Corruption

Chinese Communist Party official Chen Weijun, executive vice chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), on Sunday became the latest Chinese official in the homeland of the oppressed Uyghur Muslims to be purged on corruption charges.

President Zelensky said he was acting to get ahead of “rumours and speculation” as he dismissed his chief of staff and lead peace negotiator.

Peace negotiations risk disruption as top negotiator raided by Ukrainian anti-corruption police, apparently over nuclear energy kickbacks.

Thousands of people took to the streets of North Macedonia’s capital on Saturday demanding justice for the victims of a nightclub fire – the deadliest blaze in the country’s history – ahead of the trial next week of the club owner and others.

The justice and energy ministers of Ukraine resigned on Wednesday, the latest officials to be toppled by a fast-growing corruption scandal involving the energy industry.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) former chief of staff was reportedly arrested and charged with having conspired to commit bank and wire fraud, among other things, as part of a “political corruption investigation.”

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) made a deal on Monday to form a coalition with the Japan Innovation Party, generally known as “Ishin,” that should clear away the final obstacles to conservative Takaichi Sanae becoming Japan’s first female prime minister.

The Peruvian Congress voted on Friday morning to remove President Dina Boluarte from office, on the grounds that she was not dealing effectively with a crime wave sweeping the country.

Nicolás Petro Burgos, Colombian far-left President Gustavo Petro’s oldest son, admitted on Sunday that he received 1.3 billion Colombian pesos (roughly $336,000) during his father’s 2022 presidential campaign, but denied that the funds were illegal or meant for his father’s campaign.

Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Meija said Wednesday that the city had wasted millions of dollars on outside audits of its homelessness program rather than using his office for free — then ignored the results.

A Paris court ruled on illegal financing of 2007 presidential campaign with money from the government of then-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

Health experts on Monday urged the Indonesian government to suspend its program of free school meals after hundreds of children became sick from eating tainted food.

A massive rally was held in Turkey’s capital of Ankara on Sunday to protest an upcoming court hearing that could strip opposition leader Ozgur Ozel of his post.

Police reportedly opened fire on demonstrators in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, after protests against a government ban on most social media platforms swelled to enormous size on Monday. The official casualty count included 19 dead and 150 injured as of Monday afternoon.

A federal appeals court ruled 2-1 on Tuesday that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin could, in fact, withhold $16 billion in so-called “gold bars” sent from the outgoing Biden administration to favored left-wing “green” organizations.

Embattled Socialist Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez faces further familial controversy as his wife, Begoña Gómez, was charged with allegedly embezzling public funds.

Former President Joe Biden’s (D) daughter has filed for divorce from her husband, Dr. Howard Krein, who has been linked to the family’s corruption.

The UK government’s anti-homelessness minister resigned over swirling claims that she evicted tenants from a property before hiking the rent.

Multiple military and political officials in Ukraine, reportedly including a lawmaker from President Zelensky’s party, have been accused of corruption schemes to steal money intended for the war effort and bribery.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino revealed that he was “shocked” to his “core” by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) discoveries regarding matters relating to corruption and political weaponization, adding that he would “never be the same.”

resident Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that he’s sending a new anti-corruption bill to Ukraine’s Parliament on Thursday, in a further attempt to defuse tensions after he approved changes to graft laws that brought a public outcry and sharp criticism from the European Union.

Ukrainian activists called for more protests against a law they say weakens the country’s anti-corruption bodies. The legislation has also drawn rebukes from European Union officials and international rights groups.

France’s Culture Minister Rachida Dati will reportedly face trial over corruption and abuse of power while she was a member of EU Parliament.

A 35-year-old Thai woman named Wilawan Emsawat has been charged with extortion for allegedly recording herself while having sex with Buddhist monks, then threatening to make the photos and videos public unless she was paid off.

Former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari died in London at the age of 82 on Sunday, following what the office of current President Bola Tinubu described as a “prolonged illness.”

The Chinese Communist Party’s anti-corruption “Central Commission for Discipline Inspection” announced on Tuesday that it had launched an investigation into Zhou Xianwang, a longtime Party stooge who served as mayor of Wuhan during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.

Aidan Kearney — also known as citizen journalist “Turtleboy” who rose to the forefront of the Karen Read trial in Boston — said during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday that the entire case was “the most obvious coverup ever.”

“A killer walks free amongst us,” citizen journalist Aidan “Turtleboy” Kearney said during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday, speaking weeks after Karen Read was found not guilty of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe.

Citizen Journalist Aidan Kearney said during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday that he faces 105 years in jail.

The National People’s Congress (NPC), the highest legislative body in China, announced on Friday that Vice Admiral Li Hanjun and nuclear engineer Liu Shipeng were expelled for unspecified reasons.

Disgraced former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) reported to federal prison to begin his 11-year prison sentence on Tuesday, after being found guilty of 16 bribery and corruption charges last summer.

Argentina’s Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously ruled to uphold a six-year prison sentence and lifetime public office ban against socialist former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

Gen. He Weidong, one of China’s highest-ranking military officers, missed the latest in a string of important meetings on Friday. The general has not been seen in public since March 5.

The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday ordered the dissolution of the Unification Church, the influential cult linked to the 2022 assassination of former prime minister Abe Shinzo.

At least three lawmakers were injured on Tuesday after chaos erupted in Serbia´s parliament, where smoke bombs and flares were thrown.