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Police have arrested a former U.S. Coast Guardsman suspected of killing one person and wounding four, all of them women, in a shooting on Wednesday at a medical building in Atlanta, authorities said. The suspected gunman, identified as Deion Patterson, 24, was taken into custody without incident after an undercover …

During the five-day national holiday 16,000 drivers were fined for driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol while 11,000 got tickets for speeding. The central traffic police department said 67 people were killed in 129 road and rail accidents between April 29 and May 3, and 90 others were injured. …

Russia accused Ukraine on Wednesday of a failed attempt to assassinate President Vladimir Putin in a drone attack on the Kremlin citadel in Moscow, and threatened to retaliate. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Kyiv had nothing to do with the reported overnight incident. “We don’t attack Putin, or Moscow, we …

President Vo Van Thuong left Hanoi for the U.K. on Thursday morning to attend the coronation of King Charles III, at the invitation of the Royal Family. The president’s attendance at the coronation ceremony demonstrates the importance Vietnam attaches to the Royal Family as well as the Vietnam-U.K. strategic partnership. …

The Federal Reserve moved its management of the post-pandemic economic recovery into a new phase with what may be the last in a historic series of interest rate hikes and heightened attention to credit and other economic risks. The U.S. central bank raised its benchmark overnight interest rate by a …

For those who’ve been bullied at school, the experience itself is hurtful enough, but overcoming it is yet another difficult journey. “People say that high school is supposed to be the best years of your life, but for me, it felt like hell,” said Trang, 19, who lives in the …

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 …