1. Local time 12, Hollywood actor Dawn Johnson said in an interview that if he gets enough support, he will run for president of the United States to serve the public. Dawn Johnson, 48, one of the highest-paid and most popular actors in the United States, told the media as early as 2016 that he “does not rule out the possibility of running for president.” Recently, an opinion poll conducted by a US market research company showed that 46% of the respondents supported Johnson’s run for president.

2.Jeffrey Okamoto, first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said he would strive to issue an additional US$650 billion SDR in the summer of 2021 to help deal with the COVID-19 epidemic and promote global economic recovery.

3. US Securities Regulatory Commission: Morgan Stanley has reduced its stake in Baidu to 0.9%. It was previously seen in Baidu’s 13G filing on March 29 that Morgan Stanley held a 5.2% stake in the company.

4. 16:00 on April 13, the second leg of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic preliminary match of the Chinese and South Korean women’s football team began at the Suzhou Olympic Sports Center. The Chinese women’s football team, which took a 2-1 lead in the first round, counterattacked after trailing 0-2 in the second round and finally beat South Korea with a total score of 4-3 in overtime, winning the last ticket to the Asian region of the Tokyo Olympic Games.

5. COVID-19 ‘s “digital green certificate” should be put into use by the end of June this year, and the EU hopes that certificate holders will receive the same treatment when traveling within the EU. The “digital green certificate” will prove that the holder has completed COVID-19 ‘s vaccination and that novel coronavirus’s test result is negative or has been infected with novel coronavirus and has been cured.

6. Biden decided to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021.

7. After Japan decided to discharge waste water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, large supermarkets in South Korea plan to continue not to sell daily seafood. The South Korean city of Busan, which is close to Japan, has been importing aquatic products from Japan by sea, and merchants have expressed dissatisfaction and concern after Japan decided to discharge nuclear sewage.

8. Egypt said the super-large freighter Changzhi had blocked the Suez Canal for six days, but its Japanese owner, Zhengrong Steamship, refused to pay hundreds of billions of yen in compensation, so the ship was detained. Zhengrong Steamship had previously claimed that the compensation was too high and asked for a 90% reduction.

9. The 20-year war in Afghanistan is finally coming to an end. On April 14, local time, US President Joe Biden announced that US troops will withdraw from Afghanistan in an orderly manner from May 1, and all US and NATO troops in Afghanistan will be withdrawn by September 11. 

10. After Japan decided to discharge waste water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, large supermarkets in South Korea plan to continue not to sell daily seafood. The South Korean city of Busan, which is close to Japan, has been importing aquatic products from Japan by sea, and merchants have expressed dissatisfaction and concern after Japan decided to discharge nuclear sewage. 

11. In 2021, the total number of devices in use worldwide, including personal computers, laptops and desktops, is expected to reach 6.2 billion. Of these, the number of laptops and tablets in use will increase by 125 million compared with the same period last year. In 2022, the global installed capacity of equipment will reach 6.4 billion, an increase of 3.2% over the same period last year. 

12. Forbes News: the Disney Resort in California will reopen on April 30 due to the lifting of a series of restrictions in California, including Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Park. Since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, Disneyland in California has been closed for more than 400 days, making it the last Disney resort in the world to reopen.