Giorgia Meloni’s Adoption Views Worry Gay Parents in Italy
In her election campaign, Giorgia Meloni pledged to oppose surrogacy and adoption by gay couples.
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Month: September 2022
Roger Waters Concert in Poland Called Off After Ukraine Views Prompt Anger
In online exchanges with Ukraines first lady, the Pink Floyd co-founder said Ukraine should seek peace with Russia and blamed the United States for encouraging the conflict.
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Russia Begins Mobilizing Ukrainians to Fight Against Their Own Country
Panic and fear flooded the occupied territories as Russian forces rounded up men to fight and forced residents to vote in a staged referendum on joining Russia, Ukrainian officials and rights groups said.
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Italy votes decisively for a coalition of nationalist-right parties
Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy, looks set to be the next prime minister
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How likely is it that Russia will launch a nuclear attack?
Vladimir Putin earlier this year placed the Kremlin’s strategic nuclear weapons forces on ‘high alert’
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Italy’s far-right win election with clear majority, exit polls show
Polls said the right-wing alliance set to get up to 45 per cent of the vote
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Russian opposition to Putin’s mass mobilization increases
Opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s mobilization of 300,000 more troops to fight in Ukraine continues to grow after two leading Russian politicians voiced concerns and local police arrested hundreds of protesters across the country. Valentina Matviyenko, head of the upper chamber of the Russian parliament and a close ally to Putin, said on her […]
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Lindner raises doubts on Germany’s gas levy
German Finance Minister Christian Lindner has questioned if efforts to help the country’s energy companies tackle soaring energy costs would lead to lower energy prices for local consumers. Speaking to German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, Lindner, the head of the country’s liberal Free Democratic Party, said the so-called gas levy, the plan to charge Germans a […]
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Italy votes in legislative elections that could bring the far-right to power
Italians began voting Sunday in an election expected to usher in the country’s first government led by the far-right since World War II, bringing eurosceptic populists to the heart of Europe.
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Live: Russia’s top two lawmakers voice concern over Ukraine mobilisation ‘excesses’
Ukraine and Russia traded accusations on Sunday of attacks on civilians in southern Ukraine as Russian-occupied territories hold referendums on joining Russia that Western leaders have dismissed as staged attempts to annex more territory. Follow our live blog for all the latest developments. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).
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