage,FOCUS NEW DELHI Under lockdown and far apart, Sushen Dang and Keerti Narang went online to say their marriage vows -- and pulled off a spectacular Indian wedding complete with thousands of guests and raucous Bollywood dancing. 700 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- Health-virus-US-economy-employment-indicator WASHINGTON With shops and factories closed nationwide due to COVID-19, nearly all of the jobs created in the US economy in the last decade have been wiped out in a single month. 550 words moved by Heather Scott. File picture. Graphic US-economy-employment-indicator,FACTS US-IT-lifestyle-transport-earnings-Uber-pandemic,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Uber says its losses widened in the first quarter as the pandemic bit hard into ridesharing but that it saw signs of recovery and a booming appetite for its Eats meal delivery helping it through the crisis. 650 words moved by Glenn Chapman US-food-agriculture-environment-lifestyle-animal,FOCUS NEW YORK Champions of plant-based meat see an opportunity to make inroads with American shoppers in the wake of coronavirus outbreaks at US slaughterhouses that have pressured meat supply. 650 words moved by Juliette Michel and John Biers -- EUROPE -- WWII-history-Europe-75years-May8 BERLIN Europe marks 75 years since the end of World War II in a sombre mood as the coronavirus pandemic forces the cancellations of elaborate ceremonies, but Berlin has declared an exceptional holiday for the first time. 650 words moved by Hui Minh Neo. Picture. Video History-Germany-Britain-music,FOCUS BERLIN One of the last living members of the women's orchestra at Auschwitz, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, is at 95 among the most prominent survivors raising her voice against hate. But for four decades she kept her silence. 750 words moved by Yannick Pasquet. File Picture Also moved: Britain-sport-heroes-WWII,FOCUS Health-virus-pandemic-disease,FOCUS PARIS Every week the list of COVID-19 symptoms -- affecting nearly every organ in the body -- grows menacingly longer, but that doesn't mean the new coronavirus is a uniquely dangerous super-bug, experts say. 950 words moved by Marlowe Hood Health-virus-Britain-economy-jobs-measures,FOCUS LONDON Major social advances have often emerged from the depths of disaster: the Black Death brought an end to serfdom, and Britain's welfare state emerged from the ruins of World War II. 750 words moved by Veronique Dupont. File Picture -- MIDEAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Syria-conflict,FOCUS HOMS, Syria While there is no proof that hydroxychloroquine works against COVID-19, Syrian factories have been authorised to churn out the controversial antimalarial drug Damascus hopes can help treat the virus. 620 words moved by Maher al-Mounes. Picture. Video Saudi-economy-rights-NEOM,FOCUS RIYADH A rare revolt by a Saudi tribe has spelt fresh trouble for a planned Red Sea megacity, a lynchpin of the crown prince's economic vision already beset by low oil prices. 750 words moved by Anuj Chopra. File picture History-Holocaust-Nazi-Jews-Israel,INTERVIEW JERUSALEM Days after Israel's spectacular announcement that Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann had been captured and brought to Israel for trial, Gabriel Bach was given an assignment that forever changed his life. 900 words moved by Ben Simon. Picture Also moving: History-Holocaust-Nazi-Jews-Israel,FACTS -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Somalia,FOCUS MOGADISHU Adan Abdullahi knows that visiting the mosque for evening prayers is forbidden. There is a curfew in place in the Somali capital, and authorities have pleaded with worshippers to stay home as coronavirus infections rise. 750 words moved by Mustafa Haji Abdinur. File Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Health-virus-US-Sport-stadiums,FOCUS NEW YORK American professional sports leagues plotting their path back from the coronavirus shutdown are preparing for a future played out behind closed doors or to sparsely populated arenas, scenarios that analysts say are likely to carry a heavy financial burden and could lead to profound changes. 900 words moved by Thomas Urbain afp
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