Top Trump allies hold secret talks with Zelenskyy’s Ukrainian opponents

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KYIV — Four senior mem­bers of Don­ald Trump’s entourage have held secret dis­cus­sions with some of Kyiv’s top polit­i­cal oppo­nents to Volodymyr Zelen­skyy, just as Wash­ing­ton aligns with Moscow in seek­ing to lever the Ukrain­ian pres­i­dent out of his job.  The senior Trump allies held talks with Ukrain­ian oppo­si­tion leader Yulia Tymoshenko, a remorse­less­ly ambi­tious former…

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)

Nigeria approves Shell’s exit from Niger Delta — Focus On Africa Podcast

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Nige­ria approves Shel­l’s water­shed exit from oil-rich Niger Delta-but activists are not pleased. Tan­za­ni­a’s Samia Suluhu Has­san receives an ear­ly nom­i­na­tion for being the rul­ing par­ty’s pres­i­den­tial can­di­date. And why are some African coun­tries mov­ing towards ban­ning wigs in court? 00:01 Intro 01:04 Nige­ria approves Shel­l’s exit from Niger Delta 09:01 Pres­i­den Samia gets nom­i­na­tion to be…

Joe Biden addresses America’s ‘original sin’ of slavery on Angola visit

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US pres­i­dent remem­bers ‘stolen men and women and chil­dren brought to our shores’ and lauds Amer­i­can invest­ment in coun­try Joe Biden addressed America’s his­to­ry of enslave­ment in a speech on Tues­day at Angola’s Nation­al Muse­um of Slav­ery, call­ing it “our nation’s orig­i­nal sin” dur­ing a trip in which he also laud­ed recent US invest­ment in…