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| - Duty Editor: Barry Parker Tel: +33 (06) 4016 8343 -- TOP STORIES -- + Hong Kong bars top activists from vote + US coronavirus deaths surpass 150,000 + Big Tech bosses grilled at US hearing + Stonehenge boulder mystery solved + Barty pulls out of US Open over virus HongKong-China-politics,WRAP HONG KONG Democracy activists say China's authoritarian "terror" has fallen on Hong Kong after four students are arrested under a new national security law over social media comments and a dozen Beijing critics are disqualified from legislative elections. 650 words 1000 GMT by Jerome Taylor and Yan Zhao. Video Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The coronavirus pandemic has now claimed the lives of more than 150,000 people across the United States as COVID-19 wreaks more havoc across the world's worst-affected nation. 750 words 1300 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-Brazil-vaccines,VIDEOESSAY US-IT-politics-antitrust-Congress,WRAP WASHINGTON Big Tech executives face an onslaught of criticism from US lawmakers at a high-stakes antitrust hearing which could lay the groundwork for tougher regulation and legal actions against the major internet platforms. 800 words moved by Rob Lever, with Glenn Chapman in San Francisco. Picture. Video Science-history-archaeology-Britain-Stonehenge,FOCUS WASHINGTON Stonehenge, a Neolithic wonder in southern England, has vexed historians and archaeologists for centuries with its many mysteries: How was it built? What purpose did it serve? Where did its towering sandstone boulders come from? 550 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Graphic Tennis-USA-Open-AUS-Barty,WRAP SYDNEY World number one Ashleigh Barty pulls out of the US Open over "significant risks" from the coronavirus pandemic, in a major blow for the Grand Slam in New York. 550 words moved. File Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-unrest-Portland,WRAP LOS ANGELES President Donald Trump's administration agrees to a deal to defuse weeks of clashes in Portland with the withdrawal of federal forces whose presence enraged protesters, but the timing remains in dispute. 700 words moved by Javier Tobar. File picture. File video US-politics-vote-Biden-VP,WRAP WASHINGTON Joe Biden's vice presidential pick has been one of Washington's best kept secrets but a supposedly accidental news publication and Biden's own teasingly displayed notes are raising expectations that the winner is Kamala Harris. 650 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture US-Germany-NATO-military-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON The Pentagon will slash troop levels in Germany by nearly 12,000 in a move reshaping NATO deterrence in Europe that President Donald Trump says is it to punish Berlin for underspending on defense. 750 words moved by Paul Handley. File picture Also moved: US-Germany-NATO-military-Trump,FOCUS Canada-politics-investigation-ethics OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will appear before Parliament to deliver much-anticipated testimony about his awarding of a lucrative government contract to an organization that had previously paid members of his family. 500 words moved. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Saudi-religion-hajj,WRAP MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia Muslim pilgrims converge on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on the second day of a scaled down hajj, a sharp contrast to the massive crowds in previous years that led to deadly stampedes. 600 words 0530 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus-Saudi-religion-hajj,FOCUS MECCA, Saudi Arabia This year's downsized hajj may prove to be the safest ever despite the ever-present threat posed by coronavirus. 600 words moved. Picture Lebanon-economy-Eid,SCENE TRIPOLI, Lebanon Tradition dictates that Muslims donate cuts of mutton during Friday's Eid al-Adha festival, which usually means brisk business for butcher Abdulrazak Darwish but Lebanon's economic crisis has cast a pall over his trade. 700 words 0930 GMT by Jana Dhayby. Picture. Video Iraq-Kuwait-conflict,FOCUS BAGHDAD Thirty years have passed since Iraqi tyrant Saddam Hussein invaded neighbouring Kuwait, but despite hints of a diplomatic rapprochement, people in both countries say the wounds have yet to heal. 800 words moved by Ammar Karim with Salima Lebel in Kuwait. Picture. File Picture. Video Also moved: Iraq-Kuwait-conflict,FACTS Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-conflict-refugees,FOCUS AL-AMARI, Palestinian Territories A second wave of coronavirus infections sweeping the Israeli-occupied West Bank is fuelling fears of a surge in overcrowded Palestinian refugee camps where social distancing is next to impossible. 