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14Oct

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Hungarian MPs scrap Orbán’s anti-LGBTQ measures

Akos Stiller/Bloomberg via Getty Images This year's Budapest Pride march went ahead without restrictions, a year after the Orbán government tried to ban it The Hungarian parliament has voted to amend child protection laws, scrapping measures that stigmatise gay and transgender people. LGBTQ and human rights activists warmly welcomed the move, but called for changes to other Orbán-era laws. The 2021 Child Protection Law, passed by the large Fidesz majority of then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, banned the "portrayal or promotion of homosexuality or transgenderism". Since Orbán's April election defeat, the Tisza government of Péter Magyar has been working to dismantle the previous government's legacy. Minutes after Tuesday's vote, Budapest sai...

7Oct

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What $157b Paramount-Warner Bros. media merger means for streaming in Australia

Analysis: One of the biggest media mergers in history completed overnight, with Paramount buying Warner Bros. for a staggering $US110 billion ($157 billion). While these companies are known for their movie studios, for the average Australian, the real question is: what does this mean for streaming? The Warner Bros. water tower is seen at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong The new company, known as Skydance, brings together everything Paramount and Warner Bros. own, from the studios themselves to the titles and franchises they’re known for, and, of course, their streaming platforms. As with any merger, these things aren't just done because there's money to be made. They're done because there's money to be saved. Over the years ahead, there’ll be ...

7Oct

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US pushes Russia to share more information on plague lab case

America’s top diplomat has urged Russia to share more information about the death of a laboratory technician at a plague research institute last week. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking in Iceland on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT), said the global community needed further details. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during his visit to Iceland on Tuesday, October 6. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool) “I think it’s incumbent upon Russia to obviously share more information with the world. That’s what they should do. That’s what we hope they will do,” he said. “And the more we can learn about what happened, then the better all of us can be in a position of responding.” Rubio said the US government was monitoring developments “very closely, hour by hour”. He a...

7Oct

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French education protests turn violent, hundreds of activists arrested

More than 250,000 protesters have rallied in cities across France, with police arresting hundreds of people as the demonstrations show no sign of easing. Riot police fired tear gas in Paris, Bordeaux and other cities to disperse demonstrators calling for better school funding. A protester kicks a teargas canister during scuffles following a demonstration against under-resourced schools, in Paris, on Tuesday, October 6. (AP Photo/Teresa Suarez) Students chant slogans during a demonstration in Paris on Tuesday, October 6. Students chant slogans during a demonstration in Paris on Tuesday, October 6. The Interior Ministry estimated that 266,000 people took part in demonstrations across the country on Tuesday, including 56,000 in Paris, where small groups of protesters...

7Oct

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Questions over whereabouts of diamond-encrusted ring gifted to Donald Trump

US senators are probing the whereabouts of an 18-karat ring gifted by a Belgian diamond dealer to Donald Trump in what was described as a “cartoonish bribery attempt”. Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal wrote to the White House demanding to know where the ring, valued at $43,000, is now. The ring is encrusted in hundreds of diamonds. Antwerp World Diamond Centre The ring was gifted to the president by the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC). Weeks later the Trump administration announced that European diamonds would be exempt from its tariffs. "We don’t know where the ring is today," Warren said. Under US law, gifts made to the president worth more than $750 are considered to be the property of the United States and cannot be accepte...

27Sep

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Trump rejects Iran’s latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he rejects Iran’s latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, calling it “unacceptable.” “I reject their proposal,” Trump said when asked by reporters what he thought about Iran’s plan, which promises a swift reopening of the strait and a resumption of talks over Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for the United States lifting its naval blockade and ending other economic penalties. US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he rejects Iran’s latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, calling it “unacceptable.” AP Photo/Rod Lamkey “They want to make a deal where they open the strait immediately because they’re losing so badly,” he added. “They want a make a deal, and I think that’s fine. I like making ...

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