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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump says race protests 'domestic terror' + Head of Khmer Rouge's torture prison dies + Pandemic plunges Australia into recession + Charlie Hebdo attack accomplices on trial + Pakistan blocks Tinder, other dating apps US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump takes his tough law-and-order message to Kenosha, the latest US city roiled by the police shooting of a black man, as he brands recent anti-racism protests acts of "domestic terror". 700 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-vote-unrest,FOCUS Cambodia-Khmer-Rouge-justice,WRAP PHNOM PENH A former school teacher who became the top torturer for Cambodia's genocidal Khmer Rouge regime, overseeing the deaths of around 15,000 people, has died at the age of 77. 600 words 0730 GMT by Suy Se. File Picture. File Video. Graphic Cambodia-Khmer-Rouge-justice,Q+A Health-virus,WRAP SYDNEY Australia falls into recession for the first time in three decades and Brazil's economy shrinks by almost 10 percent because of the pandemic, leaving China as the only major nation to still be enjoying economic growth. 650 words 0700 GMT by Andrew Leeson with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic France-attacks-trial,WRAP PARIS Fourteen people accused of helping jihadist gunmen attack the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket go on trial, five years after days of terror that sent shockwaves through France. 650 words 0830 GMT by Anne-Sophie Lasserre and Valentin Bontemps. Graphic. Picture. Video Also moving: France-attacks-trial,WRAP France-attacks-trial-Charlie-religion,FOCUS France-attacks-trial-security-defence-Sahel,FOCUS France-attacks-trial-Charlie,BACKGROUND Pakistan-internet-censorship-Tinder,lead ISLAMABAD Pakistan blocks access to Tinder and several other dating apps in a bid to control "immoral" and "indecent" content, just days after regulators threatened to shut down YouTube for similar reasons. 300 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-China-military-nuclear,lead WASHINGTON The Chinese military is pressing to double its 200-plus nuclear warheads and expand launch capabilities in a sweeping plan to achieve military parity or superiority over the United States by mid-century, the Pentagon says. 500 words moved by Paul Handley. File picture Venezuela-politics-vote,FOCUS CARACAS Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pardons more than 100 lawmakers and associates of opposition leader Juan Guaido "in the interests of promoting national reconciliation." 650 words moved by Margioni Bermudez Kosovo-Serbia-US-politics,ADVANCER WASHINGTON The United States hopes to foster a breakthrough in talks between Balkan war foes Kosovo and Serbia as leaders of the two countries meet at the White House this week. 650 words moved Health-virus-vaccines,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON It's Richard Hatchett's job is to ensure that future vaccines against Covid-19 will be shared out on an equitable basis around the world -- and he is worried. The United States, Europe and other rich countries have already reserved the first doses for themselves. 650 words moved by Ivan Couronne. Picture Health-virus-Mexico-doctors,FOCUS MEXICO CITY For newly graduated doctors on the front line of Mexico's coronavirus battle, the health crisis unleashed by the pandemic has been unlike anything they imagined during years of training. 500 words 0530 GMT. Picture. Video. US-politics-vote-Democrats-Kennedy BOSTON, Massachusetts Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez congratulates Senator Ed Markey after he beat Congressman Joe Kennedy in a democratic primary, the first time the storied American political dynasty lost a statewide election in Massachusetts. 500 words 0600 GMT. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Austraian-economy-health-virus,2ndlead SYDNEY Australia tumbled into its first recession for almost three decades with its pandemic-crippled economy shrinking a record seven percent in the second quarter, official data shows. 600 words moved Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban-prisoners,WRAP KABUL Afghan authorities have resumed a controversial release of Taliban inmates, an insurgent spokesman says, marking an important step toward breaking an impasse that has delayed the start of peace talks for months. 500 words moved by Usman Sharifi Japan-politics-vote-Abe,WRAP TOKYO Japan's ruling party sets the date for a vote on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's replacement, as powerful chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga consolidates his frontrunner status in the race. 550 words 0600 GMT by Hiroshi Hiyama and Katie Forster. Picture. Graphic. Also moving: Japan-politics-vote-society,POINTS Japan-politics-vote-candidates,FACTS Japan-theatre-noh-virus-health,FOCUS KAMAKURA, Japan Kennosuke Nakamori's sonorous voice fills a small room as he practises the lines of a traditional Japanese Noh play, even though he hasn't performed before a live audience in months. 800 words moved by Natsuko Fukue. Picture. Video Health-virus-Pakistan,FOCUS LAHORE, Pakistan Six months after the coronavirus arrived in Pakistan, the country appears to have dodged the worst of the pandemic, baffling public health experts and dampening fears its crowded urban areas and ramshackle hospitals will be overrun. 750 words moved by Kaneez Fatima with Zain Zaman Janjua in Islamabad. Picture Health-virus-Philippines-lifestyle,FOCUS MANILA Struggling to make ends meet, Lorraine Imperio swapped a pair of Nike slip-ons for a whole dressed chicken on an online bartering site, one of dozens that have sprouted during the Philippines' virus lockdowns. 700 words moved by Cecil Morella. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Iran-nuclear-politics-UN-EU,WRAP VIENNA The signatories to the Iran nuclear deal say they stand by the faltering accord, opposing US efforts to restore international sanctions on the Islamic republic. 700 words moved by Julia Zappei. Video Health-virus-Spain-wine,FOCUS RONDA, Spain When young German Friedrich Schatz turned up in 1982 to grow grapes in a part of southern Spain which hadn't produced wine in 100 years, they thought he was crazy -- but nearly four decades on, he is still tending his vines in the Andalusian hilltop town of Ronda. 700 words by Alvaro Villalobos. Pictures and video by Jorge Guerrero -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-fish-unrest-economy,FOCUS AL-DELMAJ MARSHES, Iraq Poisoned water, illegal dams and even armed clashes: these days, fishing for precious barbels in Iraq's majestic river marshes involves navigating precarious waters. 750 words moved by Haydar Indhar. Picture. Video Saudi-diplomacy-politics,FOCUS RIYADH From Pakistan to Lebanon, Saudi Arabia is scaling back its famed chequebook diplomacy, a longstanding policy of splashing petro-dollars in exchange for influence, which observers say has yielded few tangible gains. 700 words moved by Anuj Chopra -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-economy-oil-corruption,FOCUS WARRI, Nigeria Investigators are looking for billions of dollars in missing or stolen funds from a Nigerian agency created to develop the oil-rich but impoverished Niger delta. 750 words moved by Perez Brisbe with Joel Olatunde Agoi in Lagos. Picture -- SPORT -- Tennis-Open-USA,WRAP NEW YORK Six-time winner Serena Williams enters the fray at a US Open like no other, being played without spectators and with stringent measures to prevent Covid-19 infections. 600 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Graphic eSports-MAS-Malaysia-rights,FOCUS PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia A rising eSports player has won a years-long battle for Malaysian citizenship, a victory that allows him to compete internationally and highlights problems faced by hundreds of thousands of stateless children in the country. 550 words moved by Patrick Lee. Picture. Video afp
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