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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + India on course to hit 20m Covid cases + Bill and Melinda Gates announce divorce + Biden to allow in up to 62,500 refugees + Apple, Epic in US court clash over apps + Italian rapper feuds with state broadcaster Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI India is expected to see its coronavirus caseload pass the 20-million mark, in stark contrast to gradual reopenings in Europe and other wealthier parts of the world. 650 words 0400 GMT by AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Already moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS US-IT-people-divorce-Gates,WRAP WASHINGTON Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife and fellow philanthropist Melinda announced they are divorcing after a 27-year marriage. 550 words 0200 GMT by Rob Lever. File picture. File video Also moved: US-IT-people-divorce-Gates,PROFILE US-politics-refugee,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden announces, after coming under fierce criticism, that he was raising the maximum number of refugees allowed into the United States this year to 62,500 -- up from the 15,000 cap imposed by his predecessor Donald Trump. 650 words 0230 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture US-IT-court-antitrust-Apple,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Fortnite maker Epic Games and Apple clash in court at the opening of a blockbuster trial on the iPhone maker's App Store, with potentially big implications for the world of mobile tech, trading barbs over alleged monopolistic actions and what is best for consumers. 750 words moved by Glenn Chapman Also moved: US-internet-Apple-Epic,FACTS Italy-Rai-censorship-discrimination,FOCUS ROME Accusations of censorship and homophobia from a popular tattooed rapper put Italy's state broadcaster on the defensive. 650 words moved by Alexandria Sage. File picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- SKorea-NKorea-censorship-history-literature,FOCUS GOYANG, South Korea A South Korean publisher's defiant move to release the memoirs of the North's founder Kim Il Sung has triggered a heated debate over Seoul's decades-old ban on Pyongyang's propaganda under national security laws. 750 words 0330 GMT by Claire Lee. Video. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-India-youth-internet-computers,FOCUS MUMBAI Her exam revision done, schoolgirl Swadha Prasad gets on with her real work: finding life-saving oxygen, drugs and hospital beds for Covid-19 patients as India reels from a brutal second wave of infections. 750 words 0330 GMT by Ammu Kannampilly. Picture. Video Health-virus-vaccines-Covax-G7,3rdlead GENEVA The WHO pleads with the G7 to dig deep and fund the global Covid-19 recovery, warning the crisis cannot be resolved worldwide if they do not step up. 700 words moved by Robin Millard. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Germany-festival,2ndlead Health-virus-EU-vaccines-travel,lead Health-virus-vaccines-BioNTech-Pfizer-children,lead -- AMERICAS -- Britain-US-G7-diplomacy-NKorea,WRAP LONDON Secretary of State Antony Blinken asks North Korea to embrace diplomacy as he briefed allies on a new US strategy that stresses low-key progress rather than Donald Trump's pageantry. 650 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture. Video Colombia-protest-taxation,WRAP BOGOTA Protesters in Colombia call for a new mass rally after 19 people died and more than 800 were wounded in clashes during five days of demonstrations against a proposed government tax reform.. 600 words moved by Lina Vanegas. Picture. Video Chile-science-rights,FOCUS SANTIAGO Chile is aiming to be the world's first nation to legally protect citizens' "neuro-rights," with lawmakers expected to pass a constitutional reform blocking technology that seeks to "increase, diminish or disturb" people's mental integrity without their consent. 850 words 0200 GMT by Alberto Pena. Graphic. Picture -- EUROPE -- Germany-crime-pornography-children,WRAP BERLIN German police say they have shut down "one of the biggest darknet child pornography platforms in the world" and arrested four of its members in a series of raids in mid-April. 500 words moved by Kit Holden France-climate-emissions-politics PARIS The French parliament is set to vote through a new climate change law intended by President Emmanuel Macron to reinforce his green credentials one year ahead of national elections. 650 words 0230 GMT by Adam Plowright. File picture Britain-G7-diplomacy LONDON G7 foreign ministers meet in London for their first face-to-face talks in more than two years, with calls for urgent joined-up action to tackle the most pressing global threats. 650 words 0230 GMT by Shaun Tandon, Phil Hazlewood. Picture. Video Spain-politics-Madrid-vote,WRAP MADRID Madrid votes in an early regional election the incumbent conservative Popular Party is expected to win comfortably, dealing a blow to Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. 450 words 0230 GMT. Graphic. Picture. Video France-history-Napolean,FACTS PARIS Two hundred years after his death in exile, conspiracy theories continue to swirl about how exactly Napoleon Bonaparte met his end on the windswept South Atlantic island of St. Helena. 540 words 0300 GMT. File picture Also moving: France-history-Napoleon-legacy,FOCUS Italy-France-history-Napoleon,FOCUS Already moved: Russia-France-history-Napoleon,FOCUS France-history-politics-Napoleon-Macron Health-virus-Germany-festival,2ndlead BERLIN Germany is cancelling its iconic Oktoberfest beer festival for the second year running due to the coronavirus pandemic, Bavaria's state premier Markus Soeder says. 500 words moved by Femke Colborne. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-cycling-Tunisia-lifestyle,VIDEOESSAY TUNIS On the usually traffic-clogged streets of Tunisia's capital, cyclists are pedalling away peacefully on empty boulevards, enjoying a night-time ban on vehicles introduced to help stem coronavirus. 550 words 0330 GMT by Salsabil Chellali. Video. Morocco-agriculture-social,FOCUS KELAAT MGOUNA, Morocco To earn a dollar, rose picker Izza in Morocco's Atlas Mountains wakes up at dawn to collect three kilos of flowers -- eventually distilled into precious oil costing $18,000 per kilo. 650 words 0330 GMT by Sophie Pons. Picture. Video. -- AFRICA -- Chad-politics-unrest,INTERVIEW N'DJAMENA Almost two weeks after Chad was thrown into crisis by the shock death of its veteran leader Idriss Deby Itno, ex-president Goukouni Weddeye calls for a "round table" -- with a place for the insurgents -- that would frame the country's future. 650 words moved. File picture. Video -- BUSINESS, ECONOMY & TECH -- US-IT-lifestyle-Verizon-Yahoo,WRAP WASHINGTON Faded internet stars Yahoo and AOL are sold to a private equity firm for $5 billion by telecom giant Verizon, which ends its online media ambitions. 550 words moved by Rob Lever Argentina-economy-inflation-cryptocurrency,FOCUS BUENOS AIRES Argentina's economic downturn, with high inflation, a deflating currency and a shortage of US dollars to invest in, has in fact proved a shot in the arm for one sector: cryptocurrency. 500 words 0200 GMT by Sonia Avalos afp
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