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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump under fire over WHO funding freeze + South Koreans back Moon in pandemic poll + Social distancing probable for two years + Apple launches budget entry-level iPhone + Coronavirus crisis delays Tour de France Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA Criticism pours in from around the globe over Donald Trump's move to freeze funding for the World Health Organization, as leaders urge solidarity in the face of a historic economic crisis. 900 words 2000 GMT by Nina Larson with Susan Stumme in Washington and AFP bureaus Will also move: Health-virus-WHO-Ethiopia-Tedros,PROFILE Also moved: Health-virus-WHO-US,REAX Health-virus-WHO,CHRONO SKorea-politics-vote-health-virus,WRAP SEOUL South Korean voters turn out in force to back President Moon Jae-in's handling of the coronavirus epidemic, donning face masks and gloves to give his Democratic party a parliamentary majority, according to exit polls. 750 words moved by Sunghee Hwang. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-US-virus-model,lead WASHINGTON A one-off lockdown won't stop the novel coronavirus pandemic and intermittent periods of social distancing may be required into 2022 to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed, Harvard scientists say. 600 words moved by Issam Ahmed US-IT-lifestyle-Apple,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO c, forced to skip the fanfare of its prior product launches as it aims to appeal to consumers facing a suddenly bleak economic backdrop 600 words moved by Glenn Chapman Health-virus-cyling-FRA-Tour,WRAP PARIS The start of cycling's flagship Tour de France has been postponed two months to August 29 due to the coronavirus lockdown. 650 words moved by Damian McCall. File picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-China-Trump-diplomacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON With his brash move to stop funding the World Health Organization in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump may score points at home but is handing an opportunity that China is delighted to exploit. 750 words moved by Shaun Tandon Health-virus-Brazil,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Dr Valdilea Veloso is racing against time: she needs ventilators, face masks and medical staff before the coronavirus pandemic peaks in Brazil, where social distancing is proving problematic, not least because of anti-isolation President Jair Bolsonaro. 700 words moved by Joshua Howat Berger. File picture Health-virus-ventilators,FOCUS WASHINGTON In recent weeks a global debate has emerged among doctors treating COVID-19: When should patients who need help breathing be placed on ventilators, and could intubation in some cases do more harm than good? 750 words moved by Ivan Couronne Fbl-PAR-BRA-Ronaldinho-corruption,WRAP ASUNCION With Paraguay's capital in lockdown, former Brazil soccer star Ronaldinho is spending his second week under house arrest in an exclusive hotel in downtown Asuncion, where a ballroom has been set up to let him play football, as he awaits trial for entering the country under a false passport. 600 words moved by Hugo Olazar. File Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-WHO-budget,FOCUS GENEVA The United States' funding freeze blows a major hole in the World Health Organization's budget as it attempts to steer the fightback against the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words 2000 GMT by Robin Millard Health-virus-Britain-politics LONDON England's chief medical officer says he believes the UK coronavirus death toll, which now stands at almost 13,000, was approaching its peak but warned of grim figures to follow in the next 24 hours. 650 words by Alice Ritchie. Picture France-religion-Notre-Dame PARIS A lone bell will ring out from what remains of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, the sole event planned to mark a year since a massive blaze nearly destroyed one of the world's most revered monuments. 550 words moved by Jean-Louis de la Vaissiere. Picture. Video. Graphic -- MIDEAST -- Israel-politics,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and parliament speaker Benny Gantz face a midnight Wednesday deadline to form a unity government or risk prolonging the country's unprecedented political crisis. 600 words 2100 GMT by Ben Simon. File Picture Health-virus-Iran,lead TEHRAN Iran says the world is learning that the United States "kills people", after President Donald Trump suspended US funding for the World Health Organization amid the coronavirus pandemic. 450 words moved. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India-religion-Varanasi,FOCUS VARANASI, India The stench of smouldering funeral pyres usually hangs heavy by the Ganges in Varanasi, where the fires have burned since time immemorial, but a nationwide lockdown over coronavirus has left the ghats eerily quiet. 600 words moved by Anand Singh with Bhuvan Bagga in New Delhi. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Health-virus-US-economy-indicator,WRAP WASHINGTON The devastation caused to the US economy by the coronavirus pandemic is thrown into even sharper relief with the release of new government data and a report from the Federal Reserve warning the bloodletting would continue. 700 words 1930 GMT by Chris Stein Health-virus-G20-economy RIYADH Saudi Arabia hosts G20 finance ministers and central bankers for virtual talks amid warnings of a deep coronavirus-triggered recession and growing calls for debt relief for poor countries including in Africa. 500 words moved Health-virus-Mideast-economy-IMF DUBAI Debt levels, unemployment and budget deficits will spike as the Middle East endures a coronavirus-led recession, piling pain on economies already hit by conflicts and an oil price slump, the IMF says. 400 words moved Health-virus-France-Amazon-unions,lead PARIS Online retailer Amazon says it will close its French distribution centres for five days after a court ordered it to evaluate measures taken to protect workers from coronavirus. 550 words moved by Marie-Pierre Ferey. Picture. Health-virus-EU-economy-technology BRUSSELS As the EU's economy reels from virus lockdowns, Brussels unveils a proposed roadmap to ease restrictions on life and businesses, relying in large part on smartphone tracking apps. 700 words moved by Marc Burleigh and AFP bureaus. Video US-banking-earnings-Goldman-Citigroup-BofA,WRAP NEW YORK Turmoil in financial markets created some profitable opportunities for large banks in the first quarter, but quarterly results underscore the darkening prospects for the US economy. 700 words 2100 GMT by John Biers India-health-virus-pandemic-economy,lead NEW DELHI Millions of people in rural India will be allowed back to work next week despite a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the government says, as it concedes the hardships of shutting its vital farming economy are too great. 600 words moved by Bhuvan Bagga with Archana Thiyagarajan. Picture. Video afp
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