U.S. Senate Minority Leader McConnell: The U.S. House of Representatives should pass the Senate bill on Ukraine aid.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader McConnell: Members are close to reaching agreement on the spending bill.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader McConnell: In the meeting with U.S. President Biden, everyone agreed that we need to avoid a government shutdown.

Hang Seng Index futures closed up 0.24% in night trading at 16,855 points, a 64-point premium.

The Federal Reserve released the minutes of its January discount meeting, and all regional Feds voted to keep the discount rate unchanged in January.

Senegalese dialogue representatives proposed holding elections on June 2.

IMF President Georgieva: The Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable will focus on the timetable and predictability of debt restructuring.

The statement showed that U.S. President Joe Biden emphasized the "urgent need" to continue to stand with Ukraine in a meeting with congressional leaders.

U.S. President Biden: Made it clear that Congress must take "quick action" to fund the government and prevent a shutdown.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu: Since the war began, I have resisted pressure to end the war prematurely. The support of the American public will help us fight until complete victory.

U.S. Department of Defense: The United States has no plans to send troops to fight in Ukraine.

According to a Reuters/Ipsos survey: 44% of Democrats said extremism is the number one problem; 38% of Republicans said immigration is the number one problem.

According to a Reuters/Ipsos survey: 21% of Americans believe that political extremism or threats to democracy are the most important issues facing the United States; 19% believe that it is an economic issue; 18% believe that it is an immigration issue.

Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Hezi Halevi: Lebanese Hezbollah will pay a "very high price" for attacking northern Israel.

The Fed accepted a total of $519.725 billion from 84 counterparties in fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.

Russian Finance Minister Siluanov: Russia will respond in the same way.

Russian Finance Minister Siluanov: The proposal to ship frozen Russian gold and foreign exchange reserves to Ukraine undermines the foundation of the global financial system.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Schumer emphasized the urgency of aid to Ukraine after the White House meeting, saying that he had clearly told U.S. House Speaker Johnson not to delay, otherwise Ukraine may fail in the conflict.