(Fixes link to photo essay) By Krisztina Than and Marton Monus BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Lau and Vivi, a young lesbian couple in Hungary, often hold hands walking through Budapest’s streets. However, Lau has started to have troubling second thoughts about this show of affection since the government ramped up its anti-LGBTQ+ campaign. Right-wing Prime Minister …
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PRAGUE (Reuters) -Czech transgender people will no longer be required to undergo a surgery but will need to be diagnosed as transsexual by specialist doctors and complete observation lasting usually six to 12 months to complete their transition, according to the Health Ministry’s new guidelines. The guidelines issued on Thursday put in practice a Constitutional …
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By Parisa Hafezi and Ahmed Rasheed ISTANBUL/BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Iranian authorities are pivoting from a ceasefire with Israel to intensify an internal security crackdown across the country with mass arrests, executions and military deployments, particularly in the restive Kurdish region, officials and activists said. Within days of Israel’s airstrikes beginning on June 13, Iranian security forces …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia will summon the German ambassador soon to inform him of retaliatory measures in response to what it sees as the harassment of Russian journalists based in Germany, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. Russia has clashed repeatedly with Germany over the issue, and expelled a German correspondent and cameraman …
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Thursday there was no progress yet towards setting a date for the next round of peace talks with Ukraine, Interfax news agency reported. Another agency, TASS, quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying Russia was in favour of continued U.S. efforts to mediate. Resuming negotiations after a gap of …
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By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany is cutting financial support for charities that rescue migrants at risk of drowning in the Mediterranean, saying it will redirect resources to addressing conditions in source countries that spur people to leave. For decades, migrants driven by war and poverty have made perilous crossings to reach Europe’s southern borders, …
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By Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -The anti-immigration Sweden Democrats apologised on Thursday for the party’s past Nazi links and antisemitism, part of efforts to present a more moderate, mainstream image to voters ahead of a national election next year. The Sweden Democrats were presenting the results of a specially commissioned study that found Nazi and …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s foreign ministry on Thursday denied that China supplied weapons to parties in the Ukraine war, and accused “relevant NATO personnel” of slandering China’s “normal military build-up”. Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson for the foreign ministry, made the remarks in a regular press briefing in response to NATO chief Mark Rutte saying there was …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -NATO’s decision to increase defence spending will not significantly affect Russia’s security, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday. NATO allies on Wednesday agreed to raise their collective spending goal to 5% of gross domestic product over the next decade, citing what they called the long-term threat posed by Russia and the need …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia wants Iran to continue its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday. Iran’s parliament approved a bill on Wednesday to suspend cooperation with the IAEA, the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog, after Israel and the United States bombed Iran’s nuclear sites with the aim of preventing …
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