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| - Duty Editor: Anita Chang Beattie Email: anita.beattie@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Coronavirus death toll tops 60,000 worldwide + Italy deaths fall, but doctors remain cautious + China pays homage to virus victims + Daniel Pearl killer rearrested in Pakistan Health-virus,WRAP LONDON The global death toll in the coronavirus crisis soars past 60,000 as calls grow for citizens to wear face masks to halt the pandemic's devastating spread. 950 words 1930 GMT by Philip Hazlewood with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Italy ROME Italy's wary health officials cheer news that the number of patients receiving intensive care treatment for the coronavirus that had stretched the healthcare system to breaking point has dropped for the first time. 550 words 1930 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture Health-virus-China-memorial,WRAP WUHAN China comes to a standstill to mourn patients and medical staff killed by the coronavirus, as the world's most populous country observes a nationwide three-minute silence. 750 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng. Picture. Video. Live video Pakistan-US-Britain-crime-Pearl,lead ISLAMABAD Four men acquitted in the kidnapping and killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan have been rearrested and will stay in jail while prosecutors appeal the ruling, officials say. 350 words moved. File picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy-robots VARESE, Italy The shiny new robots gently check the pulses of highly infectious patients on life support in the Italian epicentre of COVID-19. The doctors and nurses love them because they also help save their own lives. 350 words moved by Migeul Medina. Picture. Video France-stabbing,WRAP ROMANS-SUR-ISERIE, France A man goes on a knife rampage in a town in southeastern France, killing two people in what is being treated as a terrorist attack. 500 words 2000 GMT by Jeff Pachoud. Picture. Video. Britain-politics-Labour,WRAP LONDON Pro-European centrist Keir Starmer is unveiled as new Labour leader, heralding a shift in Britain's main opposition party after a crushing election defeat under veteran socialist Jeremy Corbyn and years of ideological infighting. 750 words moved by Phil Hazlewood and Alice Ritchie. File picture. File video. Graphic Also moved: Britain-politics-Labour-Starmer,PROFILE Health-virus-Britain LONDON Britain reports a record 708 more daily deaths from COVID-19, including a five-year-old child, who is thought to be the country's youngest victim. 650 words moved by Phil Hazlewood. Picture. Video. Health-virus-mask,FOCUS PARIS Having told their populations that wearing masks was all but useless against the coronavirus, several Western countries have performed dramatic U-turns. 850 words moved by Paul Ricard. File picture -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Algeria-China-diplomacy,FOCUS ALGIERS As adversity strikes in the form of the coronavirus pandemic, Algeria has found a helping hand in China, an old friend and the top exporter to Africa's largest country. 750 words moved by Amal Belalloufi with Philippe Agret in Tunis. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Cyprus ARADIPPOU, Cyprus A town in Cyprus that has become a coronavirus hotspot carries out mass testing as a climate of suspicion descended on the community amid fears the disease has spread unchecked for weeks. 420 words moved. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-NewYork NEW YORK New York state's coronavirus toll continues rising at a devastating pace, as authorities issue an emergency plea for volunteers to assist in the crisis plaguing the US pandemic's epicenter. 700 words 2300 GMT by Maggy Donaldson. Picture -- ASIA -- Pakistan-health-virus-religion LAHORE Pakistani authorities are searching for tens of thousands of worshippers who attended an Islamic gathering in Lahore last month just as the novel coronavirus was taking root in the impoverished nation, officials tell AFP. 500 words moved. File Picture Solomons-maritime-weather-health-accident HONIARA, Solomon Islands At least 28 ferry passengers are swept overboard in a powerful storm off the Solomon Islands, with the captain unaware he had lost anyone until the boat docks. 350 words -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- Health-virus-OPEC-oil,ADVANCER LONDON Though delayed a few days, OPEC and its allies prepare to meet to discuss oil production cuts following US President Donald Trump's claims that leading producers Russia and Saudi Arabia were set to slash output to boost tumbling prices. 550 words 1530 GMT by Benoit Pelegrin Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment,lead WASHINGTON Small and medium-size US businesses apply for more than $5.4 billion in government-backed loans as a key pillar of the country's coronavirus relief plan takes effect, the Trump administration says. 400 words moved. Picture -- SPORTS -- Health-virus-Fbl-ENG-Pr-wages,WRAP LONDON Ex-players blast Liverpool for their move to furlough non-playing staff as Premier League stars warn that a push to cut wages by 30 percent due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis could see the British government suffer a shortfall of £200 million in revenue. 650 words by John Weaver 1930 GMT afp
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