The week that was in international affairs

After a short break, welcome back to another edition of My Take 5, your weekly round-up of top international news. This week, we are covering the scheduled Iran-US ceasefire talks in Pakistan, the Orthodox Easter ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war, Moldova’s pullout from the Russia-led Commonwealth of Independent States, Taiwanese KMT chairwoman Cheng Li-wun’s trip…

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Nancy Grewal: ‘I respect only original Khalistan, not those who disrespect India’s flag’: What Nancy Grewal said in YouTube video before her killing | Chandigarh News

Nancy Grewal (File Photo) CHANDIGARH: A 45-year-old social media influencer of Punjabi origin, Nancy Grewal, who was stabbed to death in Canada earlier this week, had clarified her stand on Khalistani extremism groups just weeks before the attack. In a video posted on February 22 on her YouTube channel, ‘Nancy Grewal Canada CA’, titled “I…

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‘Elon and Jeff best watch their backs’: British man built a £288 million fake medicine empire after winning a £2.4 million lottery | World News

What began as a life-changing lottery win ended as one of Britain’s most brazen criminal cases. John Spiby, a pensioner from Greater Manchester, used his £2.4 million National Lottery win in 2010 not to retire quietly, but to bankroll a sprawling counterfeit medicine operation. Prosecutors told the court that the scheme eventually produced fake prescription…

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Marco Rubio Visit To India: Foreign secretary Vikram Misri meets Marco Rubio, Kash Patel in Washington: Key takeaways | India News

Foreign secretary Vikram Misri meets Marco Rubio NEW DELHI: US secretary of state Marco Rubio is set to visit India next month following a “productive” meeting with foreign secretary Vikram Misri in Washington, where both sides reviewed key aspects of the bilateral partnership, including trade, defence and the Quad.Misri, currently on a three-day visit to…

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Big boost for India ahead of T20 World Cup: Tilak Varma set for fitness clearance by BCCI; Mayank Yadav, Riyan Parag also close | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: In what comes as an encouraging development for India ahead of next month’s T20 World Cup, India’s dependable batter in T20Is, Tilak Varma, is close to being cleared by the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru.Tilak is expected to be cleared after taking part in a simulation match on Friday. The left-handed…

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Beer with Team USA: How Indian-origin Kash Patel flipped the model minority script | World News

Kash Patel is the strangest Indian-American success story of his generation. Not because he runs the FBI. Plenty of Indian-origin figures now occupy the upper floors of American power. But because he got there without following the script that made those successes palatable, particularly for Indian-Americans.Over the years, it has emerged that Ivy Leagues were…

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