• Lagarde also called on European Union leaders to kick start the bloc's 750 billion euro Next Generation EU spending package as some economic restrictions could remain in place until the second half of the year.

• 2020 is likely to be one of the worst years on record, even if we will see positive figures in the fourth quarter.
• Apparent consumption is forecast to fall 13% in 2020 before bouncing back this year by 13.3% to 152 million tonnes.

• Front-month gas futures fell 4.8 cents, or 1.7%, to $2.787 per million British thermal units.
• Data provider Refinitiv said output in the Lower 48 US states has averaged 90.2 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) so far in February.

• Bitcoin dipped to $46,784.38 after striking a record close to $50,000 Tuesday. The dollar was mixed.

• Sainsbury's said on Wednesday it would match the German-owned discounter's prices on around 250 equivalent products.
• Aldi immediately dismissed Sainsbury's move. "Shoppers know that the only place you can get Aldi prices is at Aldi," it said.

• SocGen swings to first full-year loss in 10 years
• Predicts better 2021
• Flags encouraging start to 2021 trading
• Shares up 3.3%

• Fraudsters stepped up online activities last year as the coronavirus pandemic hit the Russian economy and people turned to the stock and foreign exchange markets in search of new sources of income.
• Most operate online and position themselves as foreign companies registered in Britain, Cyprus and offshore islands.

• Dubai falls for fifth session in six.
• NCB best performer on Saudi benchmark.
• Egypt logs best day in three weeks.

• It sold the bonds at 4%, tightening by 75 basis points from initial price guidance after receiving more than $1.9 billion in orders.
• The issuance is Qatar's first conventional AT1 bond sale since Qatar Islamic Bank's issue of AT1 sukuk, or Islamic bonds, in 2016.

• China's auto sales surged 30% in Jan.
• Dollar index at two-week low.

• Inventories fell 1.6% in December from a year earlier.
• The economy grew at a 4.0% annualized rate in the fourth quarter after a historic 33.4% growth pace in the third quarter.

• "I think N'Golo fits into any manager's plans on the planet," Tuchel told reporters. "I was desperate to have him in my teams (in the past).
• "To see the guy live, to see how he works, how humble he is, the quality he gives to the team. I am so humbled to be his coach. He will start tomorrow.

• The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has notified revisions in chapter 20 of the Foreign Exchange Manual to modernize foreign exchange regulations for facilitating startups, fintechs and exports in Pakistan.

• Chilean peso best regional performer.
• EMFX rises after slow start to the day.
• Brazil's real lags on dismal retail sales data.

• Williams shrieked in pain before hobbling to her chair to receive medical attention and a retirement looked imminent by the American.
• You can't always prepare for the triumph or the disaster in sports or in life. You can't control it all. What you can control is how you handle the ups and the downs.

• May arabica coffee fell 0.6% to $1.2420 per lb.
• May New York cocoa rose 1.2% to $2,458 a tonne.
• March raw sugar rose 0.9% to 16.58 cents per lb.

• The new bond deal comes just three weeks after Gazprom raised $2 billion also via a Eurobond issue.
• Gazprom is leading the $11 billion Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project from Russia to Germany.

• Tens of thousands of farmers have been camping out on main highways on the outskirts of New Delhi for more than two months in a bid to force the government to withdraw the new laws they say benefit private buyers at their expense.
• Modi said India's agriculture sector needed investment to help modernise the food supply chain and improve infrastructure.

• Crude benchmarks rise to 13-month highs.
• OPEC+ supply restraint, vaccine rollouts support.
• API says crude inventories fell by 3.5 mln barrels.

• After reporting a fourth-quarter profit of $2.8 billion and a 2021 profit outlook some saw as conservative, GM shares were down 4.5% in early trading.
• Said GM "won't lose any production" of its high-profit full-size pickup trucks and SUVs, although the supply of computer chips "is still a bit fluid."

• Core CPI was also unchanged in the month, compared to economist's expectations of a 0.2% increase.
• It's disappointing in respect to the view of inflation that has been developing for the last few months.

• Consumer prices increase 0.3% in January.
• CPI rises 1.4% on year-on-year basis.
• Core CPI unchanged; up 1.4% year-on-year.

• Dollar at two-week lows.
• Sterling crosses $1.38.
• Swedish crown hits 1-month high vs. euro.

• "We welcome Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa's assurance given in Sri Lankan Parliament today allowing Muslims to bury those who died from COVID19," Imran Khan tweeted.
• Sri Lanka had restricted its population to incinerate all those who die out of the coronavirus so the viral spread in the midst of the pandemic can be reduced.

• Canadian dollar touches its strongest since Jan. 22 at 1.2674.
• Price of US oil rises 0.2%.
• Canadian bond yields ease across the curve.

