Australian Prime Minister Albanese: Australian defense will prioritize long-range precision strike capabilities and domestically produced guided weapons.

Market news: Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda is scheduled to address the Diet at 11:40 a.m. local time.

Market news: Adani Group plans to purchase bonds due 2024 worth US$130 million in each of the next four quarters.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida: The possibility of early elections is not considered now.

International crude oil prices continued to weaken in the Asian session. Brent crude oil fell below $81 per barrel, and both US and Burundi oil prices fell by more than 0.7%.

According to Politico: U.S. President Joe Biden plans to appoint Michael Tyler as the director of the 2024 campaign.

According to South Korean media: South Korea requires mobile operators to cut 5G fees.

In April, the Rightmove average house asking price index in the UK was 0.2% month-on-month, compared with the previous value of 0.80%.

USAID has dispatched a Disaster Assistance Response Team to Sudan to coordinate the humanitarian aid response.

Morgan Stanley CEO Gorman said there is no banking crisis.

[The probability that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by 25 basis points in May is 89.1%] According to CME "Fed Watch": the probability that the Fed will maintain interest rates unchanged in May is 10.9%, and the probability of raising interest rates by 25 basis points is 89.1%; The probability of interest rates at current levels is 8%, the probability of a cumulative rate hike of 25 basis points is 68.6%, and the probability of a cumulative rate hike of 50 basis points is 23.4%.

Spot gold opened flat on Monday, at $1981.4 per ounce.

WTI crude oil opened slightly lower on Monday, at $77.78 a barrel.

Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau: Canada has temporarily suspended its operations in Sudan, and diplomatic personnel are safe and have been evacuated.

German Defense Ministry spokesman: The first German military plane landed in Khartoum, Sudan shortly before 4:00 p.m. It will take some time to evacuate German citizens.

According to Ukrainian state news agency: Russian troops shelled the village of Kizomys in the Kherson region, injuring two villagers.

Spokesperson of the German Ministry of Defense: The German military has already started the evacuation of German citizens from Sudan.

According to Fox News: The Speaker of the US House of Representatives McCarthy said that he is confident that he will get enough votes in the House of Representatives next week to pass his debt ceiling bill.