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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + US overtakes China, Italy with most virus cases + G20 pledges $5tn in 'united' response to crisis + Venezuela's Maduro indicted for narco-terrorism + Italy's dead overwhelm morgues, toll tops 8,000 + Can dogs be trained to sniff out coronavirus? Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States now has more COVID-19 infections than any other country, and a record number of newly unemployed people as the coronavirus crisis deepens around the world. 800 words 0530 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-G20 RIYADH G20 nations pledge a "united front" in the fight against coronavirus, saying they are injecting $5 trillion into the global economy to counter the coronavirus pandemic amid forecasts of a deep recession. 750 words moved by Anuj Chopra. Picture. Video Health-virus-Italy BERGAMO, Italy An overwhelmed Italian city at the heart of the coronavirus pandemic sends its dead to nearby towns for cremation as the country's world-leading toll tops 8,000. 600 words moved by Piero Cruciatti and Dmitry Zaks in Rome. Picture US-Venezuela-politics-crime-drugs-terrorism,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States indicts Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and several top aides for "narco-terrorism" and offers a $15 million reward for information leading to his capture. 700 words moved by Paul Handley. File picture Health-virus-Britain-dogs LONDON A British charity has teamed up with scientists to see whether dogs could help detect COVID-19 through their keen sense of smell. 350 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Brazil-politics-religion BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro decrees places of worship are "essential services" that must be exempted from coronavirus confinement orders, the far-right leader's latest jab at aggressive containment measures. 400 words moved. File picture Health-virus-Brazil-politics,INTERVIEW SAO PAULO The leader at the epicenter of Brazil's COVID-19 battle says President Jair Bolsonaro is "washing his hands" of the new coronavirus, and he doesn't mean that in the "Safe Hands Challenge" kind of way. 500 words 0600 GMT by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video Health-virus-treatment-drugs,FOCUS WASHINGTON Could a pair of decades-old, relatively inexpensive drugs be the solution to the novel coronavirus pandemic? 850 words moved by Issam Ahmed Health-virus-Haiti-cancer,FOCUS PORT-AU PRINCE Thousands of Haitian cancer patients seek treatment abroad and their lives could now be at risk because of the coronavirus crisis -- but not from the actual virus itself. 650 words moved by Amelie Baron. Picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-China BEIJING China reports more than 50 new "imported" coronavirus cases, hours after announcing a ban on foreigners entering the country. 400 words moved by Helen Roxburgh Health-virus-China-economy-masks,FOCUS BEIJING As the coronavirus pandemic that originated in a central Chinese city has gone global, thousands of factories in China have nimbly turned to a new and very profitable market -- face masks for export. 700 words moved by Qian Ye and Helen Roxburgh. File Picture Health-virus-India-discrimination,FOCUS NEW DELHI They have been hailed as India's coronavirus "heroes", but doctors, nurses, delivery drivers and other frontline workers have been attacked and in some cases evicted from their homes by panicked residents. 650 words moved by Aishwarya Kumar and Jalees Andrabi with Ammu Kannampilly and Vishal Manve in Mumbai. File Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-summit-EU-virus,WRAP BRUSSELS EU leaders give eurozone finance ministers a fortnight to come up with a stronger response to the economic havoc wrought by the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words moved by Celine Le Prioux and Dave Clark. Picture. Video Health-virus-France-toll,2ndlead PARIS The mother of France's youngest coronavirus victim has spoken of the "unbearable" loss of her 16-year-old daughter, as the country reports its highest daily toll from the pandemic. 550 words moved Health-virus-Britain-clothing-economy-manufacturing,FOCUS STRABANE, United Kingdom As other factories fall silent due to the coronavirus, the din of production continues at O'Neills sportswear factory in Northern Ireland, where staff have pivoted to making scrubs and facemasks for besieged healthcare workers. 450 words moved by Paul Faith. Picture. Video Health-virus-Hungary-politics,FOCUS BUDAPEST A "dictatorship" at the heart of the EU? A draft law to grant anti-coronavirus emergency measures set for adoption by Budapest has alarmed observers who fear it will hand Prime Minister Viktor Orban unlimited power. 750 words moved by Peter Murphy and Sophie Makris in Vienna -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Syria-conflict-Damascus,SCENE DAMASCUS On a deserted street in the old city of Damascus, the new coronavirus has forced salesmen like Ahmad to close up shop indefinitely for the first time in Syria's war. 750 words moved by Maher al-Mounes. Picture. Video Health-virus-aviation-Mideast,FOCUS DUBAI As coronavirus grounds airlines, plunging the industry into unprecedented crisis, Middle East carriers that have been in the red for years must urgently tap assistance from governments facing their own revenue slump. 750 words moved by Omar Hasan with Gregory Walton in Qatar -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Africa,WRAP JOHANNESBURG South Africa comes under a nationwide military-patrolled lockdown, joining other African countries imposing strict curfews and shutdowns in an attempt to halt the spread of the coronavirus across the continent. 800 words moved by Sofia Christensen with AFP African bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Mali-election-virus,ADVANCER BAMAKO Malians vote Sunday in a long-delayed parliamentary election, despite a raging jihadist conflict, the recent kidnap of a leading opposition politician and the global coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved by Amaury Hauchard -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- Commodities-energy-oil-price-storage,ANALYSIS LONDON Global oil storage capacity is under intense pressure due to booming output from Saudi Arabia and the United States while the coronavirus outbreak slams the world economy and crude demand. 550 words moved by Benoit Pelegrin. File picture -- SPORTS -- Fbl-Asia-CHN-health-virus-China,FOCUS SHANGHAI With nagging concerns about coronavirus sweeping through teams and players scattered across the world, unable or hesitant to return, China is finding that restarting football is no simple matter. 600 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File picture afp
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