• The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 52.2 points, or 0.17%, at the open to 31428.02.
• The S&P 500 rose 9.6 points, or 0.24%, at the open to 3920.78?,

• The national seminar was organised by the Institute of Strategic Studies, Research and Analysis (ISSRA) at National Defence University (NDU).
• “The recommendations and suggestions given during the seminar will also help in improving national strategy against the pandemic,” Nadeem Raza said.

• The largest percentage gainers on the TSX were Aphria Inc , which jumped 19.7%, and Aurora Cannabis, which rose 14.3%.
• Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was up 97.36 points, or 0.53%, at 18,505.98.

• Government, gas industry remain locked in tricky conflict.
• Cabinet wants separate green hydrogen, gas pipelines.
• Gas lobbies want early merger of both to speed roll-out.

• The vaccination of those who register in this category will start in March," Asad Umar tweeted.
• On February 3, Pakistan began its vaccination drive with the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine.

• Schools are free to teach any additional material or even additional subjects," says the Minister.
• The single national curriculum is set to be implemented across the country from the next academic year, due to begin in August 2021.

• The U.S State Department's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs welcomed the resumption of 4G internet services in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, which was in a blackout since the past 550 days.
• While the international community has rejoiced over the news of an end to the government-mandated shutdown, research has shown the extent of economic damage to the semi-autonomous state caused by the blackout.

• Klopp, who led Liverpool to the English league title as well as the Champions League crown in the past few seasons.
• She meant everything to me, a mother in the real sense of the word.

• The automaker expects a chip shortage to trim $1.5 billion to $2.0 billion from its 2021 operating profit.
• The global chip shortage also will have a short-term impact on production and cash flow, the company said.

• The announcement was made by the PML-N leader Attahullah Tarar during a corner meeting held in connection with the by-poll in Daska.
• The by-elections on two Punjab seats, NA-75 (Sialkot) and PP-51 (Gujranwala), are scheduled to be held on February 19.

• Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) traded 1.6% up at $8,274 a tonne in official rings.
• The idea that US stimulus is going to lead to higher inflation has taken hold this week.

• Production of bitcoin uses large amounts of energy.
• CO2 emissions estimated to be equivalent to a small country.
• Could complicate companies and investors' ESG pledges.
• Projects aim to create 'green bitcoin' from renewables.
• Could entrepreneur Musk and Tesla electrify this drive?

• Pacific Biosciences' stock has risen more than nine-fold in the last 12 months and has a market value of $7.4 billion.
• SB Management, a unit of SoftBank Group Corp, will make the investment in convertible senior notes.

• Regardless of whether EBITDA profit comes in Q3 or Q4, Lyft should be structurally more profitable coming out of the pandemic and focused on accelerating operating velocity.
• Wall Street seems impressed, with 24 brokerages locking in a buy or higher rating on the stock, 12 at hold and two at sell or lower.

• Lawmaker: "sky's the limit" ambition needed after Brexit.
• Industry facing 1.7 billion pound bill for COVID claims.
• BoE: COVID claims won't mean "tons" more capital needed.

• IDT Biologika, based in Dessau-Rosslau in eastern Germany, produces viral vaccines for pharmaceutical companies.

• More than 70 people died in the 2017 blaze at Grenfell Tower, a 23-storey social housing block in west London, shocking Britain and sparking an inquisition.
• This means the government is providing more than 5 billion pounds including a further 3.5 billion pounds announced today.

• Gauff, 16, was one of the Australian Open's biggest success stories last year as she stunned Venus Williams, Sorana Cirstea and Naomi Osaka en route to the fourth round.
• I'm going to go out there and have fun," Gauff said. "She's a great player and I know it's going to be a tough match, but I'm just going to embrace the opportunity and try to play well under the pressure.

• GM reported fourth-quarter profits of $2.8 billion, compared with a loss of $194 million in the year-ago period.

The central bank was not against bank mergers as long as it did not hurt competition and supported the idea of having "giant banks", he was quoted as saying.

• Shallow quakes tend to cause more damage than deep ones.

• Structured products typically offer investors a return linked to the performance of an underlying asset, such as a equities, commodities or interest rates.
• From April 2021, Investec Bank plc will not launch any further retail structured product plans in the UK retail market.

• It was bought from trading house Ameropa at an estimated $270.50 a tonne c&f for shipment in the first half of September.
• Three other trading houses participated in the tender, CHS which offered $273.43 a tonne c&f .

• Russia wasn't spared a second wave, but its authorities pinned hopes on ending the outbreak and buttressing the struggling economy with its vaccine rollout.

• Biden has set a theme for his administration of advancing greater opportunities for minorities across the entire government.

• The volatile Australian rarely sticks around for the second week of his home major but his early round matches on his favourite court are guaranteed entertainment.
• Despite the restricted crowds and disappointing turnout over the first three days of a Grand Slam defined by the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Overall in Europe's 52 countries and territories, 34,902,124 cases have been recorded as of Wednesday.

