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| - Duty Editor: Abhik Chanda Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + China pays homage to coronavirus victims + Britain gets new opposition leader + Daniel Pearl killers rearrested in Pakistan + Can smartphones be used to fight virus spread? Health-virus,WRAP BEIJING China pays homage to victims of the coronavirus in the place where the global pandemic began, as Americans are warned to wear masks amid fears the disease can be spread by breathing. 900 words 1100 GMT by Helen Roxburgh with Shaun Tandon in Washington and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-politics-Labour,WRAP LONDON Britain's main opposition Labour party unveils a new leader who will take the helm of a defeated and divided party in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. 650 words 1100 GMT by Alice Ritchie. File picture. File video Pakistan-US-Britain-crime-Pearl 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 said. 350 words moved. File picture Health-virus-IT-rights PARIS In Europe, officials, doctors and engineers are looking at how smartphones could be enlisted in the war against the spread of the new coronavirus. 750 words moved by Laurent Barthelemy and Richard Lein -- CORONAVIRUS -- 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 1030 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng. Photo. Video. Live video Health-virus-Poland-transport,FOCUS SIEDLCE, Poland Only a few weeks ago, Polish truckers were kings of the road in Europe. Now, they are in despair. If the coronavirus crisis drags on, Poland's road transport industry will be done for. 600 words 1230 GMT by Damien Simonart with Michel Viatteau in Warsaw, Mathieu Rabechault in Paris and Jean-Philippe Lacour in Berlin. Picture. Video Health-virus-Switzerland-hotels GENEVA The hotel and tourism industries have been all but flattened by the coronavirus pandemic, but one Swiss firm has found a way to stay afloat offering a luxury COVID-19 isolation service. 550 words 0930 GMT by Nina Larson -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Spain-hospital,SCENE MADRID When staff take a break to applaud at a sprawling hospital set up at Madrid's conference centre to treat people with coronavirus, it means a patient has been discharged. 600 words moved by Laurence Boutreaux. Picture. Video Health-virus-Bosnia-elderly,VIDEO ESSAY SARAJEVO "Stay at home, we come to you" is the motto of a Bosnian volunteer brigade helping the elderly survive the coronavirus lockdown in Sarajevo, a city that has not seen a curfew since war in the 1990s. 400 words 1330 GMT by Rusmir Smajilhodzic -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH 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 -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment-indicator,WRAP WASHINGTON As the US economy craters, crippled by coronavirus shutdowns, businesses jettisoned jobs at an alarming rate last month and the situation will get dramatically worse. 750 words moved by Heather Scott Health-virus-US-masks,SCENE NEW YORK From masks and scarves to bandanas and snoods, New Yorkers at the epicenter of America's coronavirus crisis are increasingly covering their faces -- as the US government urges other citizens to do the same. 450 words moved by Peter Hutchinson. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-Brazil-politics-Mandetta,PROFILE BRASILIA As if leading his country's fight against coronavirus was not hard enough, Brazil's health minister has to deal with a boss, President Jair Bolsonaro, who criticizes, undermines and ignores him. 550 words moved by Jordi Miro. File picture -- ASIA -- Solomons-maritime-weather-health-accident HONIARA, Solomon Islands At least 28 ferry passengers were swept overboard in a powerful storm off the Solomon Islands, with the captain unaware he had lost anyone until the boat docked. 350 words moved -- ENTERTAINMENT -- US-entertainment-music-BillWithers,WRAP LOS ANGELES Bill Withers, the legendary performer who delivered timeless hits like "Ain't No Sunshine" with silky yet funkified vocals and came to define 1970s soul, has died. He was 81 years old. 700 words moved by Andrew Marszal with Maggy Donaldson in New York. File picture -- BUSINESS & TECH -- Health-virus-US-Zoom,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO, United States What does British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have in common with virtual happy hour celebrants and thousands of students around the world? All use the Zoom videoconferencing application to get together while staying apart during the deadly coronavirus pandemic. 750 words moved by Julie Jammot Health-virus-OPEC-oil,ADVANCER LONDON OPEC and its allies are set to hold a meeting Monday to discuss oil production cuts following US President Donald Trump's claims that top producers Russia and Saudi Arabia were set to slash output. 550 words 1300 GMT by Benoit Pelegrin afp
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