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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Tensions mount in COVID-19 vaccine race + Powerful typhoon slams central Philippines + Olympic committee creates $800m virus fund + Top Republican steps back over stock sale probe + Desolate Antarctica keeps coronavirus at bay Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Global tensions simmer over the race for a coronavirus vaccine, as the United States and China trade jabs over the pandemic's origins, and France slams pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi for suggesting the US would get any eventual vaccine first. 900 words 2100 GMT by Susan Stumme with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-France-vaccine-Sanofi,4thlead 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-Oly-2020,WRAP LAUSANNE, Switzerland The International Olympic Committee says its is creating a fund of $800 million to tackle the financial hardships created by the coronavirus pandemic which forced the postponement of this year's Tokyo Olympics until 2021. 600 words by Eric Bernaudeau moved US-politics-intelligence-stocks-investigation-Burr,WRAP WASHINGTON The Republican chairman of the powerful US Senate Intelligence committee, Richard Burr, steps down after the FBI seized his cellphone in a probe of alleged insider stock trading tied to the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words 2000 GMT by Paul Handley. File picture Health-virus-Chile-Antarctica,FOCUS SANTIAGO As the planet battles the seemingly inexorable spread of the coronavirus, Antarctica remains the only COVID-19 free continent -- thanks in the main to strict protocols and not a little luck. 700 words 2030 GMT by Paulina Abramovich. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-politics-diplomacy-China WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump further hardens his rhetoric towards China, saying he no longer wishes to speak with Xi Jinping and warning darkly he might cut ties over the rival superpower's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Jerome Cartillier. File picture Health-virus-US-Congress-politics WASHINGTON An ousted US health official warns Congress that President Donald Trump's administration has no "master plan" to fight the coronavirus pandemic and is unprepared to distribute enough vaccines to immunize millions of Americans. 500 words moved. Picture Health-virus-US-protests,FOCUS LANSING, Michigan Hundreds of protestors gather in the rain in Michigan's capital to oppose coronavirus stay-at-home orders and a court rejects an extension of restrictions in the neighboring state of Wisconsin as lockdown debates turn bitterly partisan in the United States. 700 words 2000 GMT by Jeff Kowalsky and Chris Lefkow. Picture. Video. Live video -- AFRICA -- 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 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 moved by Patrick Fort with AFP bureaus in Africa -- 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 moved by Anna Smolchenko. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Russia-mortality-demographics,FACTS -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel has postponed the swearing-in of its long-awaited unity government, which had been set for Thursday, following a request for a three-day delay by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 750 words moved by Ben Simon. File Picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-China-Wuhan,2ndlead WUHAN, China Nervous residents of China's pandemic epicentre of Wuhan queue up across the city to be tested for the coronavirus after a new cluster of cases sparked a mass screening campaign. 650 words 2030 GMT by Lan Lianchao and Hector Retamal. Picture. Video Bangladesh-virus-health-Rohingya-refugee,2ndlead COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh A Rohingya man has become the first person to test positive for COVID-19 in the vast refugee camps in Bangladesh that houses almost a million people, officials said. 500 words 2000 GMT by Shafiqul Alam and Sam Jahan. File picture 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. 550 words moved 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 -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- Health-virus-WTO-trade,WRAP GENEVA The World Trade Organization chief announces his early departure, creating shockwaves at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is ravaging the global economy. 700 words moved by Nina Larson. File picture 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 moved by Chris Stein 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 moved. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Auto-Prix-Ferrari-McLaren-Sainz-Ricciardo,WRAP PARIS Carlos Sainz hails a "dream move" as he replaces 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 by Martyn Wood moved. File picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- 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. 550 words moved by Deborah Cole afp
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