• Germany has so far been starved of shots as drugmakers faced production problems, but shortages are likely to ease as deliveries accelerate.
• BioNTech's shot, made in partnership with US drug company Pfizer, was the first to win approval for use in the European Union.

• Since launching an offensive in December, the rebels have sought to cut off the capital, the UN says.

• Russia hopes to vaccinate the bulk of its population by mid-summer, reaching a figure of 70% immunity.
• Around 4 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine have thus far been distributed to Russia's regions.

• The plan by Donald Trump was driven by concerns that TikTok and other Chinese online services posed security risks because of their ties to the Beijing government.

• There was supposed to have come 43,000 doses (next week), and those have been delayed to (the following week) according to our information.
• As of Tuesday, close to 180,000 individuals in Norway had received their first dose of vaccine against the disease and close to 50,000 had received their second shot.

• Some starvation deaths have already been reported and the figures could climb fast, he said.

• Cybersecurity has become a focus for businesses as the coronavirus pandemic has pushed employees to work from home, increasing the risk of hacking incidents.
• CYE supported more than 15 different organisations impacted by the SolarWinds situation in the United States and helped them to recover from the incident.

• He said thousands of madrassas and religious leaders expressed confidence in Ministry of Education.

• He highlighted that the role of society, particularly parents and teachers, was very important to discourage drug abuse among our youth.

• Zuckerberg said in January that he wanted to "turn down the temperature" of political conversations on the social networking site because "people don't want politics and fighting to take over their experience on our services.
• Facebook will exempt content from official government agencies and services, as well as COVID-19 information from health organizations from the drill.

• Babar Azam has moved ahead of India’s premier Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara while Faheem Ashraf and Fawad Alam too have continued their ascent.

• QP would still chiefly use long-term price contracts as it expands its production, spot volumes for trading would represent about 5-10% of volumes sold.
• Asian LNG prices rocketed to record highs in January, outpacing gains in much of Europe and the United States where gas is abundant.

• Yasinzai said that Balochistan is rich of natural resources and minerals and the government was trying hard to provide basic amenities at people's doorstep.

• UAE’s first mission to Mars reached the red planet and entered orbit on Tuesday after a seven-month, 494 million km journey.

The successful Mars mission was a testament to the vision of the UAE leadership, and pride for its people, as well as Muslim Ummah, said FO.

• Sarwar said the project would help the departments concerned to undertake necessary measures to prevent the public from any natural calamities with availability of accurate and timely information.

• Administrators of troubled hospital operator NMC Health were sounding out potential buyer interest for the UAE and Oman business.
• NMC in December had agreed to sell its IVF subsidiary Eugin to Fresenius Helios for an enterprise value of around $525 million.

• The court granted more time to submit the report and adjourned hearing for two weeks.

• He said that the price of wheat in the open market was at the highest level and urged that the government has to take notice to avert any further hike in the price of flour.

• If we succeed in making out gemstone internationally certified it will change the fate of the persons affiliated with this sector, he noted.

• Developments concerning Yemen were discussed, and joint efforts to support reaching a comprehensive political solution to the Yemen crisis were reviewed.
• Saudi Arabia leads a military coalition which intervened in Yemen in 2015, backing government forces fighting the Houthis.

• The price of per tola silver and ten gram silver remained unchanged.

• He said that the federal government had recently suspended the prize bonds of Rs25,000 and had given a six-month deadline to investors to en-cash their savings of Rs188 billion.

• The robotic probe carried out a 15-minute burn of its thrusters at 7:52 p.m. Beijing time (1152 GMT), the China National Space Administration said in a statement.
• The probe is one of three reaching Mars this month. The Hope spacecraft launched by the United Arab Emirates successfully entered the planet's orbit on Tuesday.

• As many as 412 companies transacted shares in the stock market, 173 of them recorded gain and 223 sustained losses.

• Tens of thousands have taken to the streets in recent weeks to protest against the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, a prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin.
• The Moscow-based Levada Centre said an opinion poll conducted from Jan. 29 to Feb. 2 showed that 45% of people expected fresh political protests, a jump from 23% last November.

• The ratings agency expects oil prices to remain below their trajectory prior to the COVID-19 pandemic as a result of lower demand in sectors like aviation, resulting in higher deficits among Gulf states.
• Under most plausible scenarios, the level of SWF coverage of government debt stocks will fall significantly for Saudi Arabia and Oman, weakening their fiscal strength over the medium term.

• With pledges of support from a host of groups, including the League, Forza Italia and the Democratic Party.
• Saying 'yes' or 'no' to Draghi would be too simplistic ... We need to vote on a programme,

• Russian brokerages say Moscow needs to ease taxation rules and lower profit tax for non-residents who buy shares traded in Russia. The tax currently stands at 30%.
• Digital technologies now allow an investor to work anywhere, and if we have the most technologically advanced platform..

