Hui Ka Yan, the founder of China's property giant Evergrande, pleaded guilty to charges including embezzlement and bribery, marking a significant development in the fallout from Evergrande's collapse. French cement giant Lafarge was found guilty in a Paris court of financing terrorism by paying millions of dollars to militant groups, including Islamic State, to maintain operations at its Syrian plant during the civil war. Meanwhile, a 20-year-old man was charged with multiple state and federal offenses, including attempted murder, for allegedly attacking the San Francisco home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and attempting to damage the company's headquarters.









