Singapore does have a law that criminalizes cot gross indecency between men. The prime minister said the law would remain on the books, but it wouldn't be proactively enforced. He thinks it's necessary to strike this balance tween excepting gay men and respecting society's traditional morays.
It appears that Russian forces are withdrawing from Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, to focus on the eastern region of Donbas. We examine what the shifting tactics signify. A court in Singapore has refused to strike a colonial-era anti-gay law from its books, despite the fact it is never enforced; we ask why. And what’s behind Bolivia’s preponderance of contraband Japanese cars.
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