1. U.S. president Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday banning trading with eight Chinese applications, including Alipay, WeChat Pay and QQ Wallet. 

2. Us: ADP employment fell by 123000 in December 2020, a negative figure for the first time since April 2020. It is estimated that there will be an increase of 75000, compared with a previous increase of 307000.

3. After studying the mutant novel coronavirus found in the country, South African medical experts said that existing vaccines such as Pfizer and Oxford may not be effective against it. British medical experts have earlier expressed the same concern. 

4. According to a report released by the global aviation data company Cirium, global air passenger traffic plummeted by 67% in 2020, returning to the level of 1999 in the last century. At present, more than 40 airlines worldwide have completely or temporarily suspended their operations. More companies are expected to file for bankruptcy in 2021. 

5. The Japanese government is considering once again declaring an emergency declaration against Tokyo and surrounding areas. At the same time, the Japanese government also plans to stop the express channels that are still reserved for business people from 11 countries and regions. If this passage is suspended, it also means that the channels for foreigners to enter Japan will be temporarily suspended. In essence, Japan will enter a state of “lock-in” for the time being. 

6. Vietnam, the world’s third-largest rice exporter, began buying rice from export competitor India for the first time in decades as local rice prices jumped to a nine-year high amid limited domestic supplies. Procurement activities highlight tighter supplies in Asia, which could push up rice prices in 2021 and even force traditional buyers of rice from Thailand and Vietnam to turn to India, the world’s largest grain exporter.

7. After counting the votes, the joint meeting of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States Congress completed the certification of electoral college votes. Former vice president and Democratic candidate Joe Biden was elected the 46th president of the United States with a majority of 306 votes, and Harris was elected vice president. Pence, the current vice president of the United States and chairman of the Senate, announced the results after completing the counting of votes. Trump: disagree with the election results, but there will be an “orderly” transition on January 20.

8. COVID-19 ‘s vaccination efforts continued to slow across the United States. As of 9: 00 a.m. on January 5, 2021, only 4.8 million of the 17 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine distributed to states had been used, accounting for 28% of the total distributed dose. Previously, the vaccination rate of COVID-19 vaccine was close to 30% on January 4 and 33% on the weekends of the 2nd and 3rd.

9. British Prime Minister Johnson: the mutated virus found in the UK has spread at an alarming rate, and the total number of COVID-19 patients being treated in hospitals is 40 per cent higher than at the peak of the first round of the epidemic in April last year. The latest figures released on the 6th show that the number of new confirmed cases in the UK has reached a new record of 62322 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 2836801.

10. World Health Organization (WHO): entering 2021, the world has vaccines and other new tools to deal with the COVID-19 epidemic, but it is also faced with new challenges such as virus mutation. More than 230 million people in Europe are currently living in the national blockade, and some countries will announce the blockade in the coming weeks. The infection rate of COVID-19 in more than 1/4 of European countries is very high, and the health care system is under great pressure.