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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Chinese hackers targeted vaccine research: US + Trump admits virus could get worse, in U-turn + Pompeo urges whole world to stand up to China + Ukraine hostages freed after president's post + Blood test gives chance to catch cancer early US-China-health-virus-crime-hacking,WRAP WASHINGTON Two Chinese nationals are indicted for seeking to steal COVID-19 vaccine research and hacking hundreds of companies in the United States and abroad, the US Justice Department says. 600 words moved by Chris Lefkow. File picture Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Reeling from polls predicting defeat in November's election, President Donald Trump strikes a newly serious tone on the coronavirus crisis, acknowledging that a disease he has frequently played down would "get worse." 650 words moved by Sebastien Smith. Picture. Graphic. Video Britain-US-China-diplomacy,WRAP LONDON US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urges "the entire world" to stand up to China but denies forcing Britain's hand in its decision to ban the communist superpower's private telecoms giant Huawei. 650 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video Ukraine-crime-hostage,WRAP LUTSK, Ukraine Ukrainian police free 13 hostages and arrest an armed man who held them on a bus for more than 12 hours, after the country's president agrees to his demand to post a movie recommendation on social media. 650 words moved by Andriy Perun with Olga Shylenko in Kiev. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-cancer-test PARIS A blood test has been shown to detect five types of cancer years before the diseases could be spotted using conventional diagnostic methods, according to a study. 400 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-unrest-Trump,FOCUS NEW YORK New York would go to court to stop Donald Trump sending federal troops to the city, its mayor says, as the US president puts law and order at the forefront of his re-election bid. 650 words moved by Peter Hutchison with Sebastian Smith in Washington US-politics-immigration-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump orders the US national census to exclude illegal immigrants in its population count for determining representation in Congress, a move that could boost long-term Republican strength. 550 words moved by Paul Handley US-China-conflict-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON US Defense Secretary Mark Esper plans to visit China for talks on how to improve two-way communications in a crisis as geopolitical tensions between the superpowers rise and concerns mount over a potential South China Sea flashpoint. 650 words moved by Sylvie Lanteaume. File picture Health-US-mental-illness,FOCUS WASHINGTON US rapper and apparent presidential candidate Kanye West has been open about his struggles with bipolar disorder. What is the mental illness and why do many creative people seem to have it? 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed US-comedy-Trump-Cooper,PROFILE WASHINGTON She is quickly becoming the internet's favorite Donald Trump impersonator but Sarah Cooper does it without saying a word -- preferring to let the president she calls her "head writer" do the talking for her. 800 words 0230 GMT by Becca Milfeld. Picture Health-virus-Brazil-hospital,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Her voice temporarily silenced by a nearly three-month battle with COVID-19, Elenice da Silva "talks" by mouthing her words in a Brazilian care unit created to help hard-hit patients. 500 words 0200 GMT by Eugenia Logiuratto. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-Russia-parliament,WRAP LONDON British lawmakers slam the government for failing to look into possible Russian meddling in UK politics, particularly the divisive 2016 Brexit referendum, as they release a long-awaited report into the issue. 750 words moved by Phil Hazlewood. File picture. Video Denmark-US-Greenland-diplomacy COPENHAGEN A year after the US and Denmark butted heads over President Donald Trump's offer to buy Greenland, his secretary of state visits the Nordic country, with Arctic issues at the top of the agenda. 400 words 0430 GMT by Tom Little and Marc Preel Germany-court-WWII-Holocaust-Poland-survivor,INTERVIEW WARSAW The pyres of burning bodies in the forests around Nazi Germany's Stutthof concentration camp still haunt 93-year-old Marek Dunin-Wasowicz, a crucial witness in the trial of former SS guard Bruno Dey which is expected to close on Thursday. 1,000 words 0300 GMT by Dario Thuburn. Picture. Video Health-virus-Russia-tourism-wealth,FOCUS MOSCOW For high-flying Russians used to lavish summer holidays, coronavirus restrictions have made international travel a distant dream. Yet many of the country's super-rich are discovering an elegant workabout: private jets. 650 words 0330 GMT by Andrea Palasciano. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-Iraq-diplomacy,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's supreme leader tells Iraq's visiting premier that Tehran will not interfere in Baghdad's relations with Washington, but warns that the US presence next door to the Islamic republic is a cause of insecurity. 650 words moved by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video Israel-Iran-television,FOCUS JERUSALEM The plot of Israel's latest spy series to screen internationally, "Tehran" premiering on Apple TV, seems straight from the news headlines and reflects the Jewish state's deep enmity with Iran. 650 words 0300 GMT by Alexandra Vardi Health-virus-Saudi-hajj-religion,FOCUS RIYADH A Jordanian couple in Saudi Arabia burst into tears of joy to be among the chosen ones for next week's scaled-down hajj pilgrimage, but countless rejected applications have stirred resentment. 750 words 0330 GMT by Anuj Chopra. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-Sudan-Egypt-water-diplomacy,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia says its first-year target has been reached for filling a mega-dam on the Blue Nile River that has stoked tensions with downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan. 500 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. File picture. File video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Pakistan-tech-plasma,FOCUS ISLAMABAD Pakistanis with COVID-19 are risking their lives and navigating a shady black market to get blood plasma transfusions, despite scant medical proof about the remedy's effectiveness. 650 words 0300 GMT by Zain Zaman Janjua. Picture. Video India-China-TikTok-science-software-lifestyle,FOCUS NEW DELHI When India banned TikTok, it closed a window to the wider world for legions of women outside the big cities that provided fun, fame and even fortune. 750 words 0330 GMT by Aishwarya Kumar. Video. File Video -- SPORT -- Tennis-USA-Open-ATP-health-virus,3rdlead WASHINGTON US Open organisers say the cancellation of next month's tournament in Washington DC "in no way impacts" the behind-closed-doors Grand Slam scheduled for the end of August. 500 words moved afp
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