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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + 'Keep fighting', rights leader tells Floyd service + Brazil virus toll surges to third-highest in world + Lancet retracts study on hydroxychloroquine safety + Trump voices optimism following Iran prisoner swap + Madagascar minister axed over COVID candy comments US-politics-race-unrest,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Hundreds of mourners join in an emotional memorial service for George Floyd, the African-American man killed by police last week, as civil rights leader Al Sharpton vows mass protests will continue until "we change the whole system of justice" in the United States. 850 words moved by Joy Powell with Andrew Marszal in Los Angeles. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-race-unrest-Sharpton,PROFILE Health-virus,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil's death toll from the new coronavirus surpasses Italy's to become the third-highest in the world, as the UN secretary-general calls for a "people's vaccine" to stem the pandemic. 800 words 0530 GMT by Joshua Berger and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-hydroxychloroquine-retraction,WRAP WASHINGTON The Lancet retracts a study that raised safety fears over the use of a drug favored by President Donald Trump to treat COVID-19, after the paper's authors said they could no longer vouch for its underlying data. 750 words moved by Issam Ahmed. File picture US-Iran-prisoners-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump voices hope for progress with arch-rival Iran after the clerical regime releases a US Navy veteran and the United States frees two Iranians. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture Madagascar-politics-health-virus ANTANANARIVO Madagascar's education minister is sacked after announcing a plan to buy sweets for students to take the edge off the "bitter taste" of a herbal tea the president says is a coronavirus remedy. 150 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-unrest-race-disinformation,FOCUS WASHINGTON George Floyd's death was staged. Authorities cut communications in the US capital. People can be paid to be a "professional anarchist." False information and conspiracy theories such as these are spreading online as the United States grapples with widespread anger over police violence against African Americans. 700 words moved by WG Dunlop US-politics-race-unrest-internet,FOCUS WASHINGTON Dinanda Pramesti, a 26-year-old communications worker, drops off bags of food and supplies for protestors at a demonstration in Washington, heeding an urgent call made through a social media group. 550 words 0530 GMT by Camille Camdessus. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-racism-music-Kidjo,INTERVIEW NEW YORK Angelique Kidjo, the Beninese vocalist lauded worldwide for her activism and harmonized global sound, says that COVID-19 exposes capitalism's failings, as anti-racism protests underscore that "silence is complacency." 700 words 0600 GMT by Maggy Donaldson. Video US-politics-race-unrest-nurses,FOCUS NEW YORK New York nurses and doctors, hailed as heroes for fighting the coronavirus outbreak, are denouncing racial segregation in the public health system by joining the George Floyd protests. 500 words moved by Laura Bonilla. Picture. Video US-politics-unrest-race-military,FOCUS WASHINGTON Secretary of Defense Mark Esper's rebuff of President Donald Trump over deploying troops to quell protests and sharp blasts from previous Pentagon leaders including Jim Mattis have left Trump's relations with the US military dangerously frayed. 750 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture US-politics-race-unrest-economy-discrimination-health-virus,FOCUS WASHINGTON Downtown Washington gleams with wealth, but as he stands in a crowd protesting at the White House, Justin Monroe, who is African American, doubts he will ever share in that prosperity. 750 words moved by Chris Stein. Picture Health-virus-Haiti-misinformation,FOCUS CITE SOLEIL, Haiti On paper, Haiti so far has everything it needs to battle the coronavirus crisis but in reality, the population's skepticism about whether the contagion even exists has led to a quickly mounting death toll. 800 words 0630 GMT by Amelie Baron. Picture -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-unrest-refugee-Canada-Taiwan,FOCUS HONG KONG Hong Kong protester Crystal has yet to tell her parents she has fled overseas to seek asylum in Canada, one of a growing number of residents choosing self-imposed exile as Beijing tightens control. 850 words moved by Jerome Taylor and Yan Zhao with Sean Chang in Taipei. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US-diplomacy,FOCUS OTNIEL, Palestinian Territories As the Israeli government mulls annexing parts of the occupied West Bank, some settlers fear being forgotten and more isolated than ever, engulfed by a new Palestinian state. 770 words moved by Alexandra Vardi. Picture. Video. Health-virus-Lebanon-literature,INTERVIEW NICOSIA Lebanese novelist Jabbour Douaihy says the coronavirus pandemic, like past epidemics and wars, will feed the imagination of novelists. 630 words moved by Laure Al-Khoury. Picture. Video. -- EUROPE -- Sweden-China-diplomacy-rights-trial STOCKHOLM Sweden's former ambassador to Beijing goes on trial in Stockholm accused of overstepping her mandate by trying to negotiate the release of a Chinese-Swedish dissident held in China. 500 words moved by Johannes Ledel -- SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT -- Health-virus-Ecuador-Galapagos-environment,FOCUS QUITO As much of Ecuador went into lockdown against the coronavirus, scientists shipped out of the Galapagos, leaving important research activity frozen and the Pacific archipelago's tourism in deep crisis. 600 words 0600 GMT by Paola Lopez. File picture. File video -- LIFESTYLE AND ENTERTAINMENT -- Health-virus-Canada-entertainment-circus-Cirque,FOCUS MONTREAL Its shows cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an already heavily indebted Cirque du Soleil's fight for survival has invited an intense backstage battle to try to save the Canadian cultural icon. 650 words 0600 GMT by Jacques Lemieux. File picture -- SPORTS -- Oly-2020-volley-CHN-Zhu,FOCUS SHANGHAI Zhu Ting stands tall in China -- and not just because she is a towering 1.98 metres (6ft 6ins). The 25-year-old farmer's daughter has emerged from a poor village life to become a totem of the sporting ambitions of the world's most populous country. 700 words 0600 GMT by Peter Stebbings. File picture Cricket-PAK-fixing-anniversary,FOCUS KARACHI, Pakistan When Mohammad Amir bowled a no-ball against England on the opening day of the 2010 Test at Lord's, no one could have imagined his long stride past the crease marked the first step in a historic fixing scandal. 650 words moved by Shahid Hashmi. File picture afp
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