U.S. slips to new low in international corruption index — Axios

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U.S. slips to new low in inter­na­tion­al cor­rup­tion index  Axios CPI 2024 for the Amer­i­c­as: Cor­rup­tion fuels envi­ron­men­tal crime and impuni­ty across the region  Trans­paren­cy Inter­na­tion­al Cor­rup­tion derail­ing cli­mate fight, watch­dog warns  Al Jazeera Eng­lish Cor­rup­tion worse than it’s been in over a decade in many nations, sur­vey shows  CBS News Trans­paren­cy Inter­na­tion­al: Cor­rup­tion is a cli­mate issue  DW (Eng­lish)

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Trump halts enforcement of US law banning bribery of foreign officials

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https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/56c2b536e4d47e4e4dedb77409fe5f50b572e37f/0_277_3912_2347/master/3912.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=f2cb41141d8a1ea692e46f9a44f9fd3fPres­i­dent directs DoJ to pause pros­e­cu­tions under For­eign Cor­rupt Prac­tices Act, and issues par­don to Rod Blago­je­vich Don­ald Trump signed an exec­u­tive order on Mon­day direct­ing the US jus­tice depart­ment to halt pros­e­cut­ing Amer­i­cans accused of brib­ing for­eign gov­ern­ment offi­cials to win busi­ness. The order instructs the US attor­ney gen­er­al, Pam Bon­di, to pause prosecutions…

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Donald Trump is remaking the world. But he really won’t like the result | Nesrine Malik

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https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/125c35ce6222fd44148fcd9a26a530878ec680b6/19_242_2929_1759/master/2929.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=20951cfb140c081eaab71897998d62f0As an errat­ic pres­i­dent impos­es his inter­na­tion­al doc­trine, coun­tries are forg­ing more sta­ble alliances. His US will be weak­er, not stronger One of the ways in which Don­ald Trump’s regime obscures and dis­tracts is by draw­ing our eyes con­stant­ly to the US – its raw pow­er to intim­i­date and bul­ly oth­er nations, and its vast…

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