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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Bleak economic data shows virus devastation + Case dropped against ex-Trump aide Flynn + 11 dead, hundreds injured in India gas leak + Moscow extends virus lockdown as cases spike + Vegan rivals smell blood as virus hits meat supply Health-virus,WRAP LONDON Bleak economic data from across the globe show the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic as hard-hit Europe moves to further ease lockdown measures in a bid to kickstart their economies. 900 words 2130 GMT by David Harding with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics. US-politics-Russia-investigation-Flynn,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Justice Department withdraws its criminal case against former White House national security advisor Michael Flynn, handing President Donald Trump a major political victory. 500 words 2030 GMT by Paul Handley. File picture India-accident-chemicals,WRAP VISHAKHAPATNAM, India Eleven people are killed and hundreds hospitalised after a pre-dawn gas leak at a chemical plant in eastern India that left unconscious victims lying in the streets, authorities say. 650 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Russia,2ndlead MOSCOW Moscow authorities extend coronavirus lockdown measures until the end of May as Russia reports another record increase in daily coronavirus infections, with more than 11,000 new cases. 600 words moved 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. 600 words 2030 GMT by John Biers and Juliette Michel -- 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-disease-vaccination-children,FOCUS PARIS As COVID-19 deaths climb ever higher in Europe and the United States, millions of lives are at risk in developing nations where lockdowns and overwhelmed medical systems are disrupting vital testing, vaccination and treatment for other killer diseases. 1,200 words moved by Patrick Galey Health-virus-employment-ILO GENEVA Poverty levels are surging among the world's two billion informal workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN says, warning many were left to choose between risking infection and putting food on the table. 550 words moved by Nina Larson. Video Also moved: Health-virus-migration Health-virus-Madagascar-WHO,lead Health-virus-Africa-internet,FACTCHECK -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tells senior ministers the government will adopt "maximum caution" as he prepares to outline how lockdown measures imposed to combat the coronavirus outbreak could be eased. 650 words moved by Joe Jackson. Picture. Video Health-virus-Poland-vote-politics-EU,WRAP WARSAW Poland's parliament votes to allow a presidential election delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic to go ahead via a postal ballot, triggering opposition and EU concern over democratic standards. 650 words moved by Mary Sibierski. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment,WRAP WASHINGTON Unemployed US workers file 3.2 million new claims for jobless benefits last week as the coronavirus pandemic continue to ravage the world's largest economy, but there is evidence the tsunami of layoffs is ebbing. 650 words 2000 GMT by Chris Stein. Picture Also moving: Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment,Q&A Health-virus-Brazil-race,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO The coronavirus pandemic has a color in Brazil, the epicenter of the outbreak in Latin America: black Brazilians are exposed to greater risk than whites, and are dying at a higher rate. 650 words 2200 GMT by Louis Genot. File picture Health-virus-US-restaurant-Ripert,INTERVIEW NEW YORK Before coronavirus struck New York, one of the world's premier seafood restaurants Le Bernardin was offering striped bass truffle tartare and grilled lobster mi-cuit. Today it serves up hundreds of plastic trays of roast chicken, rice and cabbage to feed the city's medical workers. 600 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- 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 Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel's president mandates Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with forming a government, after lawmakers approved a unity deal with his erstwhile rival Benny Gantz to break a year-long deadlock. 750 words 2000 GMT by Joe Dyke. File picture. Video Also moved: Israel-politics,CHRONO -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Senegal-court,lead DAKAR Senegal's Supreme Court upholds a ban on repatriating the bodies of citizens living abroad who have died of coronavirus, rejecting a plea from their distraught relatives. 600 words 1930 GMT by Laurent Lozano -- ASIA -- Australia-Catholic-assault-abuse-children-Pell,lead SYDNEY Cardinal George Pell was aware of child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in Australia as far back as the 1970s and failed to seek the removal of accused priests, according to a top-level inquiry. 750 words moved by Holly Robertson. File picture Health-virus-India-tiger KOLKATA, India With the humans of West Bengal under virus lockdown, tigers in the Sundarbans mangrove forest in the eastern Indian state are coming out to play, with park rangers reporting a jump in sightings of the big cats. 300 words moved. File picture Health-virus-Nepal-business KATHMANDU The lucrative annual trek to harvest a caterpillar fungus nicknamed "Himalayan Viagra" that can fetch three times the price of gold in China will be banned amid Nepal's coronavirus lockdown, officials say. 400 words moved. File picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-GER-Bundesliga-Germany-health-virus,WRAP BERLIN Bundesliga clubs were racing Thursday to get ready for the restart of the season in nine days' time, amid concerns about whether the players will stick to the strict hygiene guidelines implemented to ensure the campaign is completed. 700 words moved by Ryland James. Picture Baseball-TPE-health-virus-Taiwan,FOCUS TAIPEI Foreign fans starved of baseball are tuning in to Taiwan's often-overlooked league as the island basks in the glow of being one of the few places in the world hosting live sports. 700 words moved by Amber Wang with Rob Woollard in Los Angeles. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Health-virus-US-France-music-Madonna,lead PARIS Singer Madonna says she has recovered from COVID-19, which she said forced her to cancel the final dates of her world tour. 400 words moved by Fiachra Gibbons. File picture afp
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