According to AFP: Australia announced a US$7 billion naval reform plan.

Barclays shares rose 6.5% after announcing a capital return plan.

Goldman Sachs expects the Bank of England to start cutting interest rates in June, compared with its previous forecast of May.

Swedish Ministry of Defense: Plans to provide military assistance worth SEK 7.1 billion to Ukraine.

The Malaysian ringgit fell to its lowest level since 1998 against the dollar.

Spokesperson of the Hungarian ruling party: The Hungarian ruling party will support Sweden’s efforts to join NATO.

Kossis, leader of Hungary’s ruling party group: Hungary will vote on Sweden’s membership of NATO on February 26, local time.

Office of the President of South Korea: South Korea will host a democracy summit from March 18 to 20.

Barclays plans to make at least £10bn of capital returns between 2024 and 2026.

Market news: Russian President Vladimir Putin will deliver a speech at the Federal Parliament on February 29.

Israeli Military: In the past 24 hours, Israeli troops killed dozens of Palestinian militants in the Khan Younis area of Gaza.

Gazprom: Natural gas shipments to Europe continue via Ukraine, with a volume of 42.4 million cubic meters on Tuesday.

Spot gold broke through 2020 US dollars per ounce, rising 0.11% on the day.

Thai Airways CEO: Total orders may reach 80 aircraft.

Thai Airways and Boeing issued statements at the Singapore Air Show. Thai Airways confirmed its order for 45 Boeing 787-9 aircraft.

According to Moneytoday: SK Hynix will begin mass production of its fifth-generation high-bandwidth memory product HBM3E in March.

Market news: The British National Professional Savings Trust (NEST) plans to increase the proportion of private assets to 30% of its total assets.

Mimura, an official at the Japanese Ministry of Finance: When it is necessary to intervene in the currency market, we can sell assets in foreign exchange reserves, such as savings and foreign bonds.