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'Stick with the no': Legal expert gives Justice Engoron advice on handling Trump

'Stick with the no': Legal expert gives Justice Engoron advice on handling Trump

After initially denying him the right to give a personal speech during closing arguments at his civil fraud trial in New York, Justice Arthur Engoron relented at the last minute and let him speak — only to have to cut him off after a few minutes as he veered into attacks on the court.

It may have been a mistake on Engoron's part, suggested legal analyst Lisa Rubin on MSNBC Thursday; instead, she argued, he should have stuck to his guns.

"I have to say, when I saw that ... it's like what are we doing?" said anchor Chris Hayes. "It is really, there's a bomb threat at the guy's house. He's had his court staff members clerk, her life turned upside down, dragged, social media, email."...

Verified at a price: Twitter's verified users might soon be forced to pay to keep their blue ticks

Verified at a price: Twitter's verified users might soon be forced to pay to keep their blue ticks

Since his official takeover of the company on Thursday 27 October, new Twitter owner Elon Musk has wasted no time making changes to the platform. After a fiery start which saw the company's top executives being sacked by Musk without much ceremony, the billionaire is now reassessing the app’s approach to verified accounts. Twitter blue-tick users are soon to be chargedThe change was announced by Musk in a tweet on Sunday, which reads: "Whole verification process is being revamped right now." No more details were provided on what changes might be coming to the app's blue ticks, leading to specu......
UN food rights expert urges trading regulation

UN food rights expert urges trading regulation

GENEVA – The UN expert on food rights on Tuesday urged regulation of agriculture commodities trading to stop a speculative bubble that is artificially helping to drive up food prices.

Computer expert says US behind Stuxnet worm

Computer expert says US behind Stuxnet worm

LONG BEACH, California – A German computer security expert said Thursday he believes the United States and Israel's Mossad unleashed the malicious Stuxnet worm on Iran's nuclear program.