Berita antarabangsa pilihan sepanjang hari ini

ANTARA pelbagai berita luar negara yang disiarkan di Astro AWANI, berikut adalah yang paling menjadi tumpuan sepanjang Khamis, 10 Ogos 2023.

1. Wang Yi adakan lawatan ke Malaysia, dua lagi negara Asia Tenggara mulai hari ini

Jurucakap Kementerian Luar China Mao Ning pada Rabu memaklumkan bahawa Wang Yi akan mengadakan lawatan ke Singapura, Malaysia dan Kemboja selama empat hari mulai hari ini (Khamis).

2. Calon Presiden Ecuador maut ditembak

Calon presiden Ecuador Fernando Villavicencio maut selepas ditembak lelaki tidak dikenali, kurang dua minggu menjelang pilihan raya parlimen dan presiden, lapor Agensi Berita Jerman (dpa) memetik pihak berkuasa pada Rabu.

3. Parlimen Pakistan dibubarkan

Presiden Pakistan Arif Alvi meluluskan untuk membubarkan Parlimen bagi membolehkan pilihan raya diadakan.

4. Sekurang-kurangnya enam maut kebakaran hutan di Hawaii

Sekurang-kurangnya enam orang maut akibat kebakaran hutan di Pulau Maui di Hawaii, kata pihak berkuasa pada Rabu.

5. Joe Biden larang AS buat pelaburan teknologi di China

Presiden Amerika Syarikat (AS), Joe Biden pada Rabu menandatangani perintah eksekutif yang melarang beberapa pelaburan baharu AS di China dalam teknologi sensitif seperti cip komputer selain menuntut perhatian kerajaan dalam membiayai sektor teknologi lain.

6. North Korea's Kim dismisses top general, calls for war preparations

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un replaced the military's top general and called for more preparations for the possibility of war, a boost in weapons production, and expansion of military drills, state media KCNA reported on Thursday.

7. Three killed in China while trying to outrun flash flood

A flash flood down a mountain in northwest China killed three of seven people trying to outrun it overnight on Thursday, adding to a growing list of casualties from unusually volatile weather in a very wet summer.

8. Typhoon Khanun makes landfall in South Korea after lashing Japan

Typhoon Khanun made landfall on the southeast coast of South Korea on Thursday after dumping heavy rain across southern Japan over the past week.

9. West African leaders aim to agree next steps on defiant Niger junta

West African heads of state hold a summit on Thursday aiming to agree on a plan of action for Niger, where coup leaders have refused to stand down despite the bloc's threat that it could use force to restore democracy.

10. WHO classifies EG.5 as COVID-19 'variant of interest'

The World Health Organization on Wednesday classified the EG.5 coronavirus strain circulating in the United States and China as a "variant of interest" but said it did not seem to pose more of a threat to public health than other variants.