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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline Alex Jones’ defamation damages trial brought by the parents of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims will move forward, after the judge on Thursday denied a request for a mistrial from the InfoWars host’s attorney following the revelation that the lawyer had mistakenly sent years of cellphone records to the plaintiffs’ counsel. Key Facts Jones’ lawyer Federico Andino Reynal asked Texas state court Judge Maya Guerra Gamble to declare a mistrial over the text messages, asking for the plaintiffs’ attorney to return Jones’ records and destroy any copies of them. Mark Bankston, the plaintiffs’ attorney, argued the request was Reynal “using a fig leaf to put over his own malpractice” and “absolute breach of his own duties to his client.” Gamble sided with Bankston and denied the request—and questioned multiple times whether Reynal was serious or if it was a “throwaway” ask, noting that “it’s like … [Read more...] about Alex Jones Trial: Judge Denies Request For Mistrial After Jones’ Attorney Mistakenly Sends Texts To Opposing Counsel

Zaid: We do not abandon our clients. - A + A KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 12): Former de facto law minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim has denied that his new firm Messrs Zaid Ibrahim Suflan TH Liew will be discharging itself as solicitors for former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak in his final appeal in the SRC International Sdn Bhd case. In a three-page statement on Friday (Aug 12), Zaid said any media report stating to the contrary is mischievous and regrettable. "My firm Zaid Ibrahim Suflan TH Liew did not make any statement during the case management [in Wednesday's] hearing in chambers that the firm will be discharging itself as solicitors. We do not abandon our clients," he said. "My firm agreed to take on this brief (case) because our client Datuk Seri Najib Razak has legitimate grievances with regard to his conviction, particularly on matters relating to the rule of law, the law relating to bias, and conflict of interest," he added. On Wednesday, it was reported that … [Read more...] about Zaid denies his law firm ditching Najib’s SRC appeal

During a three-week period this year, Equifax, one of the nation's top three credit bureaus , provided inaccurate credit scores to lenders on millions of consumers seeking credit cards, mortgage and auto loans, according to reporting by the Wall Street Journal. The problem, described as a "technology coding issue" by Equifax, reportedly resulted in denied loans or loans approved with higher-than-warranted interest rates. In a statement, Equifax said, "As part of ... extensive analysis, we have determined that there was no shift in the vast majority of scores during the three-week timeframe of the issue. For those consumers that did experience a score shift, initial analysis indicates that only a small number of them may have received a different credit decision." Key Takeaways Credit bureau Equifax sent wrong credit scores on millions of consumers to lenders for three weeks from mid-March to early April 2022. In a statement, Equifax described the problem as a … [Read more...] about Equifax Error Results in Denied Loans, Higher Interest Rates

- A + A KYIV (Aug 11): Ukraine accused Russia of firing rockets from around a captured nuclear power plant, killing at least 13 people and wounding 10, in the knowledge it would be risky for Ukraine to return fire. The town Ukraine says Russia targeted - Marhanets - is one Moscow says its foes have used in the past to shell Russian soldiers at the Zaporizhzhia plant, which they seized in March. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday said Ukrainian forces would respond to the shelling of Marhanets. Ukraine's military said Russia also bombarded several other areas in the Zaporizhzhia region including the coal-mining town of Vuhledar. The mayor of Nikopol, a Ukrainian-held town near Marhanets across the Dnipro River from the nuclear plant, said on Telegram that Russian shelling had hit a community nearby almost nightly for the past week. Calling on foreign allies to send more powerful weapons, Zelenskiy said in a late-night video address that Kyiv "will not … [Read more...] about Ukraine accuses Russia of using nuclear plant for deadly rocket attack

(Representational image) Cyberattacks have been increasing in frequency and scope. (Photo: Tim Kabel via Unsplash) The centre of power in the world is shifting once again. And India Internet Fund managing partner Anirudh Suri argues in his new book - The Great Tech Game: Shaping Geopolitics and the Destinies of Nations - that technological advancement will have everything to do with which countries emerge on top. Sample the first line of Part One of the book, launching today: "The future of our world will be determined by the choices we - as a species, as nations and as citizens - make about technology in the coming decades." Having spelled out what's at stake, Suri looks at the arenas in which this game will be played out: from setting industry standards to cyber attacks. Excerpted below is a section from chapter 8: "The Golden Age of Cyberespionage": New incidents: Cyberattacks Close Cyberattacks have been increasing in frequency and scope. Just in the … [Read more...] about ‘The Great Tech Game’ excerpt: No global consensus on whether and when cyber-incidents constitute an act of war

