Italys parliament delays new law to define sex without consent as rape

Legislation stalls after coalition ally says measure would clog up the courts and fuel personal vendettasItalys parliament has delayed a debate over a landmark law that would define sex without consent as rape amid a rift within the ruling coalition.The measure, the result of a rare pact between the far-right prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, and her main political opponent, the centre-left leader, Elly Schlein, passed in the lower house last week and had been expected to get final approval in the...