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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Confirmed virus cases approach one million + US to evacuate stranded Florida cruise ship + US aircraft carrier crew evacuated in Guam + Death sentence overturned for Pearl murderer + Supermarket bar busted for breaking virus ban Health-virus,WRAP NEW YORK Confirmed coronavirus infections around the world approach one million as the pandemic spreads at a "near-exponential" rate, with a six-week-old baby becoming one of the youngest known victims of the disease. 750 words 0730 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-US-Florida-ships,WRAP FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida US authorities will evacuate passengers from a stranded cruise ship due to dock in Florida, Donald Trump says, after it was barred from several South American countries because of a coronavirus outbreak aboard. 600 words moved by Leila Macor with Sebastian Smith in Washington. File picture Health-virus-US-defense-Navy-Roosevelt,lead WASHINGTON The US Navy is evacuating thousands of sailors from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in Guam after its captain warned a coronavirus outbreak was threatening the lives of the crew. 650 words 0530 GMT by Paul Handley. File picture Pakistan-Britain-US-unrest-media-Pearl,WRAP A Pakistani court overturns the death sentence for a British-born militant who had been convicted over the 2002 killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl. 400 words 0600 GMT Health-virus-Spain-offbeat MADRID A Tenerife bar owner has been fined for violating Spain's coronavirus lockdown by serving shoppers at a supermarket next door, police say. 200 words moved -- ASIA -- Health-virus-NKorea-diplomacy,lead SEOUL North Korea remains totally free of the coronavirus, a senior health official in Pyongyang insists, despite mounting scepticism overseas as confirmed global infections near one million. 600 words 0730 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-India-ventilator,FOCUS NEW DELHI Originally created by a robot scientist and a neurosurgeon to help India's poor, a toaster-sized ventilator is offering hope in the country's fight against the coronavirus pandemic and demand is booming. 550 words 0600 GMT by Abhaya Srivastava. Picture. Video Health-virus-masks,FOCUS TOKYO The use of face masks in Asia during the coronavirus outbreak has been far more widespread than in the West, where governments have urged people to reserve supplies for frontline medical staff, so have they helped limit infections? 700 words moved by Sara Hussein. Picture Health-virus-fitness-HongKong,FOCUS HONG KONG In an empty park overshadowed by Hong Kong's cramped apartment blocks, personal trainer Kristen Handford presses record on her phone and begins a workout for clients trying to stay fit at home during the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words moved by Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video Health-virus-Singapore-nightclub-lifestyle,FOCUS SINGAPORE Strobe lights flash across a near-empty dance floor, as a DJ live-streams thumping electronic music from a Singapore nightclub to revellers confined to their homes. 550 words moved by Catherine Lai. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-Iran-Iraq-politics-attack WASHINGTON President Donald Trump warns Iran of a "heavy price" if it or its allies in Iraq attack US troops stationed there. 400 words moved. Picture Health-virus-US-politics-Biden,FOCUS WASHINGTON One month on from historically reclaiming Democratic presidential frontrunner status, Joe Biden is in physical and political isolation, basement-bound and largely unheard as Donald Trump commands Americans' attention with his coronavirus response. 750 words 0530 GMT by Michael Mathes. File Picture Health-virus-US-poverty-food,FOCUS WASHINGTON Volunteers are staying home and donations have dried up. The coronavirus pandemic is pressuring US food banks, just as the number of people in need increases. 550 words 0530 GMT by Cyril Julien. Picture We have also moved: Health-virus-US-economy-employment,FOCUS Health-virus-lifestyle-alcohol-Canada,FOCUS MONTREAL, Canada Some countries have banned alcohol, others say liquor shops are essential services, and one top official even suggested a tipple after another long day trapped at home can be a necessary restorative. 650 words moved by Anne-Sophie Thill with AFP bureaux. Video. File Picture. Health-virus-US-agriculture-immigration,FOCUS, LOS ANGELES Working side-by-side without gloves or masks, packed into dormitories at night -- farm laborers who harvest the crops that feed the United States are considered essential workers, yet the conditions in which they live and work make them especially susceptible to the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved by Javier Tovar. Picture. Health-virus-Cuba,FOCUS HAVANA Student doctors in Cuba are trudging from house to house trying to identify cases of the coronavirus pandemic to stop it from spreading in the Caribbean island nation. 700 words moved by Katell Abiven. Picture. Video. Health-virus-US-politics-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has pivoted to a dark new tone on the coronavirus pandemic after a warning on staggering potential casualties rendered his previous election campaign optimism untenable. 600 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-lives,FOCUS ROME Of the more than 43,000 people who have died from the coronavirus so far -- young and old, men and women, patients and medical staff -- each has their own story. 1,100 words moved 0530 GMT by Kelly Velasquez with AFP bureaus Health-virus-Romania-hospitals,FOCUS BUCHAREST "We don't have gloves, masks, anything," says one of the medical team at southeastern Romania's Ramnicu Sarat hospital -- a complaint echoed in other parts of the country by doctors and nurses fighting the new coronavirus. 700 words 0630 GMT by Mihaela Rodina and Ionut Iordachescu. File picture Also moving: Health-virus-Greece-hospital,FOCUS -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Palestinians-Israel,FOCUS RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories The onset of the coronavirus pandemic fostered rare moments of unity between Israeli and Palestinian leaders but as the severity of the outbreak has escalated so too have tensions. 800 words moved by Hossam Ezzedine and Joe Dyke -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- Iraq-economy-oil-health-virus,Q&A BAGHDAD As crude prices plunge, Iraq's oil sector is facing a triple threat that has slashed revenues, risks denting production and may spell trouble for future exports. 750 words moved by Maya Gebeily afp
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