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| - Duty Editor: Alex Nicoll Email: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Global coronavirus cases top 18 million + Microsoft continues talks to buy TikTok + SpaceX brings NASA astronauts home safe + Champions League set to resume at last Health-virus,WRAP MELBOURNE The number of coronavirus cases recorded worldwide tops 18 million with infections rates worsening across most parts of the globe, including in Australia where its second-largest city was placed under curfew. 700 words 0400 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video US-China-politics-Internet,WRAP WASHINGTON Microsoft announces it is "prepared to continue discussions" into acquiring the US operations of popular video-sharing app TikTok, even as President Trump threatens to ban the Chinese-owned social media platform. 650 words 0130 GMT US-space-NASA-SpaceX,WRAP WASHINGTON America's first crewed spaceship to fly to the International Space Station in nearly a decade returns safely to Earth, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico. 650 words 0200 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video. Graphic Fbl-Eur-C1-C3,ADVANCER PARIS After an enforced hiatus of almost five months, the UEFA Champions League and Europa League resume this week in order to clear up the last remaining business in a troubled season. 650 words moved by Andy Scott -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Brazil-politics-healthcare,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil's public health care system, considered among the world's most advanced when it was launched, is being pushed to the brink by the coronavirus pandemic, which has exposed the impact of years of under-funding and mismanagement. 700 words 0130 GMT by Louis Genot. File picture US-Bahamas-weather-hurricane,WRAP MIAMI Isaias roars closer to the Florida coast, threatening to bring strong winds, flash flooding and storm surges but no longer expected to regain hurricane strength. 600 words 0200 GMT by Leila Macor. Picture. Video. Graphic US-Portland-demonstration-racism,FOCUS PORTLAND, Oregon Amid the partial withdrawal of controversial federal troops from Portland, protesters in the Oregon city say they are digging in for a much longer fight. 500 words moved by Javier Tovar -- EUROPE -- Lebanon-UN-tribunal-Hariri,ADVANCER The Hague A UN-backed tribunal will give its verdict Friday on the 2005 murder of former Lebanese premier Rafic Hariri, but questions will remain over a long and costly trial whose suspects remain at large. 650 words 0230 GMT by Danny Kemp with Jean-Marc Mojon in Beirut Also moving: Lebanon-UN-tribunal-Hariri,FACTS Lebanon-UN-tribunal-Hariri-accused,FACTS Lebanon-UN-tribunal-Hariri,CHRONO France-transport-Austria-Sweden-leisure,FOCUS PARIS Increased awareness of the carbon footprint from air travel -- coupled with shrinkage in the airline sector due to the coronavirus epidemic -- means that night trains may be in line for an unexpected renaissance. 700 words 0300 GMT by Jean Liou and AFP bureaus. File picture Health-virus-Britain-clothing-labour,FOCUS LEICESTER This summer's coronavirus outbreak in the central English city of Leicester puts a spotlight on its textiles factories and renews allegations the industry is exploiting vulnerable workers. 750 words 0330 GMT by Kevin Trublet. Picture. Italy-transport-accident-bridge GENOA Italy inaugurates a sleek new bridge in Genoa, though relatives of the 43 people killed when the old viaduct collapsed say the pomp and ceremony risk overshadowing the tragedy. 550 words 0300 GMT by Giovanni Grezzi with Ella Ide in Rome. File picture -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-ceasefire,WRAP KABUL The Afghan government urges the Taliban to extend a rare ceasefire hours before it is due to end, as a contentious prisoner swap between the two warring sides edges closer to completion. 600 words moved. Picture. File picture. File video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-hospitals-politics,FOCUS HARARE Viral pictures of seven lifeless infants wrapped separately in green sheets, all stillborn in one night at a Harare hospital, are gut-wrenching, with medics saying the incident is just one illustration of Zimbabwe's dire health care situation. 650 words moved. File picture -- SPORTS -- RugbyL ENG Super health virus,lead LONDON Australian rugby star Israel Folau is at the centre of fresh controversy after he opted against taking a knee in a Super League anti-racism protest, a decision backed as a "personal choice" by his coach. 400 words moved. afp
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