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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Parts of Europe take tentative re-opening steps + 16 murdered in Canada gun rampage, suspect dead + Australia to make Google, Facebook pay for news + Muslims brace for bleak Ramadan in virus crisis + Japan virus expert 'pessimistic' for 2021 Games Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Parts of Europe hit hard by the deadly coronavirus pandemic prepare for a slow reopening, with Germany easing some restrictions on shops and Norway restarting day care centres. 850 words 0530 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Canada-crime-police-shooting,WRAP MONTREAL A gunman who drove a mock-up police car killed at least 16 people in an Atlantic Canada shooting rampage, federal police say, the worst case of its kind in Canadian history. 650 words 0600 GMT. Picture Australia-internet-media-Google-Facebook,WRAP BRISBANE Australia will force Google and Facebook to pay media outlets for their content, the government announces, vowing to lead the world in making the tech giants share lucrative advertising revenues with traditional media. 500 words 0600 GMT by Holly Robertson. File Picture Health-virus-Mideast-Ramadan,FOCUS RIYADH From cancelled iftar feasts to suspended mosque prayers, Muslims across the Middle East are bracing for a bleak month of Ramadan fasting as the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic lingers. 850 words moved by Anuj Chopra with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video Oly-2020-health-virus-JPN,LEAD TOKYO A Japanese expert who has criticised the country's response to the coronavirus warns that he is "pessimistic" that the postponed Olympics can be held even in 2021. 550 words 0630 GMT. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US,WRAP NEW YORK The state of New York, epicenter of America's coronavirus infections, appears to have passed the peak of the outbreak, as President Donald Trump bumps heads with governors over the pace of ending lockdowns. 700 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture. Video Health-virus-Mexico-labor,FOCUS MEXICO CITY When Ana Lilia Gonzalez fell ill with flu-like symptoms, she went to the infirmary at her factory in a Mexican city on the US border, where the doctor told her she could carry on working. Two weeks later, she was dead. 750 words 0600 GMT by Jennifer Gonzalez -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain,2ndlead LONDON The British government insists that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is "on top of things" as he recovers from the coronavirus facing criticism of his early handling of the crisis. 620 words moved by James Pheby. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany BERLIN Germany takes its first steps back towards normality, with smaller shops opening up for the first time in a month after politicians declared the coronavirus "under control". 670 words moved by Kit Holden. Picture Health-virus-France,3rdlead PARIS France's prime minister says the country was starting to beat back the coronavirus as the outbreak's death toll nears 20,000 and new hospitalisations continue a slow decline. 690 words moved by Mariette Le Roux. Picture. File picture. Video Syria-conflict-Germany-trial-warcrimes,FOCUS BERLIN When Anwar al-Bunni crossed paths with fellow Syrian Anwar Raslan in a DIY store in Germany five years ago, he recognised him as the man who had thrown him into prison around a decade earlier. The two men will face each other in a German court on Thursday. 700 words moved by Yannick Pasquet. Picture Health-virus-Italy-agriculture,FOCUS FASANO, Italy Italian farmers are being brought to their knees by a six-week lockdown aimed at stopping a deadly epidemic in its tracks. They are also suffering a drought caused by the driest spring in over half a century. 550 words moved by Giovanni Grezzi with Celine Cornu. File Picture Greece-migrants-fire-unrest,2ndlead ATHENS A fire rips through one of Greece's largest migrant camps leaving widespread damage and many people homeless after the death of an Iraqi woman sparked unrest, officials say. 520 words moved by John Hadoulis. File picture. Graphic Britain-royals-media LONDON Prince Harry and his wife Meghan blacklist four major British tabloids, accusing them of publishing stories that were "distorted, false and invasive beyond reason", UK media report. 350 words moved -- AFRICA -- Mali-vote-unrest-health-virus,WRAP BAMAKO Acts of intimidation and allegations of vote buying marred the final round of legislative elections in Mali aimed at reviving confidence in embattled institutions despite a bloody jihadist conflict and a virus pandemic. 600 words moved by Serge Daniel. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Israel-Holocaust-history,FOCUS JERUSALEM Berthe Badehi, who hid from the Nazis as a child during World War II, has become one of the many Holocaust survivors confined to their homes to evade the coronavirus. 700 words moved by Michael Blum and Guillaume Lavallee -- SPORT -- Turkmentistan-football-health-virus-Fbl,FOCUS ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan Turkmenistan reboots its domestic football season, with fans returning to stadiums in one of the few countries yet to declare a case of coronavirus. 530 words moved by Anton Lomov with Christopher Rickleton in Almaty. Picture afp
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