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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: jenny.vaughan@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Europe still 'in eye of virus storm' + US job losses soar again + S. Korea ruling party wins landslide vote + WWII vet raises $16mn for health workers Health-virus,WRAP LONDON Parts of Europe move cautiously to reopen their streets and economies but the coronavirus pandemic is far from beaten and the World Health Organization warns the continent is still in the "eye of the storm". 1,000 words 1500 GMT by James Pheby with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment-building,WRAP WASHINGTON US job losses hit 22 million since the start of the coronavirus crisis, government data shows, hours ahead of President Donald Trump's announcement of guidelines for reopening the economy. 600 words 1430 GMT by Chris Stein SKorea-politics-vote,WRAP SEOUL South Korea's left-leaning ruling party wins a landslide victory in the country's general election after the coronavirus pandemic turned the political tide in President Moon Jae-in's favour. 600 words moved by Claire Lee. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: SKorea-politics-vote-NKorea Health-virus-Britain-charity-war,3rdlead LONDON A 99-year-old World War II veteran completes 100 laps of his garden in a sponsorship challenge that has captured the imagination of Britain, raising an extraordinary £12 million ($15 million, 13.8 million euros) for healthcare staff. 480 words moved by James Pheby. Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain,2ndlead LONDON The British government is set to extend a nationwide lockdown for another three weeks, amid signs the coronavirus outbreak is peaking but warnings of more deaths to come. 650 words 1500 GMT by Alice Ritchie. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-minorities,FOCUS LONDON When Amer Awan's father died of coronavirus, visitors flooded the house with little thought of the infection risk. But cultural practices alone do not explain why Britain's black and minority ethnic communities appear to be hardest hit by the outbreak. 650 words moved by Charlotte Durand. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-coma-birth WASHINGTON A woman in New York has met for the first time the baby she gave birth to in early April while she was on a ventilator in an artificial coma because she had a serious form of COVID-19. 300 words 1430 GMT. Picture US-Switzerland-IT-lifestyle-money-Facebook-Libra,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO The Facebook-backed Libra Association unveils plans to seek approval for digital coins in individual currencies, revamping its cryptocurrency initiative in a move aimed at minimizing disruption to the global monetary system. 500 words moved Health-virus-internet-shaming-neighbours,FOCUS WASHINGTON Some complain about joggers panting on passers-by. Others wonder what to do when they overhear drunken partygoers ignoring quarantine measures. Still more question whether people they see in the street are really on "essential" business. 750 words moved by Sarah Titterton. File Picture Health-virus-US-NewYork-cemetery,INTERVIEW NEW YORK Brooklyn's Green-Wood cemetery has seen cremations more than double and five times more burials than usual, as the coronavirus claims New Yorkers' lives by the thousands. 550 words moved by Thomas Urbain. File Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel's parliament is tasked with forming a government after speaker Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu miss a deadline to seal an alliance, but negotiations between the two sides are set to continue. 600 words 1530 by Ben Simon. File Picture Also moved: Israel-politics-Netanyahu,CHRONO Israel-politics-government,CHRONO Health-virus-Syria-conflict-Idlib-displaced,FOCUS ARIHA, Syria His home in volatile northwest Syria may have been destroyed, but Hassan Khraiby decided returning was better than risking his 10 children catch the coronavirus in a packed displacement camp. 600 words moved by Aaref Watad. Picture. Video Health-virus-Yemen-conflict,Q&A DUBAI Yemen's war shows no signs of abating, one week after the Saudi-led military coalition declared a unilateral truce due to the coronavirus threat looming over the impoverished nation. 700 words moved by Dana Moukhallati -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Nigeria-rights-killings,2ndlead ABUJA Nigerian security agents have killed 18 people in their enforcement of measures to curb coronavirus, a figure higher than the documented toll inflicted by the disease, the country's human rights body says. 550 words 1530GMT Health-virus-ICoast-prisons,FOCUS ABIDJAN Time is of the essence for Ivory Coast as it rushes to shield its overcrowded jails from highly contagious coronavirus. 550 words by Patrick Fort 1430 GMT. Pictures. Video Health-virus-Ethiopia-Eritrea-politics-refugee, LEAD ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia plans to shutter a camp for Eritrean refugees and resettle thousands of its inhabitants in other camps that the UN considers already full, despite concerns this could make them more vulnerable to COVID-19. 650 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet Health-virus-SAfrica-alcohol,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG Alcohol-starved South African turn to brewing traditional beer from their homes to circumvent a booze ban imposed as part of a national lockdown aimed at slowing the spread of coronavirus. 600 words 1500 GMT by Michelle Gumede. File Picture -- ASIA -- Bangladesh-Myanmar-Malaysia-refugee-unrest,2ndlead TEKNAF, Bangladesh Sixty Rohingya died on a boat crammed with hundreds of people stranded in the Bay of Bengal for more than two months, two survivors told AFP. 600 words moved Health-virus-China,SCENE WUHAN At a large food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan, signs forbid workers from selling wild animals and live fowl, while announcements calling for "victory" over COVID-19 play on a loop from speakers. 750 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng. Picture. Video India-health-virus-religion-Buddhism,FOCUS NEW DELHI At her remote hillside retreat in northern India, Buddhist teacher Tenzin Drolma is used to holding intimate classes for small groups -- but since going online, interest has soared as people around the world seek inner peace under lockdown. 500 words moved by Glenda Kewk. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMY -- Virus-health-US-IT-disinformation Facebook,lead LONDON Facebook users will now see tailor-made warnings highlighting facts about the coronavirus pandemic, after the world's leading social media platform was accused of tolerating the spread of outlandish conspiracy theories. 650 words 1500 GMT by Jitendra Joshi Health-virus-Italy,lead ROME The head of Milan's economically vital Lombardy region begins waging a lonely campaign to get Italy to reopen for business and follow the lead of some smaller European nations. 550 words 1800 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. File picture -- SPORTS -- Health-virus-auto-prix,FOCUS PARIS Formula One's 70th anniversary season, stalled by the coronavirus pandemic, could end in tears for teams facing financial ruin unless the sport cuts costs and achieves sustainable spending. 600 words moved by Raphaelle Peltier. File picture Cricket-virus-health-India-IND NEW DELHI The world's richest cricket tournament, the Indian Premier League, has been indefinitely suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic. 450 words moved by Faisal Kamal. Also moved: Cricket-IND-IPL,POINTS -- CLIMATE -- Climate-environment-energy-Shell-oil,FOCUS PARIS Green investors welcome a pledge from energy giant Shell that it will be carbon neutral by 2050, but environmental groups caution its commitment still fell short of drastic emissions cuts required to avert climate chaos. 650 words 1530 GMT by Patrick Galey afp
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