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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + NBA players lead historic boycott against racism + New Zealand mosque mass murderer jailed for life + Hurricane Laura bears down on southern US states + Pence paints doomsday picture of Biden's America + Search for HIV cure boosted by rare 'controllers' US-police-shooting-racism,WRAP KENOSHA, Wisconsin After days of violent protests, Wisconsin officials identify the white officer who shot black father Jacob Blake in the back, as NBA players lead an unprecedented wave of walkouts across the sporting world against racism and police brutality in America. 900 words 0600 GMT by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-police-shooting-racism,POINTS Basket-NBA-protest-shooting-racism-Bucks,WRAP NZealand-Australia-mosques-attacks-court,WRAP CHRISTCHURCH New Zealand mosque gunman Brenton Tarrant is sentenced to life in prison without parole for the massacre of 51 Muslim worshippers, with a judge calling him "wicked" and "inhuman". 650 words 0200 GMT by Chris Foley. Picture. Video US-weather,WRAP LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana Hurricane Laura barrels towards the coast of the southern US states of Louisiana and Texas as a monster Category 4 storm, prompting warnings of "unsurvivable" storm surge and evacuation orders for hundreds of thousands of Gulf Coast residents. 750 words 0600 GMT by Gianrigo Marletta and Andrew Caballero-Reynolds. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote-Republicans,WRAP BALTIMORE Donald Trump's vice president Mike Pence takes center stage at the Republican convention to warn voters they "won't be safe in Joe Biden's America" -- and cast Trump as their protector against the "radical left." 700 words 0630 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture Also moved: US-politics-vote-Republicans-MelaniaTrump,FOCUS Health-science-AIDS-research TOKYO A handful of people with HIV are able to control the disease without treatment, and now research on these so-called elite controllers is offering clues in the search for a cure. 650 words moved by Sara Hussein. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- US-China-politics-security-sanction,2ndlead WASHINGTON The United States announces sanctions and restrictions on two dozen Chinese companies and associated officials for taking part in building artificial islands in disputed waters in the South China Sea. 550 words moved. File picture US-lifestyle-leisure-tourism,FOCUS NEW YORK Summers in Coney Island usually ring with the sound of excited screams from roller coasters, playful shouts from bumper cars and children's laughter from spinning teacups. This year the coronavirus has silenced the famous New York boardwalk, sparking fears for its future. 750 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Video. Picture Health-virus-Panama-Cuba-US-politics-diplomacy,FOCUS PANAMA CITY Panama's government this week abandoned plans to bring in Cuban doctors to help combat the worst coronavirus outbreak in Central America, under pressure from the United States and local unions. 600 words moved by Juan Jose Rodriguez. File picture -- ASIA -- NZealand-Australia-mosques-attacks-court,REAX CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand Muslims and non-Muslims cheer and sing together outside a New Zealand court as the white supremacist who murdered 51 people at two mosques is jailed for life. 550 words 0630 GMT by Chris Foley. Picture. Video NZealand-Australia-mosques-attacks-court,PROFILE CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand There were no obvious warning signs when Christchurch mosques gunman moved to New Zealand from Australia in 2017 -- he had no criminal history and was not on any security watch-lists. 650 words moved by Marty Melville. Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Ireland-EU-politics,WRAP DUBLIN EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan, a key figure in Brexit talks and one of the bloc's most senior officials, resigns after a week of pressure over a breach of coronavirus guidelines. 650 words moved by Joe Stenson Greece-Turkey-diplomacy-energy,WRAP ATHENS Greece and its EU allies stage war games in the Mediterranean while Turkey conducts drills with the US navy nearby as the dispute between the two neighbours over gas and maritime borders ratchets up another notch. 700 words moved by Helene Colliopoulou with Raziye Akkoc in Ankara. Picture. Graphic. Video Belarus-politics-unrest-Alexeivich,WRAP MINSK Belarusian Nobel Prize-winning author Svetlana Alexievich says she refused to answer investigators' questions after she was summoned as a witness in a criminal probe into the opposition. 700 words moved. Picture. Video France-attacks-justice-trial,ADVANCER PARIS Fourteen alleged accomplices in the 2015 jihadist attacks on the Charlie Hebdo satirical weekly and a Jewish supermarket go on trial next Wednesday more than half-a-decade after days of bloodshed that still shock France. 700 words moved by Anne-Sophie Lasserre. File picture. File video Also moved: France-attacks-justice-trial-Charlie,BACKGROUND -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-religion-Islam-protests-health,FOCUS KARBALA, Iraq "May God have revenge on every politician!" The anguished cry echoes across the revered Imam Hussein's shrine in Iraq's Karbala, as Shiite pilgrims mourn his killing centuries ago and demand justice today. 700 words moved by Salmane Ameen. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY -- US-IT-China-politics-TikTok,Lead LOS ANGELES TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer says he has quit the wildly popular social media platform. 400 words 0530 GMT -- ENVIRONMENT -- Finland-environment-climate-transport,FOCUS LAHTI, Finland Inhabitants of a town in Finland can now earn rewards, including bus tickets or free food, if they cut car use, under a scheme to lure the public into lower-carbon lifestyles. 600 words moved by Sam Kingsley. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Keanu, FOCUS LOS ANGELES Featuring a young Keanu Reeves, a madcap time-travelling plot and a supply of the most bodacious catchphrases, 1989's "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" has become a cult comedy classic. Three decades on, the hit that launched Reeves' career is back for a third movie -- and its air-headed, good-natured heroes' message to "be excellent to each other" is needed now more than ever, its creators tell AFP. 500 words 0530 GMT by Andrew Marszal Entertainment-US-music-rap-sexuality-CardiB,FOCUS NEW YORK An unadulterated celebration of female desire brimming with graphic sexual metaphors, Cardi B's summer bop "WAP" featuring Megan Thee Stallion has topped the charts -- and left the American right hot and bothered over the indecency. 800 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. File picture -- SPORT -- Auto-prix-BEL SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium Charles Leclerc returns to the scene of his first Formula One victory with a heavy heart for this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix, a year after close friend Anthoine Hubert died in a crash at the track. 500 words moved Cricket-PAK-ENG-Amir,PROFILE KARACHI When Mohammad Amir bowls against England in the first Twenty20 international at Old Trafford on Friday, he may cast his mind back 10 years to the spot-fixing scandal that cost him so much. 600 words 0600 GMT by Shahid Hashmi. File picture Fbl-Asia-CHN-women-ZAM-Banda,INTERVIEW SHANGHAI Barbra Banda defied her parents on the way to becoming the first Zambian woman to play professional football in Europe, then as captain led her country to a maiden Olympics. 600 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Picture afp
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