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Tokyo court only holds utility responsible to compensate Fukushima evacuees and reduces damages
TOKYO (AP) — A Tokyo court on Tuesday held only the operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant responsible for paying damages to dozens of evacuees.The Tokyo High Court also slashed the amount to half of what the…
Contaminated blood scandal victims say Rishi Sunak ‘should be ashamed’ after PM was…
Contaminated blood scandal victims today said Rishi Sunak 'should be ashamed' for holding out against a new compensation body.The PM last night suffered a humiliating defeat in the Commons after dozens of Tory MPs rebelled to support a…
How will Optus compensate customers for outage
The embattled CEO of Optus has admitted another mass network blackout can’t be ruled out, as the company reveals how it plans to compensate customers for Wednesday’s nationwide outage.In a wide-ranging interview with news.com.au, CEO…
Why won’t Swiss compensate me for my lost luggage?
DEAR TRAVEL TROUBLESHOOTER: Swiss International Air Lines lost my luggage for eight days while I was on a hiking trip to Geneva. It sent my bags to the wrong address, then finally to my home almost two weeks later after our vacation had…
Court orders Australian man compensate police after fake kidnapping to meet up with mistress
An Australian court is ordering a man who staged his own kidnapping to compensate police for the hassle of investigating the fake crime.Paul Iera, 35, messaged his girlfriend on New Year's Eve 2022 from his own phone, pretending to be a…
Japanese boy-band production company sets up panel to compensate sexual assault victims
TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese boys-band production company at the center of an unfolding sexual abuse scandal, Johnny & Associates, chose three former judges Wednesday to head its effort to compensate hundreds of victims.The…
NM bill proposes energy companies to compensate field worker’s health care costs related to…
A bill aimed at compensating oil field workers and immediate relatives for uninsured medical costs related to air pollution and heat-related illness has been introduced by a first-term congressman from New Mexico.Democratic U.S. Rep.…
Co-op Bank offers to compensate customers left without wages due to ‘processing system…
The Co-operative Bank is offering to compensate customers who were left unable to pay their bills on pay day due to a "payment processing system issue".Many of the bank's 3.1 million customers did not receive wages,…
Belgium-based Solvay to pay $393M to clean up and compensate for PFAS contamination in New Jersey
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A Belgium-based chemical company will spend nearly $393 million under a settlement announced Wednesday to clean up contamination from its so-called forever chemicals in New Jersey’s drinking water and soil and…