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Russia demands Ukraine surrender as G7 vows to make Moscow pay
Russia demands Ukraine surrender as G7 vows to make Moscow pay
World
by  AFP

Russia vowed on Tuesday its assault on Ukraine would continue until Kyiv surrenders, as world leaders warned that Moscow would pay for its aggression. At their summit in the German Alps, the G7 leaders did not go so far as to brand Putin a terrorist -- but they vowed that Russia, already under tough sanctions, would face more economic pain.

At least 49 inmates die in Colombia prison riot and fire
At least 49 inmates die in Colombia prison riot and fire
World
by  AFP

At least 49 inmates were killed and dozens more injured early Tuesday after a fire broke out during a prison riot in southwestern Colombia, the national prisons agency said. In Colombia's neighbor Ecuador, nearly 400 prisoners have been killed in six riots since early 2021.

Taliban to hold grand council to chart Afghan progress
Taliban to hold grand council to chart Afghan progress
World
by  AFP

Hundreds of religious leaders and "people of influence" from around Afghanistan have been summoned to the capital to attend a three-day grand council in support of the country's Taliban rule. "Two of them will be religious scholars and the other a person of influence," the letter said.

German court gives 101-year-old ex Nazi guard five years in jail
German court gives 101-year-old ex Nazi guard five years in jail
World
by  AFP

A German court on Tuesday handed a five-year jail sentence to a 101-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard, the oldest person so far to go on trial for complicity in war crimes during the Holocaust. However, Schuetz's five-year sentence is the longest so far handed to a defendant in such a case.