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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Macron heads to blast-hit Beirut + Tech firms tackle Trump false claims + Japan marks 75 years since Hiroshima + European pandemic measures tightened + Dinosaurs got cancer too: scientists Lebanon-blast,WRAP BEIRUT French President Emmanuel Macron is expected in Lebanon, two days after a monster blast sowed unfathomable destruction in Beirut and brought Paris's Middle East protege to its knees. 750 words 0630 GMT by Jean-Marc Mojon. Picture Video. Graphic. Live video Health-virus-US-politics-IT-Trump-Facebook-Twitter,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Facebook and Twitter take aim at US President Donald Trump and his campaign over a video post in which he contended that children are "almost immune" to the coronavirus, a claim they say amounts to "misinformation." 650 words moved by Glenn Chapman. File picture Japan-US-Hiroshima-history-nuclear-WWII,WRAP HIROSHIMA, Japan Japan marks 75 years since the world's first atomic bomb attack in Hiroshima, with the coronavirus pandemic forcing a scaling back of ceremonies to remember the victims. 700 words moved by Philip Fong. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved:Japan-US-Hiroshima-history-nuclear-WWII,FACTS Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Europe tightens virus restrictions as fears of a second wave of infections spurred by the holiday season grow with the worldwide death toll crossing 700,000. 700 words moved by Amelie Herenstein with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Canada-science-palaeontology-cancer OTTAWA Dinosaurs loom in the imagination as forces of nature, but a new study that identifies the first known case of cancer in the creatures shows they suffered from the debilitating disease too. 500 words moved by Michel Comte -- BEIRUT BLAST -- Lebanon-blast-solidarity,SCENE BEIRUT In Beirut's beloved bar districts, hundreds of young Lebanese ditch beers for brooms to sweep debris in the absence of a state-sponsored cleanup operation following a deadly blast. 650 words moved by Dylan Collins and Maya Gebeily. Video. Picture Lebanon-blast-politics,Q&A BEIRUT With anger mounting over the epic destruction caused by the Beirut port blast and a country already choking from its worst ever economic crisis, what impact will the tragedy have on Lebanese politics? 550 words 0700 GMT by Acil Tabbara Lebanon-blast-world-aid,REAX BEIRUT Countries dispatch emergency medical aid, field hospitals, rescue experts and tracking dogs to Lebanon as the world reacts swiftly to a vast Beirut explosion in a nation already close to economic collapse. 750 words moved. Picture Also moved: Lebanon-blast-France-aid,FOCUS Lebanon-blast-politics,CHRONO Lebanon-blast-aid-diaspora,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Lebanon's diaspora, estimated at three times the size of the tiny country's population of five million, has stepped up to provide assistance following the massive explosion that laid waste to much of the country's capital Beirut. 650 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit Lebanon-blast-poverty,FOCUS BEIRUT For the Lebanese people, who have watched helplessly as their economy has collapsed in recent months, the devastating explosions in Beirut were one disaster too many. 750 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON The US election plunges deeper into unprecedented territory when challenger Joe Biden announces he will accept his nomination virtually and President Donald Trump suggests breaking tradition by holding his own ceremony at the White House. 700 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. File picture US-vote-diplomacy-Russia,WRAP WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo offers a $10 million reward aimed at preventing foreign interference in the November election, as the State Department accused Russia of waging an increasingly sophisticated disinformation campaign. 650 words moved by Shaun Tandon Health-virus-trial,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON A physician overseeing a clinical trial in Washington for Moderna's coronavirus vaccine has warned it will be impossible to tell how well it works without recruiting enough elderly and ethnic minority volunteers. 500 words moved by Isam Ahmed. Picture. Video Health-virus-Brazil,FOCUS SAO PAULO Five months after confirming its first case of the new coronavirus, Brazil is fast approaching the bleak milestone of 100,000 deaths from COVID-19, a tragedy experts blame on the country's lack of coherent response. 650 words moved by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video Also moving: Health-virus-Brazil-toll,INTERVIEW Also moved: Health-virus-Brazil-social,PROFILE Health-virus-Mexico-children,FOCUS TEXCOCO, Mexico At an orphanage in pandemic-stricken Mexico, the nuns water down milk and eke out food for the children -- victims of violence, poverty, and now the economic fallout from the coronavirus. 600 words 0600 GMT by Jennifer Gonzalez Covarrubias. Video -- ECONOMY, BUSINESS AND TECH -- US-IT-China-politics-internet WASHINGTON A tie-up of TikTok with Microsoft could extend American dominance of the online and social media world. But it may have some unintended, negative consequences too for US firms and the open internet. 700 words moved by Rob Lever US-China-internet-computers-lifestyle-Instagram-TikTok,lead SAN FRANCISCO Instagram adds a new short-form video feature to the image-focused platform in a direct challenge to TikTok, which is in the crosshairs of US President Donald Trump. 450 words moved by Glenn Chapman Also moving: US-China-internet-Bytedance Argentina-economy-debt,FOCUS BUENOS AIRES Argentina President Alberto Fernandez has reached a deal with creditors to restructure a $66 billion debt following months of wrangling, but analysts say that won't be enough to solve the crisis-wracked country's economic woes. 650 words 0600 GMT by Sonia Avalos. Graphic -- ENVIRONMENT -- Brazil-politics-environment,INTERVIEW BRASILIA Fending off accusations of using his post to dismantle protections of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil's environment minister promises in an interview to deliver results on slowing deforestation by the end of the year. 500 words moved by Jordi Miro. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- US-China-politics-film-censorship WASHINGTON Hollywood is bowing to Chinese pressure to censor its films of content Beijing finds offensive, risking the US film industry's independence for the big buck of the Chinese market, a new study says. 550 words moved by Paul Handley. File picture -- SPORTS -- Tennis-US-Open-Nadal,2ndlead NEW YORK Rafael Nadal says he still intends to play at the French Open next month and remains hopeful it will go ahead, despite withdrawing from the US Open due to coronavirus concerns. 500 words moved by Thomas Allnutt. File picture afp
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