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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Pandemic ravages US, 20 million jobs lost + Europe marks VE-Day under virus shadow + Venezuela charges Americans with terrorism + Second White House staffer positive for virus + Is Belgian llama a key to corona treatment? Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The coronavirus pandemic ravages the United States with its biggest job losses in history as Europe, faced with mounting deaths, moves to shut its borders for another month. 1,000 words 2130 GMT by Shaun Tandon with AFP bureaus. Pictures. Graphics. Video WWII-history-Europe-75years-May8 BERLIN Global leaders mark 75 years since the end of World War II in Europe, urging citizens to draw inspiration from the historic victory as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved by Yacine Le Forestier with Michelle Fitzpatrick in Frankfurt. Picture. Video Venezuela-US-crisis-politics-diplomacy,WRAP CARACAS Venezuela charges two former US soldiers with "terrorism" and "conspiracy" for allegedly taking part in a failed invasion bid to topple Nicolas Maduro as US President Donald Trump denies involvement. 550 words 1930 GMT by Andrea Tosta. Video Health-virus-US-politics-Trump-testing,lead WASHINGTON A second White House worker -- reportedly the wife of one of Donald Trump's closest aides -- has tested positive for coronavirus, officials say, even as the president continued to go mask-free at a World War II commemoration with veterans in their 90s. 550 words 2000 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture Health-virus-Belgium-UN-science-animal GHENT, Belgium Belgium's top researchers looking for a coronavirus treatement insist that their efforts to isolate an anti-body grown in a llama is based on a solid lead. 500 words moved. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-politics-mask,FOCUS PARIS As the world starts emerging from coronavirus lockdowns, political leaders are being closely scrutinised over their choice to wear a mask -- or not -- and what message they are sending to a worried public. 900 words moved by Mariette Le Roux. Picture Health-virus-education-schools,FOCUS PARIS Authorities worldwide face the formidable challenge of returning millions of children to classrooms as coronavirus lockdowns ease, weighing the need to limit the educational damage against the risks of fuelling a surge in new cases. 900 words moved by Joelle Garrus with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-children-school,Q&A Health-virus-defence-espionage,FOCUS PARIS The devastating toll from the COVID-19 crisis and the haphazard efforts by many officials to contain it have underscored the need to adapt spycraft to the 21st-century threat of deadly germs that spread like wildfire, experts say. 650 words moved by Didier Lauras Health-virus-mutations,FOCUS PARIS The coronavirus' constant mutation is unlikely to change its potency or its contagiousness, disease experts say, despite recent research suggesting the emergence of a more virulent strain. 650 words moved by Amelie Bottollier-Depois -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-economy-employment-indicator,WRAP WASHINGTON With US shops and factories closed by the coronavirus pandemic, nearly all the jobs created in the last decade have been wiped out in a single month, driving unemployment to 14.7 percent. 600 words 2100 GMT by Heather Scott. Graphic. File picture Also moved: Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment,PROFILE US-economy-employment-indicator,FACTS Health-virus-US-China-Russia-media-internet,lead WASHINGTON The United States accuses China and Russia of stepping up cooperation to spread false narratives over the coronavirus pandemic, saying Beijing is increasingly adopting techniques honed by Moscow. 550 words 2030 GMT by Francesco Fontemaggi US-shooting-race WASHINGTON Police in Georgia say they are pushing on with an investigation of two white who shot dead a black jogger, but did not explain why it took 74 days for the suspects to be detained. 450 words 2000 GMT. File picture US-politics-investigation-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Donald Trump claims sweeping vindication over the Russian meddling investigation he long branded a hoax and a witch hunt, after the Justice Department drops its prosecution of his former top aide Michael Flynn. 750 words 2000 GMT by Paul Handley. File picture Brazil-environment-health-virus,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO It has not gotten much attention with the world focused on coronavirus, but deforestation has surged in the Amazon rainforest this year, raising fears of a repeat of last year's record-breaking devastation -- or worse. 650 words 2200 GMT by Joshua Howat Berger. File picture - EUROPE -- Health-virus-Portugal-senior-citizens,SCENE FIGUEIRA DA FOZ, Portugal Desperate times call for desperate measures and at one care home in Portugal, under severe coronavirus lockdown, that means employing a crane to facilitate meetings between residents and their loved ones. 600 words moved by Thomas Cabral. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-politics-sports,PROFILE BAGHDAD Former Iraqi football star Adnan Dirjal swaps his studs for a suit as he is named sports minister, the best-known name in a new cabinet line-up that ends five months of stalemate. 600 words moved by Khalil Jalil. Picture -- AFRICA -- Malawi-court-election,WRAP LILONGWE Malawi's top appeals court rejects President Peter Mutharika's bid to overturn a landmark ruling quashing his controversial re-election, paving the way for a rerun in July. 450 words moved by Jack McBrams. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- India-accident-chemicals,WRAP VISAKHAPATNAM, India Engineers battle to prevent more toxic gas escaping at a chemical plant on India's east coast, a day after a pre-dawn leak killed 12 people and knocked locals unconscious in the street. 650 words moved by Padmanabha Rao. Graphic. Picture. Video HongKong-China-politics-unrest HONG KONG, China Rival Hong Kong lawmakers clash inside the city's legislature, raising political tensions weeks after Beijing sparked a constitutional row by calling for filibustering opposition politicians to be removed from office. 500 words moved. Picture. Video China-space,WRAP BEIJING China's new prototype spacecraft "successfully landed", marking an important step in its ambitions to run a permanent space station and send astronauts to the moon. 450 words moved by Beiyi Seow and Ludovic Ehret. Graphic -- CLIMATE -- Science-climate-oceans-sealevel PARIS Oceans are likely to rise as much as 1.3 metres by 2100 if Earth's surface warms another 3.5 degrees Celsius, scientists warn. 500 words moved by Marlowe Hood China-environment-pollution-virus,FOCUS BEIJING The coronavirus pandemic had cleared smog from China's skies for months, but air pollution has returned with a vengeance as factories rush to ramp up output after going idle during the outbreak. 700 words moved -- SPORTS -- Health-virus-SKorea-fbl-KOR,WRAP JEONJU, South Korea The towering 42,477-capacity Jeonju World Cup Stadium stands empty as South Korea opened football's post-coronavirus era without fans, but with an unprecedented international TV audience. 750 words moved by Kang Jin-kyu. Picture. Video afp
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