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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + US, Europe economic crisis deepens + Russian PM says has coronavirus + Bollywood mourns 2nd star Rishi Kapoor + What do we know about remdesivir? + Britain's hero of the hour turns 100 Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis deepens as millions more Americans file for unemployment benefits and experts warn of an unprecedented catastrophe in Europe, even as the world plots a tentative course out of lockdown. 900 words 1945 GMT by Susan Stumme with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Russia,4thlead MOSCOW Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announces he has tested positive for the coronavirus, as the country's number of confirmed cases surges past 100,000 after its largest daily increase. 650 words moved by Jonathan Brown. Picture. Video. Graphic India-film-Kapoor,3rdlead MUMBAI Bollywood mourns a second loss in as many days as celebrated actor Rishi Kapoor, whose career spanned half a century, dies aged 67 after a prolonged struggle with cancer. 700 words 2000 GMT by Udita Jhunjhunwala. Picture. File picture. Video. File video Health-virus-remdesivir,Q&A WASHINGTON Remdesivir has been shown to speed up recovery times for patients with COVID-19 in a major US-led trial, becoming the first drug with proven benefit against the disease.Here is what you need to know. 750 words moved by Issam Ahmed. File picture Health-virus-Britain-charity-Moore,2ndlead MARSTON MORETAINE, United Kingdom Britain organises a flypast and 140,000 people sent cards to mark the 100th birthday of a World War II veteran whose staggering fundraising efforts have inspired a country in the depths of a coronavirus outbreak. 600 words moved by Pauline Froissart and Alice Ritchie. Picture. File picture. Video. File video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-virus-health-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON A rattled President Donald Trump will try reigniting his reelection campaign next week with a trip to Arizona and a high-profile TV appearance after polls showed him losing badly to Democrat Joe Biden. 650 words 1930 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. File picture US-politics-Russia-investigation,lead WASHINGTON President Donald Trump says his former national security advisor Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty in 2017 to lying about his Russia contacts, would be absolved by a Washington court, calling FBI investigators in his case "filthy cops." 600 words 2100 GMT by Paul Handley. Picture. File picture Health-virus-US-EU-aviation-tourism,FOCUS WASHINGTON The world is gradually ending weeks of coronavirus confinement but one area remains firmly shut -- international borders, which few governments are yet daring to open. 700 words 1930 GMT by Francesco Fontemaggi. Picture Health-virus-UN-US-China-politics UNITED NATIONS The United States and China remain at loggerheads over a UN Security Council draft resolution calling for a 90-day humanitarian pause in conflicts worldwide in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words moved Health-virus-Brazil-politics,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Some say Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is having a bad stretch, after ditching two of his most popular ministers and going far out on an anti-confinement limb in mid coronavirus crisis. But the far-right president's hard-core supporters are loving it. 700 words moved by Jorge Svartzman. File picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain-toll,2ndlead LONDON Britain is "past the peak" of its coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Boris Johnson says, despite recording another 674 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 26,711. 600 words moved by James Pheby and Phil Hazlewood. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Britain-charity-Moore,2ndlead NATO-Greece-accident-military-Canada,WRAP ATHENS A Canadian sailor's body is found amid debris from a Canadian navy helicopter that crashed during a NATO operation in the sea between Greece and Italy, while five other crew members of the Cyclone Sikorsky CH-148 helicopter are still missing. 600 words moved by Helene Colliopoulou and Michel Comte. File picture -- AFRICA -- CAfrica-unrest,WRAP BANGUI Twenty-five people have died and 51 were injured in clashes in the northeast of the perennially unstable Central African Republic, the communications minister says. 450 words moved SAfrica-politics-apartheid-Goldberg,OBIT JOHANNESBURG South African activist Denis Goldberg, one of Nelson Mandela's closest colleagues in the struggle against apartheid, has died at 87. 550 words moved by Michelle Gumede. File Picture Heath-virus-SAfrica-conservation-animal,FOCUS BALULE, South Africa Within days of the announcement of South Africa's coronavirus lockdown, lodges in the country's wildlife-rich national parks were emptied, souvenir shops pulled their shutters and safari operators were left with only rangers protecting animals from poaching. 1,300 words moved by Philippe Alfroy. Video. File Picture Also moved: Health-virus-SAfrica,Q&A -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Libya-conflict,WRAP TRIPOLI Libya's UN-recognised government rejects a truce unilaterally called the day before by military strongman Khalifa Haftar, saying it "did not trust" its eastern-based rival. 650 words 2000 GMT by Imed Lamloum. File picture. Video. Lebanon-politics-economy,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon will seek financial help from the International Monetary Fund, Prime Minister Hassan Diab says, as the government adopts a long-awaited economic rescue plan after a new wave of street protests. 700 words moved by Hashem Osseiran. Picture. Video. Also moved: Lebanon-politics-economy-demonstration,CHRONO Health-virus-Tunisia-Ramadan,FOCUS TUNIS Amira Jamoussi, a doctor on the front line fighting the novel coronavirus in a hospital in Tunisia, is spending the Muslim holy month of Ramadan away from her family. 650 words moved by Caroline Nelly Perrot. Picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-China-vaccines,FOCUS BEIJING A researcher in a lab coat in Beijing holds up the hopes of humanity in his fingers: "Coronavac", an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus that has upended the world. 600 words moved GMT by Patrick Baert. Picture. Video Health-virus-China-employment-layoffs,FOCUS SHANGHAI Life is never easy for China's nearly 300 million migrant workers, but with the coronavirus zapping jobs at a historic clip, unemployed factory labourer Wei Guikun is at his wits' end. 750 words moved by Dan Martin. Picture. Video Health-virus-HongKong-China-politics-unrest HONG KONG Hong Kong democracy protesters are planning to hold multiple flashmob rallies, defying restrictions on gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic as anger towards Beijing rekindles. 500 words 2100 GMT Vietnam-war-history-literature,INTERVIEW HONG KONG Women bore much of the burden of the Vietnam War but their voices have long been absent from the trove of literature on the topic, says acclaimed author Nguyen Phan Que Mai. 800 words moved by Alice Philipson. Picture. File picture -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- US-IT-lifestyle-earnings-Twitter,2ndlead WASHINGTON Twitter swings to a loss in the past quarter as the global pandemic hit advertising revenue, even as the social platform saw a surge in new users. 550 words moved by Rob Lever. File picture Markets-world,WRAP NEW YORK Stock markets drop after economic growth data confirm fears of COVID-19's bruising impact on the world economy, while some say the ECB could do more to help the eurozone through the crisis. 600 words 2100 GMT US-restaurants-food-earnings-McDonalds,WRAP NEW YORK McDonald's reports a drop in first-quarter profits in the wake of coronavirus restrictions as it moves to fortify vulnerable franchisees amid shifting consumer behavior. 600 words 2100 GMT by John Biers -- SPORT -- Health-virus-Fbl-FRA-Ligue1,3rdlead PARIS Paris Saint-Germain are named as Ligue 1 champions after France's football league declare the coronavirus-hit season over, leaving some other clubs disappointed and pondering legal action. 650 words by Andy Scott moved. File video Swim-athletics-IND-virus-health NEW DELHI From swimming in a makeshift farm pool with turtles and fish to fencing with a dummy on a terrace, India's locked down athletes are finding novel ways to stay fit. 500 words moved by Faisal Kamal. Picture afp
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