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Ukraine probing senior military officials for suspected corruption
FILE — Ukrainian soldiers during a military training by the Mozart Group in rural Donbas, eastern Ukraine, on July 23, 2022. The Mozart Group, one of the most prominent American military companies operating in Ukraine, was performing important work for a while; then the money ran out and things turned unpleasant. (Laura Boushnak/The New York Times)
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Many Bolsonaro supporters are deluded, but their concerns about Brazil ring true
Gregory Michener
politics
Canada imposes sanctions on three of Haiti’s wealthiest people, accuses them of empowering gangs
Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly arrives for the first day of the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
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Brazilian voters are choosing between two different styles of corruption
Gregory Michener
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Montreal’s Ultra Electronics strikes deal with federal prosecutors to settle corruption and fraud charges
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / An expert in ballistics analyzes percussed caps at the Laboratory of Expert Services and Forensic Sciences of the Attorney General of Chihuahua, in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on October 9, 2018. - In one of the most violent regions of Mexico, where the war among drug cartels has left more than 14,113 homicides in the last decade, experts of the Medical Forensic Service, use science as the main weapon to fight impunity. (Photo by Herika Martinez / AFP)HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP/Getty Images
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As Ruto takes power in Kenya, corruption allegations persist
Kenya's President William Ruto stands as the Kenyan national anthem is played during his swearing-in ceremony at Moi International Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya September 13, 2022. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi found guilty of electoral fraud, jailed for three years, source says
FILE PHOTO: Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi attends Invest Myanmar in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo
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Colombia’s Petro replaces military commanders in human rights drive
FILE PHOTO: Gustavo Petro gestures during his swearing-in ceremony at Plaza Bolivar, in Bogota, Colombia August 7, 2022. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez/File Photo
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Mexican agency accuses ex-president Enrique Pena Nieto of handling millions in possibly illegal funds
Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto waves after arriving at the Ministro Pistarini international airport to attend the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. Leaders from the Group of 20 industrialized nations will meet in Buenos Aires for a two-day summit starting Friday. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
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Colombia elects former guerrilla Gustavo Petro as first leftist president
A supporter holds photos of presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, with the Historical Pact coalition, outside the polling station where he voted in a presidential runoff in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, June 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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Myanmar court sentences colleague of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to 21 years in prison
A group of Myanmar activists hold up placards calling for the release of their ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi following the country's 2021 military coup ahead of US President Joe Biden's visit to Japan, in Tokyo on May 22, 2022. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ukraine gets possible path to EU membership, aid pledges from Britain
This handout picture taken and released by Ukrainian Presidential Press-Service on June 17, 2022, shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) welcoming Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, before talks in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. - Johnson made his second visit to Kyiv in just over two months, offering Kyiv a military training programme as Ukrainian President hailed Britain's "resolute" support. (Photo by Ukrainian presidential press-service / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Ukrainian Presidential Press-Service" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by STR/Ukrainian presidential press-ser/AFP via Getty Images)
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Will Colombia elect the Trump-like Rodolfo Hernandez this weekend?
Robert Rotberg
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Myanmar court sentences deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in prison for corruption
FILE PHOTO: Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi attends Invest Myanmar in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Ann Wang
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Bombardier could face investment ban by Norway’s sovereign wealth fund
FILE PHOTO: A worker walks in front of a Bombardier advertising board at the SBB CFF Swiss railway train station in Bern, Switzerland, October 24, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
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Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi faces new corruption charges
FILE PHOTO: Myanmar's Minister of Foreign Affairs Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during an event at the Asia Society Policy Institute in New York City, U.S. September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Bria Webb/File Photo
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RCMP probing overseas Canadian firms for corruption
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., Friday April 13, 2018. RCMP anti-corruption investigators say they are probing possible shady practices by several Canadian companies operating in parts of Africa, Eastern Europe and South America. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Former senior BMW employee charged with corruption, breach of trust
FILE PHOTO: BMW logo is seen during Munich Auto Show, IAA Mobility 2021 in Munich, Germany, September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
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Corruption rampant in South Africa under former president Zuma, inquiry finds
FILE PHOTO: Former South African President Jacob Zuma sits in court during his corruption trial in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, October 26, 2021. Jerome Delay/Pool via REUTERS
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U.S. to announce sanctions next week marking President Joe Biden’s democracy summit
