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China's producer price index, which measures wholesale inflation, dropped 5.3 per cent year on year in January.
More than 100 aid trucks began leaving Damascus headed toward besieged towns on Wednesday.
Indian envoy to the UN has said the current UNSC structure represents a bygone era.
But it wasn't enough for energy investors as oil prices again sank below $30 a barrel.
Analysts speculate that OPEC and Russia could agree to a production freeze.
Russia's Energy Minister Novak has said he could consider output cuts if other producers joined in.
BRICS countries represent 43 per cent of the world’s population.
Trade with China's three biggest trade partners, the EU, the US and the Asian bloc ASEAN, all dropped around 10%.
Boko Haram's wave of violence remains unabated despite an African coalition of armies fighting the Islamist group.
Brazil's President on Saturday vowed her country would host a successful Olympic Games this year despite the outbreak of the virus.