1. Mediator Qatar has handed Israel and Hamas a "final" draft of a ceasefire and hostage release agreement designed to end the war in Gaza.

2. Biden's administration has concluded that China uses unfair policies and practices to dominate the global maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors.

3. Chinese and Indian refiners will source more oil from the Middle East, Africa and the Americas, boosting prices and freight costs, as new US sanctions on Russian producers and ships curb supplies to Moscow's top customers.

4. The U.S. government said it would further restrict artificial intelligence chip and technology exports.

5. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co is expected to report a 58% leap in fourth-quarter profit because of surging demand.

6. Apple fights $1.8 billion App Store lawsuit in first of UK class actions against tech giants.

7. Global sales of fully electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids rose 25.6% year-on-year to 1.9 million in December.