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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump curbs immigration, UN warns of famine threat + Netflix sees record sign-ups during virus lockdown + US Senate approves new $480bn pandemic relief plan + Lebanon green-lights medical marijuana cultivation + Tooth Fairy will not catch virus, Fauci tells girl Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump partially blocked immigration to the United States "to protect American workers" from the economic shock of the coronavirus, as the United Nations warned the world was facing "a humanitarian catastrophe". 800 words 0700 GMT by Chris Lefkow with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-US-Netflix-internet-television-earnings-computers,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Netflix reports soaring profits as subscriptions surged by almost 16 million at the streaming television service during lockdowns to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Glenn Chapman. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live Video Health-virus-US-smallbusiness-aid-politics-Congress,3rdlead WASHINGTON The US Senate approves a bipartisan, nearly half-trillion-dollar coronavirus relief package, with funding earmarked for devastated small businesses, overwhelmed hospitals, and a ramp-up of testing nationwide during the pandemic. 650 words moved Lebanon-politics-protest-health-virus,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon's parliament votes to legalise growing marijuana for medical use, amid an economic crisis exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words moved by Layal Abou Rahal. Video. Picture Health-virus-US-Fauci-toothfairy-children WASHINGTON Top US health and infectious disease specialist Anthony Fauci reassures a young girl that the tooth fairy is not at risk of infection during the coronavirus pandemic. 200 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Canada-crime-shooting-homicide,WRAP OTTAWA A message of condolence from Queen Elizabeth II and musical tributes for the victims of the worst mass shooting in Canadian history pour in as the death toll rises to 23. 650 words moved by Michel Comte. File picture Health-virus-US-contact-tracing,FOCUS WASHINGTON Taiwan and South Korea have led the world in digital contact tracing for the COVID-19 pandemic -- an example the US with its emphasis on personal privacy and decentralized system of government is unlikely to be able to follow. 650 words moved by Ivan Couronne Health-virus-US-China-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON As thousands of Americans die from the new coronavirus, both President Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden are attacking China. One reason behind their strategy -- China has never been more disliked by the US public. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon Health-virus-US-doctors-psychology,FOCUS NEW YORK Battling to keep intensive care patients alive at a hospital in one of New York City's worst-affected coronavirus neighborhoods is taking a toll on nurse Debbie Sanchez's mental health. 650 words moved by Laura Bonilla. Video. File Picture Health-virus-US-medics,FOCUS WASHINGTON US health care workers who recovered from COVID-19 are returning to the front lines not knowing if the illness might affect them long term or whether they are really now immune. 650 words moved by Ivan Couronne Health-virus-US-politics-lifestyle,FOCUS SIOUX FALLS, United States For months, sparsely populated South Dakota watched as the coronavirus ravaged far-off coastal cities The state now has one of the largest outbreaks in the US, but its governor refuses to impose a lockdown. 700 words moved by Sebastian Duval. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- India-IT-Facebook-Jio,WRAP MUMBAI Facebook has taken a $5.7 billion stake in the Jio digital platforms business of India's richest man Mukesh Ambani, the two sides say, marking one of the biggest foreign investments in the country. 500 words 0700 GMT Health-virus-China-literature-rights,FOCUS BEIJING After Wuhan was sealed off from the world, acclaimed Chinese writer Fang Fang started an online diary about the coronavirus tragedy that drew tens of millions of readers. But now that her journal is about to be published in several languages abroad, she faces a nationalist backlash at home. 650 words 0800 GMT by Ludovic Ehret -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Gulf-Asia-migrants DUBAI The bodies of Asian migrants who die of coronavirus in the Gulf are being cremated or buried far from home instead of being repatriated, to prevent the spread of the disease. 650 words moved by Mohamad Ali Harissi. Picture. Video Health-virus-Turkey-religion-charity,SCENE ISTANBUL At the entrance of an Istanbul mosque, the racks usually reserved for the shoes of the faithful are loaded with pasta packages, oil bottles, biscuits -- supplies for those hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Cameroon-massacre-army-conflict,WRAP YAOUNDE Cameroon's presidency admits that three soldiers acting with militants killed 13 civilians including 10 children in an anglophone region in the west of the country in February. 450 words moved -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-oxygen,FOCUS PARIS As the coronavirus pandemic bears down on vulnerable nations in Africa and South Asia, experts say there are only weeks to help fill chronic shortages of what medics need to help peple breathe. 1,200 words moved by Kelly Macnamara -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- Britain-energy-oil-climate-BP,FOCUS LONDON Ten years after an oil spill that BP's new boss admits tested the company "to the core", the firm is facing two existential challenges: the collapse of prices and climate change. 600 words moved by Veronique Dupont. File picture -- SPORTS -- Fbl-GER-Bundesliga-Germany-health-virus BERLIN German football authorities are set to announce plans on Thursday for Bundesliga matches to restart on May 9 in empty stadiums, but the potential return in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic is meeting some opposition. 750 words moved. File picture afp
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