Corruption / Bribery / Embezzlement
From home to rubble: growing weather risk fuels Mexico landslides
By Jake Kincaid MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The landslide that hit the Cerro del Chiquihuite hill on the edge of...
Read moreU.S. adds former Angolan General Dino to sanctions list
By Julia Payne LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department added former Angolan General Dino and his companies Cochan Holdings,...
Read moreZambia arrests three in graft case as anti-corruption drive picks up pace
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia has arrested three former managers at a state-owned company for suspected corrupt practices involving over 300...
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Explainer: Malaysian ex-PM Najib and the 1MDB scandal
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A court in Malaysia will on Wednesday deliver its verdict on an appeal by former premier...
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Malaysia ex-PM Najib faces verdict in appeal over 1MDB-linked conviction
By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian appeals court will deliver its verdict on Wednesday on a bid...
Read moreZambia’s ex-foreign minister arrested on corruption charges
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambian anti-graft authorities on Tuesday arrested former foreign minister Joseph Malanji for possession of property suspected to...
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Congolese court orders release of president’s former top aide from prison
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Vital Kamerhe, former chief of staff to Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi, has been granted provisional release from...
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Analysis: Peru’s Castillo plays whack-a-mole with crises as impeachment threat looms
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Political crisis in brewing in Peru - yet again. The country's leftist President Pedro...
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Nehammer to be sworn in as Austrian leader on Monday
VIENNA (Reuters) - Immigration hardliner Karl Nehammer https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/austrias-next-chancellor-ex-soldier-hardliner-survivor-2021-12-03 will be sworn in as Austrian chancellor on Monday, the presidency said,...
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Immigration hardliner Nehammer to take over as Austrian leader
By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's ruling conservatives on Friday picked the current interior minister, an immigration hardliner, to...
Read moreU.S. flags concerns for journalists and corruption fighters in Guatemala
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -A U.S. State Department official on Wednesday expressed concern over reporters, corruption fighters and activists in Guatemala...
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Austrian Chancellor Schallenberg says he will step down
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said on Thursday he will step down once his conservative People's Party agrees...
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Austria’s Kurz quits party and parliament, stunning national politics
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian conservative leader Sebastian Kurz, who resigned as chancellor in October after he was placed under investigation...
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Honduran president-elect’s party hopes for narrow majority in Congress
By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran President-elect Xiomara Castro and her party were awaiting results on Wednesday from tight...
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Honduras’ Castro to seek new debt deal with IMF, opposes tax hikes
By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran opposition presidential candidate Xiomara Castro will seek to negotiate a new debt deal...
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A Brazilian town empties as migration to U.S. accelerates
By Gabriel Stargardter ALPERCATA, Brazil (Reuters) - Amid tearful goodbyes, Ana Paula Souza, her husband and their infant son set...
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Amid slow vote count, Honduran leftist Castro eyes victory with big lead
By Gustavo Palencia and David Alire Garcia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) -Honduran presidential candidate Xiomara Castro looked set to put the left...
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Opposition leftist claims election win in Honduras, on track to be first woman president
By David Alire Garcia and Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) -Leftist opposition candidate Xiomara Castro declared victory in Sunday's Honduran presidential...
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In Honduras, parties flag fears of fraud ahead of pivotal vote
By Gustavo Palencia and David Alire Garcia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Warnings of potential foul play are flying from all sides...
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Honduran ruling party hopeful Asfura faces uphill climb
By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - If he is to extend the Honduran conservatives' dozen years in power, Tegucigalpa Mayor...
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