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Taxi operators facing bankruptcy in Japan hit 10-year high, according to survey

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The number of taxi operators going bankrupt in Japan has reached a 10-year-high, according to a new survey conducted by local business information provider, Tokyo Shoko Research. Surging energy costs and a shrinking manpower pool due to an ageing population were cited as major reasons for their bankruptcy. However, with the recovery of inbound travel, the…

Hong Kong-based man worries for cousin and family buried beneath rubble in Turkey earthquakes

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Rescue efforts are continuing in Turkey, following twin earthquakes that shook the country and neighbouring Syria on February 6, 2022. For relatives of people still missing, waiting for news about loved ones has been agonising, including those who are halfway across the world, such as Hong Kong-based Mehmet Gurtin. He and his family have been unable…

Former South Korean justice minister Cho Kuk sentenced to 2 years in prison for graft

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The Seoul Central District Court on February 3, 2023, sentenced South Korea’s former justice minister, Cho Kuk, to two years in prison for forging documents to help his children gain university admission and interfering in a corruption investigation involving an associate of ex-president Moon Jae-in. The former star law professor was a key aide to Moon,…

FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Support and Advance Women’s Economic Security

Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is marking the upcoming 30th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) by announcing new actions to support and advance women’s economic security. For thirty years, the FMLA has helped Americans take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave from work when they are seriously ill or to care for a new child or a sick family member without…

Germany's support for sending tanks to Ukraine falls

Support for sending heavy weapons to Ukraine appears to be waning in Germany. A poll shows that some fear sending Leopard tanks will lead to an escalation of the war. Support for Ukraine is illustrating how Germany struggles with its dark past and a dark reality at its doorstep. Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen reports from Berlin, Germany. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow…

Blinken criticises settlements but stresses US support for Israel

In rare — albeit implicit — criticism of Israel, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called out Israeli policies, including settlement expansion and home demolitions, as detrimental to the two-state solution. Still, at a news conference at the end of his trip to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories on Tuesday, Blinken reasserted Washington’s “ironclad” commitment to Israel. He urged for calm after…

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