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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + US overtakes China, Italy with most virus cases + G20 pledges $5tn in 'united' response to crisis + Venezuela's Maduro indicted for narco-terrorism + Italy's dead overwhelm morgues, toll tops 8,000 + Can dogs be trained to sniff out coronavirus? Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States takes the grim title of the country with the most coronavirus infections and reports a record surge in unemployment as world leaders vow $5 trillion to stave off global economic collapse. 1,000 words 0130 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-G20 RIYADH G20 nations pledge a "united front" in the fight against coronavirus, saying they are injecting $5 trillion into the global economy to counter the coronavirus pandemic amid forecasts of a deep recession. 750 words moved by Anuj Chopra. Picture. Video Health-virus-Italy BERGAMO, Italy An overwhelmed Italian city at the heart of the coronavirus pandemic sends its dead to nearby towns for cremation as the country's world-leading toll tops 8,000. 600 words moved by Piero Cruciatti and Dmitry Zaks in Rome. Picture US-Venezuela-politics-crime-drugs-terrorism,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States indicts Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and several top aides for "narco-terrorism" and offers a $15 million reward for information leading to his capture. 650 words 0200 GMT by Paul Handley. File picture Health-virus-Britain-dogs LONDON A British charity has teamed up with scientists to see whether dogs could help detect COVID-19 through their keen sense of smell. 350 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-UN-ceasefires,FOCUS UNITED NATIONS The United Nations, which has urged a global ceasefire in the face of the coronavirus crisis, is hailing armed groups heeding its call, as Security Council and General Assembly members prepare draft resolutions in support. 500 words 0400 GMT by Philippe Rater Health-virus-US-Louisiana,FOCUS WASHINGTON New Orleans, the Louisiana city known as the "Big Easy" famed for its jazz and nightlife, has become an epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic gripping the United States. 650 words moved by Chris Lefkow. Picture. File picture Health-virus-treatment-drugs,FOCUS WASHINGTON Could a pair of decades-old, relatively inexpensive drugs be the solution to the novel coronavirus pandemic? 850 words 0230 GMT by Issam Ahmed Health-virus-Haiti-cancer,FOCUS PORT-AU PRINCE Thousands of Haitian cancer patients seek treatment abroad and their lives could now be at risk because of the coronavirus crisis -- but not from the actual virus itself. 650 words 0130 GMT by Amelie Baron. Picture Health-virus-US-politics-media-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON Forced by the coronavirus pandemic to suspend reelection rallies, President Donald Trump has converted daily White House briefings on the crisis into mini campaign speeches, dominating the airwaves while his main rival sits quarantined in his basement. 700 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-China BEIJING China reports more than 50 new "imported" coronavirus cases, hours before enforcing an entry ban on returning foreigners based in the country. 450 words 0200 GMT by Helen Roxburgh Health-virus-China-economy-masks,FOCUS BEIJING As the coronavirus pandemic that originated in a central Chinese city has gone global, thousands of factories in China have nimbly turned to a new and very profitable market -- face masks for export. 700 words 0300 GMT by Qian Ye and Helen Roxburgh. File Picture Health-virus-India-discrimination,FOCUS NEW DELHI They have been hailed as India's coronavirus "heroes", but doctors, nurses, delivery drivers and other frontline workers have been attacked and in some cases evicted from their homes by panicked residents. 650 words 0300 GMT by Aishwarya Kumar and Jalees Andrabi with Ammu Kannampilly and Vishal Manves in Mumbai. File Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-summit-EU-virus,WRAP BRUSSELS EU leaders give eurozone finance ministers a fortnight to come up with a stronger response to the economic havoc wrought by the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words moved by Celine Le Prioux and Dave Clark. Picture. Video Health-virus-Hungary-politics,FOCUS BUDAPEST A "dictatorship" at the heart of the EU? A draft law to grant anti-coronavirus emergency measures set for adoption by Budapest has alarmed observers who fear it will hand Prime Minister Viktor Orban unlimited power. 750 words 0330 GMT by Peter Murphy and Sophie Makris in Vienna Germany-health-virus-culture,FOCUS BERLIN As public life in Germany grinds to a halt to help contain the spread of the virus, an "artists' colony" in Berlin is recording albums, audiobooks and readings to share online. 600 words 0300 GMT by Yannick Pasquet. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-clothing-economy-manufacturing,FOCUS STRABANE, United Kingdom As other factories fall silent in the coronavirus crisis, the din of production continues at O'Neills sportswear factory in Strabane, where staff have shifted to make scrubs and facemasks for Britain's besieged healthcare staff. 450 words 0330 GMT by Paul Faith. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Syria-conflict-Damascus,SCENE DAMASCUS On a deserted street in the old city of Damascus, the new coronavirus has forced salesmen like Ahmad to close up shop indefinitely for the first time in Syria's war. 750 words 0300 GMT by Maher al-Mounes. Picture. Video Health-virus-aviation-Mideast,FOCUS DUBAI As coronavirus grounds airlines, plunging the industry into unprecedented crisis, Middle East carriers that have been in the red for years must urgently tap assistance from governments facing their own revenue slump. 750 words 0300 GMT by Omar Hasan with Gregory Walton in Qatar -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Africa,WRAP JOHANNESBURG South Africa comes under a nationwide military-patrolled lockdown, joining other African countries imposing strict curfews and shutdowns in an attempt to halt the spread of the coronavirus across the continent. 800 words moved by Sofia Christensen with AFP African bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Mali-election-virus,ADVANCER BAMAKO Malians vote Sunday in a long-delayed parliamentary election, despite a raging jihadist conflict, the recent kidnap of a leading opposition politician and the global coronavirus pandemic. 700 words 0430 GMT by Amaury Hauchard -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- Commodities-energy-oil-price-storage,ANALYSIS LONDON Global oil storage capacity is under intense pressure due to booming output from Saudi Arabia and the United States while the coronavirus outbreak slams the world economy and crude demand. 550 words 0230 GMT by Benoit Pelegrin. File picture afp
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