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According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, at around 19:36 local time on the 4th, a 4.9-magnitude earthquake occurred in the sea east of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The maximum earthquake intensity was 3 and the focal depth was 60 kilometers. There is no risk of a tsunami from this earthquake.

Iranian Foreign Minister: Remember the anger expressed by the West over the hostilities near the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in Ukraine? Israel and the United States have now launched four bombings of our Bushehr nuclear power plant. Radioactive fallout will end life in the GCC capitals, not Tehran. Attacks on our petrochemical facilities also convey true intent.

Iranian Foreign Minister: The US media has misrepresented Iran’s position. We are deeply grateful to Pakistan for its efforts and have never refused to go to Islamabad (for mediation talks). We are concerned with clear and lasting conditions for an end to the illegal war that has been imposed on us.

Authorities said Russia launched an attack on a market in the Ukrainian frontline city of Nikopol, killing five people and injuring 19 others.

According to Iran's Tasnim News Agency: Iranian authorities stated that in the "terrorist attack" launched by the United States and Israel on Karaj's B1 Bridge, the number of victims has risen to 13, and many of the injured died of serious injuries.

Indian Petroleum Ministry: India’s crude oil demand in the coming months has been fully guaranteed.

Indian Oil Ministry: Indian refiners have secured crude oil supplies, including crude oil from Iran; there are no payment barriers to Iranian crude oil imports.

Market news: Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a proxy advisory agency, recommended voting against the BP (BP.N) board's proposal to revoke some previous climate information disclosure resolutions and potentially allow shareholder meetings to be held online only.

According to Reuters: The finance ministers of Germany, Italy, Portugal, Austria, and Spain called for a windfall profit tax on energy companies.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing is recalling some U.S. vehicles because an insufficient pedestrian warning sound may fail to alert pedestrians to reversing vehicles, thereby increasing the risk of injury.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing Company recalls 73,528 vehicles in the U.S. market.

The governor of Russia's Rostov region said businesses in the southern Russian city of Tolyati were attacked by Ukrainian drones.

The governor of Russia's Rostov region said that Ukraine's air strikes in Russia killed at least one person and injured four others.

NASA: Artemis astronauts are halfway to the moon.

U.S. President Trump: 178,000 new non-farm jobs were added in March, and the unemployment rate fell. Everyone thinks this is a good number, even the fake news media. Make America Great Again!

Dubai authorities said they had responded to a minor incident involving the Oracle Tower after debris fell following an operation to intercept a missile. No casualties were reported.

According to the Wall Street Journal: U.S. and Iranian officials said last month’s drone attack by Iran on the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia caused more damage than previously disclosed.

According to Iran's Nour News: Iranian provincial officials said that the search for the missing crew of the downed US fighter jet was still ongoing.

U.S. intelligence agencies have warned that Iran is unlikely to loosen its control of the Strait of Hormuz in the near future, three sources said.

According to NBC News: U.S. President Trump said that shooting down a U.S. fighter jet will not affect negotiations with Iran.