Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi: Will not comment on foreign exchange levels and currency intervention.

Blackstone Group CEO: The "land grab" for artificial intelligence is underway.

South Korea has asked savings banks to improve their financial conditions, according to the Daily News.

Johnson, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, said the vote on the aid bill to Israel could take place on Friday evening and would follow the 72-hour rule. The funding for the new bill is roughly equivalent to the supplementary funds of the bipartisan Senate.

US Geological Survey: A magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurred 143 kilometers southeast of Kashima, Japan.

According to PUNCHBOWL: U.S. House Speaker Johnson spoke with Biden today.

The Governor of New South Wales, Australia: Police have determined that the stabbing in a Sydney church was a terrorist attack (a knife attack occurred in Sydney earlier).

[Shooting in New Orleans, USA leaves 1 dead and 11 injured] According to local media reports in the United States on April 15, the New Orleans police in Louisiana said that a shooting occurred in the warehouse district late on the 14th killed a woman and injured 11 people.

U.S. President Biden and his wife released their 2023 tax returns, showing income of $620,000 and a tax rate of 23.7%.

HSBC upgraded AMD (AMD.O) to buy with a price target of $225.

New York Governor Hochul said he would use a $237 billion budget to solve the housing crisis.

JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon reported selling 178,222 shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co common stock on April 15 at a price of $184.1783 per share in the open market, according to SEC filings.

[Zelensky: Ukraine will respond to possible intensified offensive actions by the Russian army] Ukrainian President Zelensky said in a routine video speech on April 15 local time that he listened to the reports of the Director of the Ukrainian Foreign Intelligence Service Ivachenko and the Director of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense Intelligence Directorate Budanov on the same day. The intelligence department believes that the Russian army will try to intensify attacks and offensive actions. Zelensky said that Ukraine will respond. Budanov also said in an interview with the media on the 15th that the Russian army is expected to launch a new round of offensives in late May and early June.

The New Zealand dollar/U.S. dollar exchange rate NZD/USD fell down to 0.59, down 0.62% on the day, hitting a new low since November last year.

According to Nikkei: OpenAI seeks to develop high-performance chips with Japanese partners.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Schumer: The Senate will quickly deal with the impeachment of U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas.

Market news: Iranian President Raisi will visit Pakistan next week.