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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Tokyo Olympics postponed over virus + China lifts travel curbs in Hubei + US lawmakers near $2 trillion deal + Virus claims Afro-jazz star Dibango + Asterix co-creator dies aged 92 Health-virus,WRAP TOKYO The global coronavirus pandemic forces Japan to abandon its dream of hosting the Olympics this year as the world battled to halt the disease by putting almost two billion people under lockdown. 850 words 1630 GMT by Richard Carter with Beiyi Seow in Beijing and AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus-China-toll,4thlead BEIJING China announces that a lockdown would be lifted on more than 50 million people in central Hubei province where the coronavirus first emerged late last year. 400 words moved Health-virus-US-politics-economy-Congress,lead WASHINGTON US lawmakers are closing in on a deal to help rescue the nation's teetering economy by injecting nearly $2 trillion into pockets of struggling Americans, devastated businesses and hospitals struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words 1530 GMT by Michael Mathes Also moving: Health-virus-US-politics-economy,POINTS Health-virus-music-Dibango,3rdlead PARIS Veteran Afro-jazz legend Manu Dibango dies at the age of 86 from coronavirus, becoming one of the first worldwide stars to succumb to the disease. A bridge between European and African music, Dibango shot to global fame with his 1972 hit "Soul Makossa", whose sampling by Michael Jackson sparked a lengthy legal battle. 600 words moved by Philippe Grelard. File picture. File video Entertainment-France-comics-Asterix,WRAP PARIS France mourns Albert Uderzo, the co-creator and illustrator of the "Asterix and Obelix" comics that have delighted legions of children and adults over the past six decades, who died aged 92 after suffering a heart attack. 700 words 1600 GMT by Alain Jean-Robert. File picture -- TOKYO OLYMPICS -- Health-virus-Oly-2020,WRAP TOKYO The 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been postponed to no later than the summer of 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe, the International Olympic Committee announced Tuesday. 700 words by Shingo Ito, with Eric Bernaudeau in Lausanne. Picture. Video Oly-2020-JPN-Japan-economy-virus-health,Q&A TOKYO The historic decision to postpone this year's Olympic Games over the coronavirus pandemic is likely to pile on the pain for Japan's economy, already expected to be roiled by the global virus outbreak, economists say. 650 words 1430 GMT by Etienne Balmer. Picture Health-virus-Oly-2020-Japan-torch,INTERVIEW TOKYO Kazuo Goto still vividly remembers his pride as he carried the Olympic flame on the last day of the torch relay in 1964. But with coronavirus threatening the Games, he wants the 2020 relay to be scrapped. 650 words moved by Shingo Ito. Picture. Video Oly-2020-torch-relay-mishaps,FACTS TOKYO From a jaguar on the loose to an elaborate hoax involving burning underwear, the Olympic torch relay has had its fair share of mishaps. 700 words moved by Richard Carter. File picture Also moved: Oly-2020-health-virus-Japan- postponement,Q&A Oly-2020-health-virus-Japan-1940-history,FOCUS Oly-2020-cancellations,FACTS Health-virus-sport-calendar,FOCUS PARIS The postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is the latest in a long list of major sports events swept aside by coronavirus pandemic. 600 words. 1600 GMT. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Britain-France-US-symptom,FOCUS PARIS From a mother unable to smell her baby's nappy to a lawmaker who suddenly could not taste food, some coronavirus patients have described a loss of olfactory senses -- and experts say this might be a new way to detect the virus. 800 words moved by Kelly Macnamara Health-virus-tuberculosis,FOCUS PARIS With the death toll soaring past 350,000 this year and a quarter of humanity infected, the pandemic shows no signs of abating as it spreads unchecked throughout vulnerable communities. Yet unlike the novel coronavirus, this disease is preventable, curable and centuries-old: tuberculosis. 650 words 1600 GMT by Patrick Galey -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy-3D,FOCUS ROME They may not be a miracle cure or a vaccine, but 3-D printed respirator valves have helped coronavirus patients breathe a little easer in the Italian epicentre of COVID-19. 450 words 1500 GMT Arman Soldin. Picture. Video Health-virus-Italy,lead ROME Health officials attribue two successive drops in Italy's virus death rate to its painful lockdown and urge other wavering nations to follow suit. 600 words 1830 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video Health-Britain-virus-ventilators,FOCUS WORCESTER, United Kingdom When vacuum cleaner manufacturer Nick Grey got an email from a "special government adviser", he thought it was a hoax. But now he's on the frontline of making thousands of emergency hospital ventilators. 550 words 1500 GMT by Will Edwards. Picture. Video Health-Britain-virus-plague,FOCUS EYAM, United Kingdom Descendants of a remote English village, whose 17th century ancestors shut themselves off from the world to prevent the spread of plague, say lessons can be learned for the coronavirus outbreak. 700 words moved by Lindsey Parnaby and Sylvain Peuchmaurd. Picture Health-virus-sweden,FOCUS STOCKHOLM While most of Europe is locked down in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19, Sweden is keeping primary schools, restaurants and bars open and encouraging people to go outside for a nip of air. 650 words 1500 GMT by Johannes Ledel. Picture. Video. -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Egypt CAIRO Egypt is to impose a night-time curfew for two weeks from Wednesday to contain the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli announces. 450 words 1500 GMT Health-virus-Yemen-conflict,FOCUS AL HAJJAH, Yemen Hand-washing to combat the spread of coronavirus is the order of the day, but it's an unaffordable luxury for millions in war-ravaged Yemen where clean water is dangerously scarce. 640 words moved by Mohammed Al-Wafi with Shatha Yaish in Dubai. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Africa-measures,WRAP DAKAR African governments have escalated their response to the growing coronavirus outbreak, ordering lockdowns and curfews. But there are questions about the economic feasibility of such measures for low-income workers. 700 words 1500 GMT by Emmet Livingstone. File picture Health-virus-Africa,FOCUS LAGOS Equipment shortages, scarce beds and poorly-paid doctors and nurses: Africa is finding that it has few means to protect itself as a feared coronavirus tsunami looms. 800 words moved by Sophie Bouillon with AFP bureaux in Africa. Picture. Video Nigeria-conflict-jihadists,2ndlead KANO, Nigeria At least 70 Nigerian soldiers are killed in an ambush on their convoy by jihadist fighters in the restive northeast, military and security sources say. 400 words 1530 GMT -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-labor-food,FOCUS HOUSTON, Texas Coronavirus shut down the restaurant where she worked, but Ashlyne Collins -- like millions of Americans -- must still work to make rent. And her options are limited: running deliveries or stocking shelves, in full knowledge she may be putting her health at risk. 600 words 1730 GMT by Julia Benarrous Cuba-epidemic-health-tourism-virus,SCENE HAVANA Nesmi Orslom relished his Cuba vacation to the very end, but now he is in a hurry to leave, anxious to get out of a country that is set to start isolating tourists due to the new coronavirus. 650 words moved by Katell Abivan. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-diplomacy-US-Pompeo,WRAP DOHA US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slashes aid to Afghanistan's government after a mission to Kabul fails to bridge a divide between feuding leaders as he moved forward with the Taliban on a deal to pull out troops. 750 words moved by Gregory Walton with Shaun Tandon in Washington. Picture. Video Health-virus-India-IND-bodybuilding,FOCUS NEW DELHI While top gym chains in India are shuttered over the coronavirus pandemic, some workout dens are catering for their muscle-bound customers in defiance of a government lockdown. 500 words moved by Faisal Kamal afp
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