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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump acquitted of all impeachment charges + Cruise ship chaos as virus panic spreads + Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas dead at 103 + Three dead in Turkish plane accident + Genome study unlocks cancer's secrets US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump is acquitted by the Senate following a historic impeachment trial that shone a harsh light on America's political divide, without ever shaking the loyalty of his electoral base. 900 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture. Video. Graphic China-health-virus-Japan-ship,WRAP YOKOHAMA Thousands of people are stranded aboard two cruise ships in Asia, quarantined by officials desperate to stem the spread of a deadly virus that has killed hundreds in China and spread panic worldwide. 700 words 0800GMT by Harumi Ozawa. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic We have also moved: China-health-virus-Japan-ship-Britain,SCENE Entertainment-US-film-Douglas,WRAP LOS ANGELES Kirk Douglas, one of the last superstars of Hollywood's golden age of cinema renowned for his intense, muscular performances in "Spartacus" and "Paths of Glory," dies aged 103. 750 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File Picture. Graphic Also moved: Entertainment-US-film-Douglas,FACTS Entertainment-US-film-Douglas,OBIT Entertainment-US-film-Douglas,DATES Entertainment-US-film-Douglas-reax Turkey-aviation-accident,WRAP ISTANBUL Three people die and 179 are injured when a plane skids off the runway at an Istanbul airport, catches fire and splits into three after landing in rough weather. 550 words moved by Gokan Gunes. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-cancer-genetics-research-science TOKYO A massive, decade-long study sequencing the genomes of dozens of cancers has revealed the secrets of how tumours form and may pave the way for better and more targeted treatment. 700 words moved by Sara Hussein. Graphic -- CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK -- China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING China scrambles to find bed space for thousands of newly infected patients, as the death toll from the virus spikes to 563 despite a massive travel lockdown. 550 words 0630 GMT by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video. Graphic China-health-virus-HongKong,lead HONG KONG Panic buyers in Hong Kong descend on supermarkets to snap up toilet paper sparked by false claims online of shortages, with many of the city's seven million residents in fear over a deadly coronavirus outbreak. 550 words 0630 GMT by Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video China-health-virus-internet,FOCUS HONG KONG Claims that gargling salt water and steaming face masks are defences against the deadly coronavirus are among the deluge of misinformation flooding the internet as the epidemic spreads around the world. 700 words 0730 GMT by Spencer Feingold. China-health-virus-travel,FOCUS BEIJING Students blocked from returning to their universities; tourists forced to extend expensive holidays; a scientist cut off from her lab in the US: coronavirus entry bans are wreaking havoc on the plans of thousands of Chinese travellers. 650 words moved by Ludovic Ehret and Eva Xiao. Picture We have also moved: China-health-virus-oil-prices-market-OPEC,FOCUS -- ASIA -- China-US-trade,WRAP BEIJING China says it will halve punitive tariffs on $75 billion in US imports, a month after Beijing and Washington signed a truce in their long-running trade war. 450 words 0600 GMT by Beiyi Seow India-politics-vote,ADVANCER NEW DELHI In a crammed Delhi slum, stickers with the face of a diminutive former tax inspector with moustache and glasses outnumber those of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of elections in the Indian capital on Saturday. 600 words 0400 GMT by Glenda Kwek. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-impeachment-vote-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON Donald Trump was acquitted of high crimes in his impeachment trial -- but could the unpredictable president now decide he's above the law? 600 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File Picture Also moved: US-politics-impeachment,CHRONO US-politics-impeachment-Trump-survive,POINTS US-politics-impeachment,FOCUS US-politics-impeachment-lessons,POINTS US-politics-vote-Biden,FOCUS WASHINGTON As the votes trickle in from the Iowa caucuses, the first contest in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, Joe Biden appears headed for a fourth-place finish, a lackluster showing he described as a "gut punch." 650 words moved by Chris Lefkow. File Picture -- EUROPE -- Ireland-vote,WRAP DUBLIN Ireland goes to the polls on Saturday, with Prime Minister Leo Varadkar touting his successful handling of Brexit but facing pressure over housing and healthcare. 750 words moved by Joe Stenson. File picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Ireland-vote-SinnFein,FOCUS Ireland-vote-Varadkar,PROFILE Ireland-vote-Martin,PROFILE Ireland-vote-history,FACTS US-Russia-space-NASA ALMATY US astronaut Christina Koch is set to return to Earth having shattered the spaceflight record for female astronauts by spending almost a year aboard the International Space Station. 500 words moved by Christopher Rickleton Switzerland-referendum-gay,ADVANCER GENEVA For gay rights campaigner Jean-Pierre Sigrist, the new law being voted on in a referendum in Switzerland on Sunday might have stopped him getting beaten up four decades ago. 450 words moved by Agnes Pedrero. Picture. Video France-wine-regulations,FOCUS DIJON, France Few French wine regions are as protective of their heritage and reputation as Burgundy, so officials should have expected the storm of protests over a plan to expel the acclaimed dry whites of Chablis from the domain. 800 words 0530 GMT by Olivier Devos -- AFRICA -- Mali-theatre,FOCUS BAMAKO Once the play is over and theatre-goers have gone home, Awa Bagayogo, an actor in Mali's capital Bamako, breaks into a smile at another completed performance. 700 words 0530 GMT by Amaury Hauchard. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-attack,WRAP JERUSALEM Fourteen people are injured at a popular night spot in central Jerusalem after being struck by a vehicle, in an incident Israeli police are investigating as a "terror attack. 400 words 0530 GMT. Picture Syria-conflict-Turkey,WRAP BEIRUT Syrian regime forces advance into the strategic town of Saraqeb, a war monitor says, despite a demand from Ankara that Damascus pull back its forces from Turkish-manned posts in Syria's last rebel enclave. 700 words moved by Layal Abou Rahal and Eric Randolph. Picture. Video Also moving: Syria-conflict-Turkey-Russia-diplomacy,FOCUS -- LIFESTYLE -- Lifestyle-US-fashion,POINTS NEW YORK New York Fashion Week kicks off this year's catwalk season. Here is everything you need to know about the autumn-winter 2020 shows. 600 words 0530 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture US-economy-fashion,FOCUS NEW YORK Sewing machines hum and steam comes off irons as thousands of workers, mostly Asian and Latino migrants, make clothes in the few surviving workshops of New York's threatened garment district. 650 words moved by Laura Bonilla. Picture. Video afp
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