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Showing posts with label Struck. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Struck. Show all posts

10/20/21

Japan: COVID-19 Made Life Even Worse for Japan’s Foreign Trainees – by Moeka Iida

Phuong is hunkered down with around 20 fellow Vietnamese – now fellow seekers of refuge – at Daionji, a Buddhist temple in Honjo, in Japan’s Saitama Prefecture.

The 22-year-old had been working at a food manufacturing factory in Kagoshima Prefecture for nearly three years under Japan’s Technical Intern Training Program. However, as she developed a hernia and started to suffer from severe pain, she became unable to perform her daily tasks.

Read moreat: COVID-19 Made Life Even Worse for Japan’s Foreign Trainees – The Diplomat

11/11/20

EU: Budget deal struck, with Hungary threat still hanging - by Eszter Zalan

After what negotiators described as "tough" and "long" talks, MEPs and diplomats from the German EU presidency struck a deal on Tuesday (10 November) on the long-term EU budget and the coronavirus recovery package.

Momentum on the budget talks picked up after the European Parliament and the EU presidency agreed on how to link EU funds to the respect of rule of law in separate talks last week.

Read more at: Budget deal struck, with Hungary threat still hanging