Russia’s new top commander in Ukraine carries reputation for brutality
From CNN's Sarah Dean
There’s a new general in charge of Russian President Vladimir Putin's devastating war on Ukraine — and he has a reputation for brutality.
After Ukraine made gains in its counteroffensive in recent weeks, Russia’s Ministry of Defense named Sergey Surovikin its new overall commander for operations in the war.
Notably, he previously played an instrumental role in Russia’s operations in Syria as Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces. During these operations Russian combat aircraft caused widespread devastation in rebel-held area.
Iran police investigate video of officer’s alleged sexual assault of protester
Footage appears to show member of riot police grabbing detained woman from behind
Iranian police have said they are investigating footage allegedly showing a member of their riot squad sexually assaulting a female protester in Tehran after widespread outrage over the video.
The footage, recorded during a protest in the capital’s Argentina Square on Wednesday, shows a woman being violently detained and taken towards a motorbike in a street crowded with protesters and riot police. She is surrounded by four armed members of the riot force, and one of them appears to grab her inappropriately from behind. She then slumps to the ground.
A female voice behind the camera could be heard saying: “They are pulling her hair.”
Germany: Hospital association wants masks indoors again
Hospitals in Germany are "with their back to the wall" amid the latest rise in COVID infections, says Germany's Hospital Association director Gerald Gass.
The head of the German Hospital Association is pressing the government to reintroduce a mask mandate indoors since a high number of COVID-19 infections has made normal hospital operations "no longer possible."
"We have the situation that we currently actually have as many corona patients as at peak times this year," Gerald Gass, the head of the association, told German media.
With the number of infections continuing to rise in Germany, Gass said the hospitals "will probably have to report a new record figure next week."
Rescue efforts in Turkey coal mine blast continue as death toll tops 40
Rescuers on Saturday searched for the last miner missing at a coal mine in northern Turkey, where a methane blast the previous day killed at least 40 people in one of the country's worst industrial accidents in years.
The blast ripped through the mine near the small coal mining town of Amasra on Turkey's Black Sea coast shortly before sunset on Friday.
"We are approaching the end of the rescue operation," a tearful Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said at the scene on Saturday.
Film explores innocent man's decades-long imprisonment
By Mie Sakamoto
Shoji Sakurai has had his share of "anniversaries" -- some good, some bad and some, like the day he was handed a life sentence for a crime he did not commit, too painful to fathom.
In his new documentary titled "My Anniversaries" released earlier this month, film director Kim Sung Woong tells the story of how Sakurai overcame incredible adversity through a positive mindset, and now dedicates his life to helping others facing injustice.
Sakurai, now 75, endured 29 years of false imprisonment, starting with his arrest in 1967 before his eventual release from prison. He has tried to maintain the same bright demeanor throughout, even after his recent terminal cancer diagnosis.
China says it reserves right to use force over Taiwan
Beijing official says reunification of China and Taiwan meets the interests of all, including people living on the self-governing island.
China reserves the right to use force over Taiwan as a last resort in compelling circumstances, though peaceful reunification is its first choice, a Communist Party spokesman has said.
Reunification of China and Taiwan meets the interests of all, including Taiwan compatriots, Sun Yeli told a news conference in Beijing on Saturday.
Sun said Beijing would exert all efforts to bring Taiwan under its control peacefully. But he said China would not tolerate what he called a movement towards full independence backed by hardliners on the island and their overseas backers – presumably the United States, which is Taiwan’s main source of military and diplomatic support despite the lack of formal relations in deference to Beijing.
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