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US expected to send Abrams M1 tanks to Ukraine, directing a political message to Germany

WASHINGTON — Putting aside resistance from the Pentagon and elsewhere, the Biden administration is planning to announce a decision to send Abrams M1 tanks to Ukraine, officials said Tuesday.

Los Angeles Times

Exec: Utility bled cash before alleged Ohio speaker bribes

A FirstEnergy Corp. executive says an arm of the utility was “bleeding cash” as it explored options for two aging nuclear plants eventually rescued by Ohio House legislation at the center of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder's corruption trial

The Independent UK

U.S. lawmakers praise Zelenskiy for fighting corruption, back continued aid

Democratic and Republican U.S. lawmakers praised Ukraine's government on Tuesday for taking swift action against corruption and insisted that U.S. military and humanitarian aid to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's government should continue.

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Ukrainian lawmakers draw up defence transparency bill after graft claims

Ukraine's ruling party drew up a bill on Tuesday aiming to boost transparency in defence procurement after an army food contract became the subject of high-profile corruption allegations, according to parliament's website.

Reuters

Several Ukrainian leaders ousted amid corruption allegations

The shakeup is the government's largest since the start of the war last February.

Axios

Zelenskiy ramps up anti-corruption drive as 15 Ukrainian officials exit

Key officials have been dismissed or resigned since Saturday, with six facing corruption allegations

The Guardian - UK

Zelensky can ill afford the corruption that has plagued Ukraine for decades – he had to act

The Ukrainian president needs to keep both the support of his people and Western allies – especially as his country will need hundreds of millions of pounds in aid to rebuild once the fight against Russia is over, writes Kim Sengupta

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Senior Ukrainian officials quit after Zelensky orders corruption crackdown

In addition to the resignations, Zelensky announced a ban on officials taking holidays abroad

Evening Standard

President Zelenskyy shakes up Ukraine's Cabinet amid corruption allegations

A string of resignations, dismissals and reassignments shook Ukraine's government, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other leaders of the government confirmed the shake-up.

WEKU

Zelensky removes top officials in shake-up of Ukraine’s government to fight corruption allegations

Presidential aide says removal of officials is a reaction to the ‘key public demand’ that justice should apply to everyone – as country’s forces face intense battleground stalemate in eastern Ukraine

The Independent UK

Senior Ukrainian Officials Depart amid Corruption Crackdown

The deputy head of Ukraine’s presidential office quit Tuesday, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pledged to launch a staff shake-up amid high-level corruption allegations during the war with Russia. Kyrylo Tymoshenko asked to be relieved of his duties, according to an online copy of a decree signed by Zelenskyy and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Senior Ukrainian officials resign amid corruption crackdown

France 24

Senior Ukrainian officials depart amid corruption crackdown

The deputy head of Ukraine’s presidential office has quit, after the president pledged a staff shake-up amid high-level corruption allegations during the war with Russia

The Independent UK

Álvaro Colom, former president of Guatemala, dies at 71

Former Guatemala President Álvaro Colom, who governed from 2008 to 2012 and supported a United Nations anticorruption mission that later investigated him, has died at age 71

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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy renews war on corruption amid scandals

President promises changes to government after reports of corruption at defence and infrastructure ministries.

Reuters

U.S., Germany poised to send tanks to Ukraine, answering Kyiv's pleas

The United States and Germany were poised on Wednesday to announce plans to deliver heavy tanks to Ukraine, sources said, a decisive boost in support hailed in Kyiv as a potential breakthrough and condemned by Moscow as a reckless provocation.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine deputy minister sacked for alleged theft of $400,000

Infrastructure deputy Vasyl Lozinskyi detained after allegedly siphoning money from winter aid budget

Reuters

Zelenskiy flags shake-up after corruption allegations

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that changes would be announced imminently in the government, the regions and in the security forces following allegations of corruption nearly a year into Russia's invasion.

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Iraqi PM Discusses Anti-Corruption Measures with Judiciary

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani announced on Sunday that his government is working on ensuring the independence of the Iraqi judiciary. Sudani’s statement followed two separate meetings he held with the President of the Supreme Judicial Council Judge Faiq Zaidan and President of the Federal Supreme Court Judge Jassim…

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Germany ‘not blocking export of Leopard tanks’, says EU foreign policy chief – as it happened

Josep Borrell says Berlin won’t block countries from exporting tanks; EU approves €500m military aid for Ukraine

Reuters

Zelenskiy promises to swiftly confront Ukraine corruption

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that corruption, the country's chronic problem cast into the background by the war against Russia, would not be tolerated and promised forthcoming key decisions on uprooting it this week.

Los Angeles Times

California water district roiled by bitter infighting and criminal charges against general manager

LOS ANGELES — For years, the Central Basin Municipal Water District was seen as a poster child for government dysfunction: State auditors slammed the agency for questionable contracting practices, poor leadership and violating the law. Competing lawsuits accused officials of corruption and harassment, while the district’s bond rating plummeted.

France 24

Corruption, cash and confessions: Who are the key suspects in the Qatargate scandal ?

Investigations into Qatargate – the corruption scandal currently engulfing the European Parliament – took a spectacular turn this week when one of the prime suspects said Tuesday that he would cooperate with Belgian authorities. New revelations are expected to accelerate investigations and further implicate other suspects.

The Times of India

Wrestling mess: Sports Ministry to announce names of oversight committee members on Sunday

NEW DELHI: The Sports Ministry will announce the names of its oversight committee members, who will probe the allegations of sexual harassment and corruption against Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, on Sunday, ministry sources said.

Reuters

In Mexico, a reporter published a story. The next day he was dead

Just after sunset on Thursday, February 10th, two men in a white Dodge Ram pickup pulled up in front of Heber Lopez Vasquez's small radio studio in southern Mexico. One man got out, walked inside and shot the 42-year-old journalist dead. Lopez's 12-year-old son Oscar, the only person with him,…

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