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| - Duty Editor: Adam Plowright Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump's supreme court pick faces lawmakers + IMF warns about global economic contraction + China tests whole city for coronavirus + Biden campaigns in Florida amid positive polling + Ronaldo tests positive for Covid US-vote-court,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett tells lawmakers she would put her personal beliefs aside when deciding landmark legal cases but stopped short of saying how she would rule on the key issue of abortion. 650 words 1500 GMT by Michael Mathes. Graphic. Picture Also moved: US-vote-court-Barrett,PROFILE IMF-economy-recession-health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The global economic crisis will not be quite as grim as feared this year, but GDP will still contract 4.4 percent and the ongoing pandemic means the outlook remains uncertain, the IMF said in its World Economic Outlook. 700 words 1600 GMT by Heather Scott. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP BEIJING China rushes to test an entire city of nine million people within days after a minor coronavirus outbreak, underlining the country's capacities at a time when European countries in particular are struggling to contain surging new infections. 800 words 1630 GMT by Beiyi Seow with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Joe Biden heads for Florida to court elderly Americans who helped elect Donald Trump four years ago but polls have swung to the Democrat this time around amid the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words 1600 GMT by Chris Lefkow. Photo. Video. Graphic fbl-EUR-Nations-health-virus-pandemic LISBON Cristiano Ronaldo tests positive for coronavirus, the Portuguese football federation announces, making the Juventus attacker the latest high-profile sports figure to catch to the illness. 400 words 1530 GMT -- EUROPE -- Greece-Turkey-EU-diplomacy-energy,WRAP WASHINGTON Turkey's two key Western allies, the United States and Germany, call on Ankara to withdraw a ship that it sent back to waters contested with Greece, with Washington denouncing the "calculated provocation." 500 words 1430 GMT by Shaun Tandon Cyprus-politics-corruption-probe,WRAP NICOSIA Cyprus says it will scrap its controversial "golden passports" scheme for foreign investors next month over alleged abuses uncovered in a television programme. 500 words 1500 GMT by Charlie Charalambous. File Picture. File Video Armemia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP TERTER Armenian and Azerbaijani forces engage in new fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region despite pleas to observe a ceasefire, as the Red Cross warned hundreds of thousands were already affected by the conflict. 800 words 1430 by Dmitry Zaks and Aris Messinis in Stepanakert. Picture. Video. Graphic We will also move: Armenia-Azerbaijan-Karabakh-conflict-basements,SCENE WTO-EU-US-aerospace-aviation GENEVA The World Trade Organization rules that the European Union can impose tariffs worth $4.0 billion om US goods in retaliation for American aid for plane maker Boeing. 400 words 1500 GMT by Nina Larsen. -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-health-virus-Trump-politics,SCENE SANFORD, Florida Immune to Covid! Stronger than Joe Biden! Superman? Not quite, but Donald Trump wants America to know he's back. 650 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture US-banking-earnings-JPMorgan-Citigroup,WRAP Large US banks report better-than-expected results on an improving US economy, but caution that the recovery could falter if Washington fails to enact new stimulus measures. 550 words 1430 GMT by John Biers Health-virus-Peru-Japan-tourism LIMA Peru's best-known tourist site Machu Picchu has opened after months of coronavirus closure, but for just a single visitor -- a Japanese man stranded in the country by the pandemic. 400 words moved -- ASIA -- Thailand-politics-democracy-protest BANGKOK Police arrest 21 protesters during a Bangkok rally that saw dozens of people give a royal motorcade a three-fingered salute -- a show of defiance by Thai pro-democracy activists calling for reforms to the monarchy. 450 words moved. Picture. Video NKorea-politics-diplomacy-Kim,FOCUS SEOUL Often seen grinning at a missile launch or in command of lengthy official meetings, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has offered a glimpse of a different image: emotional and apologetic. 700 words moved by Sebastien Berger. File picture. File video India-animal-technology-offbeat NEW DELHI An Indian government unit established to develop soaps and medicinal products from cow dung has branched out with a "chip" it claims can protect people from cellphone radiation. 250 words moved -- AFRICA -- WAfrica-elections-democracy-rights,FOCUS CONAKRY Voters in Guineas head to the polls on Sunday in the first of a string of elections in West Africa, but observers warn of "democratic backsliding" across the region. 850 words moved by Laurent Lozano. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- health-virus-reinfections-immunity,FOCUS PARIS The prospect of getting reinfected with Covid-19 -- and getting even sicker the second time around -- could have a significant impact on how governments chart the path out of the pandemic, experts say. 1,000 words 1530 GMT by Patrick Galey. File picture. Graphic 16:19 Health-virus-US-research,FOCUS WASHINGTON Almost all documented coronavirus transmissions have occurred indoors, but experts say that wearing a mask outside is justified because there is still a risk of infection. 750 words moved by Ivan Couronne -- SPORTS -- Cycling-ITA-Giro-health-virus,3rdlead LANCIANO, Italy Title contender Steven Kruijswijk, his Jumbo-Visma team and the entire Australian cycling team Mitchelton are pulled out of the ongoing Giro d'Italia stage race after positive Covid-19 tests. 500 words 1530 GMT by Jean Montois. File picture MMA-UFC-PHI-USA-Striegl HONG KONG Mark Striegl will become the first fighter from the Philippines in UFC when he makes his debut at the weekend having taken a mountain path forged by centuries of feared Filipino warriors and once followed by boxing great Manny Pacquiao. 650 words moved by Mathew Scott. Picture afp
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