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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump leaves hospital -- and removes mask + Ceasefire calls in Nagorno-Karabakh + Protesters free Ex-Kyrgyz leader from jail + Pompeo warns of Beijing's 'malign activity' + Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway' lawsuit finally over Health-virus-US-vote-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump checks out of hospital after four days of emergency treatment for Covid-19, pulling off his mask the moment he reached the White House and vowing to quickly get back on the campaign trail. 750 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-vote-politics-health-hospital,SCENE Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP GORIS, Armenia Russia, the United States and France call for Armenia and Azerbaijan to agree an "unconditional ceasefire" after the neighbours began shelling major cities in an escalation of their conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. 850 words moved by Herve Bar. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Azerbaijan-Armenia-conflict-Karabakh,SCENE Azerbaijan-Armenia-conflict-Karabakh,CHRONO Kyrgyzstan-vote-demonstration,WRAP BISHKEK Protesters seize Kyrgyzstan's seat of government and free a jailed former president after demonstrations against an election marred by vote-buying accusations spiral into violent clashes with police. 700 words moved by Tolkun Namatbayeva. Picture. Video US-Japan-China-India-Australia-diplomacy-health-virus,WRAP TOKYO US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warns of Beijing's 'malign activity in the region' as he meets key Asia-Pacific allies in Tokyo, presenting a united front on an increasingly assertive China. 550 words 0530 GMT by Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture. Video Entertainment-US-Britain-music-copyright-LedZeppelin LOS ANGELES The US Supreme Court refuses to take up a copyright claim over Led Zeppelin's classic "Stairway to Heaven," capping a long-running legal dispute over the song. 250 words moved -- PANDEMIC AND MISINFORMATION -- Health-virus-misinformation-internet-QAnon,FOCUS HONG KONG Powered by fear, anger and big tech's algorithms, the QAnon conspiracy movement has exploded from the US political fringe into the global mainstream during the pandemic. 800 words moved by Qasim Nauman. File Picture. Graphic Also moving: Health-virus-internet-disinformation-QAnon,Q&A Health-virus-misinformation-vote-NZealand,FOCUS MANGAWHAI, New Zealand During the turmoil of the pandemic, Billy TK has turned from an obscure blues guitarist into prominent New Zealand conspiracy theorist, using viral social media posts to propel an anti-establishment run at parliament. 750 words moved by Neil Sands and Taylor Thompson-Fuller. Picture. Video. Graphic Please see our special advisory for more details -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-campaign,FOCUS WASHINGTON Already shaken by multiple crises, the US presidential race tumbled deeper into turmoil with Donald Trump's Covid-19 diagnosis, spelling unprecedented uncertainty four weeks from the November 3 election. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Graphic US-IT-copyright-court-Google-Oracle,ADVANCER WASHINGTON A decade-old legal battle between Silicon Valley giants Oracle and Google over software rights moves to the Supreme Court, in a case with enormous implications for copyright in the digital era. 650 words moved US-vote-Florida-racism,FOCUS MIAMI Davion and Maria have paid their debt to society by serving prison sentences in the US state of Florida, but they're still paying back monetary debts from their cases -- and until they do, they won't be allowed to vote. 750 words moved by Leila Macor. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-society,FOCUS NEW YORK Beach umbrellas are back in garages as temperatures cool, but wealthy New Yorkers are staying in the Hamptons beyond summer, fearful of the pandemic and rising crime in the city. 700 words moved by Thomas Urbain. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-talks-anniversary,FOCUS KABUL Nearly two decades after the United States launched what would become its longest-ever war with airstrikes on Afghanistan's ruling Taliban regime, the hardline group are in a stronger position than ever. 600 words moved by Mushtaq Mojaddidi. File Picture Health-virus-Indonesia-rights,FOCUS POLEWALI, Indonesia Locked up all day in a tiny room with barely enough space to lie down, Rauf is literally a prisoner to his severe mental health condition and a family whose only way of coping is to shut him away. 750 words moved by Alimuddin Abdillah with Haeril Halim in Jakarta. Picture Thailand-archaeology-history,FOCUS Prachuap Khiri Khan, THAILAND An antelope, a lonely figure, a family linking arms -- Kanniga Premjai shines her flashlight across a cave to reveal long-hidden paintings, a stunning discovery for Thailand's scrappy team of archaeologists. 700 words moved by Dene-Hern Chen. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Nobel-literature,ADVANCER STOCKHOLM This year's Nobel Literature Prize field is wide open ahead of Thursday's announcement, with literary circles abuzz about whether the nod will go to yet another controversial pick or a crowd-pleaser. 750 words moved by Pia Ohlin. File picture Germany-farright-police-politics,WRAP BERLIN Germany will publish a much-anticipated report on right-wing extremism in its security forces after a string of scandals over far-right networks in the police and military. 650 words moved by Mathieu Foulkes. File picture Greece-trial-GoldenDawn-farright,ADVANCER ATHENS An Athens criminal court is set to hand down verdicts Wednesday on the top leaders and dozens of members of Greece's neo-Nazi Golden Dawn group after one of the country's biggest trials in decades. 700 words moved by Helene Colliopoulou. File picture Belgium-crime-drugs,FOCUS ANTWERP, Belgium Bomb explosions, shootings and even kidnapping of children: drug trafficking around Antwerp in northern Belgium is generating increasingly violent crime, which the authorities are struggling to tackle. 600 words moved by Matthieu Demeestere. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Tennis-FRA-Open-men-quarterfinal,PREVIEW PARIS Rafael Nadal comes face-to-face with the future in the shape of 19-year-old Jannik Sinner for a place in the Roland Garros semi-finals where victory for the 12-time champion could set up another Paris clash with Dominic Thiem in the last four. 600 words moved by Dave James Tennis-FRA-Open-women-quarterfinals,PREVIEW PARIS Elina Svitolina must beware the trend of tumbling seeds at this year's French Open when she takes on Argentine qualifier Nadia Podoroska on Tuesday for a place in the semi-finals. 550 words moved. Picture afp
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