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Claudio Manuel Nueves Valente, a 48-year-old Portuguese national, has been identified as the suspect in the Brown University shooting, which resulted in the deaths of two students and injuries to nine others, as well as the murder of an MIT professor.

According to NBC News, Valente was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a New Hampshire storage facility. The investigation revealed he had attended Brown University, where he was enrolled as a student.

Following these tragic events, President Donald Trump announced the suspension of the green card lottery program, which had allowed Valente to enter the U.S., claiming it posed a national security concern.

This decision, as reported by NPR, affects thousands of immigrants seeking opportunities through the diversity visa program. In related news, the U.S. military has conducted strikes against drug boats in the Pacific, resulting in a death toll exceeding 100, as per CBS News, raising ethical questions about military intervention in drug trafficking.

Meanwhile, Germany is moving forward with military modernization due to rising tensions from Russian aggression, which could impact NATO and European defense strategies, according to CBS News. Concurrently, violent protests have erupted in Bangladesh following the assassination of pro-democracy youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi, who succumbed to injuries after being shot, leading to unrest across the country as demonstrators demand accountability for his death, as reported by The Guardian.