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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + EU offers vaccine hope as WHO warns virus here to stay + France says US should not get Sanofi vaccine first + Powerful typhoon slams central Philippines + Burundi expels top WHO virus experts + Penguin poop 'laughing gas' makes scientists 'cuckoo' Health-virus,WRAP THE HAGUE The European Union's medicines agency suggest that a vaccine for the coronavirus could be ready in year, even as the World Health Organization warned that the disease may never go away. 1000 words 1430 GMT by Danny Kemp with Robin Millard in Geneva and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Videographics Health-virus-France-vaccine-Sanofi,4thLead PARIS The French government rounds on its homegrown pharmaceutical giant Sanofi after its CEO says a potential COVID-19 vaccine will be given to the United States first, prompting a chorus of criticism over equitable access to a disease that has killed nearly 300,000 people worldwide. 700 words 1500 GMT by Joseph Schmid Philippines-disaster-typhoon,WRAP MANILA A powerful typhoon hits the central Philippines, forcing a complicated and risky evacuation for tens of thousands of people -- many of them heading to cramped shelters without proper safety gear to guard against the coronavirus. 540 words moved by Mikhail Flores. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-diplomacy-Burundi,lead NAIROBI Burundi orders the expulsion of the World Health Organization's expert team coordinating the country's response to the coronavirus pandemic, just days before a presidential election. 750 words moved Antarctica-climate-environment-penguins COPENHAGEN Antarctica's king penguins emit such copious amounts of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, via their faeces that researchers went a little "cuckoo" studying them, according to a Danish scientific study published Thursday. 250 words moved -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Russia,lead MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin says the coronavirus crisis is easing in Russia as new daily cases fall below 10,000 for the first time in nearly two weeks. 550 words 1500 GMT by Anna Smolchenko. Picture. Video Health-virus-Russia-mortality-demographics,FACTS MOSCOW Russia has the world's second-highest number of coronavirus cases but has registered 10 times fewer deaths than Britain, France, Italy and Spain. So many are wondering: why is the country's mortality rate so low? 850 words moved by Antoine Lambroschini -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment,WRAP WASHINGTON Brutal weekly unemployment numbers underscore the coronavirus pandemic's continued ability to destroy jobs in the United States as President Donald Trump and his allies push to reopen the world's largest economy. 550 words 1500 GMT by Chris Stein Markets-world-WRAP LONDON World equities sink as mounting US unemployment added to worries about a slow economic recovery from coronavirus shutdowns and a second wave of the deadly disease. 700 words 1600 GMT WTO-trade,WRAP GENEVA The World Trade Organization is expected to announce the early departure of its director-general, creating shockwaves at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is ravaging the global economy. 700 words 1430 GMT by Nina Larson Health-virus-Germany-tax,2ndlead BERLIN Germany expects the coronavirus pandemic to wipe almost 100 billion euros off the 2020 tax intake, according to latest estimates from the finance ministry. 400 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-protests LANSING, Michigan Demonstrators gather in Michigan's state capital to protest coronavirus stay-at-home orders and a top court overturns an extension of restrictions in neighboring Wisconsin as lockdown debates in the northern US states turn increasingly partisan. 600 words 1500 GMT by Jeff Kowalsky and Chris Lefkow. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-US-tracing,FOCUS NEW YORK Contact tracing is supposed to be one of the key weapons in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, and US authorities have touted the need for an "army" of tracers for months. But the hiring process has only just begun. 800 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. File picture -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Africa,Q&A ABIDJAN Three months ago, Africa recorded its first case of coronavirus, sparking fears that the world's poorest and least-equipped continent faced a catastrophe. But so far, the virus has not come anywhere close to wreaking the same damage in Africa as in Europe and the US -- a phenomenon that has stirred much debate. 750 words 1500 GMT by Patrick Fort with AFP bureaus in Africa -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM After more than 500 days of political deadlock, three inconclusive elections in a year and finally an unprecedented power-sharing deal between rivals, Israel is poised to swear in a new government. 650 words 1600 GMT by Ben Simon. File picture. File video Health-virus-Ramadan-Bahrain-music MANAMA The tradition of Ramadan drummers awakening the faithful for their pre-dawn meal may be dying out across the Muslim world, but Yasser al-Samak has become a social media hit by adapting age-old songs for the time of coronavirus. 500 words moved by Mazen Mahdi. Picture. Video Health-virus-Yemen-conflict,FOCUS KHOKHA, Yemen In a desolate camp for Yemenis displaced by war, Nasima Ahmed wonders how she and her four children can possibly protect themselves as the coronavirus stalks the country. 700 words moved by Khaled Ziad with Shatha Yaish in Dubai. Picture. Video Health-virus-Iraq-religion-technology,FOCUS NAJAF, Iraq Every year, Maher al-Rubaye would marvel at the gold-leaf walls of Iraq's Imam Ali mausoleum. He still visits the shrine today -- through a screen from his living room. 600 words moved by Haidar Hamdani. Picture. Video Health-virus-Egypt-diplomacy,FOCUS CAIRO A slickly produced video from the office of Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi shows crates of medical supplies -- stamped in English and Arabic with the words "from the Egyptian people to the American people" -- being loaded onto a military cargo plane. 850 words moved by Farid Farid. Video. Picture -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict,WRAP KHOST, Afghanistan The Taliban say they carried out a deadly attack on an Afghan army base after the government ordered forces to resume strikes against the militants. 500 words by Adnan Rahimi. Picture. Graphic Health-virus-India-robot-offbeat COIMBATORE, India As long, jostling queues formed outside liquor stores in India during an easing of a strict coronavirus lockdown, Karthik Velayutham found a way to maintain social distancing -- by building a robot to shop for him. 400 words moved. Picture. Video Virus-health-Japan,FOCUS TOKYO With the world's oldest population and one of the most crowded megacities on the planet as its capital, Japan should have provided a fertile breeding ground for the deadly coronavirus. 750 words moved by Richard Carter and Natsuko Fukue Health-virus-NZealand WELLINGTON New Zealanders mingle with friends and hit the shopping malls for the first time in seven weeks as a national lockdown ends and businesses face a "new normal" minimising the constant threat of coronavirus. 600 words moved by Neil Sands. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Auto-prix-Ferrari-Sainz-McLaren-Ricciardo,wrap Paris Spanish driver Carlos Sainz will replace four-time Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari next season, while Daniel Ricciardo signs a "multi-year" deal with McLaren from 2021. 650 words moved by Martyn Wood. File picture. File video Health-virus-SKorea-golf-KOR,lead YANGJU, South Korea Players were ordered to keep two metres apart and there was no touching the flagsticks without gloves as women's professional golf returned post-coronavirus in South Korea. 600 words by Kang Jin-kyu. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Health-virus-entertainment-US-music-gaming,FOCUS NEW YORK With concerts on hold to halt the spread of coronavirus, the gaming world is increasingly catering to music lovers, with artists becoming animated performers in virtual realms to the trippy delight of millions. 750 words moved by Maggy Donaldson and Thomas Urbain. File picture Entertainment-Germany-theatre-people-church,OBIT BERLIN Provocative German dramatist Rolf Hochhuth, whose most famous play "The Deputy" explored Vatican complicity in the Holocaust, has died aged 89, his publisher says. 450 words moved afp
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