ANTARA pelbagai berita luar negara yang disiarkan di Astro AWANI, berikut adalah antara yang paling menjadi tumpuan sepanjang hari ini, Sabtu, 2 Januari 2021.

1) COVID-19: Kes positif global lebih 83.8 juta, korban 1.82 juta

Hari kedua tahun 2021 menyaksikan jumlah kumulatif kes positif COVID-19 global melepasi angka 83.83 juta.

2) Australia ubah lirik lagu kebangsaan

Barisan lirik versi baharu yang diubah itu dinyanyikan "For we are one and free" dan bukan lagi "For we are young and free".

3) Kematian babitkan nahas pesawat meningkat pada tahun 2020 - Rekod kajian

Kajian sebuah firma perunding Belanda memberitahu, pada tahun sama, terdapat 40 kemalangan melibatkan pesawat penumpang komersial besar dan lima daripadanya mengakibatkan 299 orang terbunuh.

4) COVID-19: 814 kes baharu, Gabenor Tokyo gesa darurat dikuat kuasa

Gabenor Tokyo menggesa kerajaan pusat untuk menguatkuasakan darurat berikutan lonjakan kes baharu COVID-19.

5) COVID-19: Thailand usul langkah lebih ketat kekang gelombang terbaharu

Pihak berkuasa kesihatan Thai mengusulkan pelaksanaan langkah lebih ketat terhadap perniagaan dan perjalanan rentas wilayah di 28 daripada 76 provinsinya termasuk Bangkok selepas gelombang terbaharu penularan COVID-19 terus menyumbang jumlah kes harian tiga angka di negara itu.

6) South Korea expands ban on small gatherings to blunt coronavirus surge

South Korea will expand a ban on private gatherings larger than four people to include the whole country, and extend unprecedented social distancing rules in Seoul and neighbouring areas until Jan. 17, the health minister said on Saturday.

7) UK reactivates emergency COVID-19 hospitals, closes London primary schools

Britain reactivated emergency hospitals built at the start of the pandemic and shut primary schools in London on Friday to counter the rapid spread of a much more infectious variant of the coronavirus.

8) Different efficacy data for Chinese COVID-19 vaccine "real and valid"

Different efficacy results for a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine released separately in China and in United Arab Emirates are both real and valid, an executive at China National Biotec Group (CNBG) told state media.

9) India's drugs experts approve AstraZeneca, local COVID vaccines

Experts at India's drugs regulators have recommended for emergency use two coronavirus vaccines, one developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and the other backed by a state-run institute, the government said on Saturday.

10) Rejecting Trump veto, Republican-led Senate backs defense bill

President Donald Trump suffered a stinging rebuke in the U.S. Senate on Friday when fellow Republicans joined Democrats to override a presidential veto for the first time in his tenure, pushing through a defense policy bill he opposed just weeks before he leaves office.