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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Email: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Pandemic to trigger new 'Great Depression' + British PM Johnson out of intensive care + Yemen rebels dismiss 'coronavirus ceasefire' + With Sanders out, Biden turns to VP pick + Astronauts leave virus-hit planet for ISS Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The coronavirus pandemic is expected to plunge the world into its worst economic slump since the Great Depression, the IMF warns, but small signs of hope emerge as hospitalizations fall in several countries. 1,000 words 2100 GMT by Shaun Tandon with Dave Clark in Brussels and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Also moved: Health-virus-IMF-economy-recession,WRAP Health-virus-Africa-economy,WRAP Also moving: Health-virus-EU-economy,WRAP Health-virus-Britain-Johnson LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves intensive care, where he had spent the three previous days receiving treatment for coronavirus. 650 words moved by Joe Jackson and David Harding. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live Video Also moved: Health-virus-epidemic-disease-art,FACTS Health-virus-Yemen-Saudi-UAE-conflict,WRAP RIYADH The Saudi-led coalition says it began observing a unilateral ceasefire in war-wracked Yemen aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus but Huthi rebels dismiss the initiative as political manoeuvering. 750 words 1930 GMT Also moved: Health-virus-Mideast-conflict,FOCUS Yemen-conflict-Saudi,CHRONO Yemen-conflict-Saudi-rebels,FACTS US-vote-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has promised to pick a woman as his running mate against Donald Trump in November. And with Bernie Sanders out of the race, the spotlight is on Biden's choice to serve in the job he held under Barack Obama. 650 words moved by Elodie Cuzin and Chris Lefkow. Picture Also moved: US-vote-politics-Biden,PROFILE US-politics-vote-Sanders,PROFILE Health-virus-Russia-US-Kazakhstan,WRAP ALMATY A three-man crew docks successfully at the International Space Station, leaving behind a planet overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Christopher Rickleton. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US WASHINGTON US health officials make cautiously optimistic noises about coronavirus despite a jump in deaths, suggesting Americans might be able to take summer holidays, as falling hospitalization rates hint at a turning point in the battle against COVID-19. 650 words 2130 GMT by Ivan Couronne with Peter Hutchison in New York. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Health-virus-US-economy-indicator-unemployment,WRAP WASHINGTON US unemployment is rising at a jarring rate, with data showing 17 million have lost their jobs since mid-March, as officials scramble to apply a tourniquet to stem the damage from the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words moved by Chris Stein Also moved: Health-virus-US-jobless-California,PROFILE Health-virus-US-China-Taiwan-WHO,lead WASHINGTON The United States accuses the World Health Organization of putting politics first by ignoring coronavirus warnings from Taiwan, which voices outrage at criticism from the UN body's chief. 600 words 2000 GMT by Shaun Tandon with Amber Wang in Taipei Health-virus-US-politics-election-voting,FOCUS WASHINGTON Fears the COVID-19 threat will persist is driving calls for nationwide mail-in voting in the November US elections, but President Donald Trump is fighting back, admitting it could expand voter participation and damage the Republican Party's, and his own, chances. 600 words 2030 GMT by Paul Handley. File picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Turkmenistan,FOCUS ALMATY Isolated Turkmenistan, which held mass aerobic exercises and a cycling event with coordinated tracksuits this week, is one of only a handful of countries to have reported no coronavirus cases. 650 words moved by Christopher Rickleton. Picture Health-virus-Italy-economy-tourism,FOCUS ROME Tourists from across the world flock daily to Italy to marvel at its art-filled cathedrals and Roman ruins, but its famed sites have looked almost abandoned since the coronavirus pandemic struck. 1,100 words moved by Francoise Kadri. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iraq-politics-government,WRAP BAGHDAD Iraqi President Barham Saleh nominates spy chief Mustafa Kadhemi as the country's third prime minister-designate this year, moments after his predecessor ends his bid to form a government. 650 words moved by Ali Choukeir. Picture Also moved Iraq-politics-Kadhemi,PROFILE Health-virus-NAfrica,FOCUS ALGIERS From an acute shortage of regional staple couscous to a surge of confidence tricks and counterfeiting, authorities in North Africa have been busy tackling coronavirus challenges that go beyond health care. 750 words moved by Abdellah Cheballah with Tunis and Rabat bureaus -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-SAfrica-crime,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG South African Police Minister Bheki Cele sports a dark hat and pinstrip suit, a style that escapes no-one in its echo of Eliot Ness, the famed enforcer of Prohibition in 1920s America. 650 words moved by Michelle Gumede. File Picture -- ASIA -- Tonga-Fiji-Vanuatu-weather-cyclone-virus,lead NUKU'ALOFA A resurgent Tropical Cyclone Harold flattens tourist resorts in Tonga, extending a week-long trail of destruction across four South Pacific island nations that has claimed more than two dozen lives. 550 words moved by Mary Lyn Fonua. Picture. Graphic China-Wuhan-health-virus,FOCUS WUHAN, China Hairstylist "Ah Ping" is back in business now that Wuhan's coronavirus lockdown has been lifted, but his salon has no customers, only empty chairs and lingering fears over a contagion that continues to haunt the city. 800 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng. Picture. Video Health-virus-India-poverty,FOCUS GHAZIABAD, India With his rickshaw sitting idle outside his one-room shack, Sailesh Kumar is one of the hundreds of millions of poor Indians hit the hardest by the world's biggest coronavirus lockdown. 650 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava, with Vishal Manve and Ammu Kannampilly in Mumbai. Picture Health-virus-religion-Islam,PROFILE ISLAMABAD An Islamic missionary movement is at the centre of a growing controversy in South Asia after it repeatedly held massive gatherings despite warnings about the coronavirus. 550 words moved by Joris Fioriti. File Picture Health-virus-Bangladesh-Myanmar-refugee COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh Bangladesh imposes a "complete lockdown" in Cox's Bazar district, home to over a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, to halt the spread of coronavirus, officials say. 350 words moved. Picture -- CLIMATE CHANGE -- Climate-warming-extinction-oceans PARIS Global warming will cause "catastrophic" biodiversity loss across the world if greenhouse gas emissions aren't curbed, with some ecosystems liable to collapse as soon as 2030, according to new research into where and when die-offs may occur. 500 words moved by Patrick Galey -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- Health-virus-OPEC-oil,WRAP LONDON Top oil producers start a crucial meeting to discuss a possible cut in output after a collapse in demand due to the coronavirus and a Saudi-Russian price war caused the market to crash. 650 words moved by Benoit Pelegrin -- SPORT -- Health-virus-Fbl-ENG-Pr-Britain LONDON Southampton become the first Premier League club to defer players' wages while richer clubs remain locked in talks and a senior official for the footballers' union insists they are doing their bit for the nation during the coronavirus crisis. 650 words moved. File picture Oly-2020-JPN-SSD-athletics-virus-SSudan,FOCUS MAEBASHI, Japan The postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was a heavy blow for many athletes, but a team of South Sudanese sprinters training in a Japanese town are hoping to turn the delay to their advantage. 650 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture. Video -- LIFESTYLE -- Health-virus-fashion-beauty,FOCUS PARIS Beauticians and hairdressers fear the world is letting itself go during the coronavirus lockdown, and worry how they will salvage something from the havoc wreaked on eyebrows and hair by DIY plucking and cutting. 700 words moved by Fiachra Gibbons and Olga Nedbaeva. File picture afp
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