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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Europe marks VE-Day under pandemic's shadow + Case against ex-Trump aide Flynn dropped + Evacuation zone extended at India chemical plant + Accuser says Biden should quit White House race + Could pandemic lead to major social breakthrough? Health-virus,WRAP PARIS A continent devastated by the coronavirus pandemic marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, as the economic destruction of the current crisis is laid bare and millions more people lose their jobs. 800 words 0330 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-Russia-investigation-Flynn,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Justice Department withdraws its case against former White House national security advisor Michael Flynn, handing President Donald Trump a major political victory. 800 words moved by Paul Handley. File picture India-accident-chemicals,WRAP VISHAKHAPATNAM, India Indian authorities extend the evacuation area around a chemical plant in eastern India where a pre-dawn gas leak left 11 people dead and hundreds hospitalised. 650 words 0300 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote-Biden-accuser,lead WASHINGTON The woman who accused Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her in 1993 calls on him to drop out of the US presidential race, saying she'd take a polygraph about the alleged encounter if he would. 550 words 0200 GMT by Michael Mathes Health-virus-Britain-economy-jobs-measures,FOCUS LONDON Major social advances have often emerged from the depths of disaster: the Black Death brought an end to serfdom, and Britain's welfare state emerged from the ruins of World War II. 750 words 0400 GMT by Veronique Dupont. File Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-pandemic-disease,FOCUS PARIS Every week the list of COVID-19 symptoms -- affecting nearly every organ in the body -- grows menacingly longer, but that doesn't mean the new coronavirus is a uniquely dangerous super-bug, experts say. 950 words moved by Marlowe Hood Health-virus-smallpox,FOCUS GENEVA As scientists scramble for a COVID-19 cure and vaccine, the world marks a pertinent anniversary: humanity's only true triumph over an infectious disease with its eradication of smallpox four decades ago. 900 words 0200 GMT by Agnes Pedrero Health-virus-world-diplomacy,FOCUS NICOSIA The coronavirus pandemic may have exacerbated some global tensions, but in some cases it has prompted cooperation and medical aid deliveries between longtime rivals. 850 words 0300 GMT by Paul Raymond with AFP bureaus. File Picture. File Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-tourism-cruise,FOCUS MIAMI The cruise industry has taken a beating during the coronavirus crisis -- on-board outbreaks, refusal of port access and no clear idea of when ships can sail once again. Now, tens of thousands of crew members are stranded at sea. 900 words 0200 GMT by Leila Macor. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Portugal-Argentina-tourism,INTERVIEW Also moving: Health-virus-US-casinos-LasVegas,FOCUS -- ASIA -- Health-virus-UAE-India,WRAP DUBAI The first wave of a massive exercise to bring home hundreds of thousands of Indians stuck abroad gets under way, with two flights arriving from the United Arab Emirates. 750 words moved by Aziz El Massassi. Picture. Video Health-virus-Pakistan-alcohol-social,FOCUS ISLAMABAD Drinking alcohol in Pakistan can be a complicated affair at the best of times, but for 25-year-old student Iram, the coronavirus pandemic has made getting a beer all but impossible. 750 words 0300 GMT by Joris Fioriti with Ashraf Khan in Karachi. File Picture Health-virus-India-marriage,FOCUS NEW DELHI Under lockdown and far apart, Sushen Dang and Keerti Narang went online to say their marriage vows -- and pulled off a spectacular Indian wedding complete with thousands of guests and raucous Bollywood dancing. 700 words 0300 GMT by Abhaya Srivastava. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- Health-virus-US-economy-employment-indicator WASHINGTON With shops and factories closed nationwide due to COVID-19, nearly all of the jobs created in the US economy in the last decade have been wiped out in a single month. 500 words 0130 GMT by Heather Scott. File picture. Graphic Also moving: Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment,PROFILE US-economy-employment-indicator,FACTS US-IT-lifestyle-transport-earnings-Uber-pandemic,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Uber says its losses widened in the first quarter as the pandemic bit hard into ridesharing but that it saw signs of recovery and a booming appetite for its Eats meal delivery helping it through the crisis. 650 words moved by Glenn Chapman US-food-agriculture-environment-lifestyle-animal,FOCUS NEW YORK Champions of plant-based meat see an opportunity to make inroads with American shoppers in the wake of coronavirus outbreaks at US slaughterhouses that have pressured meat supply. 650 words moved by Juliette Michel and John Biers -- EUROPE -- WWII-history-Europe-75years-May8 BERLIN Europe marks 75 years since the end of World War II in a sombre mood as the coronavirus pandemic forces the cancellations of elaborate ceremonies, but Berlin has declared an exceptional holiday for the first time. 650 words 0230 GMT by Hui Minh Neo. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Britain-history-WWII History-Germany-Britain-music,FOCUS BERLIN At 95, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, one of the last living members of the women's orchestra at Auschwitz, is among the most prominent survivors raising her voice against hate and forgetting. 750 words 0300 GMT by Yannick Pasquet. File Picture Also moving: Britain-sport-heroes-WWII,FOCUS Russia-politics-virus-Putin,FOCUS MOSCOW With a grand military parade and vote to potentially extend his rule, it was supposed to be a triumphant spring for Vladimir Putin. But that was before the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words 0200 GMT by Jonathan Brown Also moved: Health-virus-Russia,2ndlead Health-virus-Britain-NIreland-art-communities,FOCUS BELFAST Northern Ireland's public walls have long been known for their towering murals, glorifying gunmen of the paramilitary groups that fought for decades over British rule. 750 words 0330 GMT by Joe Stenson. Video. Picture -- MIDEAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel's president tasks Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with forming a unity government, signalling the probable end of more than a year of political deadlock, a government statement said. 800 words moved by Joe Dyke. File picture. Video Also moved: Israel-politics,CHRONO Health-virus-Syria-conflict,FOCUS HOMS, Syria While there is no proof that hydroxychloroquine works against COVID-19, Syrian factories have been authorised to churn out the controversial antimalarial drug Damascus has mandated to help treat the virus. 620 words 0300 GMT by Maher al-Mounes. Picture. Video Saudi-economy-rights-NEOM,FOCUS RIYADH A rare revolt by a Saudi tribe has spelt fresh trouble for a planned Red Sea megacity, a lynchpin of the crown prince's economic vision already beset by low oil prices. 750 words 0300 GMT by Anuj Chopra. File picture History-Holocaust-Nazi-Jews-Israel,INTERVIEW JERUSALEM Days after Israel's spectacular announcement that Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann had been captured and brought to Israel for trial, Gabriel Bach was given an assignment that forever changed his life. 900 words 0330 GMT by Ben Simon. Picture Also moving: History-Holocaust-Nazi-Jews-Israel,FACTS -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Somalia,FOCUS MOGADISHU Adan Abdullahi knows that visiting the mosque for evening prayers is forbidden. There is a curfew in place in the Somali capital, and authorities have pleaded with worshippers to stay home as coronavirus infections rise. 750 words 0300 GMT by Mustafa Haji Abdinur. File Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Health-virus-US-Sport-stadiums,FOCUS NEW YORK American professional sports leagues plotting their path back from the coronavirus shutdown are preparing for a future played out behind closed doors or to sparsely populated arenas. 900 words 0130 GMT by Thomas Urbain afp
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