UN Special Envoy to Sudan: There is no sign that the warring parties in Sudan are ready for serious negotiations, which means that both sides believe that it may achieve a military victory.

UN Special Envoy to Sudan: According to reports, Khartoum Airport has now resumed operations, but the apron has been damaged.

The Canadian subsidiary of Silicon Valley Bank is said to be preparing to auction off the loan in May.

Council of the European Union and European Parliament: Tentative political agreement reached on proposals to reduce carbon emissions from aviation, with the aim of increasing demand and supply of sustainable aviation fuel.

US White House adviser Zients: Regulators are paying attention to banks and will take action if necessary.

US White House adviser Zients: The US banking system is healthy.

[The probability that the Fed will raise interest rates by 25 basis points in May is 76.6%] According to CME "Fed Watch": the probability that the Fed will maintain interest rates in May is 23.4%, and the probability of raising interest rates by 25 basis points is 76.6%; The probability of interest rates at current levels is 20.5%, the probability of a cumulative rate hike of 25 basis points is 70.2%, and the probability of a cumulative rate hike of 50 basis points is 9.3%.

Microsoft: PC sales are expected to be US$13.35-13.75 billion in the fourth fiscal quarter.

Microsoft: It is expected that the intelligent cloud sales in the fourth fiscal quarter will be 23.6-23.9 billion US dollars, and Azure sales (excluding exchange rate factors) will increase by 26-27%.

Microsoft: Currency (exchange rate) factors are expected to reduce revenue growth by 2% in the fourth quarter.

Microsoft: GitHub Copilot commercial AI programming tool has 10,000 customers.

Microsoft: Azure OpenAI customers increased by 10 times compared with the second fiscal quarter.

Microsoft: Already has 2,500 Azure OpenAI customers.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New Zealand: It is proposed to relax the mortgage ratio (LVR, loan-to-value ratio) restrictions on owner-occupiers, and to relax the proportion of new loans with LVR higher than 80% to 15% (originally 10%), and to increase LVR higher than 60%. The proportion of new loan volume adjusted for 5% to LVR above 65%. A consultation with registered banks will take place over the next two weeks on implementing the proposal to ease LVR restrictions.

Chilean Minister of Economy: Decisions about the lithium mining industry must be in the public interest of Chile, and state-owned lithium companies will play a role in the entire value chain.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he had a stomach problem.

Australian Defense Minister: Australia will establish an indigenous missile manufacturing industry, and Australia plans to buy more missile systems.