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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump to unveil first US lockdown easing + Apple launches budget entry-level iPhone + Virus to have 'profound' mental health fallout + Coronavirus crisis delays Tour de France + WWII veteran raises $14m for health workers Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump says he will announce the first plans for lifting coronavirus lockdowns across the United States after the country passed the pandemic's "peak," mirroring a gradual easing in Europe. 850 words 0330 GMT by Sebastian Smith with AFP bureaus Also moved: Health-virus-WHO-Ethiopia-Tedros,PROFILE Health-virus-WHO-US,REAX Health-virus-WHO,CHRONO US-IT-lifestyle-Apple,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Apple unveils a new entry-level iPhone, aiming to appeal to consumers facing a suddenly bleak economic backdrop. 600 words moved by Glenn Chapman Health-virus-mental-illness PARIS The coronavirus pandemic is likely to have a "profound and pervasive impact" on global mental health as billions struggle to cope with isolated living and anxiety spikes, experts warn. 500 words moved by Patrick Galey. File picture Health-virus-cycling-FRA-Tour,WRAP PARIS The start of cycling's flagship Tour de France has been postponed two months to August 29 due to the coronavirus lockdown. 650 words moved by Damian McCall. File picture Health-virus-charity-Britain-war LONDON A 99-year-old British World War II veteran raises £11 million ($13.8 million) for frontline health workers by walking laps of his garden. 250 words 0200 GMT -- ASIA -- Health-virus-China,SCENE WUHAN At a large food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan, signs forbid workers from selling wild animals and live fowl, while announcements calling for "victory" over COVID-19 play on a loop from speakers. 750 words 0300 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng. Picture. Video SKorea-politics-vote,WRAP SEOUL South Korea's left-leaning ruling party wins a landslide victory in the country's general election, partial results show, after the coronavirus pandemic turned the political tide in President Moon Jae-in's favour. 700 words 0200 GMT by Claire Lee -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-politics-Trump-Congress,2ndlead WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump threatens to take the unprecedented step of adjourning Congress to allow him to appoint top officials whose nominations he claims are being blocked by Democrats in the Senate. 600 words 0130 GMT by Chris Lefkow. Picture. Also moved: Health-virus-US-China-Trump-diplomacy,FOCUS Health-virus-US-Frieden,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON The US may be hitting its peak of coronavirus cases, but it will take an unprecedented public health effort for Americans to return safely to their former lives, according to the ex-head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 800 words 0130 GMT by Issam Ahmed. File picture Health-virus-US-testing,FOCUS WASHINGTON Before lifting lockdowns imposed across the United States in March, experts say we'll need a massive screening system in place to monitor and respond to localized coronavirus surges. Are we on track? Here's what you need to know. 700 words 0300 GMT by Ivan Couronne. Also moved: Health-virus-ventilators,FOCUS Health-virus-internet-shaming-neighbours,FOCUS WASHINGTON Some complain about joggers panting on passers-by. Others wonder what to do when they overhear drunken partygoers ignoring quarantine measures. Still more question whether people they see in the street are really on "essential" business. 750 words 0200 GMT by Sarah Titterton. File Picture Health-virus-US-NewYork-cemetery,INTERVIEW NEW YORK Brooklyn's Green-Wood cemetery has seen cremations more than double and five times more burials than usual, as the coronavirus claims New Yorkers' lives by the thousands. 500 words 0200 GMT by Thomas Urbain. File Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-WHO-budget,FOCUS GENEVA The United States' funding freeze blows a major hole in the World Health Organization's budget as it attempts to steer the fightback against the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words moved by Robin Millard Health-virus-Britain-politics LONDON England's chief medical officer says he believes the UK coronavirus death toll, which now stands at almost 13,000, is approaching its peak but warns of grim figures to follow in the next 24 hours. 650 words moved by Alice Ritchie. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel's parliament speaker Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu miss a deadline to form a unity government, prolonging the country's unprecedented political crisis. 550 words moved by Ben Simon. File Picture Also moved: Israel-politics-Netanyahu,CHRONO Israel politics government,CHRONO Health-virus-Syria-conflict-Idlib-displaced,FOCUS ARIHA, Syria His home in volatile northwest Syria may have been destroyed, but Hassan Khraiby decided returning was better than risking his 10 children catch the coronavirus in a packed displacement camp. 600 words 0300 GMT by Aaref Watad. Picture. Video. -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Health-virus-US-economy-indicator,WRAP WASHINGTON The devastation caused to the US economy by the coronavirus pandemic is thrown into even sharper relief with the release of new government data and a report from the Federal Reserve warning the bloodletting would continue. 700 words moved by Chris Stein Also moved: Health-virus-G20-economy,WRAP Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON After losing his job last month, Nashawn Cooper waited more than four weeks as the bills piled up and his bank account dwindled to four dollars before the US state of Georgia approved his claim for unemployment benefits. 700 words 0200 GMT by Chris Stein. File Picture Also moving: Health-virus-US-IT-robots,FOCUS Health-virus-US-livestock-meat,FOCUS Health-virus-EU-economy-technology BRUSSELS As the EU's economy reels from virus lockdowns, Brussels unveils a proposed roadmap to ease restrictions on life and businesses, relying in large part on smartphone tracking apps. 700 words moved by Marc Burleigh and AFP bureaus. Video afp
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