1. Malaysia is investigating if local laws were breached in the shipment of servers linked to a Singapore fraud case.

2. Trump said in Congress that Ukraine was willing to negotiate, reiterated his interest in acquiring Greenland, and hailed the "reclaiming" of the Panama canal.

3. The parties hoping to form Germany's next government agreed to create a 500 billion euro infrastructure fund and overhaul borrowing rules in a tectonic spending shift to revamp the military and revive growth in Europe's largest economy.

4. Beijing is determined to grow by another 5%-or-so this year.

5. Tesla signed a lease deal to open its first showroom in Mumbai, as it moves towards a goal to sell imported cars in India.

6. Price premiums for aluminium on the physical market in the US have surged to a record high due to the looming threat of tariffs on imports of the metal used in the transport, construction and packaging industries.