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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Email: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Global coronavirus cases top 18 million + SpaceX brings NASA astronauts home safe + Microsoft continues talks to buy TikTok + HSBC reports 69 percent drop in profits + Champions League back from virus hiatus Health-virus,WRAP MELBOURNE Australia's second-largest city begins a six-week curfew and the Philippine capital is ordered back into lockdown, as the number of coronavirus cases recorded worldwide tops 18 million. 650 words 0530 GMT by Carly Waters and AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video 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. 700 words 0600 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video. Graphic US-China-politics-Internet,WRAP WASHINGTON Microsoft announces it will continue talks to acquire the US operations of popular video-sharing app TikTok, after meeting with President Donald Trump who seemingly backed off his earlier threats to ban the Chinese-owned platform. 650 words moved HongKong-Britain-HSBC-earnings,WRAP HONG KONG HSBC says profits for the first half of 2020 plunged by 69 percent on year as the banking giant was hammered by the coronavirus pandemic and spiralling China-US tensions. 600 words 0700 GMT by Jerome Taylor. Picture 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 moved 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 moved by Leila Macor. Picture. Video. Graphic -- 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 moved GMT by Danny Kemp with Jean-Marc Mojon in Beirut Also moved: 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 moved by Jean Liou and AFP bureaus. File 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 moved by Giovanni Grezzi with Ella Ide in Rome. File picture Health-virus-Spain-tourism-Ibiza-clubbing,FOCUS IBIZA, Spain Without its thousands of party-goers, the Hi Ibiza mega club is just a large, silent, empty hangar, as the Spanish island's iconic nightclubs remain shut due to the pandemic. 600 words 0530 GMT by Thomas Perroteau. Picure. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Australia,SCENE MELBOURNE Anxiety is rising for residents of Australia's second-biggest city as they come to terms with a new six-week curfew and the country's most radical virus restrictions to date. 500 words 0600 GMT by Carly Waters. Picture. Video Health-virus-Philippines MANILA More than 27 million people in the Philippines -- about a quarter of the population -- will go back into lockdown after overwhelmed health workers warn the country is losing the battle against the coronavirus. 400 words moved -- 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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