US President Joe Biden: Many of the proposals made by congressional Republicans during budget negotiations are completely unacceptable. It is time for them to drop their extreme positions and take action to avoid default.

Axiom Space launched with the Ax-2 mission ignition on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

According to the Russian Satellite Network: The spokesperson of the Belgian Prime Minister’s Office stated that Belgium confirmed that it is ready to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets with other NATO members.

Iraqi Ministry of Oil: The Iraqi Energy Ministerial Committee approved the construction of an offshore crude oil export pipeline in the south. The project aims to increase the export capacity of the southern port by about 500,000 barrels per day.

According to Kiev Independent, Ukraine: On the evening of May 21, an air raid siren sounded in southern Ukraine, and soon there were huge explosions in Odessa and Zaporozhye.

South Korean President Yin Xiyue: South Korea will consider quickly providing Ukraine with demining equipment and ambulances, and South Korea will carefully review the list of non-lethal weapons proposed by Ukrainian President Zelensky.

McCarthy, Speaker of the US House of Representatives: We have proposed many compromises.

McHenry, Chairman of the Financial Services Committee of the US House of Representatives: At present, there is no plan for debt negotiators to meet, and I am pessimistic about the state of debt negotiations.

McCarthy, Speaker of the US House of Representatives: The difficulty is that the parties have not yet reached any agreement, but I think there is still common ground in the debt negotiations. We both talked about different timetables for the debt ceiling.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen: We need to make difficult choices on outstanding bills. At the same time, the United States must pay interest on outstanding debts, and the United States also has social security obligations.

McCarthy, Speaker of the US House of Representatives: At present, it seems that Biden is more inclined to choose to default than to hope to reach an agreement.

McCarthy, Speaker of the US House of Representatives: We will not raise taxes.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen: The possibility of paying all the bills before June 15 is "pretty low."

McCarthy, Speaker of the US House of Representatives: Biden proposes to increase spending by billions of dollars next year.

According to NBC News: The deadline for the debt ceiling is still in early June, and June is the "hard deadline" for the debt ceiling.

German Chancellor Scholz: I hope South Korea will invest in Germany in chip production.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yue: South Korea and Germany will sign a military information sharing agreement.

South African power utility company Eskom: The third level of power reduction will be implemented from 5:00 am on Monday until 16:00 pm on Monday.