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Latvia's top banker detained in corruption probe
Latvia’s top banking official, a key member of the European Central Bank, was detained Sunday after being questioned for hours by anti-corruption authorities amid accusations of bribery and money laundering in the European nation’s financial system. Latvian state TV showed Ilmars Rimsevics arriving at the offices of the country’s anti-corruption agency Saturday night and leaving early Sunday, following what the broadcaster said was a raid on his office and property.
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Did Flint’s Water Crisis Damage Kids’ Brains?
Third-grade reading proficiency has plunged in the lead-poisoned city, setting off a debate about the possible causes. By Emily Atkin.
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EPA changes its story on Pruitt's first-class travel
The EPA spokesman said anyone seeking additional details about Pruitt’s travels would have to formally request them under FOIA.
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Baltimore police guilty of robbing citizens
A federal jury has found two Baltimore police officers guilty for their role in a sprawling police corruption case that involved robbing city residents. Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor were convicted of racketeering and robbery charges and cleared of others. They were part of an elite unit tasked with seizing illegal firearms. But instead the squad went rogue, stealing cash and guns and reselling drugs.
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Study Uncovers Startling Number of Black Lung Cases in Coal Miners
Miners are contracting the disease with striking frequency and at younger ages than ever before. By Marissa Fessenden.
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Warrantless Surveillance of Americans by the Secret Court
Congress Renews FISA Section 702’s Warrantless Mass Surveillance. By Lisa Elkins.
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Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno tries to bury the legacy of his predecessor
A referendum is designed to stop Rafael Correa from making a comeback.
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Scots shell firms play key role in Latin America’s bribery ‘mega scandal’
Scottish shell firms played a core role in a billion-dollar bribery ‘mega scandal’ threatening to topple or disgrace up to a dozen world leaders. By David Leask.
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The Biggest Nunes Memo Revelations Have Little To Do With Its Content
I think it’s very fitting that the ever-tightening repetitive loops of America’s increasingly schizophrenic partisan warfare have finally hit peak shrillness and skyrocketed into a white noise singularity on Groundhog Day. By Caitlin Johnstone.
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DNC Chair Tom Perez, the Democratic Party’s Grim Metaphor
The corporate power structure of the Democratic Party, institutionalized in the DNC, has not given up on blocking efforts to reform the party and how it chooses a presidential nominee. By Norman Solomon. (Jan. 25, 2018)
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How Goodyear Hid Evidence Of 'The Worst Tire Made In History' Linked To At Least 9 Deaths
In October 2003, Billy Wayne Woods and his family packed into a luxury $181,000 motorhome for a fun getaway to Florida. Call it a textbook American vacation: their destination was Disney World, and with his wife, Shirley, his son and daughter-in law and two grandchildren in tow, the trip would surely be one to remember. But on the return home for the Alabama family, the vacation took an abrupt turn for disaster.
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How Hedge Funds (Secretly) Get Their Way in Washington
Fake grass roots. An inflatable rat. Testimony with hidden ties. Billionaires are using DCI Group to make their bets pay off—while keeping the public in the dark. By Zachary Mider and Ben Elgin.
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Whistleblower claims accountants turned a blind eye to Dubai firm he says painted 5 tons of gold to look like silver
Big Four consulting firm Ernst & Young (E&Y) has been accused of "unlawful, unprofessional, and unethical" behaviour relating to its audit of a Dubai gold company accused of money laundering and buying gold from conflict zones. The allegations were made in documents, seen by the Guardian, filed in the high court by lawyers acting for Amjad Rihan, a former E&Y partner who blew the whistle on the alleged scandal in 2014.
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Pope: Corruption is 'social virus' infecting Latin America
Pope Francis strongly condemned corruption in Latin America as a "social virus" infecting all aspects of life in stern remarks Friday to Peru's president and high-ranking political leaders, several of whom are embroiled in the region's biggest graft scandal. Hours after decrying the destruction of Peru's Amazon, the pontiff warned President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and other leaders gathered that another, more subtle form of environmental degradation is also pervading society: corruption.
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Ryan Zinke taps almost $40,000 from wildfire preparedness fund to pay for a helicopter trip
Nevada helicopter rides had nothing to do with wildfires.
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Chinese ships spotted by satellites 'selling oil to North Korea' 30 times since October, despite sanctions
merican reconnaissance satellites have reportedly spotted Chinese ships suspected of selling oil to North Korean vessels about 30 times since October. South Korean officials told the Chosun Ilbo that the ships were allegedly trading in the West Sea between China and South Korea in a bid to bypass strict United Nations sanctions on oil exports to the pariah regime over its ongoing nuclear and weapons programme.
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Chinese Ships Spotted Selling Oil to N.Korea
U.S. reconnaissance satellites have spotted Chinese ships selling oil to North Korean vessels on the West Sea around 30 times since October. According to South Korean government sources, the satellites have pictured large Chinese and North Korean ships illegally trading in oil in a part of the West Sea closer to China than South Korea.
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In Asia’s Fattest Country, Nutritionists Take Money From Food Giants
Over the past three decades this increasingly prosperous nation has become the fattest country in Asia, with nearly half the adult population now overweight or obese. Several years ago, Dr. Tee E Siong, Malaysia’s leading nutrition expert, decided to act, organizing a far-reaching study of local diets and lifestyle habits. The research, conducted by scientists from the Nutrition Society of Malaysia, which Dr. Tee heads, has produced several articles for peer-reviewed academic journals.
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Latest Student Loan Debacle Is Ultimate Example of Trump’s Campaign Con
The president ran against debt predators, drug makers and big banks – once elected, he immediately got in bed with all of them. By Matt Taibbi.
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Who Is Congress Really Serving?
The Republican tax bill is a travesty. But there‘s still plenty we can do to improve the daily lives of millions of Americans. By Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.
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