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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Markets sink further over virus fears + US strikes pro-Iran group in Iraq + Trump adds to doubts over Tokyo Olympics Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Global stock markets suffer historic falls as panic spreads over the spiralling coronavirus crisis that has killed nearly 5,000 and is infecting sport, schools and society across the planet. 750 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video Iraq-unrest-rockets-US,WRAP WASHINGTON The US military launches air strikes against a pro-Iranian group in Iraq following the deaths of two Americans and a Briton in a rocket attack, US military officials tell AFP. 600 words moved by Sylvie Lanteaume. File picture. Graphic Health-virus-sport-world,WRAP PARIS The collapse of sports events worldwide over the rapidly spreading new coronavirus heaped pressure on the Tokyo Olympics as US President Donald Trump suggested delaying the Games by a year. 700 words 1100 GMT. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Markets-world,WRAP LONDON Virus fears continue to haunt global stock markets, pushing most Asian stock markets deeper into the red, but European bourses stage a timid comeback at the end of a week of carnage on the world's trading floors. 700 words 1100 GMT by Ben Perry Health-virus-pope VATICAN CITY Pope Francis signals his displeasure with Italian authorities for shutting down businesses and banning public gatherings in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic. 450 words 1000 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Health-virus-Canada-politics-Trudeau,4thlead OTTAWA Justin Trudeau's wife has tested positive for novel coronavirus, his office says, while assuring the public the Canadian prime minister is fine. 550 words moved. File Picture Health-virus-Nepal-Everest-mountaineering,3ndlead KATHMANDU Mount Everest is sealed off over the coronavirus epidemic as Nepal follows China in suspending climbing permits ahead of the busy spring season. 600 words 1000 GMT by Paavan Mathema. File picture. File Video Health-virus-politics-China-US,FOCUS BEIJING A Chinese government campaign to cast doubt on the origin of the coronavirus pandemic is fuelling a row with the United States, with a Beijing official promoting conspiracy theories and Washington calling it the "Wuhan virus". 750 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng Also moved: Health-virus-China,CHRONO Health-virus-US-economy-welfare,FOCUS WASHINGTON The coronavirus pandemic has thrown into sharp relief the depth of inequality and the sheer number of people living on the edge in the United States. 750 words moved by Delphine Touitou Health-virus-US-China-EU-politics,ANALYSIS WASHINGTON Thousands of people have died, the US response has infuriated European allies, and China has gone on a propaganda offensive. The new coronavirus is shaping up to be a cataclysmic event with far-reaching consequences in global politics. 800 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture Health-virus-US-entertainment-Broadway NEW YORK Broadway suspends performances for a month as the world's most famous theater district is hit by a ban on large public gatherings imposed on New Yorkers to stem the new coronavirus outbreak. 750 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-US-politics-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Donald Trump had one job to do in a primetime address on coronavirus: reassure an anxious nation, a panicking stock market and divided world. Instead, he left many confused and more scared. 600 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture Also moved: Health-virus-US-politics-Biden,2ndlead Health-virus-US-travel-airport,SCENE Health-virus-LatAm-social,FOCUS MONTEVIDEO Latin American states preparing for the onslaught of the new coronavirus tighten restrictions on travel links to Europe as the region recorded its third death in the outbreak. 750 words moved. Picture Health-virus-Brazil-politics RIO DE JANIER0 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he will know "in the next few hours" if he has contracted the new coronavirus after a top aide tested positive for the disease following a trip on which both met US President Donald Trump. 450 words moved Health-virus-US-economy-bank-rate,WRAP WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve massively increases its efforts to keep the economy on track and quell the growing uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic, injecting $1.5 trillion of cash into markets this week. 700 words moved by Heather Scott Also moved: Health-virus-US-IT-internet,FOCUS -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict-Turkey-aid-refugee,SCENE KAFR LUSIN, Syria Hamad al-Abdallah has installed wifi and insulation in his new concrete room, trying to make the most of the desperate conditions his family has endured since fleeing Syrian regime bombardments. 600 words moved by Ezzedine Said. Picture. Video Also moving: Syria-conflict-Idlib,FOCUS Israel-parliament-women-social,FOCUS NAZARETH, Israel Newly elected Israeli MP Iman al-Khatib, greeting supporters in Nazareth, shook hands with women but tapped her heart with her right hand for men. 750 words moved by Majeeda El-Batsh. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- SSudan-UN-conflict-peace-health,FOCUS JUBA, South Sudan The cattle rustlers were asleep, resting ahead of a raid, when automatic gunfire tore through their camp. Ambushed by rival herdsmen, encircled and outgunned, they were cut down, one by one. 950 words 1000 GMT by Nick Perry. Picture. Video Sudan-economy-politics,FOCUS KHARTOUM Sudan's economy has sunk into a deep crisis since the fall of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir almost a year ago, risking collapse and social unrest in a country in political transition. 650 words 1100 GMT by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video -- ASIA-PACIFIC -- NZealand-attacks-mosques-police-intelligence,FOCUS WELLINGTON Armed police patrols and greater surveillance introduced in New Zealand after last year's mosque shootings have ignited debate in the laid-back country about whether the response has gone too far. 650 words moved by Neil Sands. Picture. -- EUROPE -- Russia-pornography-homosexuality-gender-trial,FOCUS MOSCOW Yulia Tsvetkova posted delicate drawings and embroidered images of vulvas on a social media page called "Vagina Monologues" that she hoped would help lift the taboo on women's bodies. 800 words moved by Anna Malpas Albania-Iran-politics-diplomacy, FOCUS MANZA, Albania In a gleaming compound built from scratch on an Albanian hillside, thousands of Iranians dedicate their waking hours to trying to topple the Tehran regime some 3,000 kilometres away. And they believe the end of their exile is "near". 800 words moved by Briseida Mema. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Brazil-children-library-poverty,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Lua has a hungry look on her face as she holds her new book on Nelson Mandela, one of thousands the precocious 12-year-old has amassed for her new library in a poor Brazilian favela. 600 words moved by Louis Genot. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- Saudi-Aramco-energy-earnings,ADVANCER RIYADH Saudi Aramco is expected to announce a drop in profits as it unveils Monday its first annual results since its listing, as the energy giant grapples with sinking oil prices. 600 words moved by Anuj Chopra with Omar Hasan in Dubai afp
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