File image of celebrated author Salman Rushdie (Image Source: AFP) Salman Rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and was able to talk, a day after the Mumbai-born author was stabbed, in what US authorities said was a "targeted, unprovoked, preplanned" attack. Rushdie, who faced Islamist death threats for years after writing "The Satanic Verses", was stabbed by a 24-year-old New Jersey resident identified as Hadi Matar, a US national of Lebanese origin, on stage on Friday while he was being introduced at a literary event of the Chautauqua Institution in Western New York. "@SalmanRushdie off ventilator and talking! Continued prayers from all @chq," Chautauqua Institution president Michael Hill said in a tweet on Saturday night. Rushdie's agent, Andrew Wylie, also confirmed the news to the US media. Rushdie, 75, was put on a ventilator after he was stabbed by Matar. Earlier on Saturday, Matar pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and assault at a brief court … [Read more...] about Salman Rushdie off ventilator and able to talk

Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. Bergen's new paperback is "The Rise and fall of Osama bin Laden." from which this article is, in part, adapted. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN. (CNN) In 1961, after a CIA-backed invasion of Cuba failed spectacularly, President John F. Kennedy said of the Bay of Pigs fiasco, "Victory has 100 fathers and defeat is an orphan." Peter Bergen Last week, President Joe Biden took a victory lap when he announced that the US had tracked down and killed its most wanted terrorist, al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was living in a house in Kabul, Afghanistan. Don't expect a similar celebration on August 30, the first anniversary of the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, which ended the longest war in American history. Any realistic assessment of that action shows that it … [Read more...] about Opinion: Biden’s Afghanistan exit decision looks even worse a year later

The US announced the killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri in an airstrike on Kabul on July 30. On August 1, US President Joe Biden announced the killing of al-Qaeda (AQ) Amir Ayman al-Zawahiri in an airstrike on Kabul on July 30. The US military used Hellfire R9X missiles to execute a “precise tailored airstrike” targeting Zawahiri, who was staying at the upscale Sherpur locality in the Afghan capital. A key conspirator of the 9/11 attacks, he was heading the AQ since a US military raid killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan in May 2011. Zawahiri’s death is important on several counts. First, his death underscores the symbiotic relationship between the AQ and the Afghan Taliban. The incident comes when the Taliban is about to complete a year of its Afghanistan takeover on August 15. Last year, the counter-terrorism (CT) community had warned about the country re-emerging as a terror hub, and Zawahiri’s presence in Kabul confirms it. The United Nations’ Analytical Support … [Read more...] about Terrorism | Ayman Al-Zawahiri’s killing won’t halt al-Qaeda’s receding relevance

Ukrainian servicemen fire a M777 howitzer at a position on a front line, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine August 1, 2022. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova ISTANBUL —  Russia on Tuesday accused the United States of direct involvement in the Ukraine war while the first ship carrying Ukrainian grain to world markets since Moscow’s invasion anchored safely off Turkey’s coast after a problem-free journey. Russia said it was responding to comments by Vadym Skibitsky, Ukraine’s deputy head of military intelligence, about the way Kyiv had used U.S.-made and supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers based on what he called excellent satellite imagery and real-time information. Skibitsky told Britain’s Telegraph newspaper there was consultation between U.S. and Ukrainian intelligence officials before strikes and that Washington had an effective veto on intended targets, though he said U.S. officials were not providing direct targeting … [Read more...] about Russia accuses US of direct Ukraine war role

(CTN News) – In celebration of Russia’s Victory Day on May 9 , the video streaming service RuTube was hacked. The hacking group Anonymous claimed responsibility. RuTube, however, denies losing its source code as a result of the incident. Since Monday evening, RuTube, which has 25 million active monthly users and is owned by Gazprom Media, has been unavailable. Later, the streaming service announced that the attack had been localized and that no content had been accessed. On Victory Day, RuTube was scheduled to broadcast the parade. In a Telegram post, RuTube said someone was determined to prevent the broadcast of the victory procession and fireworks. In addition, it stated that video hosting involves petabytes of archived materials and hundreds of servers, and that a full recovery will take longer than engineers expected. Anonymous claims nearly 75% of databases harmed of RuTube According to Anonymous, nearly 75% of the databases and infrastructure, as well as 90% of the … [Read more...] about Anonymous Claims To Have Hacked Russian Streaming Service RuTube On Victory Day