January 2020

Hound of Hounslow: Who is Navinder Sarao, the ‘flash crash trader’?

Image copyright Getty Images Former stock market trader Navinder Sarao has been sentenced to a year of home detention for helping trigger a brief $1tn (£770m) stock market crash. Dubbed the “Hound of Hounslow” in an ironic reference to the famous “Wolf of Wall Street” fraudster, the Briton was shown leniency by a Chicago judge […]

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Abbas on Trump peace plan: ‘Conspiracy deal won’t pass’

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has rejected the US president’s plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Mr Trump has proposed a pathway to the creation of an independent Palestinian state, and the recognition of Israeli sovereignty over West Bank settlements. He said that, under the plan, Jerusalem would be Israel’s undivided capital, and the

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Story About Kobe Bryant Being A Proud ‘Girl Dad’ Causes ESPN Anchor To Cry On-Air

Kobe Bryant really doted on his daughters — that is, according to Elle Duncan, an anchor on ESPN’s “SportsCenter.” A day after the tragic and sudden death of the basketball legend — who died Sunday in a helicopter crash along with eight others, including his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna — Duncan decided to share her one-time encounter

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Trump’s N.J. Rally: Sold Out Hotels, Long Lines and Subpoena-Coladas

WILDWOOD, N.J. — Joe Tartamosa’s second daybreak in an ever-growing line outside the convention center in Wildwood was a lot less pleasant than his first. “It was brutal,” said Mr. Tartamosa, who spent the night in the cold, wind-whipped line with thousands of other ticket holders who were hoping to get inside for President Trump’s

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Trevor Noah Drops Trump Mashup Of Secret Recordings By Judas Pals

Take Trump’s impeachment trial. Perceptions of the president sailing through the GOP-led Senate trial have been upended by a bombshell recording by Trump’s indicted campaign contributor Lev Parnas — and tattling by former national security adviser John Bolton. Parnas recorded Trump talking about former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, chillingly ordering “take her out.”

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Someone Tried to Hack My Phone. Technology Researchers Accused Saudi Arabia.

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. BEIRUT, Lebanon — On June 21, 2018, I received an Arabic text message on my cellphone that read: “Ben Hubbard and the story of the Saudi royal family,” with a link for a website, arabnews365.com.

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