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A court in Osaka has issued a landmark ruling in favor of victims of a program abolished in 1996 On Tuesday, the Osaka High Court ordered Japan’s central government to pay compensation to three people who underwent forced sterilization as part of a now-defunct eugenics program. The plaintiffs – a hearing-impaired couple in their 70s […]
Trial backlogs for sex offenses have reportedly more than doubled in some parts of the UK Rape victims in the UK reportedly face a ‘postcode lottery’ situation where the chances of their case being delayed is nearly two times the likelihood of going to trial on time due to ballooning court-case backlogs. Victims in some […]
Black Lives Matter is reportedly facing concerns about their financial records The Black Lives Matter movement has been forced to suspend its online fundraising efforts after various state attorneys general questioned its financial record-keeping, The Washington Examiner revealed. Prosecutors in California and Washington state have apparently demanded that the group disclose financial statements from 2020. […]
South Korea promised to fight Tokyo’s campaign to designate an old gold mine as a world heritage site Tokyo nominated a complex of 400-year-old gold and silver mines on the small island of Sado off Japan’s western coast for the 2023 UNESCO World Heritage List on Tuesday. “The Sado gold mine is a rare example […]
A shopping mall in Minnesota was briefly put into lockdown after shots rang out inside on New Year’s Eve Two people have been injured in a shooting at The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. Shoppers were ordered to take shelter inside, as multiple police descended on the building. The incident unraveled at about 4.30 […]
India’s Serum Institute, the world’s largest vaccine maker, has announced that it is stuck with around half a billion doses of the Covishield jab due to a lack of orders, forcing the company to halve production. Speaking to Indian TV network CNBC-TV18 on Wednesday, Serum Institute CEO Adar Poonawalla claimed that the company is facing […]
Slovakia has apologized for the forced sterilization of women under the communist regime and the following decade, condemning the practice which aimed to regulate the birth rate of the socially disadvantaged Roma peoples. On Wednesday, the government adopted a resolution condemning the practice of forced sterilization and apologizing for the actions of previous administrations. “The […]
A massive wildfire has broken out in the vicinity of the southern Spanish town of Estepona. The blaze has prompted evacuation of some 800 people and caused traffic disruption, with several roads closed. The fire began in the forested mountainous area around the town, known as the Sierra Bermeja, late on Wednesday, continuing to spread […]