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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Top US expert warns deadly to reopen too soon + Newborns killed in Afghan maternity ward attack + US Supreme Court debates Trump's tax case + Russia probes ventilators as hospital fire kills five + France's 'little museums' ready for limelight Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The top US virus expert warns against easing lockdowns too quickly as Russia and India defy surging death tolls to start getting back to work. 850 words 2100 GMT by Issam Ahmed with AFP bureaus. Photo. Video. Graphic Afghanistan-unrest-hospital,WRAP KABUL Afghanistan's floundering peace process appears further in peril, with security forces ordered to resume offensive operations against the Taliban after a shocking attack on a maternity ward and a suicide blast claimed by the Islamic State group. 850 words 2000 GMT by Emal Haidary with Tom Watkins in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-justice-Trump-taxes,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Supreme Court takes up the most politically charged case of the year which may define the limits of presidential immunity -- Donald Trump's refusal to turn over his tax returns and financial records to Congress and a New York prosecutor. 700 words 2000 GMT by Charlotte Plantive. File picture Health-virus-Russia-hospital-fire,3rdlead SAINT PETERSBURG Officials launched a probe into ventilators used at some Russian medical facilities after five coronavirus patients, including three attached to the breathing machines, died in a fire at a Saint Petersburg hospital. 500 words moved by Marina Koreneva. Picture. Video Health-virus-France-museums,FOCUS PARIS Often overlooked by tourists flocking to the Louvre, the Centre Pompidou and other superstar museums, France's more intimate galleries and cultural sites are preparing to open their doors as the coronavirus lockdown is progressively lifted. 650 words moved by Jean-Louis de la Vaissiere. File picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON The US government's top infectious disease expert warns Congress that ending lockdowns too quickly could bring "really serious" consequences including new outbreaks of coronavirus just as the country tries to overcome the pandemic. 800 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Russia-Moscow,SCENE MOSCOW Moscow commuters wear compulsory masks and gloves as they ride a city bus, saying they are relieved at a partial return to work despite the country's soaring coronavirus rate. 700 words moved by Romain Colas. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Russia,2ndlead -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-WestBank-US,WRAP YAABAD, Palestinian Territories The Israeli army suffers its first fatality this year when a Palestinian stone-thrower kills a soldier in the occupied West Bank, a day before US-Israeli talks on annexation. 580 words moved. Picture Israel-Iran-Syria-conflict-Lebanon,FOCUS JERUSALEM Comments last week from an unnamed Israeli defence official that Iran was reducing its presence in Syria sparked fierce debate about Tehran's next moves and how the Jewish state should respond. 700 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee Egypt-culture-politics,FOCUS CAIRO In a bustling square of Egypt's capital, four sphinx-like statues stand in wooden crates ahead of a planned unveiling ceremony following their controversial transfer from historical sites. 650 words moved by Bassem Aboualabass. Picture Syria-conflict-Idlib-displaced-Ramadan,VIDEOESSAY KILLI, Syria In the dark between tents of Syrians displaced by war, Ramadan drummer Abdelfattah al-Bayour bangs on a saucepan, calling on his neighbours to wake up for a last meal before dawn. 490 words moved by Aaref Watad. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Iran,lead Health-virus-Mideast-waste,VIDEOESSAY BEIRUT From Beirut to Gaza, the disposable masks and gloves that remain in high demand to protect people from the coronavirus now litter the streets, adding to pollution and potentially posing a health risk of their own. 500 words moved. File picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-Niger-refugee-unrest,WRAP ABIDJAN Over 40,000 people have fled violence in recent weeks by armed groups in northwestern Nigeria near the border with Niger, a region prone to communal clashes between herders and farmers, the UN refugee agency says. 500 words moved Health-virus-SAfrica-tobacco-politics-court,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG South African smokers rejoiced last month as President Cyril Ramaphosa lifted a ban on tobacco sales imposed as part of draconian measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words moved by Beatrice Debut. File Picture Health-virus-Ethiopia-pandemic-doctors,FOCUS ADDIS ABABA Every weekday at noon, radio host Mehret Debebe heads to his studio for a live call-in show devoted to a single topic: what the coronavirus means for Ethiopia. 900 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. File picture. Video -- ASIA -- India-health-virus-economy,2ndlead NEW DELHI India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveils a stimulus package worth 10 percent of the country's GDP to boost labourers and small businesses as the economy reels from the coronavirus pandemic and a weeks-long lockdown. 600 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava, Jalees Andrabi, with Vishal Manve in Mumbai. Picture. Video Also moved: Virus-health-India,3rdlead Australia-China-trade-agriculture-health-virus,3rdlead SYDNEY China suspends imports from four major Australian beef suppliers, just weeks after Beijing's ambassador warned of a consumer boycott in retaliation for Canberra's push to probe the origins of the coronavirus. 750 words moved by Andrew Leeson with Ludovic Ehret in Beijing Australia-crime-gay-homicide-arrest,lead SYDNEY More than 30 years after American Scott Johnson was killed in a suspected gay hate crime in Australia, police say they have arrested and charged a man with his murder. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Saudi-Aramco-earnings-health-virus,WRAP RIYADH Energy giant Saudi Aramco posts a 25 percent slump in first-quarter profit and says the coronavirus crisis which triggered a crash in oil prices will weigh heavily on demand in the year ahead. 700 words moved US-stocks-unemployment-health-virus,FOCUS NEW YORK After a bruising March, Wall Street stocks have risen steadily despite spiking US unemployment and weakening consumer confidence. Why doesn't the stock market reflect the devastation of the coronavirus on the US economy? 700 words moved by Juliette Michel -- SPORTS -- Fbl-Health-virus-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Premier League clubs face having to pay a huge refund to broadcasters even if they manage to complete the coronavirus-disrupted season behind closed doors. 650 words moved by Kieran Canning. File Picture Also moved: Cricket-IND-IPL-virus-health,INTERVIEW afp
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