Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump wears mask as virus surges in US + Trump ally Stone 'still a criminal': Mueller + Poland votes in knife-edge election runoff + Mali top court dissolved in bid to calm unrest + Nothing gives Champagne its fizz like a humble radish Health-virus,WRAP BETHESDA, United States President Donald Trump finally yields to pressure and wears a face mask in public for the first time as the US posts another daily record for coronavirus cases, while Disney World reopens in a state hit hard by the pandemic. 600 words 1200 GMT by Daniel Woolls with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-justice-Stone-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump may have commuted Roger Stone's prison sentence but the president's longtime ally remains a convicted criminal, former special counsel Robert Mueller says. 650 words moved by Brian Knowlton. Picture Poland-vote,WRAP WARSAW Poles vote in a knife-edge presidential race between populist incumbent Andrzej Duda, closely allied with US President Donald Trump, and Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, a europhile liberal keen to mend fences with Brussels. 650 words 1100 GMT by Dario Thuburn. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Poland-vote,FACTS Mali-politics-unrest,WRAP BAMAKO Mali's embattled president announces the dissolution of the constitutional court in an attempt to calm the major civil unrest gripping the vulnerable African country, as more opposition leaders are arrested. 650 words moved by Serge Daniel. Picture. Video Lifestyle-France-virus-champagne PARIS Forget Beluga caviar, foie gras or smoked salmon. The food that goes best with the finest Champagne is the humble radish. 600 words moved by Olga Nedbaeva. File picture -- EUROPE -- Serbia-Kosovo-EU-diplomacy BRUSSELS The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo hold video talks chaired by the EU as they seek an solution to one of Europe's most intractable territorial disputes. 400 words 0930 GMT by Damon Wake Health-virus-Spain-economy-tourism,FOCUS CORDOBA, Spain The Santos Bar, across from Cordoba's celebrated mosque, would normally be groaning with tourists tucking into its trademark Spanish tortillas. 600 words moved by Alvaro Villalobos. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Syria-conflict-Tunisia-children,FOCUS KAIROUAN, Tunisia Over WhatsApp from Tunisia, Taheyya has watched her grandchildren grow up in a displacement camp in war-torn Syria, where her son joined a jihadist group and was killed. 850 words moved by Caroline Nelly Perrot. Picture Health-virus-Israel-defence,INTERVIEW TEL AVIV Daniel Gold, who led the team that invented Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system, has a history of safeguarding the country against what he calls existential threats. Now he has turned his sights on battling the coronavirus. 650 words moved by Ben Simon. Picture. Video Yemen-UN-environment-energy,FOCUS DUBAI An abandoned oil tanker lying off Yemen's coast with 1.1 million barrels of crude on board is deteriorating badly and could rupture at any time, with disastrous results for Red Sea marine life, UN and other experts warn. 800 words moved by Omar Hasan and Sarah Stewart Israel-diplomacy-economy-cycling,PROFILE TEL AVIV He has ridden in a cycle rally in the Emirates, recruited star cyclist Chris Froome to Israel's Tour de France team and was mentor to the first Israeli Formula One Driver. Israeli-Canadian billionaire Sylvan Adams is playing the sports card to try to change the image of Israel. 650 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video Lebanon-politics-economy-education-France,FOCUS ZAHLE, Lebanon Inside the French-language school she has run for years in east Lebanon, Sister Colette Moughabghab welcomes parents devastated by the news the century-old establishment is locking up its classrooms. 660 words moved by Bachir El-Khoury. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Canada-restaurant,VIDEOESSAY MONTREAL In one Montreal restaurant, patrons are getting a fashion and food two-for-one: Mannequins placed at tables not only ensure social distancing but also sport chic outfits that can be purchased to benefit charity. 400 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-economy-currency,FOCUS NEW YORK Tenino had become a ghost town, and small businesses were struggling to survive amid the coronavirus pandemic, so local officials revived an unconventional idea from the last century: printing the town's own currency on thin planks of wood. 650 words moved by Daniel Hoffman. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Vietnam-politics-economy-technology,FOCUS HO CHI MINH CITY A tech-savvy population, a fast-growing economy, and the perks of being first in an emerging market -- Vietnamese entrepreneur Le Thanh saw the potential in booming Ho Chi Minh City for his start-up transforming coffee grounds into masks. 700 words moved by Tran Thi Minh Ha with Alice Philipson in Hong Kong. Picture. Video -- ECONOMY/BUSINESS/TECH -- China-economy-growth,ADVANCER BEIJING China returned to growth in the second quarter after the coronavirus pandemic handed the world's second largest economy its first contraction in decades, according to an AFP poll of analysts. 550 words by Beiyi Seow US-computers-stocks-health-politics,FOCUS NEW YORK Tech stocks were going strong even before COVID-19, but behavioral shifts during the pandemic have lifted the sector further into the stratosphere, leaving the broader stock market far behind. 700 words moved by John Biers. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT/ART -- Japan-art-offbeat TOKYO The Tokyo art exhibit opened to enthusiastic visitors, but many of those circulating weren't just there to soak in some culture -- they were casing the joint for a midnight raid. 650 words moved by Miwa Suzuki. Picture. Video afp