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TOP STORIES
GLOBAL
CHINA-PARLIAMENT-HONGKONG/
Hong Kong activists call for protest march against new security laws
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong activists called for a protest march on Friday against Beijings plans to impose national security legislation in the city, prompting alarm that the new laws could erode its freedoms through force and fear.
CHINA-PARLIAMENT-TAIWAN/
China to encourage Taiwan's people to promote 'reunification'
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will encourage the people of Taiwan to join it in opposing the islands independence and promoting Chinas reunification, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday, a move likely to worsen Beijings poor relations with Taipei.
U.S.
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-TRUMP/
Trump visits Ford plant in politically crucial Michigan, leaves mask off for cameras
YPSILANTI, Mich. (Reuters) - President Donald Trump traveled on Thursday to the crucial U.S. election battleground state of Michigan to visit a Ford Motor Co (F.N) plant amid tensions with its Democratic governor during the coronavirus pandemic, opting not to wear a protective face mask for the cameras.
USA-SHOOTING-GEORGIA/
Third suspect charged with murder of Georgia unarmed black jogger
ATLANTA (Reuters) - The man who videotaped the slaying of an unarmed black man gunned down as he jogged through a suburban neighborhood in Georgia was arrested on Thursday as the third white suspect accused of murder in the racially charged case.
BUSINESS
ROCHE-HLDG-M-A-STRATOS/
Roche buys U.S. gene sequencing tech company Stratos Genomics
ZURICH (Reuters) - Pharmaceutical group Roche (ROG.S) has acquired U.S.-based Stratos Genomics to further develop DNA-based sequencing for diagnostic use, it said on Friday.
GM-MEXICO/
GM gradually restarts in Mexico as Lear Corp readies for return
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - General Motors Co (GM.N) said on Thursday it was gradually restarting the transmission and motor lines at its Mexican facilities in Silao and Ramos Arizpe, while U.S. auto parts maker Lear Corp (LEA.N) also geared up for production.
ENTERTAINMENT
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/INDONESIA-ZOO
As big cats go hungry, Indonesia zoo considers 'worst-case' deer cull
BANDUNG (Reuters) - A zoo in Indonesia may slaughter some of its animals to feed others, such as a Sumatran tiger and a Javan leopard, if it runs out of food in coming months after the coronavirus pandemic forced it to shut it doors.
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/JAPAN-FRONTLINE
Mission of Mercy: On duty at Japan's "last-chance" hospital for coronavirus
KAWASAKI (Reuters) - Two paramedics jump out the back of an idling ambulance with Tokyo plates, carefully lowering an elderly woman on a stretcher. The patient, her small face covered with an oxygen mask, disappears behind St. Marianna's automatic doors.
SPORTS
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-OLYMPICS-COATES/
Coates says Tokyo Games face "real problems" due to COVID-19
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Tokyo Games organisers face real problems staging the Olympics next year as coronavirus infections continue to soar, senior international Olympic official John Coates said.
SOCCER-MLS-CIN-STAM-COACH/
FC Cincinnati botch announcement of new coach Stam
FC Cincinnati hired former Manchester United defender Jaap Stam as its head coach on Thursday, although the Major League Soccer team bungled the online announcement.
UPCOMING
BUSINESS / ECONOMICS
BURBERRY GROUP-RESULTS/
British luxury brand Burberry reports full-year earnings
Burberry, one of the first major British companies impacted by the coronavirus in China, will show how luxury demand globally has been affected by the pandemic. Investors will be focused on how quickly shoppers are returning to stores in Asia to indicate how quickly the company could bounce back.
22 May 02:00 ET / 06:00 GMT
GLOBAL-OIL/SHALE-ECONOMY(PIX)(GRAPHIC)
INSIGHT-U.S. shale bust hits rural towns as oil jobs disappear, once-lavish checks shrivel
In rural DeWitt County, Texas, shale provided mailbox money to landowners, oilfield jobs to residents, and helped restore a nearby 1800s ghost town. But that money and the prosperity that went with it is draining away. The shale bust is taking a toll on towns from Texas to North Dakota that could take decades to recover.
22 May 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT
POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
EUROPE-MIGRANTS/SERBIA(PIX)(TV)
Serbia imposes greater control over migrant camps, deploys army at gates
Serbia recently imposed greater control over camps in which migrants from Asia and Africa are accommodated by deploying soldiers at the gates. Every day thousands of migrants leave camps to illegally cross the border and reach Western countries via Croatia or Hungary.