• The Chief Minister urged people of the province to follow SOPs.

• The PCB added that further details about the pricing and availability of tickets will be shared soon.

• IDT Biologika, based in Dessau-Rosslau in eastern Germany, produces viral vaccines for pharmaceutical companies, and has suffered a recent setback in developing its own vaccine against COVID-19.
• IDT has previously said it was doing work for AstraZeneca on the vaccine, which the British drugmaker is co-developing with Oxford University.

• The train shall now cover a total distance of 74 kilometres from Orangi to Dhabeji, said a news release.

• CEO Neivor Canton said Aurora, a privately owned company that competes with Brazil-based heavyweights JBS SA and BRF SA, plans to expand its chicken processing capacity by 20% in two years.

• He said that a letter has been written in this regard to all such departments and sought their support for holding Senate elections in a transparent way.

• The company had pleaded to fix the gas price at Rs1, 404.92 per MMBTU with average increase of 123 per cent, while the authority determined the price at 644.84 per MMBTU with an average surge of 2 per cent.

• Freight groups have told Reuters that European drivers are setting higher prices to bring goods into Britain in case they have to return with an empty truck.
• Transporeon, Europe's largest supply chain and logistics technology platform.

• The honest and trustworthy PTI leadership was facing a corrupt cabal while the people have witnessed that who was trading votes, he added.

• IGP Mushtaq Maher briefing the chief minister said that out of 27 Inspectors Investigation, four were female and four belonged to minorities.

• The CBOT's most-active soft red winter wheat contract fell in overnight trading, following corn and soybeans lower despite a tighter global wheat stocks picture reported.
• Ukraine's grain exports are down 20% from the same period last year, at 29.8 million tonnes.

• She said, the beneficiaries’ families had been included in the programe without any discrimination and behind the party politics.

• The spending will be focused on major projects like new subway extensions and the electrification of vehicle fleets, along with investments in walking and cycling infrastructure, he said.
• To help restart the economy and create strong, middle class jobs - all while fighting climate change.

• All students and their parents are directed to observe the standard operating procedures announced by the governments for coronavirus.

• The men in green will take on Proteas in the three-match T20I series here at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore from tomorrow (Thursday).

• The CM expressed satisfaction over provincial capital’s law & order situation.

• The "country-differential" premium - so called because exporters pay it because of the high quality of cocoa from Ivory Coast.
• The CCC is aiming to sell a total of 555,000 tonnes worth of contracts for the April-to-September mid-crop by the end of this month.

• During the meeting, the provincial minister sought details of government lands under the Jail department in Punjab.

• Murad, minister energy and Chairman NEPRA also discussed tariff issues of renewable power projects being installed in Sindh and also discussed the tariff for waste to energy projects.

• He said the incumbent government was intended to increase salaries of the federal employees up to 16 grade.

• He said health cards with insurance upto Rs 0.7 million would be issued to people to lessen their burden of expensive medical treatment.

• During the last 24 hours most of the deaths had occurred in the Punjab followed by Sindh.

• During the period under review, Other Appartus imports also came down by 5.20%, valuing $216,637 thousand imported as compared the imports worth $228,509 thousand of same period of last year.

• There are 30 to 40 Chinese companies which have shown interest to set up their businesses there, he added.

• A formal MoU is signed with the Saudi government in November but it has not yet been signed till now, he said.

• The overall imports increased by 4.83 percent, from $22.136 billion to $23.207 billion, according to the data.

• Under the new pricing mechanism, RON95 grade petrol will not exceed 2.05 ringgit ($0.5072) per litre.
• The government is committed to reducing the people's cost of living and constantly monitors global crude oil prices.

• The Crop sowing in Punjab recorded 2.6 percent growth, Sindh 2 percent, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochsitan 1 percent respectively.

The organistaion has served 340,000 patients till date through the network of its 33 e-health clinics across Pakistan, and the mobile application. “The government of Balochistan appreciates the effort of Sehat Kahani in bringing this much needed innovation to our region; this will help many patients from underserved areas to be able to access quality healthcare."

• Most Etihad pilots and cabin crew have received both doses, she said without disclosing precise numbers.
• The airline has been offering staff a vaccine developed by China's Sinopharm, which is also available to the general public in the United Arab Emirates.

• Twitter says can't comply with all of India's requests
• Refusal has sparked a political row in India
• Indian politicians moving to local rival app Koo.

• May arabica coffee fell 0.1% to $1.2490 per lb.
• May New York cocoa rose 0.7% at $2,446 a tonne.
• March raw sugar rose 0.4% to 16.50 cents per lb.

