| schema:articleBody
| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Wuhan reopens but Europe and US see mounting tolls + US Navy chief quits over virus outbreak on carrier + British PM enters third day in ICU + Ronaldinho swaps jail for hotel in fake passport case + Folk star John Prine dies aged 73 Health-virus,WRAP WUHAN, China Thousands stream out of China's Wuhan after a lockdown on the birthplace of the coronavirus is lifted, offering a ray of hope as Europe and the US wrestle with how to halt mounting deaths tolls and ease crippling economic pain. 750 words 1130 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng with Chris Lefkow in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-US-politics-defence,2ndlead WASHINGTON US Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigns over his mishandling of an outbreak of the coronavirus on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, Defense Secretary Mark Esper announces. 550 words moved. File Picture Health-virus-Britain-Johnson LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson spends a third day in intensive care battling the coronavirus, which has struck at the heart of the British government, infected more than 55,000 people across the country and killed nearly 6,200. 750 words 1100 GMT by Joe Jackson and Alice Ritchie. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live Video Also moving: Health-virus-Britain-politics-government,FACTS Fbl-PAR-BRA-Ronaldinho-corruption,WRAP ASUNCION Paraguayan judge orders the release of Brazilian football great Ronaldinho and his brother into house arrest while they await trial on charges of using false passports to enter the country. 450 words moved. Picture. Video US-virus-music-Entertainment-folk-JohnPrine-health,OBIT NEW YORK John Prine, an American folk legend widely considered one of his generation's most influential songwriters, dies following complications of coronavirus, his publicist tells on behalf of his family. He was 73 years old. 750 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. File Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-EU-economy,WRAP BRUSSELS EU finance ministers fail to agree on a bailout plan to help hard hit member states face the coronavirus outbreak, after Germany rules out pooling European debt with "coronabonds" 600 words 1000 GMT by Alex Pigman Health-virus-Italy-hospital,INVESTIGATION ROME At the Locri hospital in southern Italy, patients are often sent elsewhere for lack of doctors, the elevators are endlessly in disrepair and the CT scan works one day, but not the next. Infiltration by the mafia, severe doctor shortages, and a regional health agency hundreds of millions of euros in debt are just a few of the challenges the hospital confronted in 2019 alone. And that was before coronavirus. 1,500 words 1200 GMT by Alexandria Sage. Picture Health-virus-Belgium-drink,SCENE WATERLOO, Belgium From gin to gel. A Belgian distillery on the site of Napoleon's defeat is arming against the coronavirus, turning its usually very drinkable alcohol into a powerful base for hand-washing disinfectants. 450 words 1130 GMT by Kilina Fichou. Picture. Video Health-virus-EU-politics-economy-climate-energy,FOCUS BRUSSELS Opponents of EU chief Ursula von der Leyen's grand green growth plan may hope that coronavirus has knocked it off the agenda, but her Brussels team hope to relaunch it as part of the post-pandemic recovery. 600 words 1100 GMT by Marine Laouchez Health-virus-Russia-medecine-telecommunication,SCENE MOSCOW A grey-haired Muscovite speaks via video link from his flat, telling a doctor he doesn't feel too bad but is still wheezing. This is a consultation via Moscow's new telemedicine centre -- where doctors treat those who have tested positive for the coronavirus but are well enough to stay at home. 650 words 1100 GMT by Anna Malpas. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-China-Wuhan,WRAP WUHAN, China Voicing joy and excitement from behind face masks, tens of thousands of people flee Wuhan after a 76-day travel ban is lifted on the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic first emerged. 800 words 1000 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng. Picture. Video. Live video Vanuatu-Fiji-weather-cyclone,WRAP SUVA A deadly Pacific storm slams into Fiji, tearing off roofs and flooding towns, after leaving a trail of destruction in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. 650 words moved by Joshua Kuku. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-condoms-Malaysia,FOCUS KUALA LUMPUR A global condom shortage is looming as the coronavirus pandemic shutters factories and disrupts supply chains, the world's top maker of the contraceptives said, with the United Nations warning of "devastating" consequences. 700 words moved by Sam Reeves with Beiyi Seow in Beijing. Picture. Video Health-virus-Japan-emergency-economy,FACTS TOKYO Japan is unleashing economic stimulus measures worth around $1 trillion as it battles the coronavirus outbreak. Here are the key items. 550 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture Japan-food-gender-sushi,FOCUS TOKYO Women have warm hands, their periods alter their sense of taste and they can't work long hours -- just some of the claims from those in Japan who believe women can't be sushi chefs. 800 words moved by Natsuko Fukue. Picture. Video SKorea-NKorea-politics-vote-diplomacy,INTERVIEW SEOUL For decades, Thae Yong Ho served the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, as the North is officially known, rising to become its deputy ambassador to London before defecting. Now he is standing for election in the South's multi-party democracy. 700 words moved by Sunghee Hwang. Picture. Video Bangladesh-unrest-arrest-politics DHAKA A Bangladesh military captain arrested after nearly 25 years on the run over the assassination of the country's founding leader will be executed, officials say. 400 words moved. File picture China-politics-rights BEIJING An outspoken Chinese Communist Party critic and millionaire property tycoon, Ren Zhiqiang, has been placed under investigation for "serious violations of discipline and law", an anti-graft watchdog says. 500 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Iran-IMF,lead TEHRAN Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urges the International Monetary Fund to give the sanctions-hit country a $5 billion emergency loan to combat its novel coronavirus outbreak. 