DHAKA, Bangladesh — A court in Bangladesh on Sunday granted bail to Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus in a $2.3 million embezzlement case. Yunus, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for pioneering the use of microcredit to help impoverished people, was sentenced to six months in prison in January on a separate charge … Read more
Selena Quintanilla didn’t cut Yolanda Saldívar out of her life after her father accused Yolanda of embezzling from Selena’s clothing boutique … because they jetted to Mexico together. That’s what Yolanda’s family is claiming, saying they have airplane tickets showing Selena and the woman who would later kill her flew first class to Monterrey only … Read more
DAVOS, Switzerland — Israel’s president and the head of ChatGPT company OpenAI will make appearances at the World Economic Forum on Thursday, the third day of the annual gathering of elites at the Swiss resort of Davos that discusses everything from conflict to computers and climate. Israeli President Isaac Herzog could seek to return focus … Read more
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon weekly newspaper has had to lay off its entire staff and halt print after 40 years because its funds were embezzled by a former employee, its editor said, in a devastating blow to a publication that serves as an important source of information in a community that, like many … Read more
LIBREVILLE, Gabon — Mutinous troopers in Gabon proclaimed their republican guard chief because the nation’s chief Wednesday after putting the just-reelected President Ali Bongo Ondimba below home arrest, alleging betrayal and large embezzlement throughout his long-time rule over the oil-rich Central African nation. The coup leaders mentioned in an announcement on Gabon’s state TV that … Read more