By Dan Coombs IT IS the proud port town in northern Italy where some of the world’s most impressive cruise ships are built – but where almost a third of the population is foreign-born. Now, in a stark warning to the UK, residents in Monfalcone, an hour from Venice, have warned of the perils of […]
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A court in Bangladesh has granted bail to Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus in a $2.3 million embezzlement case. Yunus, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering microcredit to aid impoverished people, was sentenced to six months in prison in January on a separate charge of violating labor laws; he has appealed that decision. Source: Nobel […]