Hot Spot Analysis

• Oil prices rally further on vaccine optimism despite inventory rise

• UK government rejects charge of 'chumocracy' in PPE deals

• Biden says U.S., allies need to set global trade rules to counter China's influence

• Australia Post updated One Nation on stubby holder deliveries to Melbourne towers, emails reveal

• Equities rally after Biden is declared winner of US vote

• UK employers turn to temporary staff as COVID crisis mounts again

• Ambitious but controversial: Japan's new hydrogen project

• UK house price growth at five-year high despite economy losing steam

• I think this cheap UK share is a great value stock for a long-term investment

• On the march: Ant Group, China's fintech sensation