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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + US overtakes China in virus cases + Xi asks Trump to 'unite to fight' virus + Venezuela's Maduro indicted for narco-terror + SAfrica in lockdown as virus hits hard + Can dogs be trained to sniff out coronavirus? Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States now has more COVID-19 infections than any other country, and a record number of newly unemployed people, as the coronavirus crisis deepens around the world. 750 words 0930 GMT by Shaun Tandon with Anuj Chopra in Riyadh. Graphic. Video. Picture Health-virus-China-US-politics,WRAP BEIJING China and the United States should "unite to fight" the deadly coronavirus pandemic, President Xi Jinping says in a call with Donald Trump, as he calls for the US to improve relations. 450 words moved by Beiyi Seow Also moved: Health-virus-China 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. 700 words moved by Paul Handley. File picture Health-virus-SAfrica JOHANNESBURG South Africa records its first two deaths from the novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases breach the 1,000 mark just hours after a three-week nationwide lockdown swings into action. 700 words 1000 GMT by Susan Njanji. Picture. Video. Graphic 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 -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-France-victim,FOCUS PARIS "She only had a cough." The swift death of a 16-year-old girl amid the spiraling Covid-19 crisis has rocked France, where many people have assumed the disease is a threat only for older people or those whose health was already compromised. 700 words 1100 GMT by Claire Doyen. Health-virus-Europe-community,FOCUS PARIS As Europeans hunker down during the coronavirus epidemic, an army of volunteers has emerged to offer help and hope, with food deliveries for the elderly, accommodation for health workers, and even home-sewn face masks. 700 words 1000 GMT by Joelle Garrus with AFP bureaus. Video Health-virus-Russia,FACTS MOSCOW Russians, who have vast experience of financial hardship and political crises, are rushing to stock up on essential supplies to prepare for the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, sales of buckweat groats, sex toys and baseball bats have soared in the country over the past few weeks. 550 words 1000 GMT by Andrea Palasciano. Picture Health-virus-Ukraine-politics,FOCUS KIEV Since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, false news stories have spiked in Ukraine fuelled by mistrust of the authorities and Russia, which Kiev says wants to sow instability. 600 words moved by Dmytro Gorshkov and Olga Shylenko. File picture Health-virus-Romania-homelessness,FOCUS BUCHAREST Roaming Bucharest's deserted streets under the coronavirus lockdown no longer turns up scraps of food, with Romania's homeless instead facing insults and deeper isolation. 650 words moved by Mihaela Rodina. Picture -- 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 moved 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 moved by Omar Hasan with Gregory Walton in Qatar -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-SAfrica,SCENE JOHANNESBURG An early morning haze hangs over the skyscrapers of the business district in Johannesburg, South Africa's economic hub, as the city wakes up to the first day of a national lockdown against coronavirus. 650 words 1200 GMT by Sofia Christensen Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-NewYork-hospitals,SCENE NEW YORK In New York hospitals, staff are working extra shifts and searching desperately for more bed space as they battle a surging toll of dead and infected at the US epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words moved by Thomas Urbain. Picture Health-virus-Brazil-politics-religion BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro decrees places of worship are "essential services" that must be exempted from coronavirus confinement orders, the far-right leader's latest jab at aggressive containment measures. 400 words moved. File picture Health-virus-Brazil-politics,INTERVIEW SAO PAULO The leader at the epicenter of Brazil's COVID-19 battle says President Jair Bolsonaro is "washing his hands" of the new coronavirus, and he doesn't mean that in the "Safe Hands Challenge" kind of way. 500 words moved by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video 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 moved 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 moved by Amelie Baron. Picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-China,SCENE HUANGGANG, Hubei Dozens of patients wait outside a hospital in Hubei for fever checks as medical workers take no chances in one of the worst-hit cities in China's virus epicentre, even as some restrictions were lifted. 550 words 1300 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng. Photo. Video 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 moved 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 moved by Aishwarya Kumar and Jalees Andrabi with Ammu Kannampilly and Vishal Manve in Mumbai. File Picture -- SPORTS -- Fbl-Asia-CHN-health-virus-China,FOCUS SHANGHAI With nagging concerns about coronavirus sweeping through teams and players scattered across the world, unable or hesitant to return, China is finding that restarting football is no simple matter. 600 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File picture Oly-2020-delay-health-virus,FOCUS TOKYO Every cloud has a silver lining and the devastating postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics could hand organisers a heaven-sent opportunity to solve their other massive problem: the summer heat. 650 words 0930 GMT by Richard Carter. Picture -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- Markets-world,WRAP LONDON European stock markets retreat as investors bank profits from the week's strong rally for global equities as governments and central banks step up action on stimulating an economy battered by the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words 1130 GMT afp
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