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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump signs executive order targeting social media + Police precinct on fire as Minnesota protests grow + US virus cases spike, Latin America crisis deepens + Pressure mounts on China over Hong Kong law change + Top-level Italian football gets go-ahead to resume US-politics-Trump-Twitter,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signs an order seeking to strip social media giants like Twitter of legal immunity for content on their platforms in a move slammed by his critics as a legally dubious act of political revenge. 900 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. File picture Also moved: US-IT-politics-law,FACTS US-politics-police-justice-race,WRAP US-Politics-police-justice-race,WRAP WASHINGTON Protesters in Minnesota set a police precinct on fire Thursday night in a third day of demonstrations as the so-called Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul seethed over the shocking police killing of a handcuffed black man. 1000 words 0700 GMT by Gilles Clarenne and Joy Powell. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The coronavirus death toll spikes again in the United States and Latin America's pandemic crisis deepens, contrasting with Europe's re-opening from lockdowns that are growing bolder by the day. 700 words 0600 GMT. Picture. Video Hongkong-China-US-politics-unrest,WRAP BEIJING China faces growing international pressure over its push to impose a security law on Hong Kong, with the US warning the city's autonomy is under threat and placing the issue before the United Nations Security Council. 700 words 0830 GMT by Helen Roxburgh Fbl-SerieA-ITA-virus,2ndlead ROME Italy's Serie A is given the green light to resume on June 20 after a three-month absence as one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic begins to ease restrictions. 700 words moved by Emmeline Moore Also moved: fbl-Eur-health-virus-pandemic-five,FOCUS Health-Virus-Fbl-Eur-guide,BACKGROUND Sports-health-virus-return -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Navajo-water,SPECIALREPORT THOREAU, New Mexico Amanda Larson pulls up at a water station a few miles from her home in the Navajo Nation and her three children get to work filling up large bottles lying on the bed of her pickup truck. The 66 gallons will be used for drinking, washing clothes and bathing -- before the next trip in two or three days to repeat the back-breaking task. 1,350 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video US-society-racism-police-technology-internet,FOCUS NEW YORK From the death of a black man in Minneapolis to a racist incident in Central Park, camera phones are increasingly being used as a weapon against racism even when justice doesn't always follow. 800 words moved by Thomas Urbain Health-virus-US-France-entertainment-music-Guetta,INTERVIEW NEW YORK Pandemic confinement has electronic dance music titan David Guetta looking inward, and he said he's emerging "extremely inspired" ahead of a New York benefit set for this weekend. 700 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. File picture. Video Health-virus-US-marriage,SCENE VIRGINIA, United States "You can take off your mask and kiss the bride," the priest said, as a septuagenarian US couple who spent the pandemic lockdown together after a single date married on Thursday. 500 words 0630 GMT by Charlotte Plantive -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Australia-students,FOCUS MELBOURNE Australia wooed hundreds of thousands of international students to its shores with the promise of a first-class education and fun-kissed adventure, but the coronavirus crisis has left some jobless and depending on food handouts. 650 words moved by Tania Lee. Picture. Video India-health-virus-accident-chemicals,FOCUS BHOPAL, India Victims of the world's worst industrial disaster in Bhopal, who have long suffered the debilitating fallout of the 1984 gas leak, are now dying from coronavirus due to official incompetence, relatives and activists say. 750 words 0600 GMT by Sanjay Sharma with Vishal Manve in Mumbai. Picture Japan-Netflix-suicide-bullying-internet,FOCUS TOKYO The death of a young Japanese reality TV star targeted by online abuse has sparked an outpouring of grief in the country, and calls for stronger measures to tackle cyberbullying. 650 words 0700 GMT by Natsuko Fukue. -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy-gondola-pandemic,FOCUS VENICE Already under threat, Venice's traditional gondola shipyards now lie silent apart from the gentle sound of canal water lapping at their doorsteps. 650 words moved by Francesco Gilioli with Franck Iovene in Rome. Picture. Video Health-virus-Denmark-social,FOCUS COPENHAGEN Denmark has loosened restrictions to let couples separated by virus lockdowns finally see each other again -- but the easing applies just to partners from a few nearby countries, deepening uncertainty for many. 650 words moved by Camille Bas-Wohlert -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-aviation-Senegal,FOCUS DAKAR Launching an airline in Africa is a notorious challenge -- and coronavirus has added to the checklist of problems for plucky entrants, as a small Senegalese airline can attest. 700 words 0530 GMT by Anne-Sophie Faivre Le Cadre -- BUSINESS -- China-Germany-automobile-VW,WRAP BEIJING Volkswagen announces it will invest around 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) in two Chinese companies in the electric vehicle sector, calling it "the world's biggest market". 500 words 0600 GMT France-economy-automobile-labour PARIS French auto giant Renault plans to cut around 15,000 jobs worldwide, including 4,600 in France, as part of a two billion euro cost-cutting plan over three years, sources say. 350 words moved -- SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-energy-UN-COP26,lead PARIS Critical UN climate negotiations at which nations were expected to ramp up plans to combat global warming have been pushed back a full year to November 2021. 600 words moved by Marlowe Hood -- CORONAVIRUS MISINFORMATION -- Health-virus-internet-misinformation-Asia,FOCUS HONG KONG A deluge of online misinformation and hoaxes during the coronavirus crisis is stoking fear and confusion across Asia, with some violators of lockdown rules facing jail and hefty fines. 800 words moved by Rachel Blundy and Spencer Feingold afp
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