1. South Korea's birthrate is set to rise in 2024 for the first time in nine years, driven by a rebound in post-pandemic marriages. Newborns from January to November increased 3% year-on-year to 220,094.

2. Trump threatened Russia "and other participating countries" with taxes, tariffs and sanctions if a deal to end the war in Ukraine is not struck soon.

3. Trump’s administration was discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese imports.

4. Global shares rose, powered by a rise in technology stocks after Trump announced spending plans for AI, while the dollar sagged to a two-week low as tariffs were delayed.

5. TikTok owner ByteDance released an update to its flagship AI model aimed at challenging Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s latest reasoning model products.

6. Shares of Netflix soared 13% to an all-time high after the streaming giant's big bet on sports helped add a record 18.9 million subscribers in the holiday quarter.