22 May 05:00 ET / 09:00 GMT
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/GRIEF(PIX)
A young woman makes COVID-19 grief her dad's final gift to the world
When Jose Holguin died, his death was just a speck in a giant storm of numbers defining the global COVID-19 pandemic. To the world, he was another number added to the tally recited daily by governments and news organizations. But to his family, he was the teenager who struck out from the Dominican Republic to make their lives better. New York City health department data shows that more than twice as many Latinos and twice as many African-Americans have died of COVID-19 as white Americans. As the United States opens up, Jose's family agreed to let journalists document their grief because they thought the gut-wrenching reality might help save lives.
22 May 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
NUCLEAR-BRAZIL/
Coronavirus could delay Brazil's Agra 3 nuclear plant - Eletronuclear
A 20% drop in demand for electricity and at the devaluation of real that makes imports more costly could delay the planned 2026 conclusion of Brazil's third nuclear reactor Angra 3 until the following year, the head of Brazil%u2019s state-run nuclear power company Eletronuclear tells Reuters.
22 May 08:00 ET / 12:00 GMT
SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/MALAYSIA
Malaysia daily health ministry briefing on coronavirus
Health ministry's daily news conference on latest coronavirus situation.
22 May 05:00 ET / 09:00 GMT
HEALTH CORONAVIRUS/TESTING-BLAIR
INTERVIEW: Former British PM Tony Blair warns about low COVID-19 testing in Afria
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says that rates of testing for the new coronavirus in Africa are too low to know how the disease is spreading or what its fatality rate will be. The focus on COVID-19 also shouldn't distract attention from other big killer diseases, he warns.
22 May 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/WHO-MEETING(TV)
WHO Executive Board meets with focus on pandemic response
The World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board meets after its two-day World Assembly and will also focus on the COVID-19 pandemic. The United States, which has threatened to withdraw from the U.N. agency, is among its 34 members.
22 May 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/TECH
With remote work move, Facebook dashes hopes of paycheck arbitrage
With Facebook's embrace of permanent remote work on Thursday, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has untethered one of Silicon Valley's biggest companies from the place that incubated it, disrupting its status as the world's magnet for tech talent.
22 May 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT
ENVIRONMENT-AMAZON/INDIGENOUS(PIX)(TV)
Indigenous leaders warn against bulldozing Amazon to drill oil wells on World Biodiversity Day
Indigenous leaders are calling for help to stop oil companies drilling in the headwaters of the river Amazon in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, warning that encroaching on their homelands would destroy a bulwark against climate change.
22 May 08:00 ET / 12:00 GMT
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/IRELAND-CASES
Irish health department news conference with latest coronavirus figures
22 May 13:00 ET / 17:00 GMT
CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE
USA-EDUCATION/CHEATING(TV)
Lori Loughlin, husband to plead guilty by video in U.S. college admissions scandal
"Full House" actress Lori Loughlin and her husband are expected to appear by video before a federal judge on Friday to plead guilty to charges that they participated in a vast U.S. college admissions fraud scheme that helped wealthy parents secure the admission of their children to top universities.
22 May 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT
FILMFESTIVAL-PALM DOG/(PIX)(TV)
Which movie mutt will be awarded top Palm Dog of last 20 years
Fur and frivolity.. top dogs.. movie mutts.. The Cannes Film Festival may be cancelled but the Palm Dog must go on.
22 May 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/USA-NEW YORK MICHELIN(PIX)(TV)
New York chef turns Michelin-starred eatery into charity kitchen in COVID-19 crisis
Michelin-starred chef Daniel Humm hastransformed his former World's Best Restaurant, Eleven Madison Park, into a commissary kitchen. Working alongside NYC-based nonprofit Rethink Food, Humm and his staff have been able to churn out around 3,000 meals a day for frontline workers and underprivileged New Yorkers.
22 May 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT
ODDLY ENOUGH
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/USA-SOAP(PIX)(TV)
Fun beats fear in Rube Goldberg contest to fetch soap amid COVID-19 crisis
As the world endlessly repeats the coronavirus warning "Wash Your Hands," a crazy video competition to make a Rube Goldberg contraption to drop a bar of soap into someone's hand is being overseen by the inventor-cartoonist's granddaughter.
22 May 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT
