* China will carry out major reform measures to further stimulate growth and reduce pressure on its economic and social development, the country's top economic planner said Monday.
* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba have agreed to meet at a forum in southern Turkey on Thursday, the first potential talks between the top diplomats since Russia launched its “special military operation” in Ukraine.
* The Russian armed forces announced a ceasefire and the opening of humanitarian corridors in four Ukrainian cities starting 10 a.m. Moscow time (0700 GMT) on Monday, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
* NATO countries are not ready to discuss having Ukraine in the organization and Kiev is ready to discuss "some non-NATO models," Fox News reported on Sunday.
* Ukraine's existing nuclear power plants (NPPs) continue to operate stably, the country's state-run nuclear energy operator Energoatom said in a statement on Monday.
* Oil prices spiked to their highest levels since 2008 on Monday amid market supply fears as the United States and European allies considered banning Russian oil imports and prospects for a swift return of Iranian crude to global markets receded.
* US President Joe Biden planned to hold a video teleconference with the leaders of France, Britain and Germany on Monday to discuss developments in Ukraine as Washington pushes its allies on a possible Russian oil ban.
* The United Nations Security Council on Sunday condemned Friday's terrorist attack inside a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan that killed dozens of people.
* Indonesia is considering a quarantine waiver for foreign visitors to its holiday island of Bali from this week, officials said, while neighbour Malaysia announced the removal of curbs on travellers from Thailand and Cambodia.
* The Chinese port city of Qingdao reported 88 new cases for March 5, all of them of the Omicron variant.
* Belgium will remove almost all its coronavirus restrictions from Monday.
