New Delhi, May 2 -- It has been a bruising week for the news cycle, starting with gunfire outside the White House Correspondents' Dinner and ending with a geopolitical jolt from the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) exit from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec).

Let's begin with Washington.

President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance and other senior officials were rushed to safety after shots were heard outside the venue hosting the annual gathering of journalists and political leaders. Security footage later showed the suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, 31, darting through a security checkpoint inside the hotel lobby, evading law enforcement before being subdued and arraigned.

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