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After Backlash, Ukraine Votes to Restore Watchdogs’ Powers

31 juillet 2025 à 13:16
President Volodymyr Zelensky’s move last week to neuter two anticorruption agencies drew the country’s first street protests since Russia’s invasion.

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Protesters took to the streets of Kyiv earlier this month in response to a law signed by President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Shaolin’s ‘C.E.O. Monk’ Accused of Embezzlement, Affairs With Women

28 juillet 2025 à 07:41
China’s famed Shaolin Temple said its celebrity abbot, Shi Yongxin, was under investigation over misuse of funds and “improper relations” with women.

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The abbot of Shaolin Temple, Shi Yongxin. The Buddhist Association of China said it had revoked his clergy certificate.

In Russia, Corruption Cases Follow Battlefield Failures

26 juillet 2025 à 10:00
Officials in three of the five Russian regions bordering Ukraine have been accused of embezzling funds for border defenses.

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A region administration building in Kursk, Russia, in March. Officials in several regions bordering Ukraine have been arrested and accused by prosecutors of embezzling funds meant for border fortifications.
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