FACTBOX-Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus

* Nepal will allow regular international airline flights from August 17, a minister said on Tuesday, nearly four months after suspending them to curb the spread of the pandemic. * Australia will spend a $16.8 billion ($11.8 billion) to extend its wage subsidies for businesses hit by the pandemic, as a surge in new infections in the country's southeast threatens to keep the economy in recession.

U.S. President Donald Trump, in a shift in rhetoric on facial coverings, encouraged Americans to wear a mask, even as the governors of Texas, Florida and Georgia, where COVID-19 is raging, pushed back hard against local leaders who want to impose tighter restrictions.

DEATHS AND INFECTIONS * For an interactive graphic tracking the global spread, open https://tmsnrt.rs/3aIRuz7 in an external browser.

* For a U.S.-focused tracker with state-by-state and county map, open https://tmsnrt.rs/2w7hX9T in an external browser. * Eikon users, see MacroVitals (cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?navid=1592404098) for a case tracker and a summary of developments.

EUROPE * Barcelona authorities on Tuesday cut the number of people allowed on to the city's beaches to 32,000 from 38,000.

* Austria is reintroducing a requirement that face masks be worn in supermarkets, banks and post offices. * Fears over the coronavirus will see the Nobel prize banquet cancelled for the first time in over half a century.

AMERICAS * White House officials and top congressional Democrats discussed a next round of coronavirus relief that would include extended unemployment insurance and more money for schools.

* Canada's recent increase in cases was expected as the economy reopens, a senior medical official said, while expressing concern about how many young people were contracting the virus. * The novel coronavirus pandemic is showing "no signs of slowing down" in the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization's director said.

* Cuban girls are turning face masks into a fashion accessory for their quinceanera photoshoots, designing them to match their 15th birthday party outfits. ASIA-PACIFIC

* Passengers of China-bound flights must provide negative COVID-19 test results before boarding, China's aviation authority said. * Nepal will allow regular international airline flights from August 17, a minister said on Tuesday, nearly four months after suspending them to curb the spread of the pandemic.

* Australia will spend a $16.8 billion ($11.8 billion) to extend its wage subsidies for businesses hit by the pandemic, as a surge in new infections in the country's southeast threatens to keep the economy in recession. MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA

* About 2,000 Israelis rallied outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem as protests mounted against him over his handling of a worsening coronavirus crisis. * Two members of the South African cabinet have been admitted to hospital with COVID-19.

* Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa said his government would impose a night-time curfew and tighten other measures. MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS

* The University of Oxford's possible COVID-19 vaccine could be rolled out by the end of the year but there is no certainty, the lead developer of the vaccine said. * South Korean epidemiologists have found that people were more likely to contract the new coronavirus from members of their own households than from contacts outside the home.

* Brazil approved clinical trials starting in August for a potential COVID-19 vaccine under joint development by Pfizer and BioNTech. ECONOMIC FALLOUT

* World shares rallied to their highest since February and the euro hit its strongest in 18 months after EU leaders agreed on a landmark stimulus package to revive regional economies ravaged by the coronavirus. * Brazil's central bank launched a new program aimed at providing up to 120 billion reais ($23 billion) in loans to small and medium-sized enterprises.

* Canada's House of Commons elected chamber voted to approve the expansion of an emergency wage subsidy program so all businesses suffering losses from the outbreak will benefit. (Compiled by Anna Rzhevkina, Sarah Morland, Ramakrishnan M and Krishna Chandra Eluri; Editing by Mark Heinrich, Anil D'Silva and Subhranshu Sahu)