A settlement between Remington and families of victims in the Sandy Hook attack is the first of its kind American gun manufacturer Remington has agreed to pay $73 million to families of nine victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut. The settlement marks the first time a gun manufacturer has been […]
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Half a century on from Northern Ireland’s Bloody Sunday, have the families had justice?
British soldiers massacred 13 people on the streets of Derry in 1972. RT spoke to a man who lost his father on that fateful day in Bogside For the first time in 50 years, the crowds gathering in Derry this weekend to remember the events of the day forever known as Bloody Sunday will have […]
Families separated at border not entitled to payouts
Migrants to get no compensation for family splits under Trump, says DoJ Illegal immigrants whose families were split up at the US-Mexico border during the Trump administration will not receive compensation, the Justice Department has declared – despite President Joe Biden promising otherwise. Biden had claimed migrant families who were separated at the southern border […]
Entire families die stranded in heavy snowstorm
Thousands of tourists were trapped on roads leading to a popular mountain resort in Pakistan Nearly two dozen people, including families with children who were on their way to a Murree ski resort in Punjab, Pakistan, have frozen to death or suffocated in their cars after being trapped by unusually heavy snowstorm. In the majority […]
Boeing promises ‘fair’ compensation to 737 MAX crash victims’ families
Boeing has reached a settlement with the relatives of those who died on a 2019 Ethiopia Airlines flight that crashed due to malfunctions on its 737 MAX plane, with the company acknowledging it was responsible for the loss of life. The aerospace firm agreed to settle with lawyers representing some of the victims’ families on […]
Cyprus strips 45 passports obtained by investors and their families under cash-for-citizenship scheme
The Cypriot government announced on Friday that it has decided to formally strip passports from 39 people who obtained citizenship under a disgraced investment scheme, as well as six of their dependents. The Council of Ministers has decided to remove “Cypriot citizenship for 39 investors and 6 members of their families,” government spokesman Marios Pelekanos […]
New Zealand to abandon forcible removal of ‘at risk’ children after anger from Maori families
The New Zealand government has announced that the removal of ‘at risk’ children from their families will end, after Maori families complained that the process, known as ‘uplifting’, racially discriminates against them. Speaking on Wednesday, Children’s Minister Kelvin Davis said the government will “end uplifts as we have known them,” accepting all the recommendations made […]





