Berita antarabangsa pilihan sepanjang hari ini

ANTARA pelbagai berita luar negara yang disiarkan di Astro AWANI, berikut adalah antara yang paling menjadi tumpuan sepanjang hari ini, Sabtu, 5 Disember 2020.

1) Vaksin COVID-19: Rusia mula edarkan Sputnik V kepada golongan berisiko tinggi

Pihak berkuasa Rusia mula mengedarkan suntikan vaksin COVID-19 yang dihasilkan negara itu, Sputnik V kepada golongan berisiko tinggi di 70 pusat perubatan di seluruh Moscow pada Sabtu.

2) COVID-19: Moderna bekal 4 juta dos vaksin tambahan untuk Israel

Moderna Inc bakal menghantar 4 juta dos tambahan vaksin terhadap COVID-19 kepada Israel selepas melanjutkan kontrak dengan Kementerian Kesihatan negara itu, pada Jumaat.

3) COVID-19: Kes positif lepasi 65 juta, kematian 1.5 juta

Data terbaharu Johns Hopkins University menunjukkan Amerika Syarikat terus kekal sebagai negara paling teruk terjejas dengan lebih 14.2 juta kes.

4) Bangladesh hantar 1,600 pelarian Rohingya ke pulau Bhasan Char

Kira-kira 1,600 pelarian Rohingya dibawa menaiki kapal tentera untuk dihantar ke tapak pelarian baharu di Teluk Bengal, Bhasan Char, sebuah pulau yang terdedah kepada bencana alam, pada Jumaat.

5) COVID-19: Lebih banyak kubur digali di Greece

Puluhan lubang kubur digali di Thessaloniki, Greece setiap hari bagi menanam mangsa korban akibat COVID-19, susulan peningkatan mendadak kes kematian akibat virus itu.

6) U.S. decision to withdraw troops dismays some Somalis

President Donald Trump's decision to pull U.S. troops out of Somalia in the waning days of his presidency triggered dismay on Saturday from some Somalis, who appealed to the incoming U.S. president to reverse the decision.

7) U.S. ends exchange programs with China, calling them 'propaganda'

The U.S. State Department said on Friday it has ended five cultural exchange programs with China, calling them “soft power propaganda tools.”

8) Jordan, Obama, Kaepernick jerseys set auction records

Jerseys worn by retired NBA legend Michael Jordan, former US President Barack Obama and ex-NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick set world records on Friday at Julien's Auctions.

9) Swiss slopes buzz as those of neighbours sit idle in pandemic

Two weeks after beating COVID-19, Thierry Salamin huffs as his ski boots crunch through Swiss snow near the Matterhorn peak, readying for a downhill run with his mood as bright as his blue and fluorescent yellow ski getup and the sun overhead.

10) World can start dreaming of pandemic's end - UN Health Chief

The UN health chief declared Friday that positive results from coronavirus vaccine trials mean the world “can begin to dream about the end of the pandemic,” but he said rich and powerful nations must not trample the poor and marginalized “in the stampede for vaccines.”