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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Lebanon braces for new protests as donors meet + Belarus strongman faces strong challenge in tense vote + Afghan peace talks near after prisoner release agreed + US begins highest level Taiwan visit in decades + Brewer apologizes for naming beer 'pubic hair' in Maori Lebanon-blast,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanese protesters enraged by official negligence blamed for Beirut's deadly, massive explosion vow to take to the streets again after a night of clashes in which they temporarily occupied several ministries. 750 words 0930 GMT by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Photo. Graphic. Video. Live Video Belarus-vote,WRAP MINSK Belarus holds presidential polls with a popular woman opposition candidate posing the greatest challenge yet to long-ruling strongman Alexander Lukashenko. 700 words 1030 GMT by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban-prisoners,WRAP KABUL The Afghan government and the Taliban are "on the verge of peace talks" after thousands of prominent Afghans approved the release of about 400 militant prisoners, the head of Kabul's peace council says. 700 words moved by Usman Sharifi. Video Taiwan-US-China-politics-diplomacy,WRAP TAIPEI A senior Trump administration official lands in Taiwan for Washington's highest level visit since it switched diplomatic recognition to China in 1979, a trip Beijing has condemned. 600 words 0930 by Amber Wang Canada-NZealand-beverage-offbeat MONTREAL A Canadian brewery apologizes for naming one of its beers after the Maori term for "pubic hair", and not "feather" as it had intended. 250 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Lebanon-blast-UN-France,lead PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron hosts US President Donald Trump and other representatives for a UN-backed virtual conference to drum up aid for Lebanon after the devastating Beirut port blast. 500 words 1300 GMT by Jerome Rivet and Stuart Williams Egypt-heritage-development-rights,FOCUS CAIRO Egyptian mother-of-three Menna said she was caught off guard when a bulldozer clearing space for a controversial highway flattened much of a mausoleum that doubled as her home in a sprawling cemetery. 750 words moved by Hager Harabech. Picture. Video Health-virus-Algeria-economy,FOCUS ALGIERS Currency depreciation, inflation, negative growth, businesses closed: Algeria's economy has been battered by the one-two punch of the coronavirus crisis and tumbling oil revenues. 570 words moved. File picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Entertainment-music-Cyprus-refugees,FOCUS NICOSIA Cypriot singer Alexia Vassiliou remembers sirens wailing when she was just a child to warn of the Turkish invasion. "I am a refugee... This is why I am here today," she says in an online concert being re-streamed this week. 750 words moved by Lisa Golden. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mauritius-environment-shipping,WRAP PORT LOUIS Police in Mauritius prepare to board a grounded ship leaking tonnes of oil into its crystal-clear waters, as clean-up crews confront a growing ecological disaster on the archipelago's pristine shores. 600 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-economy-politics-Trump BEDMINSTER, New Jersey President Donald Trump signs executive actions extending financial relief to Americans hit by the coronavirus pandemic as polls show a large majority of voters unhappy with his handling of the crisis. 550 words moved by Jim Watson and Sebastian Smith in Washington. Picture. Video US-Poland-Czech-Slovenia-Austria-diplomacy,ADVANCER WASHINGTON As President Donald Trump orders US troops out of Germany and faces a tough re-election battle, his top diplomat, Mike Pompeo, is heading to friendly climes in Central and Eastern Europe. 600 words moved by Shaun Tandon Mexico-crime-drugs-media,FOCUS MEXICO CITY Mexican journalist Julio Cesar Zubillaga shudders when his young daughter asks him why "they" want to kill him. He spoke up after a fellow reporter's murder and quickly felt the consequences: death threats and a gun attack on the office where his paper is printed. 600 words moved by Jennifer Gonzalez Covarrubias. File picture US-economy-agriculture-theft-drugs,FOCUS STANLEY, Virginia When she planted hemp to make extra money for her family farm, Susan Corbett did not imagine thieves would find their way to her rural plot in Virginia to steal the plants. 700 words moved by Chris Stein. Picture. Video US-China-economy-agriculture-diplomacy,FOCUS NEW YORK Seven months after the United States and China signed a preliminary agreement to temper their trade war, Beijing's purchases of US agricultural goods have yet to reach the deal's target. 600 words moved by Daniel Hoffman -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Thailand-economy-luxury,FOCUS BANGKOK Thai businessman Yod decided to buy himself an $872,000 treat -- a lime-green Lamborghini -- as Bangkok's luxury sector goes unbroken by the coronavirus-induced crisis ripping through the wider economy. 850 words moved by Aidan Jones. Picture. Video China-IT-automobile-autonomous-computers,FOCUS SHANGHAI Chinese entrants in the race to put autonomous vehicles on the road are bringing "robotaxis" online in hopes that a hired-car format can be the key to unlocking wide acceptance of the futuristic technology. 750 words moved by Beiyi Seow and Dan Martin. Picture. Video Japan-US-histoy-nuclear-Nagasaki-Hiroshima,2ndLead NAGASAKI, Japan The Japanese city of Nagasaki commemorates the 75th anniversary of its destruction by a US atomic bomb, with its mayor and the head of the United Nations warning against a nuclear arms race. 650 words moved. Picture. File video -- HEALTH -- Health-virus,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil becomes the second country to pass the grim milestone of 100,000 coronavirus deaths as US President Donald Trump signs executive actions extending economic help in virus-stricken America. 700 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Britain-work-offices,FOCUS LONDON Deserted streets, empty restaurants, shuttered stores: London's financial districts remain largely abandoned by workers still worried about the pandemic and reluctant to return to office life. 800 words by Jean-Baptiste Oubrier. Picture US-health-virus-Hollywood-nightlife,FOCUS LOS ANGELES With Los Angeles nightclubs closed, party promoters have turned to mansions in the Hollywood Hills to throw lavish, raucous and sometimes deadly gatherings that have enraged neighbors and local officials. 700 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- Aramco-Saudi-earnings,WRAP RIYADH Energy giant Saudi Aramco says its net profit for the second quarter plunged a massive 73 percent due to sharply lower oil prices as the coronavirus pandemic undercuts global demand. 600 words 1030 GMT by Anuj Chopra with Omar Hassan in Dubai. File picture -- SPORTS -- Fbl-Eur-C1-GER-ENG-Bayern-Chelsea,WRAP MUNICH, Germany Treble-chasing Bayern Munich are relishing their Champions League quarter-final against Barcelona in Lisbon after Robert Lewandowski nets twice to seal a 4-1 home win over Chelsea in the last 16 return-leg tie. 600 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: Fbl-Eur-C1-GER-ENG-Bayern-Chelsea-Lampard,REAX afp
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