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Yasmine Salam

Yasmine Salam is a researcher in the NBC News Investigative Unit. Previously she worked in the London Bureau, covering international stories.

Yasmine Salam is a researcher in the NBC News Investigative Unit. Previously she worked in the London Bureau, covering international stories.

Latest from Yasmine Salam

U.S. says Fiji seized Russian billionaire’s $300 million superyacht

A $300 million yacht allegedly owned by sanctioned Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov has been seized by Fijian authorities at the request of the U.S.
24d ago

U.S. trying to seize $325 million superyacht reportedly owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov

The U.S. government is trying to seize a $325 million superyacht docked in Fiji widely believed to be owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov.

How a mysterious Putin ally, the 'Russian Gatsby,' moves his billions

Financial leaks illustrate the difficulties Western governments will face in enforcing sanctions on Russian oligarchs like Suleiman Kerimov.
37d ago

Epic Covid fraud galls state watchdogs: ‘The system failed at almost every conceivable level’

Experts say it will likely take years to account for the full scope of pandemic unemployment fraud.

House members from New York want info on federal contract to manage health care for some 9/11 survivors

House members from New York say a probe of a health care program for some 9/11 first responders and survivors shows the program “consistently struggled.”

McKinsey worked with Chinese government despite assurances to senator, document indicates

McKinsey disclosed in a bankruptcy case that it had a commercial relationship with the "Chinese government," though it had told Sen. Rubio it had no such link.
170d ago

Firm that administers medical benefits for some 9/11 survivors loses federal contract

LHI, which handles medical benefits for 9/11 first responders and survivors outside metro New York, has lost its government contract after complaints.

Advising both Chinese state companies and the Pentagon, McKinsey & Co. comes under scrutiny

McKinsey in recent years has faced accusations of alleged conflicts of interest in its bankruptcy work and other fields.

Backers of a Texas law that restricts abortion after rape say just arrest more rapists. Will that work?

A new Texas abortion law has no exception for rape. Supporters say the state can arrest more rapists. But Texas solves fewer cases than the U.S. average.

'Seized by some invisible hand': What it feels like to have Havana Syndrome

A doctor said "it's like you aged 20 years all at once," said Kate Husband, diagnosed with a brain injury "related to a directional phenomenon exposure.”

A U.S. general warned the Taliban to stay out of Kabul or be bombed. The Taliban rolled into Kabul anyway.

Senators are expected to grill Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the chairman of the Joint chiefs and the head of Central Command about the Afghanistan pullout.