On April 5, Kevin McCarthy, speaker of the US House of Representatives, met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
April 4, Finland became the 31st member of NATO, ending its decades-long policy of neutrality. Foreign minister Pekka Haavisto handed over the official documents in Brussels to United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
On April 4, an avalanche near the Nathu La pass in Sikkim, India killed at least seven tourists and, according to News18, injured at least twelve; Reuters reported eight people in critical condition Tuesday.
On April 4, Russia charged anti-war activist Darya Trepova with terrorism over the Sunday bombing of a café in Saint Petersburg, which killed pro-war blogger Maxim Fomin, best known by his nom de plume, Vladlen Tatarsky.
On April 4, former light-welterweight world champion boxer and Olympic silver medalist Amir Khan was given a two-year ban for doping by the UK Anti-Doping organisation.
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