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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Coronvirus cases top 1 million + Air traffic lowest since 9/11 + Millions of Americans lose jobs + Iran, US war of words heats up + HIV offers lessons for pandemic Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The number of confirmed coronavirus cases around the world tops one million and deaths surpass 50,000 as Europe reels from the pandemic and the United States reports record numbers out of work. 800 words 2100 GMT by Chris Lefkow with AFP bureaux. Photo. Video. Graphic Health-virus-aviation-IATA,lead GENEVA The coronavirus pandemic sent global air passenger demand plunging 14 percent in February, marking the steepest decline in traffic since the September 11 attacks in 2001, the global aviation association says. 600 words moved by Nina Larson Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment,WRAP WASHINGTON A staggering 10 million US workers lost their jobs in the second half of March due to the coronavirus shutdowns, but the closely-watched government employment report will not yet reflect the worst of the impact. 650 words moved by Heather Scott. File picture Iran-US-Iraq-diplomacy,WRAP TEHRAN Iran says it "only acts in self-defence" after President Donald Trump warned it against attacks on US troops in Iraq as a new war of words heats up amid the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words moved by Amir Havasi. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Iran-Larijani Health-virus-HIV,Q&A PARIS From being a killer in the shadows, to having its own international day and UN programme, HIV's emergence into a global reality can offer many lessons in how to respond to COVID-19, the head of the International Aids Society tells AFP. 600 words moved by Patrick Galey -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-Florida-ships,WRAP FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida A virus-hit cruise ship with dozens of ill passengers and crew is given final clearance to dock in Florida after being barred from several South American countries. 650 words 1930 GMT by Leila Macor. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-China-politics-trade,FOCUS WASHINGTON As US politicians voice fury over Beijing's handling of the coronavirus crisis, they face a harsh truth -- the United States is deeply dependent on China for masks and other protective gear to fight the pandemic. 700 words 2200 GMT by Shaun Tandon Health-virus-US-social,FOCUS NEW YORK As if being part of "Generation Z" wasn't complicated enough, life for millions of young adults has been upended as the coronavirus forces them to retreat from shuttered workplaces and desolate college campuses into the arms of their parents. 700 words moved by Thomas Urbain. Picture Health-virus-Brazil-death,FOCUS SAO PAULO The biggest cemetery in Latin America, a seemingly endless stretch of graves on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, is adapting to the new funeral rites of our times: speedy burials, no hugs. And it is bracing for things to get a lot worse. 550 words moved by Paula Ramon. Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson says Britain will "massively increase testing" for the COVID-19 virus as the country records more than 500 daily deaths for a second consecutive day. 700 words 1930 GMT by David Harding and Joe Jackson. Health-virus-chloroquine-shortage PARIS Limited global stocks of two anti-malarial drugs could wreck plans to use the medicines, currently in clinical trials, to treat COVID-19, doctors caution. 400 words moved by Patrick Galey EU-migration-court-Poland-Hungary-Czech,2ndlead BRUSSELS Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic broke EU law by refusing refugees when the bloc faced a migration crisis five years ago, the European Court of Justice rules. 600 words moved by Marc Burleigh Health-virus-Russia-Putin,2ndlead MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin announces the extension of a non-working period in Russia to slow the spread of the coronavirus until April 30 as cases spike. 600 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-DRCongo KINSHASA Lack of resources, a muddle over confinement and incipient panic are hobbling the response to coronavirus in DR Congo, fuelling fears especially for Kinshasa, one of Africa's largest and most chaotic cities. 650 words moved by Samir Tounsi. File picture Health-virus-Nigeria-Lagos-shutdown,FOCUS LAGOS A large crowd jostled and cheered in the poor district of Alimosho in Nigeria's megacity Lagos as the doors of a lorry swung open to reveal hundreds of sacks of food. 650 words moved by Celia Lebur. Picture. Video Health-virus-Rwanda,FOCUS KIGALI Out of work, with prices soaring and police on the streets, life for many Rwandans has become immeasurably harder under coronavirus lockdown, and the pain looks only set to deepen. 700 words moved. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-NKorea-diplomacy,lead SEOUL North Korea remains totally free of the coronavirus, a senior health official in Pyongyang insists, despite mounting scepticism overseas as confirmed global infections near one million. 600 words moved. Picture. Video Pakistan-US-Britain-crime-media-Pearl,WRAP KARACHI A Pakistani court overturns the death sentence for British-born militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was convicted 18 years ago in the kidnapping and beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl. 600 words 2030 GMT by Ashraf Khan Health-virus-China-family-rights,FOCUS WUHAN Zhang took his elderly father to a Wuhan hospital for a surgical procedure in January, just as coronavirus was consuming the central Chinese city. Within days, his father was dead of the contagion. 900 words. Moved. Picture. Video -- MIDEAST -- Health-virus-Israel-politics JERUSALEM Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman, a leading member of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to re-enter precautionary quarantine. 450 words moved Health-virus-Lebanon-Syria BEIRUT Lebanese authorities have introduced "discriminatory restrictions" exclusively targeting Syrian refugees as part of their response to the coronavirus, says Human Rights Watch. 450 words moved by Hashem Osseiran -- SPORTS -- Health-virus-RugbyU-WC-2023-ENG-Jones,WRAP TWICKENHAM, England Eddie Jones has signed a two-year extension to his contract as England coach that will see him remain in charge of the side until the end of the 2023 World Cup in France. 650 words moved by Julian Guyer. File picture afp
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