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Russian Lawmakers Approve Second Reading Of Bill Tightening 'Gay Propaganda' Law.
People wave rainbow flags during a gay-pride rally in St. Petersburg in 2017.
Russian lawmakers approved on November 23 the second of three readings of a series of amendments to the country's controversial "gay propaganda" law, an expansion of the legislation that rights activists say has put LGBT people at risk and led to increased discrimination and violence against them. The amendments to the 2013 law, if approved as expected, ban the "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relationships" entirely and authorize the blocking of Internet resources that cover LGBT topics and ban films that the government interprets as containing such "propaganda." To read the original story from RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here .
U.S. National Dies In Occupied Donetsk, Says Russian Journalist
Russell Bentley, a U.S. national, has died in the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in Ukraine, Margarita Simonyan, the head of Russia's state media outlet RT, wrote on Telegram on April 19.
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Imprisoned Mother Of Chechen Activists Loses Bid For Early Release For Health Reasons.
Zarema Musayeva, the imprisoned mother of three self-exiled outspoken Chechen opposition activists, has lost a bid for early release because of her medical condition after health officials in Russia's North Caucasus region of Chechnya changed her ...
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Ukraine, Israel Aid Advances In Rare House Vote As Democrats Help Republicans.
With rare bipartisan momentum, the U.S. House of Representatives pushed ahead on April 19 on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and humanitarian support as a robust coalition of lawmakers helped it clear a procedural...
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Detained Former Karabakh Separatist Official Begins Hunger Strike, Says Family.
Ruben Vardanian, a former Russian citizen of Armenian descent who served as prime minister in the de facto government of the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, has begun a hunger strike in a Baku prison, his family said on April 19.
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Armenia Agrees To Return 4 Villages To Azerbaijan As First Step To Define Borders.
Armenia has agreed to return four abandoned border villages that it has controlled since the early 1990s to Azerbaijan as the initial step in defining the frontier between the two bitter South Caucasus rivals, the countries said in identical state...
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Disproportionate number of children taken into care in Blackpool, reports say.
Across England, one in every 140 children lives in care but in Blackpool, the number is nearly tripled, with one in every 52 in care. It's a pattern seen across the north of England, with the regional divide thought to be costing the north at leas...
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Bryan Kohberger faces deadline to provide alibi in Idaho murders.
Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in the University of Idaho murders, is facing a deadline to provide an alibi on where he was the night of the killings. ABC News' Alex Stone reports. ––– Subscribe to ABC News on YouTube: Watch 24/7 coverage of breakin...
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What do Arab nations think about the Israel-Iran tensions? - DW News.
As Israel considers its response to Iran's attack and continues to fight its war against Hamas in Gaza, there are fears over where these regional tensions could head. The international community is observing with great interest how Arab nations in...
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Netanyahu says Israel 'will make own decisions' as Cameron urges restraint.
Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked the UK for its support but said Israel "will make our own decisions" on Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah. Meanwhile UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron said, "nobody wants to see this conflict grow and spread" as Sky's Alist...
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LIVE: Latest News on April 17, 2024 - Prime Time with John Dickerson.
The first seven jurors were seated Tuesday in Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York, the Supreme Court appeared split over whether to narrow the scope of an obstruction law used in the Jan. 6 cases, and House Republicans delivered articles of ...
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LIVE: Mayorkas impeachment trial begins, Biden meets with steelworkers and more - America Decides.
“America Decides” reports on the start of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' impeachment trial in the Senate, President Biden meeting with steelworkers in Pittsburgh and other top political stories. #trump #politics #livenews CBS News...
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