TOKYO (AP) — In a landmark decision, Japan’s Supreme Court ordered the government Wednesday to pay suitable compensation to about a dozen victims who were forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law that was designed to eliminate offspring of people with disabilities. An estimated 25,000 people were sterilized between the 1950s and 1970s without […]
A sign identifies a repository near Edgemont where 4 million tons of radioactive tailings from a former uranium mill have been buried since the 1980s. (Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight) A federal program to compensate Americans sickened by radiation from government activities during the Cold War — including at uranium mining and milling sites in South […]
MADRID (AP) — Spain on Tuesday approved a plan aimed at making reparation and economic compensation for victims of sex abuses committed by people connected to the Catholic Church. It also announced the future celebration of a public act of recognition for those affected and their families. The Minister of the Presidency and Justice, Félix […]
Social Security is facing some financial issues that need to be resolved fairly quickly to avoid benefit cuts. While those cuts aren’t right around the corner, there’s a chance they’ll happen in about 10 years if lawmakers don’t find a way to shore up the program’s finances. To be clear, Social Security cuts are not […]
Russia’s State Duma is considering a return to the Soviet practice of so-called “work troops,” in which city dwellers were forced to work in rural areas, The Moscow Times reported on Feb. 2. In this way, Moscow is trying to compensate for labor shortages caused by widespread drunkenness among farmers, while reminding various “intellectuals” that […]
Fujitsu has confirmed it will contribute to compensation payments to UK Post Office subpostmasters wrongfully convicted in the Horizon IT scandal. The Japanese technology firm offered its “deepest apologies” to wronged subpostmasters and their families in a fresh statement on Thursday. More than 700 Post Office branch managers across the UK were convicted after Fujitsu’s […]
South Korea’s top court has ordered two Japanese companies to financially compensate more of their wartime Korean workers for forced labour. Previous verdicts in 2018 caused a huge setback in relations between the two countries. But observers say Thursday’s ruling will be unlikely to hurt bilateral ties much since Seoul and Tokyo, now governed by […]
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry has reported that Ukraine is stepping up production of kamikaze drones and plans to produce 155mm ammunition on its territory in quantities that will cover the difference between its needs and the assistance provided by partners. Source: Ivan Havryliuk, Ukraine’s Deputy Defence Minister, in a comment to the BBC Ukrainian Service […]