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A 14-year-old boy shot dead eight fellow pupils and a security guard and wounded his teacher and six other students when he opened fire in his Belgrade classroom on Wednesday morning, Serbia’s interior ministry said. Milan Milosevic, the father of one of the pupils at the Vladislav Ribnikar elementary school …

Asia’s economic growth could outpace developed countries’ by 5% by end-2023 driven by China’s easing of Covid-19 curbs, strong domestic demand and interest rates staying in less-restrictive territory, said Morgan Stanley economists. The recent banking stress in the U.S. and Europe strengthens the case for Asia’s out performance, MS Asia …

Prime Minister Xavier Bettel of Luxembourg arrived in Hanoi on Wednesday morning, starting an official visit to Vietnam from May 3-5 at the invitation of PM Pham Minh Chinh. After landing at the Noi Bai Airport, the Luxembourg delegation left for a trip to Ha Long Bay in northeastern Quang …

Myanmar’s junta pardoned more than 2,000 political prisoners to mark a Buddhist holiday on Wednesday, with families rushing to prisons for tearful reunions with loved ones jailed in a sweeping crackdown on dissent. The military has arrested thousands of protesters and activists since the February 2021 putsch that ended Myanmar’s …

Police have arrested a man from the Netherlands accused of stabbing his Vietnamese wife to death after a quarrel over her excessive cellphone use. Kenter JacoBus Johansen, 63, is now facing a murder charge, according to police in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on Wednesday. Johansen married Le …

Temperatures in northern Vietnam are forecast to rise from Thursday and reach 37 degrees Celsius this weekend, while southern parts of the country will hit 35-36 degrees. The National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting said the northern region’s recent cool climate was ending after a four-day cold spell. A hot low-pressure …

At least two people were injured after a man opened fire at the Indonesian Council of Ulama (MUI) office in Jakarta on May 2. According to local media, the suspect was found dead at the scene. Local police said that the suspect was Mustofa, who routinely delivered letters to the …

56 people died and 22 were left in critical condition due to traffic accidents in the past four days, according to the Ministry of Health. From April 29 to May 2, a total 2,876 people visited hospitals for examination of injuries caused by traffic accidents and more than 1,500 of …

A man suspected of killing five neighbors in Texas over complaints of noise he was making by firing his gun outside at night was arrested in a neighboring town on Tuesday after a massive, four-day manhunt, a county sheriff said. The suspect was identified this week as Francisco Oropesa, 38, …

The United States stands with treaty ally the Philippines in the face of harassment by China’s coast guard in the South China Sea and remains deeply concerned about “intimidation” by Beijing, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday. A visit to the United States this week by Philippine President Ferdinand …