Category: Flash News

On April 1st, the White House issued a statement on March 31st local time regarding the use of the “Signal” software by senior US government officials to discuss the leakage of information on the operation plan to combat the Houthi armed forces in Yemen. The White House has taken measures to ensure that similar group chat leaks do not occur again. At the White House press conference that day, White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt did not specify the specific measures taken, but she told reporters that “the White House believes this incident has been resolved”. Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of The Atlantic, revealed on the Atlantic website on March 24th that he received a connection request from a user named Waltz, the National Security Advisor to the President of the United States, on Signal on March 11th. Two days later, he was added to the “Houthi PC Group” group chat. On the 15th, a user in the group chat with the same name as US Defense Secretary Hegesi sent a message revealing the US military plan to launch an attack on the Houthi militants in Yemen in two hours, including details such as attack targets, attack sequence, and the weapons that the US will deploy.

On April 1st, Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski stated on March 31st local time that “we must set a clear timeline for ceasefire negotiations with Russia and cannot wait indefinitely for Putin to stop the war on his own. European countries and the European Union will continue to steadfastly support Ukraine. Sikorski pointed out that Europe has provided 60% of military aid to Ukraine. Our efforts will not stop until a just peace is achieved. Sikorsky pointed out in his comments that “the diplomatic concept of the United States attempting to bypass Europe and negotiate peace in Ukraine alone is fundamentally wrong. European representatives have unique value in helping the White House understand and constrain Russia’s global strategic thinking.” Sikorsky made the above comments while attending the EU-5 meeting in Spain.

On April 1st, US President Trump stated earlier this month that he had sent a letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei, urging Iran to negotiate with the United States on the Iranian nuclear issue. In an interview with ABC on the 30th, Trump threatened to ‘bomb if we can’t reach an agreement’. Iran has stated that if the United States does so, Iran will respond severely.

On April 1st, the Disaster Prevention and Reduction Command Center of the Bangkok Municipal Government issued a notice at 23:20 local time on March 31st, officially lifting the announcement made by the center on March 28th regarding the designation of Bangkok as an earthquake stricken area. The announcement pointed out that after evaluation, the command center believes that the overall situation in Bangkok has stabilized, and the impact of the earthquake on the public, damage to public infrastructure, traffic conditions, and various rescue work have continued to improve. Most people’s lives have returned to normal, and the emergency command centers in each district have the ability to respond to disaster management work. Therefore, the Bangkok Disaster Prevention and Reduction Command Center has decided to lift the announcement released on the 28th.

On April 1st, according to the Public Relations Department of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy’s Second Sea Area, two foreign oil tankers were detained on suspicion of organizing fuel smuggling in the central waters of the Persian Gulf. It is reported that these two oil tankers carry 25 crew members and engage in organized fuel smuggling in the central waters of the Persian Gulf, transporting a total of over 3 million liters of diesel. These oil tankers were discovered in the second sea area of Bushehr province and are being escorted to the Bushehr oil terminal under the order of the judicial department to seize and unload smuggled fuel.

On April 1st, Canadian Liberal Party leader Carney announced on Monday that if the Liberal Party is re elected, the government will create a new entity called “Build Canada Homes”, which will serve as a developer to build affordable housing, including on public land. During his campaign in the Toronto area, Carney stated that the entity will also provide over CAD 25 billion (USD 17 billion) in financing to Canadian prefabricated housing builders, including those using Canadian technology and resources such as cork. It will provide an additional $10 billion in low-cost financing and capital to affordable housing builders. After World War II, the Canadian government built tens of thousands of affordable housing for veterans and their families. Due to decades of insufficient housing construction and post pandemic immigration waves, Canada is currently facing a new housing crisis. Carney believes that it is time for the government to start providing funding for housing construction again.

On March 31st, a team from Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea developed the world’s first self sounding smartphone type organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel that can freely change shape. Its ultra-thin, soft, and deformation is completely achieved through electrical signals. This breakthrough has laid the foundation for the next generation of intelligent displays in multiple industries, and related achievements have been published online in the new issue of “NPJ Flexible Electronics”.

① 09:30 China’s official manufacturing PMI for March; ② 16: 30 February UK central bank mortgage approval; ③ 20: Initial monthly CPI rate for March in Germany; ④ 21:45 Chicago PMI for March in the United States; ⑤ 22:30 Dallas Fed Business Activity Index for March in the United States.

On March 31st, CNOOC announced that China has discovered a 1.9-60 billion ton oil field in Huizhou during exploration in the eastern waters of the South China Sea. This is the first time that China has discovered a large-scale integrated oil field in deep-sea ultra deep clastic rocks, demonstrating the potential for oil and gas exploration in China’s offshore deep-sea ultra deep fields.

On March 31st, a fund advisory agency recently received a letter from a client. This client has been holding the high-yield portfolio recommended by this institution for over a year, and even though the Shanghai Composite Index fell to around 2600 points at one point, they still persisted in following the investment advisor’s signals for investment. However, recently seeing the continuous fluctuations in his investment advisory account, which was once on the verge of recouping its investment, his confusion and anxiety in investment have only deepened. The story of this investor is like a prism, reflecting the deep-seated problems of the fund advisory industry, such as “operating at market highs but failing to provide customers with a good positive return experience”, “investment advisory institutions not making money, and business models difficult to sustain in the long run”, and “single underlying configurable strategy tools”. However, in the eyes of various institutions, fund advisory business is a long-term and slow conversion business that needs to be viewed with a long-term and developmental perspective, and done with difficulty and correctness. Various institutions are actively exploring development and transformation directions, and the industry is undergoing some positive changes, reshaping the industry landscape. With the gradual transition of the fund advisory pilot to a regular practice, this buyer advisory revolution, which began five years ago, is crossing the valley of industry pains and brewing new life in business transformation and ecological reconstruction. (China Securities Journal)