World - CNBC

1. EU demands coronavirus vaccine makers honor commitments as supplies look uncertain

2. IMF more upbeat on global economy, but warns new Covid variants could derail growth

3. Last-mile delivery problems hampering pace of Covid vaccine rollout, distributors say

4. Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigns as political crisis escalates

5. Google says North Korean state hackers are targeting security researchers on social media

6. AstraZeneca denies its vaccine is less efficient in the elderly; battles with EU over supplies

7. Democracy could have been damaged forever in the last 4 years, EU chief says

8. Why Russian protests against Putin could be different this time around

9. South African leader Ramaphosa urges rich countries to stop ‘hoarding’ vaccines

10. Markets will ‘flush out’ some SPAC excess — but it won’t be a crisis, Goldman Sachs CEO says

11. Is Dubai’s party over? Record Covid cases, countries raising barriers spark fears of a new lockdown

12. ECB's Lagarde says pandemic recovery might be delayed, but shouldn't be derailed

13. Xi's speech shows how Biden faces a very different China

14. UBS reports a 137% jump in profit, but has concerns over economic recovery

15. Tencent falls over 5% after hitting an all-time high that pushed it close to a $1 trillion valuation

16. Shares in Asia decline as major stock indexes fall more than 2%

17. House delivers Trump impeachment article to Senate, setting stage for trial

18. Chinese electric carmaker Xpeng rolls out autonomous highway driving features in challenge to Tesla

19. Advisor to Japanese prime minister names 4 conditions for the Tokyo Olympics to go on

20. Indonesia’s central bank expects billions of foreign funds to return – supporting the rupiah