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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Global virus surge forces fresh lockdowns + Knife-edge presidential poll grips Poland + Deadly China floods nearing record levels + Texas man dies of virus after COVID party Health-virus,WRAP JOHANNESBURG South Africa re-imposes a nationwide curfew while Spain's Catalonia region forces hundreds of thousands of residents back into lockdown as coronavirus cases accelerate in many parts of the world. 750 words moved by Susan Njanji with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Poland-vote,WRAP WARSAW Right-wing populist and Trump ally Andrzej Duda leads by a narrow margin against his europhile challenger in Poland's presidential election, an exit poll indicates. 650 words moved by Anna Maria Jakubek. Video. Picture. Graphic China-floods-disaster,lead SHANGHAI Flooding across large swathes of central and eastern China that have killed more than 140 people are hitting record levels in some areas, with authorities warning the worst is yet to come. 500 words 0600 GMT by Dan Martin. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-youth NEW YORK A 30-year-old man from Texas who believed the coronavirus was a hoax dies after attending a "COVID-19" party hosted by an infected person, a doctor reveals. 250 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US WASHINGTON The Trump administration presses for full school reopenings in the fall, even as resurgent COVID-19 infections raise mounting criticism that a premature return to classes could pose a danger of greater spread of the disease. 800 words moved by Brian Knowlton. File Picture -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Kenya-tourism,FOCUS TALEK, Kenya In the majestic plains of the Maasai Mara, the coronavirus pandemic spells economic disaster for locals who earn a living from tourists coming to see Kenya's abundant wildlife. 700 words moved by Francois Ausseill. Video by Celine Clery Health-virus-SAfrica,2ndlead JOHANNESBURG South African President Cyril Ramaphosa re-imposes a night curfew and suspends alcohol sales as coronavirus infections spike and the health system risk being overwhelmed. 450 words moved. File picture Mali-politics-unrest,WRAP BAMAKO A Malian protest leader calls for calm after four more people were killed during demonstrations calling for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's resignation, the West African country's worst civil unrest in years. 800 words moved by Serge Daniel and Amaury Hauchard. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- NMacedonia-vote-politics,ADVANCER SKOPJE North Macedonia heads to the polls to elect a government in the midst of a resurgence of coronavirus cases, which has fuelled a bitter blame-game between rival camps. 650 words moved by Darko Duridanski. Picture. Video Also moved: NMacedonia-vote-politics,PROFILE NMacedonia-vote-politics,FACTS Azerbaijan-Armenia-conflict,lead BAKU Arch-foes Armenia and Azerbaijan trade accusations of launching a military offensive using artillery fire along their shared border, with Baku reporting two troops killed. 500 words moved by Emil Guliyev with Mariam Harutyunyan in Yerevan Poland-puma-offbeat,lead WARSAW A former Polish soldier who fled into a forest with his pet puma to avoid handing it over to a zoo turns himself in to police after a three-day manhunt. 350 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST -- Turkey-court-HagiaSophia-religion,FACTS NICOSIA Istanbul's Hagia Sophia is to reopen as a mosque after an almost nine-decade hiatus in the latest tussle with Christianity over religious sites. The move is the most recent of many such conversions over the centuries. 700 words moved by Haro Chakmakjian. Picture. File picture -- SPORTS -- Fbl-Eur-C1-ENG-Pr-ManCity LONDON Manchester City's Abu-Dhabi project and the future of UEFA's financial fair play (FFP) rules face a pivotal day when the Court of Arbitration for Sport delivers its verdict on City's appeal against a two-season ban from European competitions. 700 words moved by Kieran Canning afp
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