• UN resolutions call for Cyprus' reunification under a two-zone federal umbrella. Previous attempts have failed to unite Greek and Turkish Cypriots on the island.
• There is no longer any solution but a two-state solution. Whether you accept it or not.

• That post was liked by around 10,000 other users in just twelve hours and shares in the two companies jumped by 21% and 10% respectively.
• Shares of other cannabis producers have also surged to record levels.

• The deal with Atlas Crest Investment Corp, announced on Wednesday, is expected to provide $1.1 billion of proceeds to the company which makes electric aircraft with vertical take-off and landing.
• Separately, United Airlines said it would buy $1 billion of Archer's aircraft, with an option to buy an additional $500 million of aircraft, as part of its decarbonization efforts.

• He said the specialty of the new kits was that they would work on dual injectors like EFI (Electronic Fuel Injection) engines and give better pick as compared to other fuels.

• "Going into this match I was really nervous and I actually had a really bad dream about it," Osaka told.
• For me, my dreams are very telling of the future. Like, usually I have dreams and they come true. Last night I had a dream that I lost this match, and I really didn't feel good about it.

• The federal minister stated that those who received bribery have been exposed.

• The Panjgur and Turbat districts are producing 53 percent of the country’s dates in a year where the Date harvest is spreading over an area of about 42,300 hectares, it added.

• Participants were believed to be CHS, Nibulon, Cerealcom Dolj and Ameropa, they said.
• No purchase has yet been made and results are expected later on Wednesday, traders said.

• President Joe Biden on Tuesday agreed to a proposal by Democratic lawmakers to limit or phase out stimulus payments to higher-income individuals as part of his administration's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill.
• Wall Street's main indexes have scaled a series of all-time peaks recently, with investors moving into sectors such as energy.

• Other issues include halting the illicit flow of resources from developing countries to havens in mostly the richer countries.

• The lawyers partially observed the strike announced by IHCBA and DBA and appeared before different benches.

• With shoppers still limiting trips outside their homes, a large chunk of that demand has come from people shopping online. Under Armour said its e-commerce sales rose 25%.
• The company's revenue fell to $1.40 billion from $1.44 billion in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31.

• Buying and selling rates of dollar were recorded at Rs159.1 and Rs159.9 respectively.

• He recalled that he was approached by different people for money and offered funds for Shaukat Khanum hospital as another mode of bribe.

• The US Open finalist got a high percentage of first services in and never appeared to lose control against his fellow 23-year-old during the final match of the evening session on the Rod Laver Arena.
• Zverev hit six more winners than Cressy, who is ranked 172nd.

• Minimum temperature’s recorded in(°C): Leh -07, Gupis -06, Ziarat -05, kalam, Anantnag -04 and Parachinar -03.

• Organic sales, which strip out acquisition and currency impacts, fell 3% in the fourth quarter, the company said.
• Unit case volume, a key demand indicator, fell 3%, compared with a 4% fall in the preceding quarter.

• Khattak mentioned that the second issue appeared was the provincial governments’ employees were also participating in the protests.

• The coronavirus outbreak triggered a rush among investors to stockpile silver, which like gold is traditionally seen as a safe place to store money.
• That impetus will continue, the institute said, predicting purchases of bars and coins would rise to a six-year high of 257 million ounces in 2021.

• The Chief Commissioner told the meeting that Malakand Division and all tribal districts have been given exemption from tax up till 30th June 2023, however some elements were wrongly utilizing this facility.

• Shipment is sought between Feb. 26 and March 20. Some 15,000 tonnes is sought for shipment to the Turkish port of Mersin and 10,000 tonnes to the port of Tekirdag.
• The TMO reserves the right to buy up to 5% more or less than the tender volume at its own discretion.

• The FCA will also not be applicable to KE consumers.

• The minister said that Prime Minister was concerned about the problems of the government employees and he had issued directives for resolution of their problems at the earliest .

• The MSCI world equity index, which tracks shares in 49 countries, was up 0.3%
• Overnight, MSCI's ex-Japan Asian shares index also broke above its previous high, in January.
• European indexes strengthened after a shaky start, with the STOXX 600 up 0.3% and London's FTSE 100 up 0.4% .

• He said capacity building including through the Foreign Service Academy had been among his foremost priorities.

• The court sought comments from NAB and adjourned the case till February 23.

• The European Commission said Aspen will also guarantee the supply of the medicines for the next five years, confirming a Reuters report on Feb. 3.
• The medicine is used to treat certain serious forms of blood cancer, including myeloma and leukaemia.

• The Punjab health department conducted 3,050,303 tests for the COVID-19 so far while 149,268 confirmed cases had been recovered in the province.

• Annual losses up more than 60%, hit by one-off provisions.
• Net interest income down 14%, fees hold up.
• In talks with EU and ECB over capital increase plans.

