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The UK government has been advised to urgently set up a financial package to help patients damaged by epilepsy drug valproate and vaginal mesh. Calculations for the cost of the package amount to half a billion pounds – just for the initial payments, according to a report by the Patient Safety Commissioner for England, Dr…
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A Beijing court began compensation hearings on Monday for Chinese relatives of people who disappeared nearly a decade ago on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, China Central Television reported. On March 8, 2014, MH370, carrying 227 passengers, including more than 150 Chinese nationals, departed from Kuala Lumpur International Airport with its destination Beijing Capital International Airport,…
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The national living wage could rise to £11.46 an hour next year – well above what the government has announced. The minimum rate for adults over 23 is pegged to median hourly pay – and stronger-than-expected wage growth means April’s increase could exceed the £11 an hour recently suggested by the chancellor. Average weekly earnings…
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The Lagos State Government has announced compensation for victims of the collision between a train and a bus conveying staff of the state. In a statement on Tuesday, the state promised to provide employment to one employable child of each of the dead victims of the accident and a concessionary scholarship to one of their…
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The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu has demanded N20 billion as compensation from the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. Kanu demanded compensation following alleged defamatory and libellous claims against him. Speaking through his Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, the IPOB leader, said Malami’s claim that…
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Mercedes (Auto News): A federal district judge in California has approved a settlement of a class-action lawsuit against Mercedes-Benz over faulty roof air conditioners in Sprinter vans. Image: File Photo The settlement extends the warranty on about 10,000 Freightliner and Mercedes Sprinter vans nationwide, attorneys representing plaintiffs in the case said. Customers said the air…
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BEIJING — A group of Hyundai Motor Co. dealers in China is seeking 800 million-900 million yuan ($120 million-135 million) in compensation from the South Korean automaker, saying Hyundai has cut the flow of models it exports to them, resulting in dealership losses and closures. The group’s leader, Wang Rongzhen, told Reuters on Wednesday that…
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