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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Wuhan re-opens but US, Britain see record virus tolls + US Navy chief quits over virus outbreak on carrier + Ronaldinho swaps jail for hotel in fake passport row + Paris bans daytime jogging in virus lockdown fight + Sushi role: Japanese women chefs fight for recognition Health-virus,WRAP WUHAN, China Thousands of relieved citizens stream out of China's Wuhan after authorities lifted months of lockdown at the coronavirus epicentre, offering some hope to the world despite record deaths in Europe and the United States. 750 words 0730 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng with Chris Lefkow in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-US-politics-defence,2ndlead WASHINGTON US Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigns over his mishandling of an outbreak of the coronavirus on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, Defense Secretary Mark Esper announces. 550 words moved. File Picture Fbl-PAR-BRA-Ronaldinho-corruption,WRAP ASUNCION A Paraguayan judge orders the release of Brazilian football great Ronaldinho and his brother into house arrest while they await trial on charges of using false passports to enter the country. 450 words moved Picture. Video Health-virus-France,3rdlead PARIS Paris bans daytime jogging to keep people from bending anti-coronavirus lockdown rules as France breaches 10,000 deaths due to the outbreak. 600 words moved by Mariette Le Roux. Picture. Video Japan-food-gender-sushi,FOCUS TOKYO Women have warm hands, their periods alter their sense of taste and they can't work long hours -- just some of the claims from those in Japan who believe women can't be sushi chefs. 800 words moved by Natsuko Fukue. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-China-Wuhan,WRAP WUHAN, China Voicing joy and excitement from behind face masks, tens of thousands of people flee Wuhan after a 76-day travel ban is lifted on the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic first emerged. 650 words 0630 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng. Picture. Video Health-virus-condoms-Malaysia,FOCUS KUALA LUMPUR A global condom shortage is looming as the coronavirus pandemic shutters factories and disrupts supply chains, the world's top maker of the contraceptives said, with the United Nations warning of "devastating" consequences. 700 words moved by Sam Reeves with Beiyi Seow in Beijing. Picture. Video Health-virus-Japan-emergency-economy,FACTS TOKYO Japan is unleashing economic stimulus measures worth around $1 trillion as it battles the coronavirus outbreak. Here are the key items. 550 words 0630 GMT by Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture SKorea-NKorea-politics-vote-diplomacy,INTERVIEW SEOUL For decades, Thae Yong Ho served the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, as the North is officially known, rising to become its deputy ambassador to London before defecting. Now he is standing for election in the South's multi-party democracy. 700 words moved by Sunghee Hwang. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-politics-vote-Wisconsin,WRAP MILWAUKEE Wisconsin controversially holds its presidential primary as planned, contradicting a state-wide stay-at-home order and defying concern that the election could expose thousands of masked voters and poll workers to the coronavirus. 700 words moved by Kamil Krzaczynski with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture Health-virus-US-beauty-hair,FOCUS WASHINGTON The economy may have slowed and normal life come to a standstill, but in the world of hair, a follicle free-for-all unencumbered by coronavirus has Americans asking one critical question -- to cut or not to cut? 650 words 0530 GMT by Charlotte Plantive. File Picture Health-virus-US-women-pregnancy,FOCUS WASHINGTON Like many expectant mothers, Gina Conley is nervous. But there is a lot more to worry about these days, with a virulent outbreak overwhelming hospitals and convincing pregnant women to opt for the relative safety of a home birth. 800 words moved by Daxia Rojas. Picture. Video We have also moved: Health-virus-Haïti-prison,FOCUS Health-virus-Uruguay-Australia-NZealand-ship,FOCUS Health-virus-US-economy-loans-wage,WRAP Health-virus-US-IT-disinformation-Facebook-WhatsApp Health-virus-US-race,FOCUS WASHINGTON The new coronavirus isn't picky about who it infects -- so why does data emerging from some states suggest that African Americans are bearing the brunt of the pandemic in the US? 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video US-Japan-IT-invest-SoftBank-WeWork-court,lead WASHINGTON Office-sharing giant WeWork sues SoftBank claiming the Japan-based technology investment group breached its contractual obligations by backing out of a $3 billion rescue plan. 500 words moved Health-virus-US-internet-music,FOCUS NEW YORK This is TikTok's time. The social video platform which was already a favorite of teens is increasingly being used by adults looking for ways to pass the time during coronavirus lockdowns. 750 words 0530 GMT by Thomas Urbain. File Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain-Johnson LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spends a second night in intensive care battling the coronavirus which has infected more than 55,000 across the country and killed nearly 6,200. 800 words 0800 GMT by Alice Ritchie and Phil Hazlewood. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live video Also moved: Health-virus-Britain-Johnson,CHRONO Health-virus-Britain-politics-government,Q&A Health-virus-Britain-EU-mortality Health-virus-EU-economy,WRAP Health-virus-Turkey,FOCUS ISTANBUL President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stepped up measures to stem rapidly growing coronavirus cases in Turkey but his refusal to impose a full lockdown to keep the economy afloat is drawing criticism. 600 words moved by Gokan Gunes. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Kuwait-quarantine,FOCUS KUWAIT CITY The meat is too fatty and the staff are slow to clean up coffee stains -- some Kuwaitis quarantined in five-star hotels due to the coronavirus outbreak have a litany of complaints. 600 words moved. File picture Health-virus-Egypt-poverty,FOCUS CAIRO Haggard and dishevelled from the stress of making ends meet, day labourers line up in Cairo for food parcels after losing their jobs to the sharp downturn caused by the coronavirus. 650 words moved by Farid Farid. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Palestinians-Israel,FOCUS -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Kenya-quarantine,FOCUS NAIROBI Hundreds of people held under mandatory quarantine in Kenya after returning from abroad are up in arms after the government extends their confinement for another 14 days. 550 words moved by Francois Ausseill. Picture -- SPORT -- Cricket-IND-stadium-virus-health NEW DELHI There is no larger symbol of the global sports shutdown than cricket's 110,000-seater Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad, opened by US President Donald Trump in February, but yet to see a ball bowled. 550 words moved by Faisal Kamal. File picture Also moved: Fbl-health-virus-ENG-PR-wages,WRAP Fbl-WC-2018-2022-QAT-RUS-FIFA-corruption,WRAP DOHA Qatar and Russia hit back at allegations of bribery after US prosecutors accused them of paying millions in bribes for the rights to host the 2018 and 2022 tournaments. 550 words moved by Greg Walton. File picture afp
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