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| - Duty Editor: James Edgar Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Coronavirus death toll tops 60,000 worldwide + Italy deaths fall, but doctors stay cautious + Shutdown forces Thailand sex workers outside + Spaniard in lockdown goes skiing in his flat Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump warns Americans to brace for a "very horrendous" number of coronavirus deaths in the coming days as the total number of global fatalities from the pandemic soars past 60,000. 800 words 0300 GMT by Chris Lefkow with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Italy ROME Italy's wary health officials cheer news that the number of patients receiving intensive care treatment for the coronavirus that had stretched the healthcare system to breaking point has dropped for the first time. 550 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. Picture Health-virus-Thailand-economy-sex,FOCUS BANGKOK A shutdown to contain the coronavirus has killed Thailand's party scene and forced sex workers like Pim out of bars and on to desolate streets. She's scared but desperately needs customers to pay her rent. 600 words 0430 GMT by Aidan Jones. Picture. Video Virus-health-ESP-ski-mountaineering-offbeat MADRID When Philipp Klein Herrero had to cancel a skiing holiday because of the coronavirus pandemic he recreated the winter sport experience in confinement in his Barcelona flat. The video has gone viral. 350 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-NewYork NEW YORK New York state's coronavirus toll continues rising at a devastating pace, as authorities issue an emergency plea for volunteers to assist at US outbreak epicenter. 670 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. Picture Health-virus-Canada-agriculture,FOCUS MONTREAL As sweet syrup flows from trees in a maple grove near the village of Saint-Alexis, Simon Lanoue laments his losses due to Quebec province's measures to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. 600 words 0200 GMT by Jacques Lemieux. Picture. Video Health-virus-Chile-drought-water,FOCUS LAGO PENUELAS, Chile With historically low river flows and reservoirs running dry due to drought, people in central Chile have found themselves particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words 0130 GMT by Giovanna Fleitas. Picture. Video. Graphic -- ASIA -- Pakistan-health-virus-religion LAHORE Pakistani authorities are searching for tens of thousands of worshippers who attended an Islamic gathering in Lahore last month just as the novel coronavirus was taking root in the impoverished nation, officials tell AFP. 500 words moved. File picture Solomons-maritime-weather-health-accident HONIARA, Solomon Islands At least 28 ferry passengers are swept overboard in a powerful storm off the Solomon Islands, with the captain unaware he had lost anyone until the boat docks. 300 words moved -- EUROPE -- France-stabbing,WRAP ROMANS-SUR-ISERE, France A Sudanese refugee goes on a knife rampage in a town in southeastern France, killing two people in what is being treated as a terrorist attack. 500 words moved by Jeff Pachoud. Picture. Video. Britain-politics-Labour,WRAP LONDON Pro-European centrist Keir Starmer is unveiled as new Labour leader, heralding a shift in Britain's main opposition party after a crushing election defeat under veteran socialist Jeremy Corbyn and years of ideological infighting. 750 words moved by Phil Hazlewood and Alice Ritchie. File picture. File video. Graphic Also moved: Britain-politics-Labour-Starmer,PROFILE Health-virus-Britain LONDON Britain reports a record 708 more daily deaths from COVID-19, including a five-year-old child, who is thought to be the country's youngest victim. 650 words moved by Phil Hazlewood. Picture. Video. Health-virus-mask,FOCUS PARIS Having told their populations that wearing masks was all but useless against the coronavirus, several Western countries have performed dramatic U-turns. 850 words moved by Paul Ricard. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Lebanon-refugees,FOCUS BEIRUT Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian and Syrian refugees living in overcrowded and rundown camps in Lebanon are bracing for the novel coronavirus as aid groups mobilise to help. 750 words 0200 GMT by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture Health-virus-Mideast-conflict,FOCUS BEIRUT The novel coronavirus has put global trade on hold, placed half of the world population in confinement and has the potential to topple governments and reshape diplomatic relations. But it remains unclear what the pandemic's impact will be on the multiple wars roiling the Middle East. 800 words 0230 GMT Health-virus-Iraq-economy-food,FOCUS BAGHDAD On an abandoned sidewalk in Baghdad, under strict government curfew to contain the novel coronavirus, a handful of volunteers with masks and gloves make food packages for needy families. 750 words 0300 GMT by Salam Faraj and Khalil Jalil. Picture -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Algeria-China-diplomacy,FOCUS ALGIERS As adversity strikes in the form of the coronavirus pandemic, Algeria has found a helping hand in China, an old friend and the top exporter to Africa's largest country. 750 words moved by Amal Belalloufi with Philippe Agret in Tunis. File picture -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- Entertainment-US-film-television-Quibi,ADVANCER LOS ANGELES Quibi, the multi-billion-dollar streaming platform launching Monday, is betting it can transform entertainment with short, Hollywood-quality clips to watch "on the go" -- even as much of the world is trapped at home. 750 words 0130 GMT by Andrew Marszal Health-virus-US-economy-poverty,FOCUS WASHINGTON Miguel Rodriguez was enjoying a pleasant life, working as a waiter in a job he held for 20 years. Everything changed overnight when his French restaurant was forced to close amid statewide shutdowns to contain the coronavirus outbreak. 750 words 0130 GMT by Delphine Touitou. File picture -- SPORTS -- Health-virus-Fbl-ENG-Pr-wages,WRAP LONDON Liverpool are accused of betraying their "morals and values" for their move to furlough non-playing staff during the coronavirus pandemic as Premier League stars warn of a £200 million ($245 million) shortfall in government coffers if 30 percent wage cuts are introduced. 650 words moved by John Weaver afp
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