450 words 1030 GMT by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video Health-virus-Egypt-poverty,FOCUS CAIRO Haggard and dishevelled from the stress of making ends meet, day labourers line up in Cairo for food parcels after losing their jobs to the sharp downturn caused by the coronavirus. 650 words moved by Farid Farid. Picture. Video Health-virus-Kuwait-quarantine,FOCUS KUWAIT CITY The meat is too fatty and the staff are slow to clean up coffee stains -- some Kuwaitis quarantined in five-star hotels due to the coronavirus outbreak have a litany of complaints. 600 words moved. File picture -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-SAfrica-AIDS,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG With more than seven million HIV-positive people, South Africa has the world's highest number of people living with the virus and it is moving to protect this particularly vulnerable subset of its population from coronavirus. 700 words 1300 GMT by Beatrice Debut. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-politics-vote-Wisconsin,WRAP MILWAUKEE Wisconsin controversially holds its presidential primary as planned, contradicting a state-wide stay-at-home order and defying concern that the election could expose thousands of masked voters and poll workers to the coronavirus. 700 words moved by Kamil Krzaczynski with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture Health-virus-Uruguay-Australia-NZealand-ship,FOCUS MONTEVIDEO Uruguay says it has authorized a humanitarian flight to evacuate Australian and New Zealand passengers stranded on a coronavirus infected cruise ship. 700 words moved by Gabriela Vaz. Picture. Graphic Health-virus-US-China-diplomacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON And then suddenly, it's not the "Wuhan virus." The United States and China have called a truce in a heated rhetorical feud over the coronavirus pandemic, with both sides seeing interests in cooling off. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon Health-virus-US-women-pregnancy,FOCUS WASHINGTON Like many expectant mothers, Gina Conley is nervous. But there is a lot more to worry about these days, with a virulent outbreak overwhelming hospitals and convincing pregnant women to opt for the relative safety of a home birth. 800 words moved by Daxia Rojas. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-race,FOCUS WASHINGTON The new coronavirus isn't picky about who it infects -- so why does data emerging from some states suggest that African Americans are bearing the brunt of the pandemic in the US? 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-beauty-hair,FOCUS WASHINGTON The economy may have slowed and normal life come to a standstill, but in the world of hair, a follicle free-for-all unencumbered by coronavirus has Americans asking one critical question -- to cut or not to cut? 650 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. File Picture Health-virus-Haïti-prison,FOCUS PORT-AU-PRINCE Imagine the struggle of containing the coronavirus if it hits Haiti's hellish prison system, the world's most overcrowded, where filthy, sometimes windowless cells meant to house 20 people are teeming with up to 80, unable to even go outside for fresh air. 500 words moved by Amelie Baron. File picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Markets-world,WRAP LONDON European stock markets decline as EU finance ministers fail to agree on a coronavirus bailout but Tokyo jumps after Japan unveils details of a $1 trillion stimulus package. 700 words 1100 GMT Health-virus-US-economy-loans-wage,WRAP WASHINGTON US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he is asking Congress to reinforce a new small business loan program that has been overwhelmed with applications. 500 words moved File Picture. Picture US-Japan-IT-invest-SoftBank-WeWork-court,lead WASHINGTON Office-sharing giant WeWork sues SoftBank claiming the Japan-based technology investment group breached its contractual obligations by backing out of a $3 billion rescue plan. 500 words moved -- HEALTH -- Health-virus-world-experts,FACTS PARIS Doctors, researchers, even an army officer: the coronavirus pandemic has brought a diverse cast of experts into the media spotlight to guide the public through the crisis. 1,500 words 1030 GMT by AFP bureaus across the world -- ENVIRONMENT -- Health-virus-environment-biodiversity PARIS Pandemics such as the COVID-19 outbreak sweeping the world are likely to occur more frequently in future as human activity destroys habitats and forces disease-carrying wild animals into ever closer proximity with us, new research shows. 500 words 1200 GMT by Patrick Galey -- ENTERTAINMENT/LIFESTYLE -- Health-virus-film-Cannes PARIS Fresh doubts hang over the coronavirus-hit Cannes film festival after its director said he could not see it happening online. 400 words 1100 GMT by Fiachra Gibbons Health-virus-US-internet-music,FOCUS NEW YORK This is TikTok's time. The social video platform which was already a favorite of teens is increasingly being used by adults looking for ways to pass the time during coronavirus lockdowns. 750 words moved by Thomas Urbain. File Picture Health-virus-Gulf-internet,FOCUS DUBAI From extravagant trips to the Amalfi Coast and sunset photoshoots on Dubai's beaches to an almost complete lockdown -- the coronavirus has forced the Gulf's social media "influencers" indoors but hasn't lowered their glamour factor. 750 words moved by Dana Moukhhallati. Picture -- SPORT -- Cricket-IND-stadium-virus-health NEW DELHI There is no larger symbol of the global sports shutdown than cricket's 110,000-seater Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad, opened by US President Donald Trump in February, but yet to see a ball bowled. 550 words moved by Faisal Kamal. File picture afp
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)