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| - Duty Editor: Qasim Nauman Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Thailand soldier kills 21 in shooting rampage + China coronavirus death toll surges past 800 + Three-way tie in Irish election: exit poll + Democrats step up campaigning in New Hampshire + Hollywood awards season set for Oscars finale Thailand-crime-shooting,WRAP NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand A Thai soldier who killed 21 people in a shooting spree remains holed up in shopping mall with an unknown number of people feared trapped inside, despite repeated attempts by armed police to flush the gunman out. 700 words 0130 GMT by Dene Chen and Thanaporn Promyamyai. Picture. Video. Graphic China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING The death toll from the novel coronavirus surges past 800 in mainland China, overtaking the global fatalities in the 2002-03 SARS epidemic as the World Health Organization warns it is too early to say if the outbreak has peaked. 750 words 0230 GMT by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: China-health-virus-countries,FACTS Ireland-vote,WRAP DUBLIN Ireland's three main parties are tied neck-and-neck following a general election according to an exit poll, leaving the question of who will control the next government hanging in the balance. 750 words 0400 GMT by Joe Stenton. Picture. Live Video. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote,WRAP MANCHESTER, United States Democratic hopefuls fan out across snowy New Hampshire campaigning for the state's primary, stop two on the road to picking a challenger to President Donald Trump in November. 750 words 0300 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video. Graphic Entertainment-US-film-Oscars,WRAP HOLLYWOOD, United States Hollywood's awards season comes to a close at the Oscars, with war epic "1917" battling a South Korean thriller for glory as a row swirls over the lack of minorities on the night's star-studded nominee list. 700 words 0130 GMT by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video. Graphic We will also move: Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-nominees,FACTS Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-figures,POINTS Already moved: Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-museum -- ASIA-PACIFIC -- China-health-virus-HongKong-economy HONG KONG Traders in Hong Kong's border towns are lamenting plunging business during the coronavirus outbreak but some residents say they are enjoying the absence of crowds of Chinese mainlanders. 600 words 0330 GMT by Su Xinqi. Picture China-health-virus-vaccines,FOCUS SINGAPORE Scientists from the United States to Australia are using new technology in an ambitious, multi-million-dollar drive to develop a vaccine in record time to tackle China's coronavirus outbreak. 750 words 0300 GMT by Catherine Lai. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Trump-presidency,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's impeachment acquittal has delivered the White House a fresh coat of power, sparking worries over the rise of an "imperial presidency". 850 words 0130 GMT by Paul Handley. Picture. File Picture US-immigration-border-rights,FOCUS MARFA, United States It only took a moment for US Border Patrol agents to spot a flash of colour in a steep-sided canyon, then to identify a man in a black cap lying on a rock. 750 words 0130 GMT by Julia Benarrous. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- China-health-virus-France-Britain,WRAP PARIS Five British nationals including a child test positive for the new coronavirus in France after they had all stayed at the same ski chalet in a case centred on a Briton who returned from Singapore. 650 words moved Also moved: China-health-virus-France,FOCUS Germany-politics-parties,WRAP BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel dismisses a member of her government as she grapples with a crisis gripping her coalition after regional MPs from her conservative party sided with the far right in a key vote. 550 words moved. File Picture Switzerland-homosexuality-referendum,WRAP GENEVA Switzerland votes in a referendum on a new law against homophobia that is opposed by the populist right-wing Swiss People's Party. 450 words 0200 GMT by Dario Thuburn. Picture. Video Azerbaijan-parliament-vote,WRAP BAKU Azerbaijan holds early legislative elections decried by the opposition as a sham vote that will strengthen President Ilham Aliyev's grip on power without bringing any real change. 650 words 0230 GMT by Elman Mamedov Also moving: Azerbaijan-vote-history-arts-religion-facts -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict-Idlib,SCENE MAARET MISRIN, Syria Exhausted from days of driving in search of shelter in northwestern Syria, 38-year-old Ghossoon says she has no idea where her family will go after fleeing regime and Russian bombardment. 750 words 0300 GMT by Aaref Wated. Picture. Video Already moved: Syria-conflict,WRAP -- AFRICA -- Cameroon-politics-vote,WRAP YAOUNDE Cameroon votes in polls overshadowed by separatist violence which has displaced hundreds of thousands of people, and a partial opposition boycott. 550 words 0330 GMT by Joseph Sotinel. Picture. Video AU-diplomacy-summit ADDIS ABABA African heads of state gather at the headquarters of the African Union for a summit meeting due to focus on how the body can play a more prominent role in resolving conflicts proliferating across the continent. 600 words 0330 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet Nigeria-transport-social-economy,FOCUS LAGOS Even before a sudden controversial ban on motorcycle taxis and tricycles in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, crippling traffic jams were a daily ordeal for its more than 20 million inhabitants. 600 words 0400 GMT by Celia Lebur. File Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Spirit-Awards,WRAP LOS ANGELES Chinese-American film "The Farewell" delivers a rebuke to its Oscars snub at the Spirit Awards, as South Korea's "Parasite" added a final burst of momentum to its much-hyped Academy Awards challenge. 650 words 0130 GMT by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Fskate-assault-investigation-France-FRA-Gailhaguet-resign,WRAP PARIS The under-fire president of France's ice skating federation Didier Gailhaguet resigns over accusations that a former national coach raped a top skater when she was in her teens. 550 words moved by Elodie Soinard and Andrea Bambino. Picture. Video afp
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