• He said that with improvement in the economy, prices of daily use commodities had started falling down.

• Committee also decided to have a briefing on the projects funded by Universal Service Fund for provision of telecommunication services in the remote and undeserved areas.

• The chief justice gave these remarks during the hearing of different cases.

• NIC shareholders will receive $34 per share in cash, Tyler said, a premium of about 14% to NIC's last closing price.
• The pandemic has accelerated the shift by governments to online services and electronic payments as more citizens and businesses are interacting digitally with government.

• The court accepted the prayer and adjourned hearing of the case.

• The same court also adjourned Safa Gold Mall reference till February 15, due to lawyers’ strike.

• Bahrain already uses the Pfizer/BioNTech, vaccine, one manufactured by Chinese state-backed pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm, and the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

• The statement further said there were 11 seats from Sindh including seven general, two reserved for women and two reserved for technocrats including Ulema.

• PTCL Group maintained its revenue at Rs. 129 billion.

• The measure, which appears to be unique in Europe, will apply to the three vaccines currently being distributed in Spain and is provisional pending further research.
• People older than 55 or those with health risks that make them more vulnerable to reinfection will be exempted from the delay.

• The ongoing investigations against Darais C Menola and others were authorized to send FBR for further action.

• The world's largest generic drugmaker earned 68 cents per diluted share excluding one-time items in the October-December period, up from 62 cents a share a year earlier.
• Analysts had forecast Teva would earn 63 cents a share ex-items on revenue of $4.37 billion.

• The humidity was recorded 94 per cent at 8 am and 39 per cent at 5 pm.

• PR spokesperson said call centre would work round the clock and resolve issues pertaining to reservations and booking immediately.

• Under new border restrictions, people arriving from countries where coronavirus variants are spreading will have to pay for 10 days of quarantine in hotels.
• I think this policy is measured, it is proportional. It is getting tougher from Monday.

• He stated that the Foundation had established 23 telemedicine centres affiliated with the best hospitals in the country.

• He said during the first phase of the vaccination, the frontline workers were being vaccinated to prevent them from the disease.

• Corn falls for 2nd session as USDA projects supplies above expectations.
• Chicago wheat slides in the wake of corn.
• Soybeans ease after strong rally in prices.

• The exit from glyphosate is coming. Conservationists have been working toward this for a long time. Glyphosate kills everything that is green and takes away insects' basis for life.
• While regulators worldwide have determined glyphosate to be safe.

• The Commission could also potentially fine EU governments that do not meet proposed new deportation rules.
• "The Commission will pursue a better-functioning common EU system of returns," said the document, dated Feb. 10, using EU terminology for deportations.

• The 10-million ounce a year palladium market saw a shortfall of 606,000 ounces, continuing a run of deficits stretching back to at least 2015, the company said in a report.
• The 1 million ounce rhodium market, meanwhile, was undersupplied by 84,000 ounces.

• "I think we will have to get used to the idea of vaccinating and revaccinating in the autumn as we come to face these new variants," Johnson told parliament.

• Trump's administration had cited national security concerns in its targeting of TikTok, arguing that the personal data of US users could be obtained by China's government.
• Discussions have continued between representatives of TikTok's parent ByteDance and US national security officials.

• Volkov, who oversees Navalny's regional headquarters, has angered the authorities by organising anti-Kremlin protests from his base in Lithuania.

• An average of 2.9 million bpd in exports would come from southern Iraq, he told a news briefing in Baghdad.
• The minister said he anticipated an oil price of $58 to $63 in 2021. He also said OPEC and its allies were expected to keep their output policy.

• Researchers at government statistics agency IBGE said the fall was due to extremely high levels of sales in the preceding two months.
• The 6.1% monthly fall was second only to April's 16.6% plunge at the height of the initial lockdown.

• PGE, which now generates most of its electricity from coal, has been discussing the project with Orsted, the world's biggest developer of offshore wind, since the end of 2019.
• Under the terms of the deal, Orsted will buy a 50% stake in each of the units developing the projects for 657 million zlotys ($177.6 million).

• He said it is because of our effective policies that the economy is now witnessing improvement despite the breakout of Covid-19.

• He said the recommendations of the pay and pension commission would be incorporated in the next budget.

• Imran Khan recalled that it was he who expelled his twenty MPAs in KP for their involvement in the horse trading in the previous Senate elections.

• He said there is no contradiction between the words and actions of Imran Khan because he did what he said.

• He said we are trying our level best to provide justice to people at grass roots level.

• He stressed that a better civil service is important to provide good governance.

• The court adjourned the hearing till February 25.

• The country has reached deals with three major drug firms to buy enough vaccine doses for its population of 126 million.

• Massive crowds returned to the streets of Yangon on Wednesday, where the day before they had faced off against a phalanx of riot police standing alongside water cannon trucks near Suu Kyi's residence.

