The EU seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 7.3% in January 2021, stable compared with December 2020 and up from 6.6% in January 2020. The euro area unemployment rate was 8.1%, also stable compared with December 2020 and up from 7.4% in January 2020.

In January 2021, the national Consumer Price Index (CPI) in China dropped by 0.3 percent year on year. Among them, the prices in urban and rural dropped by 0.4 and 0.1 percent respectively; the prices of food stuff rose by 1.6 percent, and that of non-food stuff fell by 0.8 percent; the prices of consumer goods fell by 0.1 percent, and that of service fell by 0.7 percent.

For the first time since the onset of the crisis air cargo demand returned to pre-COVID levels (January 2019), January 2021 data for global air cargo markets released by International Air Transport Association (IATA) has shown. January demand also showed strong month-to-month growth over December 2020 levels.

Russia's Trade in 2020 amounted to US$550.4 B, of which exports shared US$324 B and imports - US$226.4 B, decreasing by 17.7% compared to the same period last year.

FedEx is investing at least $2 billion toward sustainable energy initiatives, including electric vehicles and carbon capture research, as part of a new pledge to become carbon neutral by 2040, the company announced Wednesday.

The social network had prohibited political ads on its site indefinitely after the November election. Such ads have been criticized for spreading misinformation.

Accelerating battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales in Western Europe will beat 1 million for the first time in 2021 but will slow after that as normality is restored to the traditional but currently coronavirus impaired internal combustion engine (ICE) market. It will accelerate again in 2025 to a market share of 13%, according to Schmidt Automotive Research.

Oil prices rose more than $1 per barrel on Thursday after Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman urged caution and vigilance at the beginning of a meeting of OPEC ministers and their allies about the future of supply cuts.

Alphabet's moon-shots division, X, is quietly working on a top-secret augmented-reality device that would give people enhanced hearing abilities, Insider has learned.

The European Medicines Agency has started a rolling review of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, many months after it was first approved for use in Russia and after dozens of countries around the world have authorized it.

With Enterprise Georgia and The Embassy of Georgia to Japan's support, Georgian Kiwi enters the Japanese Market.

German business groups expressed dismay on Thursday after Chancellor Angela Merkel and state leaders agreed a gradual easing of coronavirus curbs but added an “emergency brake” to reimpose restrictions if case numbers get out of control.

Lufthansa may permanently ground more jets to emerge leaner from the coronavirus pandemic, the German airline group said on Thursday, as it reported a record 6.7 billion euro ($8.10 billion) loss for 2020.

TikTok owner ByteDance is working on a Clubhouse-like app for China, sources familiar with the matter said, as the global success of the U.S.-based audio chat service inspires a rush of copycats in the country.

Honda Motor Co Ltd on Thursday said it will sell a limited batch of its flagship Legend sedan equipped with level 3 autonomous driving technology that enables vehicles to navigate congested highways.

Deliveroo is to list its shares in London in a move that could reportedly value it at about $7bn (£5bn).

In addition, according to the current rules, foreign citizens who enter Georgia by PCR test, they must conduct a PCR test afresh at their own expense on the 3rd day after crossing the border.