Japan court approves a transgender man’s request for legal recognition without needing surgery

Japan court approves a transgender man’s request for legal recognition without needing surgery

TOKYO (AP) — A court in western Japan on Wednesday approved a transgender man’s request to have his gender changed in official records without undergoing sterilization surgery, the first known ruling of its kind since the country’s top court struck down a surgery requirement for such record changes. The Okayama Family Court’s Tsuyama Branch said

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Germany sells shares in postal company for $2.3 billion to help finance railway improvements

Germany sells shares in postal company for $2.3 billion to help finance railway improvements

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s state-owned development bank has sold shares in the company that owns the national postal service for about 2.17 billion euros ($2.3 billion), reducing the government’s stake and raising money to help finance improvements to the country’s rail network.The KfW bank, which holds the government’s remaining stakes in previously state-held companies, said

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Former Czech leader Babis loses final appeal over collaboration with communist-era secret police

Former Czech leader Babis loses final appeal over collaboration with communist-era secret police

PRAGUE (AP) — Former Czech populist Prime Minister Andrej Babis lost his final appeal in Slovakia Wednesday in a case concerning allegations that he collaborated with communist-era secret police in what was then Czechoslovakia. Babis, who was born in Slovakia, was suing the Institute for National Memory, which holds parts of his secret police files

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