• The workers chanted slogans and held placards outside the office of the DS at the Cantt station.
• Pakistan Railways has decided to sack 83 employees from the department in a bid to reduce loses.

• The elections were initially set for June, nearly a year ahead of schedule, but have since been pushed back to October.

• Merkel and the state premiers are due to hold crunch talks later on Wednesday to decide the next steps in their pandemic response.

• Radio stations also suspended service, with Radio Zet informing its listeners that the tax would mean "liquidation for some media businesses".

• Several top Islamist political party leaders were hanged over the violence under the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

• During Catalonia's last election in December that year, the Socialists came fourth but have risen in the polls since Illa's unexpected nomination in December.

• Osaka is eyeing redemption after her title defence last year ended with a shock loss to American teenager Coco Gauff in the third round.

• A vaccine production task force under internal market commissioner Thierry Breton was charged with that mission, she said.

• Wan Yiu-sing was charged earlier this week with sedition, a colonial-era law, for the content of four online talk shows he hosted last year.

• "The Johnson & Johnson vaccine has been proven effective against the 501Y.V2 variant."

• Djokovic was given a stern examination by America's Frances Tiafoe and dropped his first set of the tournament before recovering to win 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/2), 6-3.

• They sounded the alarm on Facebook late Tuesday, announcing that "the military dictator had raided and destroyed" the NLD's premises.

• The EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Tuesday he would recommend sanctions during a meeting of EU ministers later this month.

• "During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral cooperation and relations... in addition to issues of common interest."

• Protesters took to the streets of Myanmar for a fifth day on Wednesday, vowing to keep up demonstrations against last week’s military coup even after a woman was shot and critically wounded during clashes the previous day.
• Thousands of people joined demonstrations in the main city of Yangon. In the capital, Naypyitaw, hundreds of government workers marched in support of a growing civil disobedience campaign.

• M5S members were asked to have their say in an online vote due to take place over 24 hours on Wednesday and Thursday -- but this has now been delayed indefinitely.

• BioNTech plans to produce up to 250 million doses there in the first half of 2021.

• Russia said Wednesday that 2.2 million people in the country had been administered the jab since vaccinations began in January.

• Some 12.5 million people have so far been inoculated using either the Pfizer/BioNTech or Oxford/AstraZeneca shots.

• Huge global pressure and scrutiny trailed the team during its probe in China, which mission member Peter Daszak described as working "flat out under the most politically charged environment possible."

• Revenue grew 2.2 percent to $39.7 billion, slightly more than analysts' estimates which ranged between $39.56 and $39.58 billion.

• Halep, who lost just three games to Australian wildcard Lizette Cabrera in the first round, rallied from 5-2 down in the third set.

• Twitter's response comes as a tussle intensifies between India's authorities and social media services.

• The Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said on Wednesday several "organisers and members" had been detained.

• The hosts have won just one of their last eight Twenty20 series, with victory coming against lowly Zimbabwe.
• South Africa will be led by wicketkeeper-batsman Heinrich Klaasen, who hopes his newcomers will grab their opportunity.

• The 26-year-old plane plunged around 3,000 metres (10,000 feet) into waters off Jakarta just minutes after takeoff.

• Beijing warned Washington not to "politicise" the mission after the White House demanded a "robust" probe.

• Twitter has expressed concern for the safety of its personnel in India, after the company's refusal to comply with a demand from the Indian government to remove accounts connected to the escalating farmers protests.
• Last week, the Indian government threatened Twitter employees in India with fines and up to seven years’ jail time if the company did not comply with their demands for the removal of certain accounts alleged to be spreading “misinformation”.

• Meanwhile, CEO USF, Haaris Mahmood Chaudhary said: “This project will benefit an unserved population of 0.7 Million in 648 unserved mauzas, thereby covering an unserved area of 18,212 sq. km. of Chitral, Upper Dir and Lower Dir districts.”

• Iqbal’s legal representative stated before the court that his client was sacked from service by PIA and arrested on charges of having obtained the job on a bogus degree.
• The counsel pleaded with the bench to grant his client post-arrest bail and order his release.

• The KCR train completed its successful run from Karachi City to Orangi railway station
• The first regular train on the track, KCR 1 Up will start its journey from Orangi station at 4:16 pm today

• The SC has directed the Punjab government to immediately shift the accused from prison to the Punjab Institute of Mental Health, Lahore.
• Kanizan Bibi and Imdad Ali have spent 30 and 18 years on death row.

• The dedicated gaming platform will be available as a web portal - countering barriers of legacy devices, as well as an app for smartphone users. Mondia will deploy the latest portal and application.

• The fire broke out on the third floor of the factory late on Wednesday and engulfed the entire building.
• Their bodies were recovered from the third floor.

