1. Myanmar's ruling military has extended a temporary ceasefire in its conflict with rebels to April 30.

2. The Israeli military launched one of the biggest waves of strikes in Gaza for weeks.

3. Trump's public approval rating edged down to its lowest level since his return to the White House.

4. Putin proposed bilateral talks with Ukraine for the first time since the early days of the war.

5. Early voting in the Australian election began, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's center-left Labor party holding a slim lead over the conservative opposition coalition.

6. Swiss pharma giant Roche said it would invest $50 billion in the United States over the next five years, creating more than 12,000 new jobs.

7. Huawei Technologies plans to begin mass shipments of its advanced 910C artificial intelligence chip to Chinese customers as early as next month.