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• Bryant heads 2020 Hall of Fame honourees April 4, 2020
  Kobe Bryant , who died in a helicopter crash in January, was named alongside nine honourees who will be enshrined at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on August 29.
• Fury at 'Pokemon' jibe on French TV during China tribute event April 4, 2020
  BFMTV journalist Emmanuel Lechypre slammed as racist after he was heard whispering "they are burying the Pokemons" during coverage of China's day of mourning for coronavirus victims.
• More than 60,000 deaths worldwide from coronavirus – latest updates April 4, 2020
  Countries across the world continue to ramp up efforts to fight Covid-19, which has infected more than 1.1 million people and killed around 60,450, a majority of them in Europe. Here are the latest updates for April 4:
• Knifeman kills two in locked down southern France April 4, 2020
  The attack took place at 0900GMT in a commercial street in Romans-sur-Isere, officials say, adding alleged attacker was arrested.
• US 'swooped' on masks at Bangkok airport – German official April 4, 2020
  Berlin's state minister of the interior, Andreas Geisel, accuses Washington of "modern-day piracy" after 200,000 highly sought-after FFP2 masks destined for use by Berlin police were "confiscated" in Thai capital.
• Turkey producing 1M face masks every week amid coronavirus April 4, 2020
  Defence Minister Hulusi Akar says Turkey is also producing 5,000 medical overalls and 5,000 litres of alcohol-based disinfectants every week to combat deadly infection.
• Italy's doctors look for help from sleek new robots April 4, 2020
  "Robots are tireless assistants that can't get infected, that can't get sick," said the Circolo Hospital's intensive care unit director Francesco Dentali.
• Four acquitted in Daniel Pearl murder rearrested pending appeal April 4, 2020
  A Pakistani court sparked US outrage on Thursday after it overturned the death sentence of British-born militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, as well as the convictions of three alleged accomplices in the 2002 murder.
• Smartphone vs virus: is privacy bound to always be violated? April 4, 2020
  Health officials eyeing possibility of using smartphones to ascertain with whom someone diagnosed with Covid-19 has been in contact.
• Dozens feared dead after Solomons ferry ignores storm warning April 4, 2020
  The MV Taimareho set sail on Thursday night as tropical cyclone Harold bore down on the Solomons, and with weather forecasters warning against any unnecessary voyages.