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| - Duty Editor: Barry Parker Tel: +33 64016 8343 -- TOP STORIES -- + Cautious capitals wary of coronavirus upticks + Supreme Court hears Trump tax case + Afghan violence flares at hospital, funeral + Musk to 'restart' Tesla plant despite authorities + Four-time F1 world champ Vettel leaves Ferrari Health-virus,WRAP MOSCOW Cautious capitals from New Delhi to Moscow eye worrying upticks in coronavirus cases while others pursue their slow emergence from a lockdown that has crippled the world economy. 700 words 1030 GMT. Pictures. Video. Graphic US-politics-justice-Trump-taxes,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Supreme Court takes up the most politically charged case of the year which may define the limits of presidential immunity-- Donald Trump's refusal to turn over his tax returns and financial records to Congress and a New York prosecutor. 700 words moved by Charlotte Plantive Afghanistan-unrest-hospital,WRAP KABUL Gunmen storm a hospital in an ongoing attack in the Afghan capital Kabul, as a funeral in the country's restive east is also hit by a suicide bomber. 550 words 1000 GMT by Emal Haidary. Picture. Graphic Health-virus-US-auto-Tesla,lead SAN FRANCISCO Tesla chief Elon Musk says he is resuming production at the company's California auto assembly plant, defying authorities and escalating a feud over the Pacific state's pandemic shutdown. 550 words moved by Julie Jammot Auto-Prix-Vettel-Ferrari,WRAP PARIS Four-time Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel says he will leave Ferrari at the end of the season, sparking a race to succeed the German at the most glamorous team in motor racing. 600 words 1000 GMT by Jean-Louis Doublet and Nick Reeves. File picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-WhiteHouse WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump dismisses concerns over the possible spread of coronavirus in the White House but says he may limit contact with Vice President Mike Pence. 650 words moved by Jerome Cartillier. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-US-politics-Trump-journalist Health-virus-US-auto-Tesla,lead Health-virus-US-China-hacking Health-virus-US-Fauci WASHINGTON Top infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci will warn the Senate that the United States will see "needless suffering and death" from the coronavirus if it tries to reopen too soon, The New York Times reports. 400 words moved US-vote-politics-Biden-internet,FOCUS WASHINGTON Joe Biden is rapidly scaling up his digital campaign as he scrambles to compete with Donald Trump's formidable online operation, but Democrats say the presidential hopeful must move beyond flat speeches delivered from his basement. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. File picture Health-virus-Brazil-politics,ANALYSIS RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro keeps saying coronavirus fears are overblown. Other officials at the federal, state and local levels insist the danger is all too real. 650 words moved by Eugenia Logiuratto. File picture Health-virus-US-AIDS-research,FOCUS WASHINGTON If lockdowns and stay-at-home orders are succeeding in slowing the spread of the coronavirus, health experts warn that the measures could unintentionally undermine efforts to contain another potentially deadly disease: HIV. 700 words moved by Ivan Couronne Health-virus-Canada-US-diplomacy,FOCUS TORONTO At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian nurse Nikki Hillis-Walters was asked to choose between her two healthcare jobs in Canada and the United States. She picked the latter, telling AFP: "It just felt like I was needed (more) there." 650 words moved by Olivier Monnier. Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Russia,lead MOSCOW Russia moves to ease a nationwide lockdown and allow some people back to work despite a surge in coronavirus cases. 550 words 1030 GMT Picture. Video Health-virus-France-museums,FOCUS PARIS Unlike the Louvre or the Centre Pompidou, France's smaller museums and galleries are preparing to open their doors in the coming weeks after implementing the social distancing measures required under the lifting of the coronavirus lockdown. 600 words 1100 GMT by Jean-Louis de la Vaissiere. File picture Health virus Bosnia tourism economy MOSTAR, Bosnia and Herzegovina Without a single tourist clambering across its stone arc, Mostar's majestic bridge would be a picture of tranquility if not for the desperation of Bosnian locals whose tourism season has been wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic. 500 words moved. Pictures by Elvis Barukcic. Video by Rusmir Smajilhodzic Greece-migration-refugee-unrest,SCENE ARNISSA, Greece When plans were leaked to move dozens of asylum seekers from an island camp to a hotel in the northern Greek village of Arnissa, there was a swift and violent response. 650 words moved by Vassilis Kyriakoulis. Picture Health-virus-Britain-pubs,FOCUS LONDON The French House endured two world wars and global recessions, but the 129-year-old pub in central London may not survive the coronavirus. 700 words 0530 GMT by David Harding. Picture -- MIDEAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Saudi-Aramco-earnings-health-virus,WRAP RIYADH Energy giant Saudi Aramco reports a 25 percent slump in first-quarter net profits due to low oil prices and says the coronavirus crisis will dampen demand and earnings in the year ahead. 500 words 1000 GMT Syria-conflict-Idlib-displaced-Ramadan,VIDEOESSAY KILLI, Syria In the dark between tents housing Syrians displaced by war, Ramadan drummer Abdelfattah al-Bayour bangs on a saucepan, calling on his neighbours to wake up for a last meal before dawn. 450 words 1030 GMT by Aaref Watad. Video Egypt-politics-culture,FOCUS CAIRO In a bustling Cairo square, Egypt has kept four sphinx-like statues in wooden crates awaiting their planned unveiling after their controversial removal from the sites where they were discovered. 600 words 1230 GMT -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Ethiopia-pandemic-doctors,FOCUS ADDIS ABABA Every weekday at noon, radio host Mehret Debebe heads to his studio for a live call-in show devoted to a single topic: what the coronavirus means for Ethiopia. 900 words 1030 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet. File picture. Video Health-virus-SAfrica-tobacco-politics,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG To resume cigarette sales or not during a coronavirus lockdown? The health debate has turned into a political controversy and a legal imbroglio in South Africa. 700 words 1030 GMT by Beatrice Debut. File Picture ECONOMY & BUSINESS -- Health-virus-Britain-aviation,WRAP LONDON Britain's aviation sector grapples with news that international arrivals will soon face a 14-day quarantine to stop new infections of coronavirus, which has already ravaged travel demand worldwide. 700 words moved by Roland Jackson. File picture -- ASIA PACIFIC -- Australia-China-trade-agriculture-health-virus,3rdlead SYDNEY China suspends imports from four major Australian beef suppliers, just weeks after Beijing's ambassador warned of a consumer boycott in retaliation for Canberra's push to probe the origins of the coronavirus. 650 words 0930 GMT by Andrew Leeson with Ludovic Ehret in Beijing Virus-health-India,2ndlead NEW DELHI India's enormous railway network grinds back to life as a gradual lifting of the world's biggest coronavirus lockdown gathers pace even as new cases surge. 600 words 1200 GMT by Bhuvan Bagga and Abhaya Srivastava. Picture. Video Australia-crime-gay-homicide-arrest,lead SYDNEY More than 30 years after American Scott Johnson was killed in a suspected gay hate crime in Australia, police say they have arrested and charged a man with his murder. 380 words. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Cricket-IND-IPL-virus-health,INTERVIEW NEW DELHI Scrapping the money-spinning Indian Premier League this year because of the coronavirus pandemic would cost the country's cricket governing body more than half a billion dollars, BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal tells AFP. 560 words moved by Faisal Kamal. File picture Box-USA-PHI-Ali-Frazier-Thrilla,FOCUS MANILA When Muhammad Ali survived 14 brutal rounds with Joe Frazier in the 'Thrilla in Manila', 45 years ago, it wrote a page in boxing folklore but left both fighters forever diminished. 570 words moved by Cecil Morella. File picture afp
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