1.0Lebanon News Gazettehttps://lebanonnewsgazette.comlnadminhttps://lebanonnewsgazette.com/author/lnadmin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="PBMQ5ZLYBg"><a href="https://lebanonnewsgazette.com/global-corruption-on-the-rise-amid-democratic-decline/">Global Corruption on the Rise Amid ‘Democratic Decline’</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://lebanonnewsgazette.com/global-corruption-on-the-rise-amid-democratic-decline/embed/#?secret=PBMQ5ZLYBg" width="600" height="338" title="“Global Corruption on the Rise Amid ‘Democratic Decline’” — Lebanon News Gazette" data-secret="PBMQ5ZLYBg" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> LONDON — The fight against corruption has stagnated over the past decade amid human rights abuses and democratic declines in all regions of the world, according to an analysis by Transparency International.The organization’s Corruption Perception Index...