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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Tel: +1 202 414 0544 -- TOP STORIES -- + China's president meets virus patients, medics + Democrats lock horns ahead of New Hampshire vote + Half a million insect species face extinction + Thailand mourns 29 murdered by rogue soldier + South Korea hails Oscars bonanza for 'Parasite' China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING Chinese President Xi Jinping dons a face mask and has his temperature checked while visiting medical workers and patients affected by the deadly coronavirus that has killed more than 900 people. 800 words 1930 GMT by Helen Roxburgh and Jing Xuan Teng. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: China-health-virus-countries,FACTS China-health-virus,CHRONO US-politics-vote,WRAP MANCHESTER, New Hampshire After a weekend spent trading blows, leftist frontrunner Bernie Sanders and his youthful challenger Pete Buttigieg barnstorm New Hampshire in a frantic final push for Democratic votes in the state's decisive White House primary. 600 words 2200 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video. Graphic Environment-insects-agriculture-pollution-extinction PARIS Half of the one million animal and plant species on Earth facing extinction are insects, and their disappearance could be catastrophic for humankind, scientists say in a "warning to humanity". 550 words moved Thailand-crime-shooting NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand Grieving relatives of 29 people murdered by a rogue soldier in Thailand hold Buddhist prayer ceremonies, as questions multiply over how and why the unprecedented shooting spree happened. 500 words moved. Video. Live video. Picture Also moved: Thailand-army-crime-gunman,PROFILE SKorea-Entertainment-US-Oscars-film,REAX SEOUL South Koreans react with joy and stunned disbeliefto the historic best picture Oscar for "Parasite", with one film fan suggesting the feat should be recognised with a public holiday. 500 words moved. Picture Also moved: Entertainment-US-film-Oscars,WRAP Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-SKorea-Bong,PROFILE Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-SKorea-Parasite,FOCUS Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-moments,POINTS Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-music,POINTS Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-winners,FACTS -- CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK -- China-virus-health-Japan-ship,4thlead TOKYO Another 65 people aboard the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship moored off Japan are diagnosed with novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of known infections to 135. 600 words moved by Shingo Ito. Picture China-health-virus-France-Spain-Britain,FOCUS PARIS A British man managed to pass on the coronavirus to at least 11 other people without ever setting foot in the epicentre of the outbreak in China, in an infectious journey that shows how the deadly virus can spread rapidly around a globalised world. 650 words moved by Marie Wolfrom. Picture. Graphic China-health-virus-economy,FOCUS BEIJING Wang Li's guesthouse sits a stone's throw from the Great Wall, an idyllic setting for a weekend getaway. But in these uncertain times of the new coronavirus, Wang and her family are the only occupants. 800 words moved by Beiyi Seow. Video. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-China-military-hacking-Equifax,WRAP WASHINGTON The US indicts four Chinese military officials for the alleged hack of 145 million Americans' personal data from credit rating company Equifax. 700 words 2100 GMT by Paul Handley. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Germany-politics-parties,WRAP BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party and her plans to stay on until 2021 are plunged into disarray after her heir-apparent gave up her leadership ambitions in a deepening crisis over ties between the centre and far right. 650 words moved by Yacine Le Forestier. Picture. Video Also moved: Germany-politics-CDU-Kramp-Karrenbauer,PROFILE Germany-politics-Merkel-successors,FACTS Ireland-vote,WRAP DUBLIN Republican party Sinn Fein stands on the threshold of a potential role in Ireland's government after winning the popular vote in a weekend election, a result shattering the political landscape. 700 words 2230 GMT by Joe Stenson. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Ireland-vote-McDonald,PROFILE Ireland-vote-SinnFein,FACTS Europe-weather-storms,WRAP FRANKFURT, Germany Fierce winds and heavy rains claim at least six lives across northern Europe as Storm Ciara disrupts travel, grounds hundreds of flights, floods roads and leaves vast areas without power. 650 words 2000 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video -- MIDEAST -- Palestinian-Israel-conflict-diplomacy-UN,WRAP UNITED NATIONS The Palestinians have abandoned a request for a vote at the UN Security Council Tuesday that they hoped would reject the Middle East plan of President Donald Trump, whose administration has put heavy pressure on critics, diplomats say. 700 words 2000 GMT by Philippe Rater Syria-conflict,WRAP QAMINAS, Syria Syrian and Turkish forces exchange fire in another deadly clash in northwest Syria, where nearly 700,000 people have fled escalating violence in the last major opposition bastion. 750 words 1930 GMT by Omar Haj Kadour and Hashem Osseiran. Picture. Video. -- ASIA -- Taiwan-China-politics-military,Lead TAIPEI Taiwan scrambles fighter jets after Chinese military aircraft briefly cross into its airspace, the first major incursion since the island's Beijing-wary president was re-elected in January. 450 words moved. Picture -- AFRICA -- France-fraud-corruption-trial-EGuinea,WRAP PARIS The playboy son of Equatorial Guinea's leader is handed a 30-million-euro fine by a Paris court on top of a suspended jail term and the confiscation of his assets for embezzling public funds. 650 words moved by Juliette Montesse Also moved: EGuinea-France-fraud-corruption-trial-Obiang,PROFILE France-fraud-corruption-trial-EGuinea-Congo-Gabon,CHRONO Mali-conflict,WRAP BAMAKO Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita raises the prospect of talks with jihadists behind years of bloodshed, as troops redeploy to a symbolic northern city that has eluded government control since 2012. 650 words 2000 GMT by Serge Daniel. File picture. Video Nigeria-unrest-jihadists,WRAP Auno,NIGERIA Jihadists killed at least 30 people and abducted women and children in a raid in northeast Nigeria's restive Borno state, a regional government spokesman says. 550 words moved by Audu Abba Kurama with Aminu Abubakar in Kano. Picture. Video. Graphic -- ECONOMY -- US-economy-budget-politics-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON With months left before critical presidential elections, President Donald Trump is due to unveil a budget roadmap that abandons key deficit cutting promises based on lofty and unlikely economic assumptions. 650 words moved by Heather Scott US-EU-economy-trade-politics-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump says the time has come to pursue trade negotiations with the European Union which he said imposes "incredible" barriers to US goods. 500 words 1930 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture afp
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