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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Global virus deaths surpass 1 million + Trump avoided taxes for years: report + Judge halts Trump TikTok download ban + Armenia, Azerbaijan 'on brink of war' + Heat beat Celtics to reach NBA Finals Health-virus,WRAP PARIS More than one million people have died from coronavirus, according to an AFP toll, after the deadly disease emerged less than a year ago in China and swept around the globe. 850 words 0600 GMT by Simon Malfatto. Graphic. Picture. Video. Live video. US-vote-debate,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump faces allegations that he paid little or no income tax for years before he came to power, as his cloudy financial past stoke controversy ahead of the first election debate. 800 words moved by Ben Sheppard. Picture Also moving: US-vote-debate-tax,FACTS US-China-IT-politics-court-TikTok,WRAP WASHINGTON TikTok wins a last-minute reprieve as a US federal judge halts enforcement of a politically charged ban ordered by the Trump administration on downloads of the popular video app, hours before it was set to take effect. 750 words moved by Rob Lever Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict,WRAP YEREVAN At least 24 people die after clashes between arch foes Armenia and Azerbaijan, with the latest violence in the decades-long territorial dispute sparking international calls to halt the fighting. 850 words moved by Mariam Harutyunyan with Emil Guliyev in Baku. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Azerbaijan-Armenia-conflict,BACKGROUND Basket-NBA,WRAP MIAMI The Miami Heat pour it on in the fourth quarter to beat the Boston Celtics 125-113 and book a NBA Finals showdown with the Los Angeles Lakers. 650 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-court-health-Biden,lead WASHINGTON Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden accuses Donald Trump of rushing to install a new Supreme Court justice to "eliminate the entire Affordable Care Act," known as Obamacare, in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic. 400 words moved US-vote-politics-debate,FOCUS NEW YORK With just over a month before the US presidential election, Donald Trump and Joe Biden are set to take the debate stage Tuesday, the first show pitting the rivals against each other that's sure to have millions of Americans glued to their screens. 800 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. File picture US-vote-registration-sports-NBA,FOCUS CLEVELAND, Ohio New Cleveland resident Steven Catudal was eager to register to vote in his adopted state of Ohio. He found an unlikely ally to thank for smoothing that process during a turbulent election year: basketball superstar LeBron James. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture Canada-China-US-court-extradition VANCOUVER Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou and her lawyers return to a Canadian court to press for her release, arguing the US misled Canada about her alleged crimes to secure her detention on foreign soil. 650 words 0530 GMT by David Ball -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India,2ndlead NEW DELHI India reports its sixth millionth coronavirus case as its surging numbers take it closer to the United States as the most-infected nation, but authorities press on with efforts to ignite the economy. 600 words 0600 GMT by Aishwarya Kumar. Picture. Video Thailand-sport-health-longboard BANGKOK Cruising on an empty Bangkok highway, 63-year-old Nongluck Chairuettichai -- the oldest member of Thailand's longboard national team -- says taking up the sport set her on the road to recovery from breast cancer. 450 words moved by Dene-Hern Chen. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- US-vote-politics-Germany-China,INTERVIEW BERLIN Europe and the United States need to face up to a "new Cold War with China" together, regardless of who wins the White House in November, Germany's point man on transatlantic ties tells AFP. 650 words moved by Deborah Cole Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP MINSK Belarusian police detain around 200 people as tens of thousands take to the streets in support of protest figure Svetlana Tikhanovskaya days after the country's strongman president staged a secret inauguration. 700 words moved by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Greece-migrants ATHENS Greek officials announce the first coronavirus death in a migrant camp near Athens, as refugee groups step up criticism of the containment policy of the Greek government and Europe. 550 words by Katerina Nikolopoulou. File picture. Switzerland-vote-immigration-EU-politics,WRAP GENEVA Swiss voters reject efforts to slash immigration from the EU, leaving free movement in the heart of Europe intact, and embrace offering paid paternity leave for the first time. 650 words moved by Nina Larson. File Picture. File Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Turkey-Kurds-water-history-tourism,FOCUS HASANKEYF, Turkey Just two roofs poke through the vast expanse of an artificial lake that has swallowed a Turkish town whose caves and pre-Ottoman ruins once drew in global tourists. 725 words moved by Raziya Akkoc. Picture. Video Egypt-history,FOCUS CAIRO Fifty years after Gamal Abdel Nasser's death, controversy over the legacy of the charismatic Egyptian president who championed Arab unity lives on in Egypt as deep divisions beset the Middle East. 700 words moved by Menna Zaki. File picture Sudan-economy-exiles,FOCUS KHARTOUM After 33 years in exile, El Sadig Mohamed gave up the easy life in Canada to return to help rebuild Sudan as it emerges from three decades of autocratic rule. 650 words moved by Sammy Ketz. Picture. Video Lebanon-politics PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron ups the pressure on Lebanon's leaders to form a government in the wake of the Beirut port blast, saying their lack of progress represented a "collective betrayal". 750 words moved by Stuart Williams and Didier Lauras with Bachir El Khoury in Beirut. Picture. -- AFRICA -- Mali-politics-coup-unrest-PM,2ndlead BAMAKO Mali's interim president Bah Ndaw named former Malian foreign minister Moctar Ouane as prime minister, opening the way for the country's neighbours to lift sanctions imposed after its August military coup. 400 words moved -- BUSINESS, ECONOMY & TECH -- US-China-politics-technology-semiconductor-SMIC,WRAP HONG KONG Shares in China's biggest chip maker plunge following reports that Washington has imposed export controls on the company, the latest salvo in the battle for technological dominance over Beijing. 500 words 0800 GMT by Jerome Taylor -- SPORT -- Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Roland Garros gets underway in the "ridiculous" chill and damp of Paris with Victoria Azarenka walking off court, complaining that it was "too cold" to play, before Stan Wawrinka brushes aside fellow three-time major winner Andy Murray in the day's marquee clash. 750 words moved by Dave James. Picture Also moved: Tennis-FRA-Open,SCENE Auto-Prix-RUS-stewards-Hamilton-Mercedes SOCHI, Russia Lewis Hamilton accuses stewards at the Russian Grand Prix of "trying to stop me" after he was handed two five-second penalties that wrecked his hopes of a record-equalling 91st victory. 550 words moved Fbl-ESP-Liga-Messi,lead MADRID Lionel Messi scores in his first game since trying to leave Barcelona as Ronald Koeman begins his tenure as coach by overseeing a 4-0 Liga demolition of Villarreal. 600 words moved by Tom Allnutt. Picture afp
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