1. Elon Musk is a White House senior adviser, not a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employee, and has no decision-making authority, the White House stated in a court filing.

2. Israel will begin negotiations on the 2nd phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal, including an exchange of the remaining Israeli hostages with Palestinian detainees.

3. The Philippines has detected foreign attempts to access intelligence data, but no breaches have been recorded so far.

4. Taiwanese electronics companies are planning more investments in the U.S. state of Texas, with announcements possible in May.

5. Chinese company Jiangsu Jiuwu Hi-Tech has halted exports of equipment for processing lithium, signaling early implementation of Beijing's proposed export controls.

6. Elon Musk's ‘xAI’ has introduced Grok-3, the latest iteration of its chatbot, as it looks to compete with DeepSeek, OpenAI, and Google.