TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia's parliament will shortly begin debating a wide-ranging "family values" bill that will include bans on "LGBT propaganda" and gender reassignment surgery, the speaker of parliament was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
The first of three required readings of the bill would take place in the current spring session of parliament, the Interpress news service quoted the speaker, Shalva Papuashvili, as saying.
The ruling... (continue reading...)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu may be stalling on ending the war in Gaza for political reasons, according to an interview with Time magazine released on Tuesday.
The comments in the May 28 interview were made a few days before Biden detailed a proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, and as the Israeli prime minister struggles with deep political divisions at home.
Asked whether he thought... (continue reading...)
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PASZTO (Reuters) - The man hoping to challenge Prime Minister Viktor Orban's 14-year iron grip over Hungarian politics is actively wooing Roma voters ahead of next weekend's European Parliament (EP) election - and his message of change seems to be striking a chord.
Peter Magyar, a political novice who has tapped into public discontent with Hungary's economic woes, took the rare step in May of visiting... (continue reading...)
By Foo Yun Chee
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Microsoft expects to take additional steps to resolve an EU antitrust investigation into its chat and video app Teams which is part of its Office product, even as it seems likely to get EU charges in the case, its President Brad Smith said on Tuesday.
The European Commission launched an investigation into Microsoft's tying of Office and Teams last year, following a 2020 complaint by Salesforce-owned... (continue reading...)
CAIRO (Reuters) - Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri criticised Washington and the West's calls for it to accept a ceasefire proposal advanced by U.S. President Joe Biden, saying on Tuesday it was "as if it is Hamas who is hampering the deal".
In comments reported by Hamas media, Abu Zuhri said Israel was not serious about reaching a deal in Gaza and was still manoeuvring under U.S. cover.
Biden on Friday laid out a three-phase... (continue reading...)
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