• Going ahead, the lender intends to stay away from large corporate businesses as it looks to rebuild its loan book in the mid- and small-corporate segment, said Kumar.

• The sector expanded in only six months of last year as the COVID-19 pandemic pummelled the economy of the Middle East's tourism and commerce hub.

• The Hang Seng financial index gained 1.8%, leading the rally on Wednesday.

• The bank also made a 340 million euro downward revision to the value of so-called deferred tax assets.

• Maersk expects EBITDA of $8.5 billion-$10.5 billion this year, compared with the $10.3 billion expected by analysts and $8.3 billion achieved last year.

• The heaviest snow in years also added to woes in Europe with transport and infrastructure hit in Germany and Britain.

• Imran says at least seven million families will benefit from the second phase of Ehsaas Kafalat program
• Aid disbursements will be made in the most transparent manner without any favoritism or political basis: PM

• "Today was good," he added. "My best match so far in Australia (this year).

• This comes after reports made rounds that the central bank has directed banks to deduct Rs2.5 on each transaction or balance inquiry.

• The Covid-19 pandemic and governments' measures continue to have a material impact on our markets and business.

• He will now play Canadian 14th seed Milos Raonic, who beat France's Corentin Moutet over four sets, for a place in the fourth round, where world number one Novak Djokovic potentially awaits.

• Toyota gained 1.70 percent to 8,130 yen after it said net profit soared 50 percent in the third quarter and upgraded its full-year forecasts.

• Daszak also tweeted that they worked "flat out under the most politically charged environment possible".

• The American had her ankle strapped as she cut a dejected figure, but decided to gamely fight on.

• Afghan and US officials have blamed the Taliban for the wave of violence, but the group has denied the charges.

• It posted a net profit of 862 million euros in the third quarter and 470 million euros in the fourth, although this was down almost 30 percent compared to a year earlier.

• The Serb moved up a level in the third set, but so did Tiafoe as they traded blows until too many unforced errors ensured Djokovic took the set.

• Inter committed more players forward as the match wore on, but the pressure was soaked up by the home defence as the visitors finished the match without scoring for the seventh successive trip to Juventus in all competitions.

• Cruzeiro do Sul priced the offer at 14 reais per share, below the indicative range of 16.4 reais to 19.6 reais per share.

• "I don't know if we'll use it again because we have to adapt to whatever situation we find ourselves in, but we did well and I'm happy for the players because what they did today was not easy."

• Taylor said the closure of Exxon's refinery would not negatively impact Australian fuel stockholdings. The Altona plant employs around 300 people.

• The entire death zone will be photographed with the latest camera installed in the plane
• Muhammad Ali Sadpara, John Snorri from Iceland and JP Mohr from Chile lost contact with the base camp on Friday and were reported missing on Saturday after their support team stopped receiving communications from them

• However, with exchange rate fluctuations driving the profit, it said the report was "neutral."

• "Throughout the collaboration the two companies will also share knowledge on reducing carbon emissions across the steel value chain," a statement from BHP said.

• Gross debt from January to September 2020 was 65.6% of GDP, more than the 50.3% recorded in the same period in 2019.

• Democrats have a small majority in the US House of Representatives and effective control in the Senate.

• Peers OCBC and UOB report results later this month.

• The government has moved to assure its people it is working hard to ensure access to vaccines, and is also developing vaccines domestically, though at a slower pace.

• "However, the future is uncertain, and we do not yet know the long-term impacts of the pandemic, Brexit and changes in ways of working," City leader Catherine McGuinness said.

• The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in mainland China to date is 89,734, while the death toll remained unchanged at 4,636.

• Ardern's critics have said New Zealand has fallen behind the rest of the world after promising in November that it would be first in the queue for COVID-19 vaccines.

• The government employees demanded of the authorities to increase their salaries and pensions
• At least 2,000 people gathered at D-Chowk and planned to march towards Parliament House

• With no apparent plan B, Andreescu doubled down on the power game and the unforced errors piled up as she slumped to a 5-2 deficit in the second set.

• Senator Josh Hawley, who helped lead the opposition in the Senate to the presidential election results, predicted that Tuesday's vote would ultimately reflect the chamber's final decision.

• The company said a sheen was observed at around 3 p.m. (2300 GMT) on the water near the wharf at the Richmond refinery, which can process 245,271 barrels per day of crude oil.

• With the coronavirus pandemic likely to prolong its battle to fire up inflation to its 2% target, the BOJ unveiled a plan to conduct in March a review of its policy tools to make them more "sustainable and effective."

• In US dollar terms, FDI rose 6.2% year-on-year to $13.47 billion

• The government says the real number of infected people and the death toll in Mexico are both likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases.

• While the BSP has dismissed the inflation uptick as "transitory", some economists have ruled out further policy easing this year and have raised the possibility of a rate hike.