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| - Duty Editor: Jonny Jacobsen Tel: jonny.jacobsen@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Countries mull lifting lockdowns as global recession looms + IMF warns of deepest recession in century + Over 100 million children face measles risk: UN + N. Korea fires suspected cruise missiles + Tour de France scrambles for new race dates Health-virus,WRAP PARIS The coronavirus could spark a bruising global recession, the IMF warns, as countries consider lifting sweeping lockdowns that have crippled economies and kept billions confined to their homes. 950 words by Jenny Vaughan, with Julia Zappei in Vienna and AFP bureaus Health-virus-economy-recession-IMF,WRAP WASHINGTON The coronavirus pandemic is pushing the global economy into its deepest recession in a century, cutting world output by three percent this year, and the situation could get even worse, the IMF warned. 650 words 1500 GMT by Heather Scott. Graphic. Video. File Picture Also moved: Health-virus-IMF-economy-growth-forecast-eurozone-debt,lead Health-virus-measles-vaccination PARIS More than 117 million children worldwide risk contracting measles as dozens of countries curtail their vaccination programmes as they battle COVID-19, the UN warns. 500 words moved by Patrick Galey NKorea-politics-diplomacy-military,WRAP SEOUL North Korea fires several suspected cruise missiles towards the sea, according to the South's military, with analysts saying Pyongyang was demonstrating the breadth of its arsenal. 650 words moved by Sunghee Hwang Health-virus-cycling-FRA-Tour-2020 PARIS Tour de France organisers are working feverishly in the shadows to find a new start date for cycling's biggest stage race after public gatherings were banned until mid-July in the latest extension of the French cornavirus lockdown. 650 words moved by Jean Montois. File picture We have also moved: Health-virus-cycling-Tour-FRA-2020,FACTS -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Austria,SCENE VIENNA Mask-clad shoppers cautiously enter hardware, gardening and other smaller shops in Austria as the government begins to ease strict confinement rules imposed a month ago to fight the spread of the new coronavirus. 600 words 1600 GMT by Julia Zappei, Sophie Makris and Blaise Gauquelin. Photo. Video. Live video Health-virus-Russia,FACTS MOSCOW Russia has been seeing an increase in coronavirus infections despite a series of confinement measures, prompting President Vladimir Putin to warn of "extraordinary" scenarios. 600 words moved Ukraine-fire-nuclear-Chernobyl,lead Kiev Ukraine says only small fires remain in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, with rain coming to the rescue in the battle against a huge blaze. 450 words moved by Olga Shylenko. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival Benny Gantz hold new talks on forming a coronavirus emergency government after a year of stalemate, with a deadline less than two days away. 600 words 1530 by Guillaume Lavallee Libya-conflict,WRAP TRIPOLI The forces of Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar rain rockets on Tripoli after being ousted by government loyalists from a string of strategic towns west of the capital. 680 words moved by Imed Lamloum. Picture. Video Also moving: Libya-conflict,CHRONO Health-virus-IMF-economy-Mideast DUBAI The Middle East and North Africa economy will contract by 3.3 percent this year, the biggest slump in four decades, hammered by the coronavirus and low oil prices, the IMF says. 600 words moved by Omar Hasan Israel-Palestinians-conflict-rights,FOCUS GAZA CITY A fierce row has divided the Palestinian community after Gaza's rulers, Hamas, arrested six local activists on "treason" charges for chatting by video conference with leftist campaigners in Israel. 650 words moved by Adel Zaanoun Health-virus-Algeria-politics-media,FOCUS TUNIS Algerians stuck in pandemic lockdown and dismayed with their government are tuning into an irreverent online broadcaster that is keeping their protest spirit alive: Radio Corona Internationale. 560 words moved by Salsabil Chellali Health-virus-Israel-jackals,PHOTOESSAY TEL AVIV As the coronavirus has kept Israelis indoors, dozens of jackals have taken over Tel Aviv's deserted Hayarkon Park, scavenging for food in what is usually a playground for joggers and families. 400 words 1800 GMT. Picture -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Nigeria-Lagos-lockdown,SCENE LAGOS Bus driver Christian did not sleep at all last night after Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari ordered an extension to the coronavirus lockdown in his homecity Lagos -- as fears mount of rising insecurity. 650 words 1630 GMT by Joel Olatunde Agoi, Sophie Bouillon and Max Delany. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India,3rdlead NEW DELHI India's nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the biggest in the world, which covers 1.3 billion people, will be extended until at least May 3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says. 650 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava -- ECONOMY AND BUSINESS -- Health-virus-France-Amazon,2ndLead PARIS A French court orders Amazon to limit deliveries to only essential goods after workers file a lawsuit claiming they are facing heightened coronavirus exposure risks at the internet retailer's warehouses. 500 words 1500 GMT US-banking-earnings-JPMorgan-WellsFargo, WRAP NEW YORK Earnings plunge at JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo as both US banking giants set aside billions of dollars to cover loans vulnerable to the economic devastation from coronavirus shutdowns. 625 words 1600 GMT by John Biers Health-virus-SAfrica-economy-rate,2ndLEAD JOHANNESBURG South Africa's central bank further slashes main interest rate by a full percentage point and predicts the economy will shrink by more than six percent as the IMF projects sub-Saharan Africa countries will this year contract by nearly 1.6 percent as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words 1500 GMT by Susan Njanji afp
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