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with reporters after delivering remarks on the November jobs report at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 3, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Castro vows to pull Honduras ‘out of the abyss’ as first female president
FILE — Xiomara Castro, during her presidential election campaign in San Pedro Sula, Honduras on Nov. 20, 2021. Honduras opposition candidate, Xiomara Castro, inched closer to an astounding presidential victory on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, as votes from Sunday’s election show her with a lead. (Daniele Volpe/The New York Times)
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Taliban prime minister defends rule as Afghanistan sinks deeper into economic crisis
FILE PHOTO: Women wearing burqas sit with their children as the beg along a road in Kabul, Afghanistan October 26, 2021. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo
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Exit polls show Bulgarian president wins apparent reelection
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev speaks to journalists after casting his vote in Sofia, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. Bulgarians are at the polls to choose a new president in a hotly contested runoff amid a COVID-19 surge and a political crisis that has gripped the European Union’s poorest country. The choice is between incumbent Rumen Radev and Sofia University rector Anastas Gerdzhikov. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)
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Bulgarians vote in third 2021 election in bid to break deadlock
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 11, 2021 A woman walks past an election poster of Ivaylo Mirchev of Democratic Bulgaria and the Bulgarian President Rumen Radev in Sofia, prior the country's parliamentary and presidential elections on November 14, 2021. - Bulgarians go to the polls on November 14, 2021 for a third time this year as the lowest vaccinated EU-country is battling with its worst coronavirus wave. ?he GERB party of ex-PM Boyko Borisov is polling back on top but analyst say they are unlikely to find partners to govern as most other players are intent to seek a coalition without them. (Photo by Nikolay DOYCHINOV / AFP) (Photo by NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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RCMP say Canadian companies are now self-reporting allegations of bribery
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer walks past the headquarters of SNC Lavalin in Montreal April 13, 2012. Canada's Mounties were searching the Montreal headquarters of engineering giant SNC-Lavalin Group Inc on Friday following an internal company investigation that found a mysterious $56 million in improperly authorized payments. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi (CANADA - Tags: BUSINESS)
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Boxer Manny Pacquiao to run for Philippine president in 2022 election
(FILES) This file photo taken on January 24, 2019 shows Philippine boxing icon Manny Pacquiao during a press conference shortly after arriving at the international airport in Manila, days after defeating US boxer Adrien Broner in Las Vegas. - Philippine boxer-turned-politician Manny Pacquiao declared on September 19, 2021 he will run for president in 2022, ending months of speculation about whether the legendary fighter would seek the country's top job. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP) (Photo by TED ALJIBE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia brings new criminal charges against imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny
FILE - In this file photo taken on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. Russian authorities have levied new criminal charges against imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Russia's Investigative Committee on Wednesday Aug. 11, 2021, said it has charged Navalny with creating a non-profit organization that infringes on people's rights, a criminal offense punishable by up to four years in prison. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
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Top public relations director at Chinese social media giant Weibo arrested
A Weibo page about the death of a student in Chengdu with 1.72 billion views is displayed on a mobile phone in Beijing on Thursday, May 13, 2021. The 16-year-old student's death has touched a nerve, becoming one of the most discussed topics on Chinese social media this week.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Jailed former South Africa President Jacob Zuma admitted to hospital
FILE - In this Sunday July 4, 2021 file photo, former president Jacob Zuma addresses supporters at his home in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Zuma has been admitted to hospital for observation at a hospital outside the Estcourt Correctional Center where he is currently serving a 15-month jail sentence, the government announced on Friday Aug. 6 2021. (AP Photo/Shiraaz Mohamed, File)
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Thousands protest in Guatemala demanding president’s resignation
Mayan indigenous people block a road as they take part in a protest demanding the resignation of Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei and Attorney General Maria Porras, in San Cristobal Totonicapan, Guatemala July 29, 2021. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria
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Former South African president Jacob Zuma seeks further delay in corruption trial
FILE PHOTO: Former South African President Jacob Zuma stands in the dock after recess in his corruption trial in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, May 26, 2021. Phill Magakoe/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Retiring UAW leader reflects on tough times past and ahead
FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2019, file photo, United Auto Workers union President Rory Gamble answers questions in Southfield, Mich. When Gamble took over as president of the United Auto Workers in 2019, the union was embroiled in a federal corruption probe that had ensnared two of Gamble's predecessors. It won't get any easier for Gamble's successor, Ray Curry. He will preside over a union that faces monumental changes as the auto business navigates an epochal transition from internal combustion engines to battery-electric powered vehicles. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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Kyrgyzstan detains ex-prime minister in mine corruption case
A view of the Kumtor gold mine, in Kumtor 350 kilometers east of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, May 28, 2021. The investigation centers on the Kumtor gold mine, which has long been a controversial operation in Kyrgyzstan because of alleged environmental violations and strong sentiment that the government should nationalize it. In early May, the parliament passed a law allowing the state to take control of the mine for three months from its Canada-based operator Centerra and a court levied a $3 billion fine for environmental claims. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)