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An 18-year-old white gunman shot 10 people to death and wounded three on Saturday at a grocery store in a Black neighborhood of upstate New York, before surrendering after what authorities called an act of “racially motivated violent extremism.” Authorities said the suspect, who was armed with an assault-style rifle …

Thousands of abortion rights supporters rallied across the United States on Saturday, angered by the prospect that the Supreme Court may soon overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide a half century ago. The protests kicked off what organizers predict will be a “summer of rage” …

Thousands of abortion rights supporters rallied across the United States on Saturday, angered by the prospect that the Supreme Court may soon overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide a half century ago. The protests kicked off what organizers predict will be a “summer of rage” …

North Korea said on Sunday a total of 42 people had died as the country began its fourth day under a nationwide lockdown aimed at stopping the impoverished country’s first confirmed Covid-19 outbreak. North Korea’s admission on Thursday that it is battling an “explosive” Covid-19 outbreak has raised concerns that …

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh reaffirmed ASEAN’s stance on the East Sea issue and praised the U.S.’s initiative to increase maritime cooperation with the region at a summit in Washington. Leaders of the U.S. and the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) attended the official working sessions of the …

Two men in central Vietnam have been sentenced to death for transporting 100 kilos of methamphetamine for VND500 million ($21,700). The court in central Nghe An Province on Friday handed out the sentence to Giang Seo Hoa, 33, and Vang Seo Su, 25, both residing in the province, for “illegally …

Elon Musk tweeted on Friday that his $44 billion cash deal for Twitter was “temporarily on hold” while he waits for the social media company to provide data on the proportion of its fake accounts. Twitter shares initially fell more than 20 percent in premarket trading, but after Musk, the …

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Saturday that the spread of Covid-19 had thrust his country into “great turmoil” and called for an all-out battle to overcome the outbreak, while 21 new daily deaths were reported among people with fever. North Korea made an unprecedented admission of its …

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a meeting in Washington that his country supports a “strong, independent and prosperous” Vietnam. He told the Vietnamese PM on the sidelines of the ASEAN-U.S. Special Summit on May 13 that he had fond memories of his …

Leaders of the United States and the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) committed at a summit in Washington on Friday to raise their relationship to a “comprehensive strategic partnership” in November this year. In a joint “vision statement” after a two-day summit, the leaders also said in reference …