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Sign of spring

A sure sign of spring, the 2022 Harvey County Lawn and Garden show was March 5 and 6 at Hesston’s Dyck Arboretum of the Plains. The first official day of spring is March 20.

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Ukrane updates: G7 says war criminals will be held accountable

The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: BRUSSELS — Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven major world powers say that those responsible for Russian military attacks on civilians in Ukraine must be held accountable for their crimes, amid reports of the use of cluster bombs and other banned munitions. In a statement after talks in Brussels on Friday, the G7 ministers said they are “deeply concerned with the catastrophic humanitarian toll taken by Russia’s continuing strikes against the civilian population of Ukraine’s cities.” They underlined that “indiscriminate attacks are prohibited by international humanitarian law,” and that they “will hold accountable those responsible for war crimes, including indiscriminate use of weapons against civilians.” The ministers also welcomed the investigations and evidence-gathering being done to establish what war crimes might have been committed in Ukraine.

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