700 words moved by Hossam Ezzedine. Picture -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Nigeria, Q&A LAGOS Five months after Nigeria saw its first case of COVID-19, outbreaks of the disease are multiplying at a worrying rate and the country's health system is already showing signs of great strain. A snapshot of the situation in Africa's most populous country. 650 words 1200 GMT by Sophie Bouillon and Tunde Agoi in Lagos,with Aminu Abubakar in Abuja -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Ireland-religion,SCENE PETTIGOE, Ireland As people in Ireland endured months of coronavirus lockdown limbo, priest Laurence Flynn experienced his own private purgatory, keeping solitary vigil on a hallowed island usually crowded with pilgrims. 650 words moved by Joe Stenson. Picture. Video Belarus-Russia-arrest-vote,WRAP MINSK Belarus says it has opened a criminal probe into planned acts of terror by Russian mercenaries held ahead of presidential polls, adding that it was tracking down dozens more. 600 words 1000 GMT by Tatyana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video Azerbaijan-climate-rivers-water-agriculture,FOCUS BANKA, Azerbaijan The village of Banka should have plentiful supplies, since it lies beside one of the Caspian country's mightiest rivers, the Kura. But the river has shallowed dramatically in Azerbaijan this summer and has become contaminated with salty seawater, with experts warning of an ecological disaster unfolding. 550 words moved by Isgender Ganbarov and Emil Guliyev. Picture. Video Russia-virus-lifestyle-film,FOCUS ALYAUKHOVO,Russia Russians stuck at country homes due to border closures to slow the coronavirus pandemic are reviving bygone pastimes like Cossack sword fighting, screenings of Soviet-era films and nature walks to while away the summer months. 650 words moved by Marina Lapenkova. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Japan-photography-culture,FOCUS TOKYO A pair of Japanese schoolgirls primp their hair before a long mirror, preparing for the perfect shot. But they are not taking a smartphone selfie, they are using a "purikura" photo booth. 700 words moved by Mathias Cena. Picture. Video Health-virus-Australia,lead MELBOURNE Australia reports a record number of new coronavirus infections and its deadliest day of the pandemic so far following a spike in cases at elderly care homes. 500 words moved. Picture -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- Health-virus-Germany-economy-growth,WRAP FRANKFURT The German economy shrank by a record 10.1 percent in the second quarter as coronavirus lockdowns took their toll, official data show, but experts say a recovery is already under way. 600 words 0930 GMT by Michelle Fitzpatrick US-aviation-earnings-Boeing,WRAP NEW YORK Boeing suffers a bigger-than-expected loss in the latest quarter and signals additional job cuts are likely as it contends with a protracted air travel downturn amid the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words moved by John Biers Also moved: US-aviation-Boeing-747-travel,FOCUS Health-virus-US-economy-GDP-unemployment WASHINGTON US data reports are set to confirm the coronavirus pandemic caused a historic plunge in GDP as well as a worryingly high number of new unemployment filings. 550 words moved Also moved: Health-virus-US-economy-bank-rate,WRAP China-technology-Huawei-smartphone,WRAP BEIJING China's Huawei overtakes Samsung to become the number-one smartphone seller worldwide in the second quarter on the back of strong domestic demand, industry tracker Canalys says. 450 words moved by Helen Roxburgh -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-assault-Weinstein-AshleyJudd LOS ANGELES A US court of appeals rules that actress Ashley Judd has the right to pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, overturning a lower court's decision. 600 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit -- SCIENCE -- Science-space-Mars-Perseverance,WRAP CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida NASA's latest Mars rover Perseverance launches on an astrobiology mission to look for signs of ancient microbial life -- and to fly a helicopter on another world for the first time. 650 words moved by Gianrigo Marletta. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Science-space-Mars,CHRONO -- SPORT -- Basket-NBA-CHN-China-abuse-Xinjiang LOS ANGELES Young players have been physically abused and left without schooling at NBA basketball academies in China, which have been described as a "sweat camp for athletes", an ESPN report says. 500 words moved afp
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