Japan’s top court ruled on July 3 that a defunct eugenics law under which thousands of people were forcibly sterilised between 1948 and 1996 was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court also declared that a 20-year statute of limitations could not be applied, paving the way for compensation claims from victims after years of legal battles. “For Read more
There’s no chance Kiwis will soon be offered the lovely tiny apartments seen in the likes of Paris and Rome, a housing developer says. Housing Minister Chris Bishop said on Thursday the government’s plans to make it easier to build in urban areas and city fringes will flood the country with new homes. He has Read more
Jordan Peterson has spoken about his wife’s podcast in a rare public comment about his spouse. The Canadian psychologist and author took to X, formerly Twitter, to promote Tammy Peterson’s eponymous podcast. “Women and particularly young women: Consider my wife @Tammy1Peterson’s podcast if you might be interested in an alternative to the demoralising utopian hedonistic Read more
The identity of a 13-year-old accused of stabbing a Trinity Catholic College teenager to death at Dunedin’s bus hub will remain under wraps as he waits to hear if he will be granted bail. The defendant, who previously pleaded not guilty to murder, appeared in the High Court at Dunedin yesterday following the death of Read more
A Vatican tribunal will hear an appeal from Libero Milone, the Holy See’s first-ever auditor general, on July 3. Milone claims his resignation from the role of auditor general was extorted under threat of arrest in 2017, as was a similarly forced resignation of one of his two deputies, Ferruccio Panicco, on the following day. Read more
A South Sudanese bishop says food has been weaponised during the civil war in Sudan, with famine now looming in his neighbouring country as a direct result of the conflict. Speaking to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, Bishop Alex Lodiong Sakor Eyobo of Yei, South Sudan, was critical of tactics being used Read more
Investigators combed the charred wreckage of a South Korean lithium factory on June 25 to find the cause of a massive blaze that killed 23 in one of the country’s worst factory disasters in years. The fire department said 23 people are now confirmed dead, including 17 Chinese nationals, with identification work ongoing. “We plan Read more
People blaming high crime on those who live at a city mission apartment block have the wrong end of the stick, residents say. Rupert D’Arth is among 80 residents of Auckland City Mission apartment block, Te Ao Mārama, on a side street in the city’s red light district near Karangahape Road. He was at a Read more